19 March 2019 — Climate & Capitalism
Climate change, caused by industrialized rich countries, is responsible for the disaster now unfolding in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.
Aerial photo provided by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent shows the scale of the damage caused by Cyclone Idai in the Mozambique port city of Beira.
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4 September 2013 — Black Agenda Report
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford7 August 2013 — Links – International journal of socialist renewal
August 6, 2013 — For a good part of his 33 years in power, Robert Mugabe has presided over a ruthless dictatorship. From the thousands killed in the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres and misery for millions under ESAP [structural adjustment plan], Operation Murambatsvina and hyper-inflation of 2008.
10 April 2013 — Black Agenda Report
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford
The US-NATO military curtain has fallen the length and breadth of Africa. “Zimbabwe and tiny Eritrea are among the few nations on the African continent that have not yet been absorbed into the AFRICOM matrix.” Continue reading
14 January 2013 — La Via Campesina
During the month of November last year, the world watched farm workers strikes, particularly those working in vineyards in the Western Cape Province, in South Africa. They were protesting against exploitation and poor working and living conditions on farms, demanding an increase in minimum wages.
7 December 2012 — williambowles.info
2nd Brig Commander Taking Stand in WikiLeaks Case
ABC News
Testimony in the WikiLeaks case resumes with the second of two Marine Corps brig commanders who ordered strict pretrial confinement of an Army private charged with sending classified information to the anti-secrecy website. Chief Warrant Officer 2 …
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/brig-commander-gi-restricted-good-17891825
31 October 2012 — Eric Walberg
The West’s attempts to destroy the Iranian economy through heightened sanctions—including most imports, oil exports and use of banks for trade operations—is having its affect. According to Johns Hopkins University Professor Steve Hanke, Iran is facing hyperinflation, with a monthly inflation rate of nearly 70% per month and its national currency, the rial, plummeting in value against western currencies. Iran is the latest casualty to be placed on his Hanke-Krus Hyperinflation Index, which includes France (1795), Germany (1922), Chile (1973), Nicaragua (1986), Argentina (1990), Russia (1992), Ecuador (1999) and Zimbabwe (2007), countries which experienced price-level increases of at least 50% per month.
9 July 2012 — Pambazuka
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11 March 2012 — williambowles.info
“Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies” director Patrick Forbes talks Julian Assange at SXSW
IFC
One of the more interesting documentaries to shake up SXSW this year is “Wikileaks: Secrets and Lies,” a film that seeks to set the definitive factual account of Julian Assange and his rise to infamy thanks to Wikileaks. The 76-minute-long documentary …
http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/03/wikileaks-secrets-and-lies-patrick-forbes-julian-assange-sxsw
14 November 2011 — Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839
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18 October 2011 — williambowles.info
18 October 2011
Assange calls WikiLeaks defection reports false
CTV.ca
AP LIMA, Peru — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday described as nonsense reports of defections from his organization and said his group helped inspire the Occupy Wall Street movement. Addressing a meeting of the Inter American Press …
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20111018/julian-assange-denies-wikileaks-defection-reports-111018/
6 October 2011 — williambowles.info
Zimbabwe: Wikileaks Won’t Divide us – ZANU-PF
AllAfrica.com
ZANU-PF will not be divided by revelations by whistle blower website Wikileaks on how some of its members engaged with the “enemy” and is going for its December National People’s Conference a united party, spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo said yesterday. …
http://allafrica.com/stories/201110060173.html
4 October 2011 — williambowles.info
WikiLeaks ‘Architect’ threatens site’s future
ABC Online
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds himself isolated, fighting extradition and deserted by many of his former partners and friends. His organisation is damaged and cannot receive the leaks that are its lifeblood. Can WikiLeaks survive? …
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-04/wikileaks-architect/3207748?site=melbourne
21 September 2011 — williambowles.info
WikiLeaks: Modi aides found Advani uninspiring; wanted Manmohan as PM
Hindustan Times
According to the confidential diplomatic cable sent by the US Consulate at Mumbai during the 2009 general elections, now made public by the WikiLeaks, Modi supporters felt that Advani had failed to generate any enthusiasm. “LK Advani, the BJP leader, …
http://www.hindustantimes.com/WikiLeaks-Modi-aides-found-Advani-uninspiring-wanted-Manmohan-as-PM/Article1-748204.aspx
15 September 2011 — williambowles.info
Ethiopian journalist named in WikiLeaks flees country
AFP
ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian journalist identified in a diplomatic cable released last month by WikiLeaks has fled after being questioned by authorities, a media rights watchdog said Thursday. Argaw Ashine was questioned last week by government …
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPUU1ouLkRUZJg6xEXLd2CGD9k7g?docId=CNG.c3d28c9ce20f22f00e7bae9c0b328b07.11
12 September 2011 — williambowles.info
Latest Wikileaks Releases Give Zimbabweans Insights Into Political Parties
Voice of America
11 September 2011 Latest Wikileaks Releases Offer Zimbabweans Candid View of Political Parties The United States embassy for its part strongly condemned the release of the cables. Sharon Hudson-Dean, US Embassy spokesperson, says the disclosures could …
http://www.voanews.com/zimbabwe/news/Zimbabwean-Wikileaks-Shocks-Many-Amid-Fears-of-Retribution-129616698.html
9 September 2011 — williambowles.info
Zimbabwe: Parties Speak on Wikileaks Disclosures
AllAfrica.com
MDC-T announced yesterday that it had resolved to absolve senior party officials exposed by Wikileaks mocking their leader. However, Zanu-PF secretary for information and publicity, Cde Rugare Gumbo, on Wednesday implored members of the party named in …
http://allafrica.com/stories/201109090194.html
27 August 2011 — williambowles.info
In Libya, Gas Prices Rise As Rebels Seek Control
NPR
Libyan rebel leaders say they’re negotiating with regime loyalists in holdout towns. Rebel supporters burn books on the philosophy of Gadhafi in Tripoli on Saturday. Libyan rebel leaders say they’re negotiating with regime loyalists in holdout towns. …
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=139992738&ps=cprs
17 August 2011 — Black Agenda Report – News, commentary and analysis from the black left
It’s Too Late To Save The Obama Administration. Can We Still Save Ourselves?
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Two and half years into the Obama presidency, some of us spend more time mooning over pretty pictures of the First Family, their beautiful kids and regal mother-in-law than we spend publicly worrying over the fates of millions of families, children and elders we personally know. Why are some of us still trying to “save” the Obama administration. When will it be time to save ourselves from endless war, climate change, joblessness and the other ravages of late predatory capitalism?
10 August 2011 — Black Agenda Report: News, commentary and analysis from the black left
Barack’s Satan Sandwich Only The First Course: Will We Re-Hire the Chef in 2012 Anyway?
Bruce A. Dixon
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver pronounced the debt deal a Satan Sandwich. The CBC is conducting its own “jobs tour,” without any government jobs, and the House progressive caucus is denouncing the series of rolling raids on Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security that the debt deal sets in motion. But will this, or anything stop progressives from re-hiring Chef Obama again in 2012?
The New Dark Age 