A HUNGRY STOMACH KNOWS NO POLITICS!

There’s been a profound shift in the consciousness of Africa’s young people. That’s the contention of author Joshua Maponga - who contrasts today’s rising generation with what he alleges is more a ‘docile’ and subservient one of the ‘60s.

He claims that Africa’s youth will no longer tolerate bad governance and inequality and are ready to take matters into their own hands if necessary.

The spate of revolutionary coups across the Sahel - which boast popular support - vividly illustrate Maponga’s words. As he puts it here, “A hungry stomach knows no politics.”

Are you hungry for change?

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HIP HOP PUSHES POISON FOR PROFIT

Hip Hop artists have long been accused of glorifying violence and drugs - but should we blame them or the people who run the record labels and sign them?

Here, Lyor Cohen, a veteran music executive, openly admits he signs artists for profit. And if that means pushing poisonous lyrics, so be it. Cohen is currently the Global Head of Music at YouTube, and before that ran mega labels like Def Jam and Warner Music Group.

To help you understand the damage being done, we’ve tagged on an interview with Veteran of the Black Arts Movement, Amiri Baraka. In 1966 he wrote, “The Black artist’s role in America is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it.” He makes clear oppressed people are being enticed to make songs that attack and discriminate against them. Putting it another way, he says artists are teaching themselves the ‘propaganda of the opposed.’ Is he right?

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PT. 2: CALL CEASEFIRE TO END HOUTHI ‘BRANDING CAMPAIGN’

Here’s part 2 of our reaction to a viral clip of British journalist and filmmaker Myriam François setting straight a corporate journalist.

The filmmaker was responding to Sky News presenter Yalda Hakim, who said many have remarked that blocking the Bab al-Mandab Strait is ‘doing wonders for [Houthis’] branding,’ and that they must have ulterior motives for doing so.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels—officially known as Ansar Allah—have been launching attacks against Israel-linked ships for the past few months. They have deterred other shipping companies from sailing through the area, costing corporations hundreds of billions of dollars. The Houthis have said they will stop once a ceasefire is in place in the Gaza Strip and humanitarian aid is delivered.

Continued….We love François’ factual, articulate clapback against the unconscionable defence of Israeli atrocities in Gaza. As of press time, Israel has killed almost 28,000 civilians since 7 October.

What do you think of this back-and-forth? Join the conversation here and watch our complete reaction on YouTube for more.

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2 MILLIONAIRES GAMBLE ON BLACK & BROWN PEOPLE’S LIVES

Watch two callous multi-millionaires, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and British journalist Piers Morgan, play casino with the lives of vulnerable Global South people seeking refuge in the United Kingdom.

For decades, the UK government has attempted to deport migrants and refugees and/or has enacted hostile policies against asylum seekers. In November, the UK Supreme Court ruled on a plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda, saying refugees would be at risk of being returned to their home countries, where they could face ill treatment. In January, the European Court of Human Rights said the move also breaches the European Convention on Human Rights.

Continued….Britain’s intolerance for refugees seems ironic, given how quickly it takes actions abroad that force people out of their home countries. In recent weeks, the United Kingdom and the United States have tag-teamed to bomb Yemen, which has experienced one of the worst Western-backed humanitarian crises for close to a decade. In 2011, NATO, of which Britain is a member, funded and armed rebels to oust Libya’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi. That paved the way for the most prosperous African state to collapse, a civil war to ensue that split the country, a migrant crisis to occur in the Mediterranean Sea and open-air slave markets to operate in Libya.

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AFRICAN REVOLUTIONARIES ON VOTING

Democrats and Republicans are expected to battle, yet again, to win over the Black community’s votes to seal a victory in November’s US presidential election. Yet, African revolutionaries have long denounced both parties as two sides of the same coin.

Despite mass disillusionment with US electoral politics at an all-time high and US President Joe Biden’s dismal approval rating, he remains the presumptive Democratic Party nominee. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has emerged as the leading contender in the Republican primary process.

Do you agree with the revolutionaries, who say both parties represent racism, capitalism and imperialism? If so, will it stop you from voting if you’re in the US?

Malcolm X famously described Republicans and Democrats as the wolf and the fox: ‘No matter what, they’ll both eat you.’

Do you agree with him? Let us know below.

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U.S. BANKS USED SLAVES AS COLLATERAL

Many of America’s key banks today were built on the back of slavery. In the South, they’d regard enslaved people as financial assets, accepting them as collateral on loans and mortgages - especially after the War of 1812, when slave prices shot up. The practice was particularly prevalent among ‘frontier banks’ in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.

In this video, Congressman Al Green grills JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on his bank’s involvement in slavery. The institution used more than 13,000 slaves as collateral and ended up owning 1,250 of them when borrowers defaulted - that’s according to a study based on the bank’s records.

JPMorgan apologised in 2005. Do you think they need to do more? Leave your thoughts below.

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'AMERICA'S CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST'

'Violence begets violence,' as the Bible's Gospel of Matthew, 26:52, relays. The long list of crimes committed by the US government is staggering, as Pastor Emeritus Jeremiah Wright of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, USA, notes in this now famous or some might say infamous 2001 clip, just five days after the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Such remarks were used in the run-up to the 2008 US presidential election to attempt to discredit then-candidate Barack Obama, who had attended Wright's church for years. However, Wright's anti-imperialist analysis didn't seem to have an effect once Obama became the first African to be elected president of the United States. He went on to expand the so-called 'War on Terror' into many countries—including Libya—and persuaded African states to allow US military installations and operations via the US Africa Command (AFRICOM).

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