World News & Views

You could look in her eyes and feel her dedication to the liberation of Black people in the US, her passion for righteousness, and her justified rage at oppression. You could sense a revolutionary razor sharp mind and a heart bigger than Africa. 

For decades, Cuba has treated healthcare as a basic human right. International donations are a key support for this system. They remind us that health is a global good, something that should never be held hostage to geopolitics or sanctions.

Since January 2025, at least 280 military cargo shipments have left the Oakland airport destined for Israel to continuously drop bombs on the people of Gaza.

Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation and, in the process, making enemies in the West. Since taking power in 2022, the young military leader has expelled French troops, ejected Western corporations, and aligned his country with Russia, Cuba and Venezuela.

Black Palestinian journalist Mohammed Salama, described by activist Shaun King as “like a brother,” was killed in Gaza, King wrote, blaming Israeli forces and calling Salama’s death part of a broader campaign that has endangered and killed numerous reporters covering the conflict; King urged readers to remember Salama, spotlight Afro‑Palestinians’ often‑overlooked presence and press for accountability as attacks on journalists continue.

Black Americans who identify with Palestinians say their shared experiences of racial oppression inform solidarity, but activists and visitors report that Israeli authorities often target and mistreat Black supporters — a pattern critics say underscores how race shapes both solidarity and state repression in the Israel‑Palestine conflict.

“We are not just captives — we are the system’s most knowledgeable critics and its most formidable opponents. Together, we can dismantle not only these walls but the limits on our imagination of justice.”

C-Note’s continued imprisonment is a moral failure .His art, advocacy and rehabilitative record demand his immediate release!

What the Cuban people endure is not a limited or selective restriction – it’s a full-scale siege. A form of collective punishment aimed at breaking a nation’s spirit.

Revolutionary leadership — Burkina Faso’s Capt. Ibrahim Traoré inspires Pan-African solidarity amid repeated coup attempts.

Demonstrators from Haiti to France to San Francisco, London, Belize and Jamaica have demanded that France pay for the ransom it extracted from Haiti 200 years ago as the price for its independence and for the “crime” of freeing itself from slavery.

Join a virtual meeting on Tuesday, June 17, to discuss collective priorities going forward. Register at bit.ly/6-17-25. Cuba Si, Bloqueo No!

Bay Football Club (Bay FC) is the professional soccer franchise representing the Bay Area and the 14th team to join the National Women’s Soccer League. Tickets at bayfc.com.

by Tiy Todd Burkina Faso, the “Land of the Upright People,” is a nation embodying a revolutionary declaration. Former President Thomas Sankara and today’s President...

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians currently under threat of deportation must be allowed to stay in the U.S. at least until it is safe for them to return to Haiti.

Rashid is again sleeping on a concrete slab about six inches from the ground. He cannot make phone calls or send messages to anyone. Keep flooding the South Carolina Department of Corrections with phone calls and emails.

On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, his thoughts still light the path to freedom.

URGENT SOS FOR HAITI on Tuesday, May 20, 4:30pm, Citibank Building, 88 Kearny St., at Post, SF! Reparations and restitution now! Asylum for Haitian refugees! Stop the flow of US-made weapons!

The U.S. increases pressure on Burkina Faso through military propaganda, as Africans rise to protect the developing project.

C-Note’s Juneteenth and Fashionable blends digital art and fashion to celebrate Black liberation.