Canadian imperialism in Africa
Editor | mronline.org | 2021-09-18
Canadian imperialism in Africa has had a rare social media moment.
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Grief and Anger after UAE Soldiers Torture and Kill Yemeni-American Student Trying to Visit Family
scorinoco | orinocotribune.com | 2021-09-18
Dhamar, Yemen, Sep 14 — As his hope that the Sana'a International Airport will be reopened has faded, smiley-faced Abdulmalek Anwar Alsanabani, a 25-year-old Yemeni-American living in Fresno, California, finally decided to take the risky journey across the south of Yemen in order to see his family in Sana'a. Al-Sanabani had gone eight years away from his loved ones. On Wednesday, he arrived at southern Yemen's Aden Airport, where he shared his last Facebook post before his smiley face became bloodied and bruised. | Abdulmalek, a grad…
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Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Real Legacy is Anarchism in Practice
Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council NYC | itsgoingdown.org | 2021-09-18
Statement from Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council (MACC) on the anarchist legacy of Occupy Wall Street on the movement's 10th anniversary. Lenapehoking, Turtle Island (also known as New York City) — Since its demise in the Fall of 2012, various individuals, websites, social media accounts, and politicians have tried to claim the mantle of Occupy Wall… Read Full Article…
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Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street, Its Real Legacy is Anarchism in Practice
Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council NYC | itsgoingdown.org | 2021-09-18
Statement from Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Council (MACC) on the anarchist legacy of Occupy Wall Street on the movement's 10th anniversary. Lenapehoking, Turtle Island (also known as New York City) — Since its demise in the Fall of 2012, various individuals, websites, social media accounts, and politicians have tried to claim the mantle of Occupy Wall… Read Full Article…
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Ecuadorians Mobilize against Lasso's Anti-People Policies
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-09-18
Peoples Dispatch On September 15, thousands of Ecuadorians took to the streets in different provinces of the country against the neoliberal policies of the right-wing government of President Guillermo Lasso. Photo: CONAIE/Twitter The primary demands of the trade unions and social organizations include the immediate discontinuation of the neoliberal measure in force since last year,… Read…
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Venezuela Denounces Serious Violation of Agreements Signed in Mexico
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-09-18
The Head of Venezuela's government delegation to the Mexico Talks, Jorge Rodríguez, reported that the Venezuelan government categorically rejects the serious violation of the agreements signed by opposition elements and their foreign sponsors, who have already dedicated themselves to sabotaging and evading their commitments established in the Memorandum of Understanding signed on August 13. Rodríguez specifically addressed the agreement concerning the restoration of the assets and resources belonging to Venezuela, held abroad or in foreign bank accounts. | Through his official account on Twitter @jorgerpsuv, Rodr…
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Canadian Imperialism in Africa
Yves Engler | orinocotribune.com | 2021-09-17
By Yves Engler — Sep 15, 2021 | Canadian imperialism in Africa has had a rare social media moment. | On Twitter, K. Diallo recently posted a map of the continent with the sum of Canadian mining investment in each African country under the words "75% of mining companies globally are now Canadian. Canada is a great source of corporate neocolonialism expansion." The tweet received 25,000 likes and 8,500 retweets. | But the map is dated. It said there was $31.6 billion worth of Canadian mining investment in Africa yet Natural Resources Canada put the number at $37.8 billion in 2019. The scope of Canadian resourc…
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Internal Documents Show Facebook Knows Instagram Is Harming Mental Health Of Young Girls At Scale
Ann Brown | moguldom.com | 2021-09-17
Facebook knows its platform Instagram is harming the mental health of young girls and critics say the tech giant isn't doing anything about it. Internal documents from Facebook reveal that the company has been studying how its photo-sharing app is harmful to a significant percentage of teenagers, according to recently published report from The Wall …
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Entire Staff Of A Burrito Restaurant In Georgia Quit
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-09-17
The staff of a burrito restaurant in Georgia quit by posting a sign claiming they had worked seven days a week for a month with "barely any time off." | Employees at the Barberitos restaurant on New Street in Macon, central Georgia, said they quit over "pay" and "lack of appreciation," per a photo of the sign shared on Facebook that was first reported by WGXA News. | "We have worked 7 days a week for the past month and barely any time off. We are so sorry and love you all! old Barbs family, out," the sign read. | A spokesperson for Barberitos, which has 50 branches across southeastern states, confirmed the sign's…
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"Does Not Present Sufficient Cause"
Walker Bragman | dailyposter.com | 2021-09-17
Click to share this on FacebookPresident Joe Biden has been touring climate-ravaged areas of America, warning that climate change is a "code red" emergency for the planet. And yet, his administration has continued to boost fossil fuel projects and is now preparing to vastly expand offshore drilling.The White House argues that a court order it opposes and is appealing requires federal officials to lease more than 78 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for foss…
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'Leftists' Holler as PSUV's Pedro Carreño Trends on Social Media
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-09-17
The name of Venezuelan PSUV deputy Pedro Carreño became a trending topic on Venezuela's social media platform recently following comments issued in the National Assembly session this Wednesday, September 15, regarding the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV), Oscar Figuera. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) parliamentarian Carreño had strong words for the position taken by Figuera against the discourse and the political guidelines of the PSUV, even while Figuera insists that he supports the revolutionary interests. | "Then there is this puppet from the Central Intelligence Ag…
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Historic Africa/CARICOM Summit
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-09-17
It was an idea whose time had come. On Tuesday, September 5 this idea took material form at the first Africa/CARICOM Summit conducted virtually and broadcast to the world via the Web and social media. | Participants at the historical event included heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community and the African Union, chairs of Caricom and the African Union Commission, the Africa Regional Economic Communities, the Secretaries General of Caricom and the Organization of the African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), and the president of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). | The Summit was chaired by P…
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Fireworks at the Select Committee on the Capitol Riot
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2021-09-17