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WHY IRAN NEEDS NUKES
Iran needs nuclear weapons to deter Israel’s aggression in its quest to topple the government in Tehran.
That was the message from British political commentator George Galloway (@georgegalloway on X) during a heated discussion on UK journalist Piers Morgan’s ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ TV programme about US and Israeli warnings that Iran is allegedly on the verge of producing nuclear arms, justifying attacks on Tehran and other Iranian locations. Meanwhile, Israel owns undeclared nuclear capabilities, likely through decades of US military aid, threatening West Asia.
The Costs of War Project at Brown University reports that the United States allocated $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel from October 2023 to September 2024. In December 2023, the Wall Street Journal noted that US arms deliveries to Israel since 7 October 2023 included 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells.
Iran needs nuclear weapons to deter Israel’s aggression in its quest to topple the government in Tehran.
That was the message from British political commentator George Galloway (@georgegalloway on X) during a heated discussion on UK journalist Piers Morgan’s ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ TV programme about US and Israeli warnings that Iran is allegedly on the verge of producing nuclear arms, justifying attacks on Tehran and other Iranian locations. Meanwhile, Israel owns undeclared nuclear capabilities, likely through decades of US military aid, threatening West Asia.
The Costs of War Project at Brown University reports that the United States allocated $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel from October 2023 to September 2024. In December 2023, the Wall Street Journal noted that US arms deliveries to Israel since 7 October 2023 included 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells.
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Continued……. Galloway contends a nuclear-capable Iran would act as a deterrent against such military actions. His remarks also underscore the hypocrisy of the West, which claims arbitrarily that some countries are permitted to have nuclear weapons while others are not.
Galloway says he employs a realist interpretation of geopolitics, where anti-colonial nations like Iran must bolster their defence capabilities to ensure their survival, as imperialist forces target them.
Do you think that being prepared for battle against Western imperialism is a lesson that Africa’s anti-imperialist revolution in the Sahel should take from Iran’s situation?
Video credit: @PiersUncensored
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https://archive.ph/2zeyo
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-190082/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/17/sovereignty-exceptionalism-countries-should-mind-their-own-business/
Galloway says he employs a realist interpretation of geopolitics, where anti-colonial nations like Iran must bolster their defence capabilities to ensure their survival, as imperialist forces target them.
Do you think that being prepared for battle against Western imperialism is a lesson that Africa’s anti-imperialist revolution in the Sahel should take from Iran’s situation?
Video credit: @PiersUncensored
Sources
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/17/politics/israel-iran-nuclear-bomb-us-intelligence-years-away
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https://archive.ph/2zeyo
https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-190082/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/17/sovereignty-exceptionalism-countries-should-mind-their-own-business/
CNN
Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away
When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the…
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The United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG) has identified Nigeria as the most dangerous country in the world for childbirth, with the MMEIG reporting that one in 100 women die during birth or in the days following.
The maternal mortality crisis in Nigeria is a multifaceted issue driven by systemic healthcare challenges and economic barriers. Swipe through these slides as we break them down.
The maternal mortality crisis in Nigeria is a multifaceted issue driven by systemic healthcare challenges and economic barriers. Swipe through these slides as we break them down.
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https://articles.nigeriahealthwatch.com/mamii-a-promising-initiative-to-crash-maternal-mortality-in-nigeria
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/16/pregnancy-is-not-disease-why-do-so-many-women-die-giving-birth-in-nigeria-one-of-africas-richest-countries
Bbc
One death every seven minutes: The world's worst country to give birth
Nigeria accounts for 29% of global maternal deaths - a lack of medics and poor facilities are partly to blame.
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I SPEAK UP, I DIE
I STAY QUIET, I DIE
As Kenya nears the one-year anniversary of the biggest Gen Z protest last year - when parliament was stormed - young Kenyans who led the demonstrations against the IMF-pushed Finance Bill continue to express their dissatisfaction with the system. While the protests had kicked off before 25 June 2024, that date was marked by a dramatic and tragic escalation. Police opened fire on the crowd, killing several protestors and injuring many others. The violent crackdown led to intensified calls for justice and accountability.
Young Kenyans remain determined to shape the future of their nation, while the government remains resolute in maintaining the status quo. Rather than offering accountability, Kenyans are witnessing further aggression towards those critical of the establishment.
I STAY QUIET, I DIE
As Kenya nears the one-year anniversary of the biggest Gen Z protest last year - when parliament was stormed - young Kenyans who led the demonstrations against the IMF-pushed Finance Bill continue to express their dissatisfaction with the system. While the protests had kicked off before 25 June 2024, that date was marked by a dramatic and tragic escalation. Police opened fire on the crowd, killing several protestors and injuring many others. The violent crackdown led to intensified calls for justice and accountability.
Young Kenyans remain determined to shape the future of their nation, while the government remains resolute in maintaining the status quo. Rather than offering accountability, Kenyans are witnessing further aggression towards those critical of the establishment.
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Continued……. The recent killing of blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang while in police custody has reignited the anger of young people across the country, fuelling renewed demands for transparency, justice and systemic reform.
In this clip, Kenyan poet, and 2024 Slam Queen, Scar (@scar_poetry on IG) delivers a powerful piece on what it means to live within a broken system that kills you anyway, whether through the bullet, taxes or a defunct healthcare system.
Video credit: @scar_poetry on Instagram
Sources
https://allafrica.com/stories/202406210114.html
https://citizen.digital/news/a-year-on-kenyan-gen-z-protesters-divided-on-path-forward-n364321
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jexr9yv0do
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2jj5mee1pmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrerUaWFitI
In this clip, Kenyan poet, and 2024 Slam Queen, Scar (@scar_poetry on IG) delivers a powerful piece on what it means to live within a broken system that kills you anyway, whether through the bullet, taxes or a defunct healthcare system.
Video credit: @scar_poetry on Instagram
Sources
https://allafrica.com/stories/202406210114.html
https://citizen.digital/news/a-year-on-kenyan-gen-z-protesters-divided-on-path-forward-n364321
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jexr9yv0do
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2jj5mee1pmo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrerUaWFitI
allAfrica
Kenya: Protests in Kenya - Gen Z Take to the Streets
Kenya's government has scrapped many proposed tax hikes after mass protests in the streets of Nairobi this week. Observers say it's the first time young people have played such a prominant role.
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In a unified stance, African trade unions are calling out Saudi Arabia over the exploitation and mistreatment of African migrant workers in the domestic and construction sectors. Citing widespread reports of abuse, discrimination and inhumane working conditions, the unions are urging the International Labour Organization (ILO) to launch an immediate and independent inquiry into Saudi labour practices. Backed by growing outrage regionally and internationally, the labour unions demand reforms and protection for vulnerable workers.
Sources
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/african-labour-unions-press-saudi-arabia-over-workers-abuse-5077716
https://www.ituc-csi.org/Trade-unions-take-Saudi-Arabia-to-UN-labour-body
https://www.ituc-csi.org/global-rights-index-2025
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/05/saudi-arabia-migrant-domestic-workers-face-severe-exploitation-racism-and-exclusion-from-labour-protections/
https://archive.ph/avdTi
https://archive.ph/9Zq3H
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https://www.ituc-csi.org/global-rights-index-2025
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WOULD YOU K*LL YOUR SLAVE MASTER?
Kwame Ture (1941-98), the brilliant Pan-Africanist and co-founder of All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (@aaprp on X and @aaprpinternational on IG), knew how to respond to those who challenged liberation tactics with critical, hard-hitting questions. In this video from a 1979 speech at the University of Georgia, he responded to one person who denounced Ture's willingness to use violence to overthrow the capitalist system.
Ture famously said:
‘Dr. [Martin Luther] King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for Black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.’
Kwame Ture (1941-98), the brilliant Pan-Africanist and co-founder of All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (@aaprp on X and @aaprpinternational on IG), knew how to respond to those who challenged liberation tactics with critical, hard-hitting questions. In this video from a 1979 speech at the University of Georgia, he responded to one person who denounced Ture's willingness to use violence to overthrow the capitalist system.
Ture famously said:
‘Dr. [Martin Luther] King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for Black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.’
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Continued….. While many people believe that the Civil Rights movement in the United States was built upon the principle of strict nonviolence, books such as ‘This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible’ (2014) by Charles E. Cobb Jr. and ‘We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement’ (2013) by Akinyele Omowale Umoja challenge this narrative by representing another side of the struggle. According to Cobb's research, even King sometimes kept a gun on him for self-defence ‘just in case.’
Do you agree with Ture's point, or do you think we can defeat capitalism through peaceful means?
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/noscript/tt1592527/characters/nm0138460
https://www.hoplofobia.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Charles-Cobb-This-Nonviolent-Stuffll-Get-You-Killed.pdf
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https://nyupress.org/9780814725245/we-will-shoot-back
Do you agree with Ture's point, or do you think we can defeat capitalism through peaceful means?
Sources
https://www.imdb.com/noscript/tt1592527/characters/nm0138460
https://www.hoplofobia.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Charles-Cobb-This-Nonviolent-Stuffll-Get-You-Killed.pdf
https://books.google.ne/books/about/This_Nonviolent_Stuff_ll_Get_You_Killed.html?id=dN4-AwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_denoscription&redir_esc=y
https://nyupress.org/9780814725245/we-will-shoot-back
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IRAN GIVING ISRAEL 'A GOOD HIDING'
Mainstream media want the world to think that Iran's retaliatory strikes on Israel have been ineffective and that Israel's Western-supported defence system is unbreakable.
But when UK journalist Piers Morgan (@PiersUncensored on X) recently tried to push this narrative on his show, his guest -leader of the Workers Party of Britain and political commentator George Galloway (@georgegalloway) - hit back, saying that Tehran has actually been giving Israel 'a good hiding.' He cited numerous videos on X as well as comments by Tel Aviv’s mayor as evidence.
Mainstream media want the world to think that Iran's retaliatory strikes on Israel have been ineffective and that Israel's Western-supported defence system is unbreakable.
But when UK journalist Piers Morgan (@PiersUncensored on X) recently tried to push this narrative on his show, his guest -leader of the Workers Party of Britain and political commentator George Galloway (@georgegalloway) - hit back, saying that Tehran has actually been giving Israel 'a good hiding.' He cited numerous videos on X as well as comments by Tel Aviv’s mayor as evidence.
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Continued…….. Iran has managed to breach Israel's supposedly impenetrable air-defence system, striking military and intelligence sites in Tel Aviv as retaliation for Israeli assaults on Tehran. This ‘Iron Dome’ receives billions from Washington each year. In 2016, the US finalised a 10-year military aid agreement worth $38 billion to be distributed from 2019 until 2028. The deal includes $3.3 billion in foreign military financing and $500 million for missile-defence cooperation programmes.
As reported by Israeli media outlet Haaretz, Tel Aviv places its military installations within civilian neighbourhoods, a strategy it accuses groups such as H*mas of employing. For example, on 19 June, Iran says it targeted a command and intelligence centre, an attack which also damaged the nearby Soroka Medical Centre in southern Israel.
Western media emphasise Israel's 'right to defend itself' even when it’s the aggressor. Israel's 'Operation Rising Lion,' started on 13 June, aims at taking out Iranian officials and military locations. A Washington-based human-rights group estimates at least 639 Iranians have been k*lled by Israeli strikes, while Iran's latest official death toll was 224 as of 23 June. Meanwhile, Israel says Iran's strikes have k*lled 24 people and injured 21.
Yet, Iran seemingly has no right to defend itself against these assaults.
Video credit: @piersmorganuncensored
Sources
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https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ron-huldai
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/nearly-430-killed-3500-injured-in-iran-since-start-of-war-with-israel-health-ministry/articleshow/121990743.cms?from=mdr
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-iran-maps-timeline-attacks-nuclear-sites-b2775269.html
As reported by Israeli media outlet Haaretz, Tel Aviv places its military installations within civilian neighbourhoods, a strategy it accuses groups such as H*mas of employing. For example, on 19 June, Iran says it targeted a command and intelligence centre, an attack which also damaged the nearby Soroka Medical Centre in southern Israel.
Western media emphasise Israel's 'right to defend itself' even when it’s the aggressor. Israel's 'Operation Rising Lion,' started on 13 June, aims at taking out Iranian officials and military locations. A Washington-based human-rights group estimates at least 639 Iranians have been k*lled by Israeli strikes, while Iran's latest official death toll was 224 as of 23 June. Meanwhile, Israel says Iran's strikes have k*lled 24 people and injured 21.
Yet, Iran seemingly has no right to defend itself against these assaults.
Video credit: @piersmorganuncensored
Sources
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The Economic Times
Beneath the Iron Dome, Iran tests Israel's deterrence
The ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel highlights Israel's reliance on its air defense systems, particularly against ballistic missiles. While initially successful, the high cost and rapid depletion of interceptors, like the Arrow system, raise concerns…
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KENYA: PROTEST THUGS ADMIT BEING POLICE GOONS
State-sanctioned political violence and the suppression of dissent seem to be on the rise in Kenya. A number of young Kenyans claim they were hired by security agencies to disrupt recent protests against police brutality. They made their claims anonymously on Kenyan news outlet Citizen TV.
On 17 June, recall, hooligans mounted on motorcycles and wielding whips and sticks attacked peaceful demonstrators in Nairobi. Suspicions that they were in cahoots with the authorities spread after a video emerged of police apparently escorting them. Some of the thugs were reportedly heard praising a governor while passing by City Hall, the seat of the Nairobi County government, suggesting instructions from political leaders.
The Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG-K) has criticised the intentional infiltration of peaceful protests by ‘hundreds of violent agitators.’ It alleges that police ‘deliberately accompanied, supported and directed their actions.’
State-sanctioned political violence and the suppression of dissent seem to be on the rise in Kenya. A number of young Kenyans claim they were hired by security agencies to disrupt recent protests against police brutality. They made their claims anonymously on Kenyan news outlet Citizen TV.
On 17 June, recall, hooligans mounted on motorcycles and wielding whips and sticks attacked peaceful demonstrators in Nairobi. Suspicions that they were in cahoots with the authorities spread after a video emerged of police apparently escorting them. Some of the thugs were reportedly heard praising a governor while passing by City Hall, the seat of the Nairobi County government, suggesting instructions from political leaders.
The Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG-K) has criticised the intentional infiltration of peaceful protests by ‘hundreds of violent agitators.’ It alleges that police ‘deliberately accompanied, supported and directed their actions.’
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Continued……The tendency towards political violence in Kenya is deeply embedded in its history, dating back to the colonial period. Back then, the police force was created as a tool of oppression. After gaining independence, successive governments repeatedly used the police to stifle dissent, with reforms having minimal effect on this entrenched behaviour.
Some of the worst excesses of police brutality occurred in June-July 2024 during mass rallies against planned tax increases backed by the IMF. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights says police killed 60 people and injured hundreds. The youngest victim was 12-year-old Kennedy Onyango, who succumbed to gunshot wounds.
Video credit: Citizen TV Kenya
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ0fEDuW_wU
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https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250615-kenya-protests-reignited-by-custody-death-but-gen-z-movement-remains-divided
Some of the worst excesses of police brutality occurred in June-July 2024 during mass rallies against planned tax increases backed by the IMF. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights says police killed 60 people and injured hundreds. The youngest victim was 12-year-old Kennedy Onyango, who succumbed to gunshot wounds.
Video credit: Citizen TV Kenya
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Amnesty Kenya
POLICE REFORMS WORKING GROUP STATEMENT ON YESTERDAY’S ANARCHY IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF NAIROBI - Amnesty Kenya
Nairobi, Wednesday, June 18, 2025: The Police Reforms Working Group strongly condemns the deliberate infiltration of peaceful protests by hundreds of violent agitators who attacked protesters and caused mayhem in the County of Nairobi. The violence has resulted…
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