Secularism is a Women’s IssueThis is not only the story of an African uprising. Occupy Nigeria, as the two-week movement that rattled the Nigerian government became known, was part of a wave of global Occupy protests inspired by the takeover of Zuccotti Park in Manhattan in 2011. With millions of participants flooding the streets of Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and other Nigerian cities and towns, it was the largest Occupy movement in the world. Yet ten years later, little has been written about Occupy Nigeria—or the many other African uprisings that have taken place over the last decade.
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Why Did the Western Left Ignore Occupy Nigeria?
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Historic Africa/CARICOM Summit
18 September, by siawi3“Today was a momentous and happy day for all Pan-Africanists. The spirits of Marcus Garvey, Edward Wilmot Blyden, George Padmore and Kwame Nkrumah were surely smiling with and upon us today.” African and Caribbean heads of government held an historic virtual meeting to strengthen international partnerships and gain true independence from neo-colonial control: Unity Across Continents and Oceans: Opportunities for Deepening Integration.
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Pakistan: Militant threat to media
18 September, by siawi3WITH the coming to power of the Afghan Taliban, their militant cousins across the border have started identifying their targets in Pakistan. Journalists have been the first to feel the heat. Journalists are caught between the TTP and the state.
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Afghanistan: One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban
18 September, by siawi3“Thefts have disappeared. But bread has also disappeared.” Drought and famine are driving thousands from the country to the cities, and the World Food Programme fears food could run out by the end of the month, pushing up to 14 million people to the brink of starvation.
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UN: Likely Assassination of UN Chief by US, British and South African Intelligence Happened 60 Years Ago Today
18 September, by siawi3Through his independence, Hammarskjöld had managed to anger both Cold War camps. New evidence over the past decade has led to a UN probe into the probable assassination of the second UN chief, but U.S., British and South African intelligence are rebuffing UN demands to declassify files to get at the truth.
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Décès de l’ex-président algérien, Abdelaziz Bouteflika
18 septembre, par siawi3Abdelaziz Bouteflika est né le 2 mars 1937 à Oujda. Il a accédé à la tête de la présidence de la République le 27 avril 1999 pour se retirer le 2 avril 2019 sous la pression du mouvement citoyen, le Hirak après quatre mandats de suite.
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France : Conversations Tocqueville : « Le “wokisme”, une fièvre américaine qui atteint l’Europe »
18 septembre, par siawi3« La surenchère perpétuelle transforme le souci des victimes en une injonction totalitaire, une inquisition permanente. »
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« Le “wokisme” prospère grâce aux failles d’un Occident mortifié »
18 septembre, par siawi3Cette relégation du discours de l’émancipation sociale par le discours identitariste se retrouve aussi bien actuellement chez les « droitards » que chez les gauchistes, une tenaille identitaire en somme.
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The Race Class Narrative Can Win
18 September, by siawi3There is an effective way to talk about both race and class when organizing for multiracial democracy.
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THE MAGICAL QUALITY OF WHITENESS
18 September, by siawi3It’s an obsession that replaces political argument with magical thinking and gives new legitimacy to bigotry.
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