RADIO HOST OWNS RACIST U.K. CALLER

Here’s someone who’s been involved in racist riots sweeping England, revealing why he’s taking part. In a call to London’s LBC radio, he says it’s because ’95 per cent of Black and Asian people are problematic.’

Far-right bigots, like Gary, are not renowned for being intelligent or reasonable. They are more known for their consumption and production of half-baked propaganda. It’s a trait that’s come to the surface during the grotesque violence rocking England and Northern Ireland. Not only did disinformation spark the riots, it’s also been the fuel that’s kept them going.

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WHO’S BEHIND AFRICAN STREAM SMEAR PIECE?

A recent report accused African Stream along with five other media outlets of “disinformation targeted at Black voters.” We and others have already rebutted this allegation. But what’s the deal with the company behind the report? Called Onyx, it claims to have Black people’s interests at heart.

In this video, Intellectual XTREMIST host Rizza Islam (@rizzaislamix) - who was also singled out - takes a closer look at Onyx, and finds out something rather interesting about its CEO, Esosa Osa (@esosa_osa1). Apparently, she used to work as a portfolio manager for BlackRock, an organisation whose activities actively harm Black communities.

Continued…. When the 2008 financial crisis happened, the US government, with the help of companies like BlackRock, bailed out the big banks responsible for creating the problem. The crisis hit poor communities - and, disproportionately, Black ones - hard, with job losses, wider wealth inequality, reduction in social services and foreclosures.

By supporting the banks, not people, BlackRock was no ‘rock’ for Black people - but a rock in the face. And any portfolio manager there cannot be said to have had Black people’s interest’s at heart.

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BELFAST RACE RIOTS: A COLONIAL HANGOVER?

It’s not just the English part of the UK that’s of ugliness. A man’s been hospitalised in a suspected hate crime attack, businesses have been vandalised and video has emerged of children hurling racist abuse in public. There was also a large anti-immigration rally on Saturday (4th) at which people chanted ‘Islam out!’. Remarkably, both unionists (who want to stay part of the UK) and nationalists (who see themselves as part of Ireland) took part - waiving their respective flags, but united (for once) in their racism.

Continued…..Continued…. In this video, ex-UK MP and broadcaster George Galloway gives an insight into why unionists in particular might be inclined towards the kind of shameful behaviour that’s been on display in Belfast. Along the way, he gives an account of their political incarnation, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), of the history behind certain unionist traditions - like burning effigies of their enemies on big bonfires every 11th July - and of what the unionists’ connection to America’s so-called hillbillies is.

Your thoughts, as always, are very welcome!

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MALI: ‘SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE IS SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM’

After Ukrainian officials publicly supported terrorist organisations fighting Mali’s army, the landlocked African country delivered a clear message: All diplomatic ties with Ukraine are over.

First, on 29 July, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry intelligence agency’s press representative, Andriy Yusov, stated on a Ukrainian television programme that the Eastern European country supported rebel movements fighting the Malian armed forces. Then, on 3 August, Senegal summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to Senegal, Yurii Pyvovarov, for reportedly posting a comment on the embassy’s Facebook video in favour of the terrorists. The Facebook page has since deleted the video in question.

As Malian spokesperson Abdoulaye Maïga (@Colonel_Maiga on X) mentioned in this clip, Russia has told the world that Ukraine has a neo-N*zi problem. One of the forces fighting Russia for Ukraine is the Russian Volunteer Corps, founded by neo-N*zi Denis Kapustin.

Continued….. According to 40-year-old militant, the Ukrainian defence ministry pays this white nationalist fighting force. Another white supremacist formation within Ukraine is the Azov Brigade, which has come under fire for its regular use of N*zi and white supremacist symbols.

Mali now views support for Ukraine as support for international terrorism.

If Ukrainian officials are willing to boast about aiding terrorists to crush Mali’s military, are the white supremacy allegations valid? And how should other African leaders respond to Ukraine’s admission that it backs terrorism on the African continent? Let us know in the comments.

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POLICE PROTECT FAR-RIGHT THUGS FROM PROTESTERS

Thousands of Brits have taken to the streets to protest against far-right riots that have rocked England and Northern Ireland.

This footage shared by TikTok user @talktoflorence shows eight men being shielded by police as anti-fascist crowds gathered to protect an asylum rights legal firm in Brighton. It’s reported around a dozen other counter-protests were held across the UK.

However, the clip has left people asking: where was the police protection when thugs terrorised migrant communities?

There’s been a week of violence since the killing of three girls in Southport by a knife attacker, initially misreported to be a Muslim immigrant.

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NIGERIA: ‘END BAD GOVT! PPL ARE SUFFERING!’

Here’s a powerful clip of a Nigerian protester explaining why people have hit the streets across the country, demanding an end to bad governance. In short, Nigerians are suffering while the country’s leaders appear to mock them. She says:

“You are approving budgets of billions upon billions. You are buying jets for the president, and people cannot afford transport fares. That is wickedness.”

The cost of living in Nigeria has soared, jobs are scarce and underpaid, and government corruption is rampant.

It’s a situation facing many Africans, not just Nigerians. Similar protests in Kenya have met with some measure of success, with the leadership there bowing to demands to scrap planned tax hikes - though not until numerous protesters lost their lives in a crackdown. Attempts to protest in Uganda, though, were quickly stifled.

Continued….. In Nigeria, some of the protester have been accused of having a more radical agenda - after Russian flags were waved at protests in Kano and Kaduna states. Some have equated this with calls for a coup, with Nigerian Defence Chief General Christopher Musa warning that, “We will not relent in pursuing those that have continued to encourage an unconstitutional takeover of government.” Indeed, some 90 alleged flag-wavers have already reportedly been arrested.

Where do you see Nigeria’s #EndBadGovernance protests going?

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UK RIOTS: TIME FOR BLACK AND BROWN TO UNITE!

Every cloud has a silver lining, they say… could Britain’s race riots lead to greater unity among the country’s ethnic minorities? That’s the hope of TikToker Dami Zain (@Damazain). In this video, she urges the African diaspora to stop its internal squabbles. She also wants to see more bridges built between Black and Brown communities, because unity is strength. And, we would add, diaspora Africans need to reconnect with the mother continent. Do you agree with this sister? Giver her a follow if you do.

FRANCE'S HIJAB BAN 'VIOLATES RIGHTS' - HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

Not only is France violating the rights of people of religious faith during the Summer Olympic Games in Paris, it's also violating women's rights. That's according to Human Rights Watch's director of global initiatives, Minky Worden, seen in this clip.

France's law banning the hijab (a veil for Muslim women) and other religious symbols in schools dates to 1989. In 2010, France banned any full-face covering. Already a contentious domestic issue, France extended the law to Olympic athletes representing the European country because they are on a 'public service mission.'

Continued….. For example, the policy forced French-born African-descended sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to find creative ways circumvent this law. At the last minute, the 26-year-old member of France's 400-metre women’s and mixed relay teams donned a blue baseball cap with additional fabric sewn on for complete hair coverage. That allowed her to sail down the Seine River with the other 572 members of the French delegation for the Games' opening ceremony on 26 July.

Sylla's supporters view the baseball cap as a partial victory, but insist it infringes on religious freedoms.

Have a watch, and let us know what you think.

Niger has followed Mali in cutting ties with Ukraine following a Ukrainian Defence Ministry intelligence agency press representative admitting Ukraine provided support to rebels that killed Malian armed forces and Russian operatives on 25-27 July in Tinzaouatène, northern Mali, close to the Algerian border.

Ukraine’s ambassador to Senegal also expressed unreserved support for the Malian rebels, leading Senegal’s foreign ministry to summon the ambassador.

Continued….. Ukraine now says it had nothing to do with the attack. It called Mali’s move to cut diplomatic ties ‘hasty and shortsighted.’

The Sahel has been grappling with a security crisis since NATO armed rebels to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The Sahel, an arid region south of the Sahara Desert, is now the global epicentre of terrorism, with 43 per cent of terrorism-related deaths. Western militaries didn’t turn the tide, leading to the wave of revolutionary coups that swept Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The trio are now engaging non-Western partners like Russia, Iran, China and Turkey in their fight against terrorism and in their struggle to develop their countries.

'RACIST RIOTERS DON'T KNOW THEIR HISTORY'

Days of far-right protests across the UK have seen over 400 people arrested. But those who claim migrants are the ‘cause’ of Britain’s problems, should remember history.

In this viral clip, content creator ‘The Black Karen’ points out how migrants have long benefited Britain. Victory in World War Two was in no small part thanks to India’s massive volunteer force fighting alongside the Allies.
We also shouldn't forget the 500,000 Africans that joined their ranks to defeat Hitler.

After the war, people from the colonies and Commonwealth arrived in the UK to help rebuild the country. Large numbers of migrants came from the Caribbean, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

The UK’s story is one of continuous and evolving migration with each group shaping the UK’s diverse and dynamic society.

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WHEN AKALA SHUT DOWN TOMMY ROBINSON

As Britain today sees a surge of right-wing riots targeting black and brown people, mosques and migrant hotels, it is essential to analyze the origin of this hate. In this throwback video, rapper and activist Akala makes a case for why racism is more of an elite creation than it is a working-class one. In Europe, with worsening economies, the ruling elite responsible for running down the countries have found a convenient scapegoat: migrants. During a public discussion, he was intellectually laying the smackdown on English far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Akala also gives a powerful example of how racism manifests itself in society.

Continued….. Christopher Alder was a former Black British paratrooper killed in UK police custody in 1999. Footage later revealed British police officers laughing and making monkey noises over his dead body.

To add insult to injury, authorities then gave Christopher’s family the wrong body to bury and only told them about it more than a decade later.

His appalling treatment was 25 years ago, but recent racist riots put to question whether much has improved since then.

ISRAELI TV EXPOSES PALESTINIAN PRISONER R*PE

An Israeli media outlet, Channel 12, has aired footage allegedly showing the r*pe of a Palestinian prisoner by Israeli soldiers at the infamous Sde Teiman detention facility.

The leaked images are said to capture the moment a detainee was forced to lie down while soldiers surrounded him with riot shields. They inflicted injuries so badly that their victim needed hospital treatment.

Nine reservists were arrested over the incident, which in turn saw mobs storm the site, demanding their release. A lawmaker in the Knesset even said soldiers should be allowed to r*pe detained Palestinians. Meanwhile, on 7 August, dozens of Israelis disrupted a court session deliberating a case brought by a human rights organisation over abuses at Sde Teiman.

Continued…. Former prisoners and Israelis who’ve worked at the facility report a litany of torture, including r*pe, beatings, being urinated on and detainees losing their limbs due to prolonged use of handcuffs. These abuses were highlighted in an April 2024 report published by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN agency for Palestine.

Sde Teiman doubles as an Israeli military base and detention centre for Palestinians arrested in Gaza. Many are held indefinitely without charge, and the site’s been dubbed Israel’s Guantanamo Bay.

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People across the UK have rallied en masse in response to the recent vile outpouring of racist, anti-immigrant, Islamophobic violence, intimidation and abuse seen in the UK, especially in England.

This photo shows one such gathering in Walthamstow, East London, where thousands showed up to form a wall of resistance against right-wing extremists. They chanted ‘fascists gone’ and held signs reading ‘stop the far right’ and ‘refugees welcome.’

In the front row, you can see brothers from the UK-based grassroots organisation Forever Family- @foreverfamilyuk. Forever Family’s mission is to combat racism, inequality, and injustice and promote self-sufficiency and community defence.