Brexit: A Nail in the Coffin of Neo-colonialism in Africa

• Eve Lynn
• Jun 29, 2016
• General

by Netfa Freeman
“The economic and political hegemony enjoyed by both Western Europe and the U.S. is at the expense of the “underdeveloped” world.”

While much of the discourse and debate around the UK referendum to leave the European Union (EU), a move known as Brexit (= Britain + exit), seems centered solely on its impact on Britain, Western Europe as a whole, and the U.S., Foreign Policy Magazine (FP) warns us, “Brexit Is Bad News for Africa. Period .” Before listing a litany of cons, from the “loss of British leadership in places like Somalia” to “South Africa, where many large companies are ...

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Eating Crow: US and Cuba Talk Human Rights

• Eve Lynn
• Apr 27, 2016
• General

by Netfa Freeman
“Cuba’s designation on the U.S.’s Terrorist list designation is a means of enforcing the U.S. blockade against Cuba.”
Given the typical spin U.S. corporate media puts on stories about Cuba one would assume the March 31st meeting between the United States and Cuba on human rights would be awkward for Cuba. The U.S. propaganda has continuously characterized Cuba as abusing the human rights of its citizens and imprisoning people merely for political dissent. But, on the contrary, it is the very topic of human rights that enables the tables to turn and affords an opportunity to expo...

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From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Black Community Control Now!

• Eve Lynn
• Feb 27, 2016
• General

“This UN presence marks another important step forward to obtaining true independent oversight and justice for many who have lost their families to anti-Black police terrorism.”

Now that the fact finding visit to the U.S. by the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent is over and their preliminary findings seemingly catalog an endless list of racial discriminations and repression by the U.S. state, the struggle of African/Black people must gear up for a next phase. Certainly this UN Working Group (WGEPAD) has been to the U.S. on the same mission before and cited similar issues ...

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