U.S. and Europeans Seek Control of Nigeria
Boko Haramâs jihadist rebellion in northern Nigeria has caused âthe fracturing of the Nigerian body politic,â making the country more vulnerable to manipulation by the United States and European powers, said Eric Draitser, a political analyst and publisher of the web site StopImperialism.com. âNigeria is by far the most dynamic economy in Africa.â Therefore, âit is a major prize for the United States and the European powers,â said Draitser.
Rwandan Dictator Fears Loss of Immunity
Paul Kagameâs government allows âno freedom of movement, no freedom of association,â and âhas massacred Rwandan Hutu refugeesâ in Congo, said Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life hero played by actor Don Cheadle in the movie Hotel Rwanda. The movie portrayed Kagameâs forces as the good guys, but Rusesabagina, now in exile, tells a different story. Kagame is trying to remain in power past constitutional limits because he fears indictment by foreign courts as soon as he loses presidential immunity, said Rusesabagina, in an interview on the Taylor Report, CIUT Radio, Toronto, Canada.
U.S. Helped Create ISIS âMonsterâ
What we see in the Middle East, today, âis the product of two and a half centuries of European and American intrusionâ into the Arab and Muslim world, said Jennifer Lowenstein, who teaches Middle East Studies at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison. ISIS is âa Frankensteinâs monster that the U.S. helped create.â Lowenstein, who has lived and worked for many years in the region, said the U.S. is âbecoming a pariah nation, despised by almost every other country in the world.â
Proposed Limits on Solitary Confinement in New Jersey
Atty. Jean Ross, a member of the Newark-based Peopleâs Organization for Progress, testified recently in favor of legislation that would bar solitary confinement for prisoners under 21, people with mental illness, and pregnant women. The bill would ârequire that anyone in solitary confinement be reviewed every day by a clinician,â to monitor their mental and physical condition.
The Worst âCrap Holeâ Among Pennsylvaniaâs Prisons
Prisoners rate Frackville State Prison as âa crap holeâ and âperhaps the worstâ facility in the stateâs prison system, said inmate Bryant Arroyo, in a report to Prison Radio. Arroyo calls Frackville an âanonymous fiefdomâ where âthe guards seem to find great pride, even honor, in perpetrating their anti-prisoner cultureâ of âunrestrained authority, separate from the state correctional system.â Frackville is also home to Mumia Abu Jamal, the nationâs best known political prisoner.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:00am ET on PRN. Length: One hour. Click here to download the show.
U.S. and Europeans Seek Control of Nigeria
Boko Haramâs jihadist rebellion in northern Nigeria has caused âthe fracturing of the Nigerian body politic,â making the country more vulnerable to manipulation by the United States and European powers, said Eric Draitser, a political analyst and publisher of the web site StopImperialism.com. âNigeria is by far the most dynamic economy in Africa.â Therefore, âit is a major prize for the United States and the European powers,â said Draitser.
Rwandan Dictator Fears Loss of Immunity
Paul Kagameâs government allows âno freedom of movement, no freedom of association,â and âhas massacred Rwandan Hutu refugeesâ in Congo, said Paul Rusesabagina, the real-life hero played by actor Don Cheadle in the movie Hotel Rwanda. The movie portrayed Kagameâs forces as the good guys, but Rusesabagina, now in exile, tells a different story. Kagame is trying to remain in power past constitutional limits because he fears indictment by foreign courts as soon as he loses presidential immunity, said Rusesabagina, in an interview on the Taylor Report, CIUT Radio, Toronto, Canada.
U.S. Helped Create ISIS âMonsterâ
What we see in the Middle East, today, âis the product of two and a half centuries of European and American intrusionâ into the Arab and Muslim world, said Jennifer Lowenstein, who teaches Middle East Studies at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison. ISIS is âa Frankensteinâs monster that the U.S. helped create.â Lowenstein, who has lived and worked for many years in the region, said the U.S. is âbecoming a pariah nation, despised by almost every other country in the world.â
Proposed Limits on Solitary Confinement in New Jersey
Atty. Jean Ross, a member of the Newark-based Peopleâs Organization for Progress, testified recently in favor of legislation that would bar solitary confinement for prisoners under 21, people with mental illness, and pregnant women. The bill would ârequire that anyone in solitary confinement be reviewed every day by a clinician,â to monitor their mental and physical condition.
The Worst âCrap Holeâ Among Pennsylvaniaâs Prisons
Prisoners rate Frackville State Prison as âa crap holeâ and âperhaps the worstâ facility in the stateâs prison system, said inmate Bryant Arroyo, in a report to Prison Radio. Arroyo calls Frackville an âanonymous fiefdomâ where âthe guards seem to find great pride, even honor, in perpetrating their anti-prisoner cultureâ of âunrestrained authority, separate from the state correctional system.â Frackville is also home to Mumia Abu Jamal, the nationâs best known political prisoner.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 11:00am ET on PRN. Length: One hour. Click here to download the show.
Onyesonwu Chatoyer of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party and BAR Book Forum Editor Roberto Sirvent discuss how "We Can Save Ourselves."
This weekâs featured scholar is Ayodeji Ogunnaike. Ogunnaike is an assistant professor at Bowdoin College where he teaches interdisciplinary courses on Africa and the African Diaspora highlightingâŚ
The electoral system alone doesn't bring about change that benefits the people. People-centered political formations must be part of any political process.
The U.S. remains committed to its efforts at securing hegemonic control of the world, but as always there is resistance domestically and internationally. The Black Alliance for Peace explains in itsâŚ
As Egypt plays host to COP27, Y.Y.H. Al-Askar â writing under a pseudonym â draws attention to the plight of the tens of thousands of political prisoners in Egypt.
