Speakers from the labor movement and community organizations were featured at this year’s Detroit Martin Luther King Day. The annual event, which began in 2004 in the early phase of U.S. occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, has sought over the years to reclaim the peace and social justice legacy of the martyred civil rights leader, [...]
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Detroit MLK Day focuses on defeating ‘right-to-work’ and police brutality
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Abayomi Azikiwe January 22, 2013 » Add the first comment.
French war on Mali spreads to Algeria
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Abayomi Azikiwe January 21, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The war that French imperialism has escalated in its former West African colony of Mali has now spread to neighboring Algeria. There, some 82 people have been reported killed after an attempted seizure of hostages at a natural gas field. Imperialist governments are lining up for a long intervention in Africa. Earlier, President Francois Hollande [...]
MLK’s legacy & the labor movement
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Abayomi Azikiwe January 20, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 84 years old this Jan. 15. His legacy today is as important as it was during the struggle for civil rights and peace during the mid- and late-20th century. From the early campaigns of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which led the bus boycott of 1955-56, [...]
Algerian gas field takeover ends in bloody attack
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Abayomi Azikiwe January 17, 2013 » Add the first comment.
French military invasion in Mali escalates regional tensions Jan. 17 — France has escalated its military intervention into the West African state of Mali with increased bombing operations in the north, central and east of the country and the deployment of additional troops. Paris says it will soon have more than 2,000 military personnel occupying [...]
U.S. backs French bombing of Mali
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Abayomi Azikiwe January 14, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Colonial powers try to reconquer Africa Jan. 14 — French imperialism has launched major military operations in West and East Africa under the guise of fighting “Islamic terrorism.” French fighter jets and commandos have gone into operation in the north and central regions of Mali. These attacks follow the Obama administration’s late December declaration that [...]
Zionist state of Israel is also anti-African
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Abayomi Azikiwe January 13, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has praised efforts aimed at banning African migrants from entering and remaining in the state of Israel. During 2012, over 9,000 South Sudanese and Eritreans were deported from the country. The Israeli state is constructing a 225-kilometer fence to keep Africans from entering from the Sinai region of Egypt. The [...]
U.S. to deploy troops to 35 African countries
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Abayomi Azikiwe January 7, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The Barack Obama administration revealed plans to deploy 3,500 troops to nearly three dozen African states to purportedly address a looming “al-Qaeda threat,” according to a Dec. 24 statement. The Pentagon is dispatching soldiers from the 2nd Brigade’s Heavy Combat Team of the 1st Infantry Division based in Fort Riley, Kan. Official reports indicate that [...]
Egyptian protesters stay in the streets
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Abayomi Azikiwe December 21, 2012 » Add the first comment.
Egyptians in 10 of the country’s 27 provinces, including the two major cities of Cairo and Alexandria, voted on Dec. 15 in the first phase of a referendum for a draft constitution. The follow-up vote is scheduled to be held Dec. 22 in smaller cities and rural areas throughout this North African state. Only one-third [...]
Right-wing continues attacks on Michigan workers, oppressed
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Abayomi Azikiwe December 20, 2012 » Add the first comment.
Since the passage of “right-to-work” legislation in Michigan on Dec. 11, unions and community organizations have vowed to continue their fight against the inevitable lowering of wages and benefits. The rush to pass what unions are calling “right-to-work-for-less” and other bills is a clear manifestation of an escalating capitalist war being waged on the working [...]
Declarada la guerra contra sindicatos en Michigan
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Abayomi Azikiwe December 19, 2012 » Add the first comment.
Lansing, Michigan, 11 de diciembre – Mientras la Policía Estatal rociaba con gas-pimienta a los/as trabajadores/as que protestaban, el gobernador Rick Snyder de Michigan no perdió tiempo hoy en convertir en ley dos proyectos de ley que los sindicatos llaman “leyes de derecho a trabajar por menos”. En un estado que históricamente ha sido un [...]
