Two million people have been displaced from their homes by violence in the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where 80 mass graves have recently been discovered. Not coincidentally, huge deposits of coltan and other precious minerals have been found in the region, said Kambale Musavuli, of Friends of Congo. The killings are widely blamed on soldiers of President Joseph Kabila, who refuses to step down despite having used up his two terms in office. “This is the same area where King Leopold II of Belgium caused the death of millions of Congolese, a hundred years ago,” said Musavuli.
Puerto Ricans protested Harris’ visit citing the ongoing US occupation of Puerto Rico and support to Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.
In the fight for the liberation of Palestine, reject the reactionary politics of bourgeois feminism and embrace a liberatory struggle led by Palestinian women.
This week we hear about right wing forces in San Francisco who worked with the Black democratic mayor to criminalize poverty. But first Dr. Gerald Horne discusses Gaza and Ukraine, the contradictions…
Dr. Gerald Horne joins us to discuss US/Israeli policy driving the war crimes and genocide in Gaza. We also discuss the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine and other international issues.
Jemma Decristo joins us to discuss the passage of Proposition F in San Francisco and the criminalization of poverty and drug use.
