For BBC News, Will Grant reports on the declining sugar industry in Cuba. He writes, “The men of the Yumuri sugar co-operative in Cuba have worked …
Cuba laments collapse of iconic sugar industry
Cuba laments collapse of iconic sugar industry
Haiti: An Anatomy of Invasion | Black Agenda Report
The US is behind the multinational military invasion and occupation of Haiti. How did we get here?
— Read on www.blackagendareport.com/haiti-anatomy-invasion
Beyoncé’s display of the American flag raises questions for Black people | Derecka Purnell | The Guardian
As much as Beyoncé’s fans could wear star-spangled outfits at day parties this summer because their ancestors built the US, they could just as easily burn all of them if they choose to honor different ancestors. It is a choice.
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/15/beyonce-cowboy-carter-us-flag
KIOSK | Resounding Archives
Since 2009, Subversive Film recorded conversations and interviews with filmmakers, archivists, freedom fighters and activists about their work and participation in the liberation struggle for Palestine during the 1968-82 period. The interviews, conducted in cafes, offices, homes and work studios, recount a history of the formation of a collective narrative and memory of colonised people through cinema and its political, ideological and logistical conditions that surrounded it.
— Read on kiosk.art/resounding-archives
CBC has whitewashed Israel’s crimes in Gaza. I saw it firsthand ⋆ The Breach
Working for five years as a producer at the public broadcaster, I witnessed the double standards and discrimination in its coverage of Palestine—and experienced directly how CBC disciplines those who speak out
— Read on breachmedia.ca/cbc-whitewashed-israels-crimes-gaza-firsthand/
Jackson Water Crisis: EPA Dismisses Racial Bias Complaint Against Mississippi – Capital B News
Amid a long history of neglect, the agency’s decision has left residents with conflicting emotions: disillusionment and hope.
— Read on capitalbnews.org/jackson-water-crisis-epa-discrimination/
The Right of Peoples to Determine Themselves – Solidaridad Obrera (1936)
“Our internationalist thinking, one hundred percent, induces us to pose the problem of the colonies. We must consider the workers of the Riff as …
The Right of Peoples to Determine Themselves – Solidaridad Obrera (1936)
University of Georgia pulls out of ‘Cop City’ lawsuit requesting public records | Georgia | The Guardian
Dean of law school orders first amendment clinic to curtail core work, including on Atlanta Police Foundation case
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/17/university-of-georgia-cop-city-lawsuit
Kanak Society – Jimmy Ounei (1982)
“Kanak society at its origin is a classless society, relations of production and between men are linked to a philosophy that excludes all forms of …
Kanak Society – Jimmy Ounei (1982)
Scotiabank’s fund unit halved stake in Israeli weapons maker Elbit, filing shows | Reuters
An asset manager owned by Canadian lender Bank of Nova Scotia nearly halved its stake in Israel-based weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems in the quarter ended March from a year ago, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday.
— Read on www.reuters.com/business/finance/scotiabanks-fund-unit-halved-stake-israeli-weapons-maker-elbit-filing-shows-2024-05-14/
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