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50 years after Lumumba: The burden of history
January 25, 2011
It wasn’t just Patrice Lumumba his assassins wanted to kill, it was the genuine self-determination, dreams and aspirations of African people, writes Horace Campbell, reflecting on the murder of the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Jan. 17, 1961. Two poems by Lumumba follow the story.
Was Speaker Pelosi’s ‘swamp’ a Black thing?
August 27, 2010
How could Porter Goss oversee the investigation of Congresswoman Maxine Waters in light of their conflict over the CIA-crack connection? He should have recused himself. Is Nancy Pelosi in on this political hit as well? So far, all eight suspects since she vowed to ‘drain the swamp’ of corruption are Black.
A ‘new relationship?’
May 13, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Latin American leaders amidst a promise of a new relationship with America del Sur. A new relationship would be an end to U.S. imperialism.