Mining for stories in Africa: when journalism becomes an extractive industry – Unbias The News

How a Namibian freelance journalist dealt with Western Media’s exploitative practice of mining for local contacts, personal stories, and sentiments from across Africa.
— Read on unbiasthenews.org/journalism-as-extractive-industry-africa/

lovely sometimes rarely maybe

and i was scared scared 
scared of existing
of actually being real
i still am in fact
frightened
quite often
to this day.
this long
root of
fear that keeps us quiet.
no more
no mas
no no more
no no more
nomas
enuf enuf enuf enuf
for a lifetime
lasted enuf. ya.
i thought i could
quiet the storm
inside me in the
water the water
could hold
but no
could not
forever anyway
out out
out out of gut
now now
always
pouring and
spilling
porous loose
lysander lye
onto street
and cracks
and its lovely
sometimes
rarely maybe

Millennials Are Killing Capitalism: “It Feels Like The Goals Have Changed” – Karim from RAM-NYC and Wendy Trevino on the War in Ukraine and the Western Left

We wanted to have a critical conversation about the western left’s response to the war in Ukraine, but often we associate anti-imperialist analyses with Marxist-Leninists.  Within the anarchist left and other parts of the western left there are those who support the Ukrainian war effort for various reasons. Although we don’t often take explicit positions as a platform, we at Millennials Are Killing Capitalism think any support for the Ukrainian war effort is mistake. Josh has co-hosted a conversation on their other platform , and now we host this one here. In this episode Karim and Wendy provide an analysis of the situation in Ukraine, and they grapple with several of the common misconceptions or positions they encounter. They also talk about the state of affairs for the antifascist movement in the US. And they remind folks that there are many other international struggles that need support, and that there are struggles that need to continue to be waged against fascism, borders, and prisons right here in the belly of the beast.
— Read on millennialsarekillingcapitalism.libsyn.com/it-feels-like-the-goals-have-changed-karim-from-ram-nyc-and-wendy-trevino-on-the-war-in-ukraine-and-the-western-left