Zambia
-
Zambia Is the Tip of the Tail of the Global Dog: The Fourteenth Newsletter (2021)
8 April 2021 — Tricontinental From left to right: Vijay Prashad, Fred M’membe, Diego Sequera, and Erika Farías in Caracas, 2019. Photograph taken by Yeimi Salinas. Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On 12 August 2021, the people of Zambia will vote to elect a new president, who will Continue reading
-
Socialist Party’s manifesto promises revolutionary change in Zambia
The presidential candidate of the Socialist Party (SP) of Zambia, Fred M’membe, released the party’s manifesto for the August 2021 elections at a press conference on June 18, Wednesday. “This is a manifesto for revolutionary change.. a manifesto that will release the power of ordinary people to transform this country,” said M’membe in his opening… Continue reading
-
The BBC’s ‘Why Poverty?’ Series: A Missed Opportunity
The Why Poverty project is a recent collaboration between the Open University and the BBC that attempts to highlight the causes of global poverty and explain the different contexts in which it is experienced… In my view, however, parts of the BBC 4 series, as well as the overall narrative of the project were not… Continue reading
-
The BBC’s ‘Why Poverty?’ Series: A Missed Opportunity
The Why Poverty project is a recent collaboration between the Open University and the BBC that attempts to highlight the causes of global poverty and explain the different contexts in which it is experienced… In my view, however, parts of the BBC 4 series, as well as the overall narrative of the project were not… Continue reading
-
Libya Newslinks 7 October 2011
7 October 2011 — williambowles.info Libyan Fighters Assault Main Qaddafi Base in Sirte Fox News AP Libyan revolutionary fighters exchange RPG firing positions, while attacking pro-Qaddafi forces inside the Ouagadougou conference center of Sirte, Libya, Friday, Oct. 7, 2011. SIRTE, Libya — Revolutionary fighters on Friday assaulted a convention … http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/10/07/libyan-fighters-assault-main-qaddafi-base-in-sirte/ Continue reading
-
Billionaires and Mega-Corporations Behind Immense Land Grab in Africa By John Vidal
Ethiopia is one of the hungriest countries in the world with more than 13-million people needing food aid, but paradoxically the government is offering at least 7.5 million acres of its most fertile land to rich countries and some of the world’s most wealthy individuals to export food for their own populations. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 