Our Facts of the Week look at some striking cases of false flag operations - carried out either by imperial powers or, as in the case of Rwanda, ultimately serving their interests. These tactics have been deployed across the world, from Africa to Europe, the Middle East and beyond, either devastating nations directly or refining methods later used elsewhere. What other examples can you think of?
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PT. 3: GRENADA’S EDUCATION REVOLUTION 🇬🇩
In March 1979, the revolutionary New JEWEL Movement (with JEWEL standing for ‘Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation’) overthrew Grenada’s Western-aligned government of Eric Gairy (1922-97).
The new government led by President Maurice Bishop (1944-83) adopted several measures to transform the country and entrench the revolution.
In this March 2024 video produced by Salifu Mack, we look at how the government used education to build its revolution between 1979 and 1983 and how literacy led to increased political participation. Ordinary Grenadians developed the country’s annual budget and built ties with other revolutionary states.
Let us know in the comments how your country could learn from this experience.
In March 1979, the revolutionary New JEWEL Movement (with JEWEL standing for ‘Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation’) overthrew Grenada’s Western-aligned government of Eric Gairy (1922-97).
The new government led by President Maurice Bishop (1944-83) adopted several measures to transform the country and entrench the revolution.
In this March 2024 video produced by Salifu Mack, we look at how the government used education to build its revolution between 1979 and 1983 and how literacy led to increased political participation. Ordinary Grenadians developed the country’s annual budget and built ties with other revolutionary states.
Let us know in the comments how your country could learn from this experience.
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Nothing beats self-reliance and preparedness when facing challenges. Relying chiefly on external assistance can leave you vulnerable when that aid is no longer available. This week's proverb speaks to recent developments. The Trump administration issued a 90-day freeze on US foreign aid, including critical programmes for AIDS relief. This abrupt suspension has severely impacted HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention efforts in several African countries, such as Kenya and Nigeria. If our leaders prioritised taking control of our abundant resources and utilising them to benefit the African masses and not foreign multinational corporations, we would become stronger and less prone to outside shocks.
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WHY BLACK RACE REPRESENTS PEACE
No Black nation in the modern world has ever enslaved anybody, colonised another people, imposed its language on others or possesses weapons of mass destruction. That’s the observation of life coach Franck Zanu (@zanuprojectrethink - IG), who in this clip considers the deeper significance of this fact. He says it shows that the Black race is a symbol of peace. This might seem a stretch, given how many wars have been fought on our continent, even post colonialism. But many of those wars were due to continued meddling by our former colonisers.
Video Credit: @FranckZanu (YouTube)
No Black nation in the modern world has ever enslaved anybody, colonised another people, imposed its language on others or possesses weapons of mass destruction. That’s the observation of life coach Franck Zanu (@zanuprojectrethink - IG), who in this clip considers the deeper significance of this fact. He says it shows that the Black race is a symbol of peace. This might seem a stretch, given how many wars have been fought on our continent, even post colonialism. But many of those wars were due to continued meddling by our former colonisers.
Video Credit: @FranckZanu (YouTube)
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USAID IN AFRICA: ‘WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING’
In a recent X post, tech billionaire Elon Musk agreed with Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao, a former African Union ambassador to the United States, who lauded the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). While speaking with journalist Steve Clemson (@scclemons on X), @HEDrArikana (X) argued in this clip that USAID had interfered in Africa, adding that its dismantling is a ‘wake-up call’ for Africans to build a self-sufficient continent.
In a recent X post, tech billionaire Elon Musk agreed with Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao, a former African Union ambassador to the United States, who lauded the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). While speaking with journalist Steve Clemson (@scclemons on X), @HEDrArikana (X) argued in this clip that USAID had interfered in Africa, adding that its dismantling is a ‘wake-up call’ for Africans to build a self-sufficient continent.
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Continued……Musk is no stranger to controversy, as he fuelled US President Donald Trump’s attack on South Africa for alleged ‘unjust racial discrimination’ of Afrikaners, descendants of Dutch colonists who ran the apartheid regime that denied fundamental rights to the Black majority until 1994.
Maybe it takes one imperialist to recognise another. Whatever may be the case, dismantling USAID amplified many Global South people’s criticism that the agency worked to keep many places, including the continent, subservient to the US. The mere threat of destabilising governments not towing Washington’s line has kept many countries obedient.
In February, US Congressman Scott Perry alleged USAID funded Boko Haram, ISIS and Al Qaeda, which came after years of Nigerians pointing to foreign powers funding Boko Haram.
Video credit: @aljazeera
Sources
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/trumps-dismantling-of-usaid-offers-a-new-beginning-for-africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55229894
https://newscentral.africa/usaid-funded-boko-haram-other-terror-groups-us-lawmaker
https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-020-00264-4
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197570/deaths-caused-by-boko-haram-in-nigeria
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/newsletter/2025/01/29/inklings-what-make-trump-aid-freeze-chaos
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/3/3/why-some-in-the-global-south-are-not-mourning-the-demise-of-usaid
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1903671188754252133
Maybe it takes one imperialist to recognise another. Whatever may be the case, dismantling USAID amplified many Global South people’s criticism that the agency worked to keep many places, including the continent, subservient to the US. The mere threat of destabilising governments not towing Washington’s line has kept many countries obedient.
In February, US Congressman Scott Perry alleged USAID funded Boko Haram, ISIS and Al Qaeda, which came after years of Nigerians pointing to foreign powers funding Boko Haram.
Video credit: @aljazeera
Sources
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/trumps-dismantling-of-usaid-offers-a-new-beginning-for-africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55229894
https://newscentral.africa/usaid-funded-boko-haram-other-terror-groups-us-lawmaker
https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-020-00264-4
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197570/deaths-caused-by-boko-haram-in-nigeria
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/newsletter/2025/01/29/inklings-what-make-trump-aid-freeze-chaos
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/3/3/why-some-in-the-global-south-are-not-mourning-the-demise-of-usaid
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1903671188754252133
Atlantic Council
Trump’s dismantling of USAID offers a new beginning for Africa
African leaders should take advantage of the dismantling of USAID to propose new partnerships made up of direct investment and fairer trade, Rama Yade writes.
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ON THIS DAY: THE U.S. ARRESTS ITS YOUNGEST EXECUTION VICTIM
On this day in 1944, the discovery of two white girls’ corpses in a ditch in South Carolina led to the tragic execution of the United States’ youngest victim, George Stinney, Jr.
Authorities had wrongfully accused the 14-year-old Black child of murdering Betty June Binnicker, 11, and Mary Emma Thames, 7.
On 23 March 1944, the girls, who had been riding bicycles in search of passion flower berries, stopped to ask Stinney and his younger sister if they knew where to find ‘maypops.’ That was the last time the girls were seen alive, as their bodies were found the next day.
Following an interrogation without Stinney’s parents present, plus a rushed investigation and a coerced confession, an all-white jury convicted Stinney in just 10 minutes after a two-hour trial on 24 April 1944, in which he had no proper legal defence. Despite widespread pleas for mercy, he was sentenced to death by electrocution.
On this day in 1944, the discovery of two white girls’ corpses in a ditch in South Carolina led to the tragic execution of the United States’ youngest victim, George Stinney, Jr.
Authorities had wrongfully accused the 14-year-old Black child of murdering Betty June Binnicker, 11, and Mary Emma Thames, 7.
On 23 March 1944, the girls, who had been riding bicycles in search of passion flower berries, stopped to ask Stinney and his younger sister if they knew where to find ‘maypops.’ That was the last time the girls were seen alive, as their bodies were found the next day.
Following an interrogation without Stinney’s parents present, plus a rushed investigation and a coerced confession, an all-white jury convicted Stinney in just 10 minutes after a two-hour trial on 24 April 1944, in which he had no proper legal defence. Despite widespread pleas for mercy, he was sentenced to death by electrocution.
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Continued……On 16 June 1944, the state of South Carolina executed Stinney in an adult-sized electric chair, which was too large for his 95-pound frame, making his death particularly horrific.
His siblings and a former cellmate maintained his innocence for decades. But it was not until 70 years later, in 2014, that new evidence revealed authorities had coerced Stinney’s confession, and that he had an alibi placing him elsewhere during the crime. Judge Carmen Mullen ultimately overturned his conviction, calling it a ‘great and fundamental injustice.’
While some might call the 2014 ruling a victory, wrongful arrests continue to mark Black people’s existence as an internal colony in the US, violating our people’s human rights. From George Stinney (1929-44) to Breonna Taylor (1993-2020), George Floyd (1973-2020) and countless others, state violence against Black people in the US isn’t an anomaly but a pillar of its imperialist system.
Sources
https://allthatsinteresting.com/george-stinney-jr
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30529890
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1382796/stinney-ruling.pdf
His siblings and a former cellmate maintained his innocence for decades. But it was not until 70 years later, in 2014, that new evidence revealed authorities had coerced Stinney’s confession, and that he had an alibi placing him elsewhere during the crime. Judge Carmen Mullen ultimately overturned his conviction, calling it a ‘great and fundamental injustice.’
While some might call the 2014 ruling a victory, wrongful arrests continue to mark Black people’s existence as an internal colony in the US, violating our people’s human rights. From George Stinney (1929-44) to Breonna Taylor (1993-2020), George Floyd (1973-2020) and countless others, state violence against Black people in the US isn’t an anomaly but a pillar of its imperialist system.
Sources
https://allthatsinteresting.com/george-stinney-jr
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30529890
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1382796/stinney-ruling.pdf
All That's Interesting
Inside The Execution Of 14-Year-Old George Stinney Jr., The Youngest Person In U.S. History To Face Capital Punishment
Accused of murdering two white girls without a shred of physical evidence, George Stinney Jr. was charged, tried, convicted, and executed in a span of just 83 days.
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S. AFRICAN ENVOY EXPELLED BY TRUMP HAS NO REGRETS
‘I have no regrets!’ - that was the message of South Africa’s expelled ambassador to the US, addressing supporters who’d come to greet him at Cape Town airport.
Ebrahim Rasool took his expulsion by the Trump administration as a ‘badge of dignity.’ The boisterous crowd praised him for serving the country honourably.
The veteran diplomat crossed swords with the Trump administration after he criticised the administration’s crackdown on equity and diversity programmes. Speaking during a webinar featuring academics and political activists, Rasool suggested that Trump had been mobilising the fear that White people could become a minority in the US to justify racist policies.
Rasool’s expulsion puts additional strain on already fraught relations between Pretoria and Washington. In recent weeks, the African country has been a frequent target of Trump’s tirades.
‘I have no regrets!’ - that was the message of South Africa’s expelled ambassador to the US, addressing supporters who’d come to greet him at Cape Town airport.
Ebrahim Rasool took his expulsion by the Trump administration as a ‘badge of dignity.’ The boisterous crowd praised him for serving the country honourably.
The veteran diplomat crossed swords with the Trump administration after he criticised the administration’s crackdown on equity and diversity programmes. Speaking during a webinar featuring academics and political activists, Rasool suggested that Trump had been mobilising the fear that White people could become a minority in the US to justify racist policies.
Rasool’s expulsion puts additional strain on already fraught relations between Pretoria and Washington. In recent weeks, the African country has been a frequent target of Trump’s tirades.
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Continued……. In February, Trump suspended aid to the country over discredited allegations that it is discriminating against White citizens. Trump’s order came after South Africa’s president signed a new law allowing the government to confiscate private land without compensation under certain circumstances. The law aims to redress the legacy of apartheid-era laws that prohibited Black South Africans from owning land.
In his address, Rasool also recalled how the American people had often stood with South Africans, even when Washington hadn’t - for example, by boycotting South African goods during the apartheid era when the US refused to apply sanctions.
Video credits: SABC News and Newzroom Afrika
In his address, Rasool also recalled how the American people had often stood with South Africans, even when Washington hadn’t - for example, by boycotting South African goods during the apartheid era when the US refused to apply sanctions.
Video credits: SABC News and Newzroom Afrika
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‘GOLDEN VOICE OF AFRICA’ DEFENDS MALI REVOLUTION
Salif Keïta, Mali’s leading artist and one of Africa’s legendary musicians, defended the revolution underway in Mali following its 2020 people-backed coup d’état.
In an interview with a French media outlet banned in Mali, France 24, the interviewer asked Keïta, dubbed the ‘Golden Voice of Africa,’ multiple times to clarify his position on Malian President Assimi Goïta and what the interviewer referred to as ‘the junta,’ or the new government.
Salif Keïta, Mali’s leading artist and one of Africa’s legendary musicians, defended the revolution underway in Mali following its 2020 people-backed coup d’état.
In an interview with a French media outlet banned in Mali, France 24, the interviewer asked Keïta, dubbed the ‘Golden Voice of Africa,’ multiple times to clarify his position on Malian President Assimi Goïta and what the interviewer referred to as ‘the junta,’ or the new government.
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