How Africa remains under the neo-colonial domination of France🇫🇷:

France forces much of Francophone Africa to use the CFA Franc, and African countries were obligated until recently store at least 50% of their foreign assets with France’s Central Bank. France controls the monetary policy of the Central Bank of West African States and the Bank of Central African States, having a de-facto veto on the boards of these central banks.

French companies have a first right of refusal on major projects, France essentially controls the commanding heights of African economies. For example, the French mining company Orano owns majority stakes in 3 uranium mines in Niger🇳🇪.

What has the citizens of Francophone Africa gotten for this domination by Paris? Not a single country which uses the CFA Franc is in the 10 richest countries in Africa. 11 of the 14 CFA Franc countries are considered among the ‘Least Developed Countries’ category by the United Nations. The CFA Franc Zone is the most impoverished area in Africa.

NEW EPISODE OF GOING UNDERGROUND⚡️

How Oligarchy & Debt Control Us: From Ancient Greece & Rome to the US, IMF & World Bank- Michael Hudson

https://rumble.com/v359s8k-how-oligarchy-and-debt-control-us-from-ancient-greece-rome-to-the-us-imf-wo.html

‘I would like this conference to clearly declare that we cannot pay this debt…just to avoid being assassinated individually. If Burkina Faso🇧🇫 is the only one to refuse, I won’t be at the next conference’

-Thomas Sankara was assassinated 3 months after calling on African countries to not pay back debt to European countries and international institutions such as the IMF and World Bank

https://rumble.com/v359s8k-how-oligarchy-and-debt-control-us-from-ancient-greece-rome-to-the-us-imf-wo.html

In Ancient Greece & Rome 'you'll see...how predatory the wealthy tend to behave when they're in oligarchy. You can't help but see that all of this is happening in the West today'

-Michael Hudson on the history of debt & oligarchy

WATCH HERE: https://rumble.com/v359s8k-how-oligarchy-and-debt-control-us-from-ancient-greece-rome-to-the-us-imf-wo.html

‘In general imperialism has all the means at its disposal, it’s allied to the oligarchies in each of the countries to stop the democratic triumph of the revolution’

-Leader of the Cuban🇨🇺 revolution Fidel Castro

https://rumble.com/v359s8k-how-oligarchy-and-debt-control-us-from-ancient-greece-rome-to-the-us-imf-wo.html

ICYMI: Thousands rallied in the main stadium of Niamey, Niger's🇳🇪 capital, to support the military government against threats of invasion from the US, France, Nigeria, and other ECOWAS states.

Time has run out for French neocolonialism in Africa?

Jeffrey Sachs on Europe and the US telling African countries to just ‘govern properly’

On this day in 1955, Cuban🇨🇺 revolutionary Fidel Castro starts the 26th of July Movement, (named after the date of attack on the Moncada Barracks), the organisation that would be the vanguard of the Cuban revolution.

In 1979 when visiting New York, facing CIA assassination threats, Fidel was asked if he wears a bulletproof vest, he showed his bare chest and replied he wears a moral vest which is strong and has protected him always. Fidel survived 634 assassination attempts.

Burkina Faso’s🇧🇫 Leader Ibrahim Traore:

“We have been receiving French aid for 63 years, yet our country has not developed, so cutting it off from us now will not kill us, rather it will motivate us to work and rely on ourselves.”

Putin: Who gave NATO the right to kill Gaddafi?

The US: We and NATO are fighting Russia in Ukraine in a proxy war to defend the rights of small nations and protect the principle of sovereignty

Also the US: Admits and laughs about meddling in other countries’ elections to stop movements that oppose US hegemony coming to power

BREAKING: Secret Pakistani cable documents show the US pressured Pakistan🇵🇰 to remove Imran Khan from power last year

“All will be forgiven,” said a U.S. diplomat, if the no-confidence vote against Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeds

https://theintercept.com/2023/08/09/imran-khan-pakistan-cypher-ukraine-russia/

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan🇵🇰 Imran Khan details the US plot to overthrow him as Prime Minister on Going Underground.

The US plot is now further confirmed with the leaked cypher which shows the US threatened Pakistan with isolation and said all would be forgiven if he was removed

Watch his latest full interview on GU here: https://rumble.com/v2umdbu-imran-khan-pakistan-becoming-a-banana-republic-under-pm-sharif-slams-wests-.html

China🇨🇳 is producing more solar, wind and hydropower renewable energy capacity than the EU🇪🇺, US🇺🇸 and India🇮🇳 combined

Thousands of pro-military regime supporters in Niger🇳🇪 demonstrated outside Air Base 101 and Diori Hamani International Airport in the Niger Capital of Niamey today, where around 2,000 US and French Troops are based; the protesters chanted ‘Down with France, Down with ECOWAS’

WATCH: Afshin Rattansi reminds former CIA External Advisory Board Member Michael O'Hanlon on NATO's bombing of Yugoslavia after he says US hegemony over Europe has provided peace and stability

FULL INTERVIEW: https://rumble.com/v36nsvw-afshin-rattansi-grills-ex-cia-advisor-on-russia-nato-proxy-conflict-in-ukra.html

On this day in 1926, Cuban🇨🇺 Revolutionary Fidel Castro was born. He would lead a campaign to overthrow the US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. Before the revolution, US financial interests owned 90% of Cuba’s mines, 80% of public utilities, 50% of railways, 40% of sugar production & 25% of bank deposits.

In the first 30 months after Castro came to power, more classrooms were built in those 30 months than had been built in the previous 30 years. Within the first 6 months , 600 miles of road had been built across the island, while $300 million was spent on water and sanitation schemes. Over 800 houses were constructed every month in the early years of the administration in a measure to cut homelessness.

Cuban healthcare was nationalised and expanded, bringing free healthcare access to millions. Universal vaccination for childhood diseases was introduced, leading to infant mortality rates plummeting. Since 1963, more than 600K Cuban health workers have provided medical services in more than 160 countries.

'Why is it when the Americans leave, get more disengaged, peace starts breaking out with Syria...peace starts breaking out between Ethiopia and Eritrea?'

-Afshin Rattansi challenges former CIA Advisor Dr. Michael O'Hanlon

WATCH: https://rumble.com/v36nsvw-afshin-rattansi-grills-ex-cia-advisor-on-russia-nato-proxy-conflict-in-ukra.html

Julian Assange:

“A great number of those working for liberal causes are not only shy but borderline collusive. They want change to happen nicely, and it won't. They want decency to come about without anybody suffering or being embarrassed, and it won't. And most of all they want to give many of the enemies of open government the benefit of the doubt, and I don't. It's not just a difference of approach, it's a complete schism in our respective philosophy. You can't go about disclosure in the hope that it won't spoil anybody's dinner.”

NEW EPISODE OF GOING UNDERGROUND⚡️

‘India Will NOT Play Anyone Else’s Games’-Shashi Tharoor on BRICS, Ukraine & Relations With The US

https://rumble.com/v3784jq-india-will-not-play-anyone-elses-games-shashi-tharoor-on-brics-ukraine-and-.html

On this day in 1947, Britain🇬🇧 partitioned India🇮🇳 to create the new states of India and Pakistan.

For decades, Britain fuelled religious tensions between Hindus & Muslims to undermine the Indian independence movement with divide and rule tactics, placing an emphasis on religion and caste like never before. Britain’s disastrous partition of India led to 1 million people being killed in the violence and mass migration. 10-20 million people were displaced.

Winston Churchill backed the plan to partition the country, believing that an Islamic Pakistan would serve as a loyal Western vassal against the Soviet Union and a socialist India.

In a further disaster of partition, Britain drew Pakistan’s borders to include Bangladesh. With Pakistan’s Jinnah set on enforcing Urdu as the sole national language, the effort to suppress Bengali and treating Bengalis as second-class citizens would boil over less than 2 decades later in 1971 when Pakistan’s Army would commit a genocide against Bangladesh, killing 3 million