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Continued... 'I'm not a Democrat. I'm not a Republican. And, I don't even consider myself an American,' said Malcolm X in his famous 'The Ballot or the Bullet' (3 April 1964) speech. At another moment, he said, 'Our hope is in a strong Africa. When Africa is strong, our position in America will be one of respect.'

A unified Pan-African state could issue sanctions or cut off trade with any country that harms the African diaspora. Malcolm X once explained this using the example of China, which the United States has made an enemy, allowing Sinophobic racism to rise in the US. However, US police forces would not be able to get away with massacring Chinese people because China could retaliate.

What do you think of Chatoyer's position? Let us know in the comments below.

Sources

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=445989550009026
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This Wednesday's Wisdom is from the great pan-africanist and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, Marcus Garvey.

Divide and conquer was a colonial tactic employed by the colonial imperialists to allow for the subordination of Africans en-masse. This tactic continues to be employed today in attempts to disenfranchise the union of African people globally.

In the anti-colonialism, anti-neocolonialism and anti-imperialism struggles, it is imperative we understand what the Honourable Marcus Garvey taught - that recognition of the necessity of African union across continents is parallel to African liberation, not optional to it. No African is free, until all Africans are free.
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REMEMBERING WANGARI MAATHAI!

Thirteen years ago today, the world lost Wangari Maathai, a remarkable environmentalist and Kenyan political activist. She fought against ecological degradation and neo-colonialism in Africa. Her legacy lives on through the countless trees she planted, the women she empowered and her enduring message that environmental stewardship and social justice are interconnected.

As we honour her life and legacy today, we are reminded of our collective responsibility to safeguard our planet and champion equality for all. May her example inspire us to take proactive steps, sow the seeds of positive change and nurture them with the same fervor and resilience that defined her life. Wangari Maathai, we remember and honour you as you continue to rest in peace.
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Continued... One of Sudan's most lucrative resource - gold - has also played a crucial role in this exploitation. Sudan is among the top gold producers in Africa, yet much of its wealth is siphoned off through illegal smuggling.

Estimates by Sudan’s Central Bank suggest that up to 70% of the country’s gold is smuggled out, enriching international markets while depriving Sudan of its rightful economic benefits. This covert flow of resources ties directly to the muted global response to Sudan’s struggles, as various powers benefit from the ongoing chaos. Despite its vast natural resources, Sudan remains vulnerable, not because of inherent poverty but due to sustained international exploitation.

Sources:

https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/gold-export-bank-of-sudan-announces-stiffer-control-measures

https://sudantribune.com/article50086/

https://adf-magazine.com/2024/02/smuggled-gold-fuels-war-in-sudan-u-n-says/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-receives-most-africas-smuggled-gold-says-report

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/26/africa/sudan-generals-west-democratic-transition-intl/index.html

https://adf-magazine.com/2022/12/russia-uses-wagner-to-plunder-sudans-gold/
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SUDAN IS BEING EXPLOITED

In this video, the founder of the Sudan Updates Instagram page, Ameen Mekki - speaking to the @mediastormpod - explains how Sudan's exploitation by global powers runs deeper than the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary. International involvement has shaped the country’s political landscape for years, as key military figures were legitimised by Western nations such as the UK and also regional powers such as Egypt and the UAE.

This endorsement came even as local protesters, demanding the end of military rule in 2019, were overlooked by the international community. This selective recognition allowed external powers to maintain ties with Sudan’s leadership, prioritising strategic interests over the will of the Sudanese people.

Video credit: @mediastormpod (Instagram)
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Continued... But, Western powers are not happy about this revolutionary turn of events in Africa. For example, in May, just a few months after Niger tore up a military cooperation agreement with the United States and a few weeks before the US agreed to leave Niger by 15 September, Republican US Congressmember Matt Gaetz called for the US to invade the country. While nothing of the like unfolded, it does not mean that US regime-change tactics are off the table.

To watch the complete episode, check out ‘US, Ukraine, France Failed Coup In Burkina Faso | The West Is Trying To Destabilize AES’ on our Rumble, Patreon and Twitter accounts.

Source:

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3863464/us-completes-withdrawal-from-ab-201/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20military%20completed%20its,both%20U.S.%20and%20Nigerien%20forces.
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REACTION: U.S. CONGRESSMAN CALLS TO INVADE NIGER

Africans everywhere have a responsibility to defend Niger at this moment. Why so? Well, Niger is the first African country to expel US Africa Command (AFRICOM) and to forge a sovereign path with two neighbours, Burkina Faso and Mali. The three countries recently ousted Western-aligned leaders and booted the French military. They also make up the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) confederation. This new anti-imperialist bloc shares defence, economic and foreign policies, and has agreed to issue a joint passport.

In this clip from a recent episode of ‘This Week in Africa,’ African Stream’s livestream collaboration with @authentic_african, Inemesit Richardson says Africans around the world must fight to defend the AES, as they have placed their hopes in the decolonial revolutionary process underway in Africa’s Sahel, an arid region south of the Sahara Desert.
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THE BLACK PANTHERS: THUGS OR REVOLUTIONARIES?

Mainstream narratives tend to portray the Black Panthers as thugs championing no meaningful ideology, who stood for and advocated for nothing but violence.

This narrative is one that has been challenged critically by members of the Black community and scholars, who have written extensively on, and spoken of, the Black Panther Party's community work.

In this clip, Xavier Buck (@historyin3 on TikTok) - executive director at the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and all round Black history content producer - enlightens us on the BPP Community Survival Programs, which sought to provide much needed services for the marginalised and impoverished Black community.

The Black Panthers had at least 65 programmes, including to feed the hungry, to keep the elderly safe, to empower and provide mentorship to young people and to create better housing conditions.

Video credit: @historyin3 (TikTok)
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Continued... As Bobby Seale, one of the founders of the BPP noted in a 2001 interview with the Las Vegas Sun, contrary to the portrayal of the Black Panthers as a violent hate group, "we were students. We were avid readers. We were researchers. We were serious," adding that their "philosophy was about empowering the people."

These survival programmes only support his statements.

Let us know in the comments what you think Black people globally today can learn from the BPP Survival Programs!

Sources:

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-black-panther-party-service-to-the-people-programs_huey-p-newton-foundation/1523466/

https://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_survival.html

https://practice.malvinharrison.com/survival-programs/

https://bppaln.org/programs

https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/black-panther-party-challenging-police-and-promoting-social-change

https://iphistoryproject.org/resources/bpp-community-survival-programs/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222490/

https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2024-01/Implications%20of%20Housing%20Conditions%20for%20Racial%20Wealth%20and%20Health%20Disparities_0.pdf

https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/Worst-Case-Housing-Needs-2021.pdf

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2001/feb/24/seale-black-panthers-wrongly-tagged-as-hoodlums-th/

https://thefederalist.com/2019/01/21/black-panthers-murderous-thugs-dont-deserve-public-accolades/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/spectrum.5.1.02#:~:text=Popular%20and%20scholarly%20narratives%20of,thugs%20remain%20central%20to%20that
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BURKINABÉ CREATES FIRST 100% AFRICAN TYRE BRAND

A young man from Burkina Faso named Yannick Laurent Bado has created the first fully African-owned tyre brand, JEPEB. The company is set to produce 40,000 tyres per year that can handle rough African roads and off-road terrain for the African market which, up until now, has been dominated by imports.

This is a big step because Western multinationals have exploited the continent for over 130 years.

In 1888, John Dunlop invented the rubber tyre, leading to the European rush to extract rubber, which caused a g*nocide in the Congo Free State (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Meanwhile, in 1926, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began leasing up to 1 million acres (or 10 per cent of arable land) in Liberia at just $0.06 per acre for a 99-year period. The company has been accused of violating labour laws, turning to child labour and forced adult labour, and exercising political control over the country.
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WINNIE MANDELA: HEROINE OF
SOUTH AFRICA

On this day, 88 years ago, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the heroine of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, was born. She is affectionately known as the mother of the South African nation. She devoted herself to liberating her people from racist White apartheid rule. We examine why Winnie Mandela is considered one of Africa’s greatest freedom fighters and why she is still highly celebrated in her country, even more so than her more famous ex-husband, Nelson Mandela.

Happy birthday, Mama!
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AT U.N., SOUTH AFRICA VOWS TO STAND WITH PALESTINE

South Africa reiterated its commitment to justice for Palestine in the face of Israel’s military onslaught that has k*lled more than 41,000 Palestinians in almost a year. Estimates from medical journal Lancet put the figure as high as 186,000.

In his recent address to the United Nations General Assembly's 79th session in New York, President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed not to be silent as Israel subjects Palestinians to apartheid. South Africa lodged a case at the International Court of Justice against Israel in December 2023, accusing it of gen*cide against Palestinians in Gaza. South Africa has received support and threats, with 13 countries expressing interest in joining the case or filing a declaration of intervention. On the other hand, Israel has lobbied the US Congress to pressure South Africa to drop the case.
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Continued... Apart from the massacres in Gaza, multiple human-rights organisations have said Israel enforces an apartheid regime in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. They say Israeli policies systematically promote Jewish supremacy over Palestinians through spatial, legal and political divisions.

All this has been possible thanks to the West’s diplomatic, financial, military and political support.

Sources:
SA case at ICJ
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/29/south-africa-files-case-at-icj-accusing-israel-of-genocidal-acts-in-gaza

Support for case
https://unric.org/en/south-africa-vs-israel-12-other-countries-intend-to-join-the-icj-case/

Israeli lobby against SA
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-lobbying-us-congress-south-africa-icj-genocide

US ‘meritless’ claim
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/09/us-slams-south-africas-meritless-israel-genocide-suit.html?os=vpkn75tqhopmkpsxtq

B’Tselem report on apartheid in Israel
https://thisisapartheid.btselem.org/eng/index.html#6

West complicity
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-has-undeniable-complicity-gaza-war-killings-say-former-us-officials-2024-07-03

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240913-wests-complicity-in-israel-crimes-goes-way-beyond-just-weapons-legal-expert/

Gaza number of dead
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/gaza-strip-palestinian-death-toll-in-gaza-rises-to-41-467/vi-AA1rakLc

Lancet report
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/8/gaza-toll-could-exceed-186000-lancet-study-says
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U.S. TO RAMP UP ANTI-CHINA PROPAGANDA

At a time when it’s ferociously targeting alternative media outlets like our own, the US recently passed legislation to allocate $1.6 billion to Western-aligned media and political organisations. This funding is intended to counter growing Chinese influence in the Global South - including projects such as the Belt and Road Initiative, which has boosted infrastructure and connectivity in the region. Democrats and Republicans momentarily closed ranks to pass the bill.

Sources:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr1157/text
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/china-cold-war-2669160202/

https://goachronicle.com/us-house-of-representatives-passes-hr-1157-countering-chinas-malign-influence-with-a-1-6-billion-fund/
https://www.state.gov/alerting-the-world-to-rts-global-covert-activities/#:~:text=Per%20German%20newspaper%20Tagesspiel%2C%20Red%20has%20participated%20in%20the%20organization%20of%20protests%20in%20Germany
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