Who has not heard of the Angola Three, three young black prisoners who were falsely accused of killing a prison guard in 1972 in the infamous Louisiana maximum security prison cited at a former slave plantation—and named for the place where the African captives came from, Angola. On Thursday, August 4th, attorneys for Albert Woodfox announced his passing at the age of 75.
Wednesday, 17 August 2022 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age
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What the US-Instigated Crisis in Taiwan Means for Europe
https://journal-neo.org/2022/08/17/what-the-us-instigated-crisis-in-taiwan-means-for-europe/
Germany’s Champagne Policies and the War in Ukraine – Führerbunker
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/17/germany-champagne-policies-and-war-ukraine-fuhrerbunker/
Peace With Syria: The Final Piece in Turkey’s Foreign Policy Puzzle
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2022/08/17/peace-with-syria-final-piece-in-turkey-foreign-policy-puzzle/
Chinese, Russian warships in joint drills, Sea of Japan, Oct 2021The Chinese Defence Ministry announced today its participation in the Vostok 2022 strategic command and staff exercise in Russia, which is slated for August 30-September 5. The low-key statement in Beijing said China will send some troops and the participation is within the framework of the two countries’ annual cooperation plan.
Walden Bello being taken in by Philippines authorities on August 8. [Source: bworldonline.com]Scheduled for Aug 17, 2022: Lowkey is joined by investigative journalist Alan MacLeod to examine the latest influx of former CIA agents into the rants of Facebook and Google.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Why would Black people laud the FBI or criticize protection against self-incrimination? The FBI search of Donald Trump’s home has reawakened Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Trump Derangement Syndrome Returns
Margaret Kimberley
Why would Black people laud the FBI or criticize protection against self-incrimination? The FBI search of Donald Trump’s home has reawakened Trump Derangement Syndrome.
ESSAY AND PETITION: Massacre at Attica, The Black Panther Intercommunal News Service, 1971
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
To commemorate Black August and in memory of the forty-two men massacred during the September 13, 1971 Attica Prison uprising we reproduce below an essay and petition from The Black Panther Intercommunal New Service.
Could there be a worse Prime Minister than the boisterous buffoon Johnson? Yes, the dull lampooned Truss. A party which is sacrificed to dumb down society by using the dream of Brexit to prevent a left-wing alternative, ends up paying a high price. First Johnson then Truss. With “no handouts” Truss, the Tory Party is about to elect its final grave digger.
Brian Green, 16th August 2022.
by Guy Standing
For most of human history, the oceans have been seen as a global commons, the benefits and resources of which belong to us all in equal measure. But our seas – and the marine environment as a whole – are being ravaged by exploitation for corporate profit. The result is a social, economic and ecological crisis that threatens the very life support system of the Earth.
[Source: nypost.com]A federal jury in New York last month convicted former CIA officer Joshua Schulte on nine felony counts under the Espionage Act for providing information to Wikileaks that became known as Vault 7.
Schulte has consistently denied that he was the source of the information.
The New Dark Age 