President Trump’s cancellation of the CIA’s longstanding mission to train, arm and finance a jihadist overthrow of the Syrian government is recognition that “the Obama war has basically failed,” said Ajamu Baraka, spokesperson for the newly organized Black Alliance for Peace and the Green Party’s 2016 vice presidential candidate. Given that the military and intelligence services rebelled against President Obama’s attempts to cooperate with the Russians in Syria, last year, “it remains to be seen to what extent these elements of the ‘deep state’ are going to obey that directive,” said Baraka, who is also an editor and columnist for Black Agenda Report.
The U.S. is considering drone strikes and sanctions against the Alliance of Sahel States under the guise of counterterrorism, but the real objective is to regain neo-colonial control over African…
Western pro-Palestinian activism isolates Palestine from its regional allies, depoliticizing its struggle and reinforcing colonial divisions.
The United Nations has adopted a resolution calling for the use of map projections that more accurately portray the size and proportions of the world’s continents, particularly correcting the long-…
In this week’s segment, we discuss organizers in Washington, D.C. who developed a transit solidarity program to oppose transit fare crackdowns that criminalize poverty. But we begin with a discussion…
Dr. Shireen Al-Adeimi provides historical background and analysis of events in Yemen as Ansar Allah advances against Saudi-backed mercenaries.
