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From Niger to Haiti to Cop City, Defeat the War Against African People!

The U.S. wages a war against African people in Niger as it seeks to continue military and economic domination of that nation and the rest of the continent. In Haiti, an impending occupation uses African and Caribbean nations as a cover for U.S. imperialism. The U.S. Africa Command, AFRICOM, is replicated in Atlanta, Georgia with “Cop City,” an effort to impose militarized policing with the help of a compromised Black misleadership class,

Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Massacre of African Migrants by U.S.- Backed Moroccan Armed Forces

“All evidence suggests that U.S. militarism and training of police, and other repressive forces in Africa has only intensified death and destruction.”

Empire, Militarization, and Popular Revolt in Africa

In what ways does militarization/militarism in the African context enable, extend and depend upon economic, military/’security’ relations with imperialist actors, most importantly the US and Israel? A video of a panel discussion organized by The People's Forum. Includes academics and members of human rights organizations and the National Lawyers Guild. https://youtu.be/aPE9v4O5qPk What are the More

Inside the Secretive U.S. Air War in Somalia: How Many Civilians Have Died as Strikes Escalate?

it’s pretty easy to find people who have been impacted by American airstrikes. It’s kind of shocking.

Would Dr. King Oppose NATO?, Black Alliance for Peace

Black Alliance for Peace January 19, 2019 The United States attempted to co-opt the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by recognizing his birthday. The ruling elites tried to strip King of his militancy and suspend him above the mass movement that produced him. The state certainly had no intention to remain the focus of More

Bases, Bases, Everywhere … Except in the Pentagon’s Report, by Nick Turse

“U.S. bases abroad cost upwards of $50 billion per year to build and maintain, which is money that could be used to address pressing needs at home in education, health care, housing, and infrastructure,”

Nick Turse | Breaking the Camouflage Wall of Silence: When AFRICOM Evaluates Itself, the News Is Grim

What’s strange, however, is that none of this seems to have caused anyone in the national security state or the military to reconsider the last 15 years of military-first policies, of bombs dropped, troops dispatched, drones sent in, and what the results were across the Greater Middle East and now Africa. There is no serious recalibration, no real rethinking. The response to 15 years of striking failure in a vast region remains more of the same. State of failure indeed! --Tom

David Swanson | Guess Who Wants Authority to Murder by Drone

And, of course, in numerous cases civilians have been killed in large numbers and people have been targeted without identifying who they are.

The Drone Papers | Part 8: Target Africa

Turse: Africom and the Pentagon jealously guard information about their outposts in Africa, making it impossible to ascertain even basic facts — like a simple count — let alone just how many are integral to JSOC operations, drone strikes, and other secret activities.

Nick Turse: Problem Partners, Ugly Outcomes U.S. Special Ops Missions in Africa Fail to Stem Rising Tide of Terror Groups, Coups, and Human Rights Abuses

Tomgram: Nick Turse, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure By Nick Turse Tom Dispatch September 10, 2015 Let’s take a moment to consider failure and its options in Washington. The U.S. has been warring with the Islamic State (IS) for more than a year now. The centerpiece of that war has been an ongoing campaign of bombings More

Flounders | The Pentagon: The Climate Elephant

Flounders: There is an elephant in the climate debate that by U.S. demand cannot be discussed or even seen. This agreement to ignore the elephant is now the accepted basis of all international negotiations on climate change.

Tomgram: Nick Turse, The U.S. Military’s Battlefield of Tomorrow

Turse: In 2013, the combined total of all U.S. activities on the continent reached 546, an average of more than one mission per day. Last year, that number leapt to 674. In other words, U.S. troops were carrying out almost two operations, exercises, or activities -- from drone strikes to counterinsurgency instruction, intelligence gathering to marksmanship training -- somewhere in Africa every day.

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