Artwork by Emory Douglas
May 24: Birthday of Comrade Emory Douglas, revolutionary artist, former Minister of Culture of the Black Panther Party, and driving force behind the BPP newspaper.
When Africa Called…CUBA ANSWERED!
Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 7 pm
Brecht Forum , 451 West St (btwn. Bank and Bethune St), New York, NY
Join us for this special Black History Month event dedicated to the Cuban 5!
African American Activists have played a key role in supporting the Cuban Revolution! Join us for a night of discussion as we explore this rich political history!
We will be showing the amazing film After the Battle by Estela Bravo: For 13 years, Cubans and Angolans fought side by side against South African forces in a little-known war that helped to change the destiny of one part of Africa. What was the motivation and what was the outcome for the ones who took part in their conflict? Those who fought answer these questions for each side. Filmed on location in Angola, South Africa, Namibia and Cuba, this documentary examines the politics of the war from all sides and features remarkable combat footage, archival material and interviews with Cuban and South African soldiers as well as grieving families of those who were killed in the war.
Panel:
- Michael Tarif Warren, Attorney and Activist
- Benjamin Ramos Rosado, The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5
- A Representative of the Venceremos Brigade to Talk about this Summer’s trip to Cuba
Suggested donation: $5-10 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Sponsored by: The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuban 5, Jericho NYC, and The Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Center of CCNY.
For more information call 718-601-4751
Rio's Cemetery of New Blacks sheds light on the horrors of the slave trade-- and the broad scope of the trade within Africa.
Locals called it the “cemetery of the new blacks”, but in truth it wasn’t much of a cemetery. Devoid of headstones, wreaths or tearful mourners, this squalid harbourside burial ground was the final resting place for thousands of Africans shipped into slavery.
Caribbean People's Resolution On The Crimes Committed Against Libya
It is now incumbent on all of the smaller nations of the world, and indeed, on all governments and persons that believe in the concepts of international law and morality, to forcibly register a strong and profound protest against the manner in which the operative principles of the United Nations and the fundamental precepts of international law were flouted and desecrated by the powerful nations of France, Britain and the United States of America ( and their NATO allies) in their actions against the people, government and nation of Libya, and against Libya’s political leader, the late Muammar Qaddafi, over the period of February to October 2011!
Malawian nurse saving babies and mothers in her home country
Lilongwe, Malawi (CNN) — For one retired midwife, seeing too many mothers die during childbirth led her to quit her job and take on the third highest infant mortality rates in the world.
From Congo with Love
Photography exhibition by Rankin
Famous for his portraits of Kylie Minogue, Kate Moss and the Queen, portrait photographer Rankin presents images from his visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo with Oxfam.
The images focus on the love and solidarity found in the midst of one of the world’s worst conflict zones. There are images and stories exploring romantic love, love lost, mother’s love and the kindness of strangers, as well as photos taken by Congolese villagers with Rankin’s guidance, providing an extraordinary insight into their everyday life.
Excellent.
Obama Hosts International Debut for Libya’s Racist and Thoroughly Non-Revolutionary Regime
By Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report
The United States and the corporate media would have you believe that President Obama and the U.S. corporate media are celebrating the triumph of a “revolution” in Libya. But there was no revolution. Revolutionaries’ – African revolutionaries – do not name their fighting units ‘the Brigade for Purging Slaves, Black Skin.’
And they have not yet triumphed. The armed conflict in Libya has been an imperial project from the very beginning, and the people know it. Obama is working from an old playbook, deploying Islamists to wage war against non-compliant secular regimes and movements in the Muslim world.
Lunga Lunga Industrial Area/Sinai fire tragedy in Nairobi, Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 12 – More than 100 people were burnt to death in Nairobi’s Sinai slum after a pipeline burst into flames.
The explosion happened in Nairobi’s Lunga Lunga industrial area, which is surrounded by the densely packed tin-shack housing of the Sinai slum.
“There had been a leak in the fuel pipeline earlier, and people were going to collect the fuel that was coming out,” said Joseph Mwego, a resident.
“Then there was a loud bang, a big explosion, and smoke and fire burst up high.”
Many residents were caught up in the blaze, which started around 8.30am.
“I have never seen this in my life. I have seen women and children burnt like firewood. The very worst was a woman burned with her baby on her back,” a local resident Francis Muendo said.
Report by Capital News Senior Reporter Bernard Momanyi
Photos by Muthoni Njuki Source