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Art Gallery of Ontario rejects acquiring Nan Goldin work because of her opposition to Gaza genocide: “Palestine is a great exception that doesn’t include freedom of speech”
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (702+ words) The'Globe and Mail'carried the story January 21, and other media outlets have followed up with further information. The action against the Jewish-American Goldin led to the resignation of'senior curator John Zeppetelli and two collections committee volunteers. The AGO is one of…...
South Africa’s ANC clings to “non-alignment” after US attack on Venezuela
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (750+ words) The US attack on Venezuela has dragged the world toward open colonial rule. Washington has declared it intends to seize control of Venezuela's oil resources, block its relations with Russia and China, and reimpose colonial domination not only over Venezuela…...
Two-thirds of South Africa’s population in absolute poverty, with one third unemployed
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (556+ words) Statistics South Africa's latest Poverty Trends report covering the period from 2006 to 2023 reveals the scale of social devastation in South Africa, underscoring the failure of a capitalist system administered by the African National Congress (ANC) for over three decades. Absolute…...
Richest 125 Kenyans own more wealth than 42 million people
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (651+ words) The report documents that sustained economic growth has not led to reduced poverty. GDP has grown at an average of around 5 percent per year over the past decade, yet seven million more people have fallen into extreme poverty since 2015. Food…...
Tanzania’s CCM regime imposes nationwide state terror on Independence Day
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (753+ words) Sixty-four years after Tanzania formally cast off the political yoke of British imperialism, the population was forced to mark Tuesday's Independence Day under conditions resembling a state of siege. The government ordered civilians to remain indoors, leaving streets deserted and…...
US and European imperialists weaponise “human rights” following Tanzania’s post-election massacre
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (375+ words) The European Union (EU) has joined the campaign. Last week, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to freeze "156 million in development funding to Tanzania and called for the immediate release of CHADEMA's pro-business leader Tundu Lissu, who was based in Brussels…...
The lessons of New Zealand’s Pike River mine disaster for workers internationally
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (1138+ words) November 19 marked 15 years since an explosion ripped through the underground Pike River Coal mine on the remote West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. Twenty-nine workers were trapped in the mine. For five days, the company management, police and government…...
Samia Hassan, the Butcher of Tanzania, sworn in as president amid escalating repression
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (553+ words) Behind the walls of a heavily guarded military compound in Dodoma, President Samia Suluhu Hassan took the oath of president following a fraudulent election, organised by the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) regime to continue its sixty-four years in power. Sixteen…...
The Gen Z protests and the struggle for the United Socialist States of Africa
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (289+ words) One hundred and fifty years after the imperialist partition of Africa, and six decades after the flags of formal independence were first raised, the continent is a social powder keg. The radicalisation now unfolding among youth and workers will remain…...
Hundreds killed protesting Tanzanian election fraud
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (614+ words) The fraudulent vote unleashed three days of mass demonstrations and violent clashes with police. In major cities including Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mbeya, Mwanza, Tunduma, and Kahama, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, have poured into the streets, defying curfews, teargas…...