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THOMAS SANKARA BLAST THE IMF In 1987, Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary president of Burkina Faso spoke about the IMF, food aid, and the quiet violence of dependency that keeps nations poor. He warned that aid without dignity is another form of control, and that the debt imposed on Africa...

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Thomas Sankara is widely recognised as the finest leader in Burkina Faso's post-independence history. He became the president of the country which was then known as Upper Volta at the age of 33 in 1983, and during just 4 years in power, his revolutionary government recorded some of the most significant positive changes in living standards and human development indices in the country's entire history. In this clip taken from the 1991 documentary "Thomas Sankara: l'espoir assassiné," directed by Congolese filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Sankara describes how the ideology that animated his approach to governance was shaped by his realisation that it made no sense to run an entire country for the benefit of a tiny portion of its population, while the majority of its people remained trapped in multidimensional poverty and immiseration. Despite his impressive achievements as president of Burkina Faso, Sankara was later assassinated in a 1987 French-backed coup led by his close companion Blaise Campaoré. In 2014, Campaoré was forced to flee to Cote d'Ivoire where he remains to date, after his forces responded violently to popular protests against the proposed extension of his 27-year rule. The current Burkinabé president Ibrahim Traoré openly acknowledges Sankara as a major influence and inspiration behind his government's revolutionary ideas.
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Thomas Sankara is widely recognised as the finest leader in Burkina Faso's post-independence history. He became the president of the country which was then known as Upper Volta at the age of 33 in 1983, and during just 4 years in power, his revolutionary government recorded some of the most significant positive changes in living standards and human development indices in the country's entire history. In this clip taken from the 1991 documentary "Thomas Sankara: l'espoir assassiné," directed by Congolese filmmaker Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, Sankara describes how the ideology that animated his approach to governance was shaped by his realisation that it made no sense to run an entire country for the benefit of a tiny portion of its population, while the majority of its people remained trapped in multidimensional poverty and immiseration. Despite his impressive achievements as president of Burkina Faso, Sankara was later assassinated in a 1987 French-backed coup led by his close companion Blaise Campaoré. In 2014, Campaoré was forced to flee to Cote d'Ivoire where he remains to date, after his forces responded violently to popular protests against the proposed extension of his 27-year rule. The current Burkinabé president Ibrahim Traoré openly acknowledges Sankara as a major influence and inspiration behind his government's revolutionary ideas.

The Spearhead

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Thomas Sankara’s Famous Speech On Empowering Burkinabè Women "There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women." This was the core challenge issued by Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, during his 1987 address on the emancipation of women. Sankara made it clear that women's equality is a fundamental, non-negotiable necessity for the success of any genuine social revolution. Sankara pushed beyond the status quo, arguing that society could not achieve true progress while half of its population remained relegated to silence and anonymity. By demanding the dismantling of the patriarchal structures that institutionalized exploitation, he insisted that the measure of a society's advancement lies in its commitment to equal rights for all. His words remain a powerful, enduring call to action, reminding us that any revolution that leaves equality behind is fundamentally incomplete.
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Thomas Sankara’s Famous Speech On Empowering Burkinabè Women "There is no true social revolution without the liberation of women." This was the core challenge issued by Thomas Sankara, the revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, during his 1987 address on the emancipation of women. Sankara made it clear that women's equality is a fundamental, non-negotiable necessity for the success of any genuine social revolution. Sankara pushed beyond the status quo, arguing that society could not achieve true progress while half of its population remained relegated to silence and anonymity. By demanding the dismantling of the patriarchal structures that institutionalized exploitation, he insisted that the measure of a society's advancement lies in its commitment to equal rights for all. His words remain a powerful, enduring call to action, reminding us that any revolution that leaves equality behind is fundamentally incomplete.

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BURKINABE HONOUR SANKARA’S LEGACY On Tuesday, it was the 37th anniversary of Thomas Sankara's assassination. That may seem a long tome ago, but the people of Burkina Faso still come out in large numbers every year in the capital Ouagadougou to remember him. At this year’s event, government officials, ambassadors and members of civil-society came together to pay tribute to his life and legacy. They gathered at the Thomas Sankara Memorial - the site of his assassination. African Stream was also there - speaking to Burkinabe about the significance of the ceremony within the context of the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The AES is a pan-African, anti-imperialist confederation seeking to unify Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. It’s a project that’s very much in line with Sankara’s vision for his homeland and Africa. Today, his life and legacy are more important than ever as the current president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, works to put the country back on a 'Sankarist' path. While Sankara only spent four years in power in Burkina Faso, he transformed the country through literacy campaigns, public-health drives, environmental projects, infrastructure development, food sovereignty, increased power for women and more. He is believed to have been murdered by his right-hand man Blaise Compaoré, who was found guilty of his assassination by a Burkinabe court in 2022. Many also believe that the CIA and France were involved in the plot. Compaoré ruled over Burkina Faso for 27 years after Sankara's death until he was overthrown in a popular insurrection in 2014.
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BURKINABE HONOUR SANKARA’S LEGACY On Tuesday, it was the 37th anniversary of Thomas Sankara's assassination. That may seem a long tome ago, but the people of Burkina Faso still come out in large numbers every year in the capital Ouagadougou to remember him. At this year’s event, government officials, ambassadors and members of civil-society came together to pay tribute to his life and legacy. They gathered at the Thomas Sankara Memorial - the site of his assassination. African Stream was also there - speaking to Burkinabe about the significance of the ceremony within the context of the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The AES is a pan-African, anti-imperialist confederation seeking to unify Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. It’s a project that’s very much in line with Sankara’s vision for his homeland and Africa. Today, his life and legacy are more important than ever as the current president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, works to put the country back on a 'Sankarist' path. While Sankara only spent four years in power in Burkina Faso, he transformed the country through literacy campaigns, public-health drives, environmental projects, infrastructure development, food sovereignty, increased power for women and more. He is believed to have been murdered by his right-hand man Blaise Compaoré, who was found guilty of his assassination by a Burkinabe court in 2022. Many also believe that the CIA and France were involved in the plot. Compaoré ruled over Burkina Faso for 27 years after Sankara's death until he was overthrown in a popular insurrection in 2014.

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In only 4 yrs in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara Built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid Increased literacy rate by 60% Banned forced marriages Gave poor people land Vaccinated 2.5 million kids Planted 10 million trees Appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave during sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers. He reduced the salaries of all public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets. As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer. He opposed foreign aid, saying that “he who feeds you, controls you.” Drove out French imperialism & withdrew Burkina Faso from IMF A very productive life that was brutally cut short😥. He was assassinated at the age of 38. Rest on son of the soil #Africa
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In only 4 yrs in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara Built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid Increased literacy rate by 60% Banned forced marriages Gave poor people land Vaccinated 2.5 million kids Planted 10 million trees Appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave during sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers. He reduced the salaries of all public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets. As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge and a broken freezer. He opposed foreign aid, saying that “he who feeds you, controls you.” Drove out French imperialism & withdrew Burkina Faso from IMF A very productive life that was brutally cut short😥. He was assassinated at the age of 38. Rest on son of the soil #Africa

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FIDEL WARNED US! CONSUMERISM WILL DESTROY THE PLANET Fidel Castro died on this day in 2016. People remember him for many things, but one thing is undeniable. He was the man who led the struggle that brought down the US-backed Batista dictatorship, a regime that turned Cuba into a holiday playground for Miami elites. At the same time, Black Cubans lived under something close to apartheid. And he didn't stop there. Castro also played a significant role in the liberation of southern Africa by sending tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers to Angola, around 36,000 at the height, helping to break the military power of the South African apartheid regime and pushing it towards collapse. But Castro wasn't just a military leader. He was a thinker who constantly questioned the world we live in and the myths that hold it together. More than 30 years ago, he asked a simple question that still hits hard today. What would happen if everyone in Africa, Latin America, and China owned a car? He wasn't scared of development. He was afraid of what unchecked capitalism and endless consumerism were doing to the planet and humanity's future. In this clip, he breaks down how the global system is built on extraction and consumption with zero concern for the Earth's limits. His point was simple. Consumerism is destroying the planet. And today, with more than 1.4 billion cars on the road, choking cities, polluting the air, and draining the resources future generations will need to survive, his warning feels more relevant than ever. Castro never denied the Global South its right to develop. What he exposed was a model that convinces us that life is about owning more than we need, even if that mindset burns the planet to the ground. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune @blkagendareport
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FIDEL WARNED US! CONSUMERISM WILL DESTROY THE PLANET Fidel Castro died on this day in 2016. People remember him for many things, but one thing is undeniable. He was the man who led the struggle that brought down the US-backed Batista dictatorship, a regime that turned Cuba into a holiday playground for Miami elites. At the same time, Black Cubans lived under something close to apartheid. And he didn't stop there. Castro also played a significant role in the liberation of southern Africa by sending tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers to Angola, around 36,000 at the height, helping to break the military power of the South African apartheid regime and pushing it towards collapse. But Castro wasn't just a military leader. He was a thinker who constantly questioned the world we live in and the myths that hold it together. More than 30 years ago, he asked a simple question that still hits hard today. What would happen if everyone in Africa, Latin America, and China owned a car? He wasn't scared of development. He was afraid of what unchecked capitalism and endless consumerism were doing to the planet and humanity's future. In this clip, he breaks down how the global system is built on extraction and consumption with zero concern for the Earth's limits. His point was simple. Consumerism is destroying the planet. And today, with more than 1.4 billion cars on the road, choking cities, polluting the air, and draining the resources future generations will need to survive, his warning feels more relevant than ever. Castro never denied the Global South its right to develop. What he exposed was a model that convinces us that life is about owning more than we need, even if that mindset burns the planet to the ground. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune @blkagendareport

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FIDEL CASTRO ON SLAVERY AND COLONIALISM On this day, Cuban revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara overthrew the U.S backed Batista dictatorship in 1959. We remember Fidel Castro as a Cuban revolutionary, an icon of the Global South, and a tireless fighter against Western imperialism. His revolution did not stop at Cuba’s shores. Castro understood liberation not as charity but as duty. From Havana to Luanda, from the Caribbean to Southern Africa, he matched words with action. In the mid-1970s, more than 36,000 Cuban soldiers answered the call of Angola’s newly independent government, fighting alongside them against U.S.-backed rebels and the apartheid regime of South Africa. The stakes were high, and Angola’s sovereignty was defended, and the very foundations of apartheid were shaken. Castro’s commitment went beyond arms. He sent doctors, engineers and educators to nations across Africa, Latin America and Asia whenever colonialism had left scars, shortages and abandoned communities. In moments like the one captured in this clip, Castro spoke not just to Cubans but to the descendants of the colonised everywhere. He honoured Africa’s centuries of sacrifice, the lives and labour stolen through slavery and empire. And he reminded the world of the quiet strength and historic burden carried by the Global South. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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"AFRICA'S TIME HAS COME" Jeffrey Sachs is one of the world’s most influential economists and a long-time critic of the global system that kept the Global South on its knees. A former adviser to the UN and director at Columbia University, he has spent decades working with governments across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, arguing that development is impossible without sovereignty, long-term planning, and freedom from external domination. At Wits University, he delivered one of his clearest messages yet: that the age when Britain, France, and the United States could violently derail Pan-African progress has ended. He pointed directly to the historical record: Lumumba assassinated, nationalists overthrown, movements fragmented by CIA and MI6 destabilisation. Sachs argued that the architecture of global power has shifted; Western hegemony is thinner, global multipolarity is rising, and Africa now has both the agency and the demographic weight to resist the old playbook. For him, Africa’s vast youth population is not a burden but the engine of a new world if the continent invests in skills, education, digital connectivity, and large-scale regional infrastructure. He envisions an Africa that becomes high-income by mid-century; peaceful, confident, and central to global innovation. From an anti-colonial lens, his remarks are a reminder that Africa’s future is not predetermined by its past. The forces that once crushed Pan-Africanism from the outside can no longer move unchecked. What remains is the internal choice: unity, investment in people, and a continental vision strong enough to close the door on the interventions that once denied Africa its rise. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune @blkagendareport Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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MALCOLM X: 'YOU'RE MORE DANGEROUS SOBER THAN DRUNK' This week marks the death anniversary of revolutionary Pan-Africanist Malcolm X, who was assassinated on February 21, 1965, at the age of 39. The founder of the Organisation of Afro-American Unity understood the dangers of distraction and escapism in the struggle for the liberation of African people. In this 1963 video clip, Malcolm X warned how entertainment and drugs were used to divert the descendants of enslaved people in the United States, echoing the “bread and circuses” strategy of ancient Rome. Decades later, his words still resonate. Capitalist entertainment industries have hijacked and diluted cultural expressions rooted in radical Black consciousness, including hip hop, transforming the art form into a vehicle that often glorifies misogyny, drug and alcohol abuse, and self-hate. As Malcolm X warned, power shifts when African people stop dancing to narratives imposed upon them and begin focusing on self-determination. His message remains urgent today: when distractions are set aside, and collective energy is directed toward liberation, the potential for global African unity and self-determination becomes unstoppable. Video credit: Legacy Distribution (X) VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) At the age of 33, he rose to the presidency of Burkina Faso and launched one of the boldest transformations in postcolonial Africa. During just four years in power: -Changed the nation’s name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, meaning “Land of Upright People” - Organized a mass vaccination drive that reached more than 2 million children -Led the planting of millions of trees to fight desertification -Outlawed forced marriages, polygamy, and female genital mutilation -Cut government salaries, including his own, and rejected luxury living -Championed local industry, wearing only clothing made in Burkina Faso
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Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) At the age of 33, he rose to the presidency of Burkina Faso and launched one of the boldest transformations in postcolonial Africa. During just four years in power: -Changed the nation’s name from Upper Volta to Burkina Faso, meaning “Land of Upright People” - Organized a mass vaccination drive that reached more than 2 million children -Led the planting of millions of trees to fight desertification -Outlawed forced marriages, polygamy, and female genital mutilation -Cut government salaries, including his own, and rejected luxury living -Championed local industry, wearing only clothing made in Burkina Faso

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NYT CONCEDES MOSSAD BEHIND IRAN RIOTS The NYT joins a long list of institutions, influencers, and politicians that concede that the riots in Iran at the start of the year were a result of foreign meddling - particularly, by the CIA and Mossad. Marketed as organic to generate public consent for war on Iran, the riots that spread across Iran were exposed as foreign meddling operations well before they reached their peak. Now, the same media institutions that peddled the riots as organic are now admitting the role of imperialist intelligence agencies in sparking them - as part of a larger plan to topple the Islamic Republic of Iran. Venezuelanalysis VoxUmmah Qiao Collective Progressive International @blkagendareport Orinoco Tribune Kawsachun News

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REST IN POWER, MICHAEL PARENTI (1933–2026) Tragic news that Michael Parenti passed away peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family, at the age of 92. One of the most influential anti imperialist thinkers in the United States, Parenti spent decades exposing how power actually works beneath the language of democracy, development, and humanitarianism. In this 1986 lecture at the University of Colorado Boulder, he dismantles the myth that foreign aid is about helping people. Parenti argued that foreign aid functions as a subsidy for empire, transferring wealth from ordinary people in the Global North to elites in the Global South who protect multinational interests. Drawing on economists like Kenneth Boulding and Thorstein Veblen, he highlighted the missing class dimension, that those who profit from imperial investments are not the ones who pay the costs of maintaining them. He pointed to the Philippines, Cuba before the revolution, and British ruled India to show a recurring pattern. Infrastructure was built for plantations and exports while entire communities were left without roads, clinics, or schools. Aid money, he argued, props up private corporations and funds police and military forces whose real role is suppressing impoverished populations. His message was blunt and remains urgent. Empire benefits a small elite and devastates everyone else. Without class analysis the conversation is baby talk. With it the machinery of empire becomes impossible to deny. Rest in Power, Parenti. You taught us so much. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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BURKINA FASO'S INSTITUTE OF BLACK PEOPLES In the 1980s, Thomas Sankara dreamed of creating a world-class centre dedicated to Black history and culture. It was to be called the Institute of Black Peoples, a project which Sankara took very seriously. In 1986, he took concrete steps to prepare for the creation of this institute. The following year, he was assassinated, and nothing substantial came out of his idea. That is, until the current president of Burkina Faso, President Ibrahim Traoré, took the torch. On 30 June 2026, the Institute, now relaunched under the name Farafina Institute of Black Peoples, appointed its steering committee. The committee includes some of the most prominent faces in the French-speaking Pan-African movement, such as Nathalie Yamb and Franklin Nyamsi. The president of the Institute is former Prime Minister Dr Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela, who was involved in the Democratic People's Revolution under Thomas Sankara. During that time, Kyelem de Tambela was studying in French; however, he organised a diasporic cell of the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution. Burkina Faso has been working to forge closer relationships with Africans across the continent and the diaspora since Traoré came to power. The country is a part of the Pan-African Alliance of Sahel States Confederation, which seeks to unify Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. In November 2025, Burkina Faso welcomed a large delegation of diasporic Africans from the United States and the Caribbean, to whom the country granted permanent residency status.
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BURKINA FASO'S INSTITUTE OF BLACK PEOPLES In the 1980s, Thomas Sankara dreamed of creating a world-class centre dedicated to Black history and culture. It was to be called the Institute of Black Peoples, a project which Sankara took very seriously. In 1986, he took concrete steps to prepare for the creation of this institute. The following year, he was assassinated, and nothing substantial came out of his idea. That is, until the current president of Burkina Faso, President Ibrahim Traoré, took the torch. On 30 June 2026, the Institute, now relaunched under the name Farafina Institute of Black Peoples, appointed its steering committee. The committee includes some of the most prominent faces in the French-speaking Pan-African movement, such as Nathalie Yamb and Franklin Nyamsi. The president of the Institute is former Prime Minister Dr Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela, who was involved in the Democratic People's Revolution under Thomas Sankara. During that time, Kyelem de Tambela was studying in French; however, he organised a diasporic cell of the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution. Burkina Faso has been working to forge closer relationships with Africans across the continent and the diaspora since Traoré came to power. The country is a part of the Pan-African Alliance of Sahel States Confederation, which seeks to unify Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. In November 2025, Burkina Faso welcomed a large delegation of diasporic Africans from the United States and the Caribbean, to whom the country granted permanent residency status.

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IRANIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN IN SOLIDARITY WITH MINAB MARTYRS Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi interviews Iranian children attending a memorial of the 165 Minab schoolchildren that were murdered by US-Israeli bombings on February 28th. The massacre was part of the opening aggression on Iran, launched by the United States and Israel, where nearly 200 Iranians lost their lives, including 165 schoolchildren that were less than 12 years old. The schoolchildren voice their solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran and their compatriots, denouncing US-Israeli criminality and aggression. Venezuelanalysis VoxUmmah Qiao Collective Progressive International Black Agenda Report Orinoco Tribune Kawsachun News
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IRANIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN IN SOLIDARITY WITH MINAB MARTYRS Dr. Helyeh Doutaghi interviews Iranian children attending a memorial of the 165 Minab schoolchildren that were murdered by US-Israeli bombings on February 28th. The massacre was part of the opening aggression on Iran, launched by the United States and Israel, where nearly 200 Iranians lost their lives, including 165 schoolchildren that were less than 12 years old. The schoolchildren voice their solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran and their compatriots, denouncing US-Israeli criminality and aggression. Venezuelanalysis VoxUmmah Qiao Collective Progressive International Black Agenda Report Orinoco Tribune Kawsachun News

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THE BOOK THAT TERRIFIED THE UNITED STATES Kwame Nkrumah scared the United States to such an extent that the CIA plotted his overthrow in a coup d'État executed in 1966. In a memorandum to then-U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert W. Komer, a special assistant to the U.S. National Security Affairs, wrote, "Nkrumah was doing more to undermine our interests than any other black African. [However], the new military regime is almost pathetically pro-Western." While the United States tried to maintain friendly relations with Ghana at one point, after the publication of his book "Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism," the West began to plot Nkrumah's downfall. In this video, Pan-African author, journalist, and professor, Milton Allimadi, discusses why the U.S. was so threatened by this book. He also talks about the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a new Pan-African bloc that is striking fear into the hearts of imperialists everywhere. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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THE BOOK THAT TERRIFIED THE UNITED STATES Kwame Nkrumah scared the United States to such an extent that the CIA plotted his overthrow in a coup d'État executed in 1966. In a memorandum to then-U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert W. Komer, a special assistant to the U.S. National Security Affairs, wrote, "Nkrumah was doing more to undermine our interests than any other black African. [However], the new military regime is almost pathetically pro-Western." While the United States tried to maintain friendly relations with Ghana at one point, after the publication of his book "Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism," the West began to plot Nkrumah's downfall. In this video, Pan-African author, journalist, and professor, Milton Allimadi, discusses why the U.S. was so threatened by this book. He also talks about the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a new Pan-African bloc that is striking fear into the hearts of imperialists everywhere. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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SOCIALISM IS NOT A 'WHITE' CONCEPT Today, 15 November, marks 27 years since the passing of pan-African icon Kwame Ture in Conakry, Guinea. To honour his lifelong commitment to struggle, we are remembering a few of his words of wisdom. In this clip, Ture dispelled the pernicious myth that socialism is a “white” concept and showed how Africans were discouraged from exploring it. He spoke directly from experience, drawing on his illustrious, decades-long record in the struggle for African liberation worldwide. Ture’s lifelong commitment to pan-Africanism took him from his childhood in a decolonising Trinidad and Tobago to the United States, where he chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and initiated the Black Power movement. Later in life, he relocated to the mother continent, serving as an adviser to visionary Guinean president Ahmed Sékou Touré and founding the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party. Although Ture was taken from us at just 57, his teachings will continue to inspire generations of revolutionaries to come. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report
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SOCIALISM IS NOT A 'WHITE' CONCEPT Today, 15 November, marks 27 years since the passing of pan-African icon Kwame Ture in Conakry, Guinea. To honour his lifelong commitment to struggle, we are remembering a few of his words of wisdom. In this clip, Ture dispelled the pernicious myth that socialism is a “white” concept and showed how Africans were discouraged from exploring it. He spoke directly from experience, drawing on his illustrious, decades-long record in the struggle for African liberation worldwide. Ture’s lifelong commitment to pan-Africanism took him from his childhood in a decolonising Trinidad and Tobago to the United States, where he chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and initiated the Black Power movement. Later in life, he relocated to the mother continent, serving as an adviser to visionary Guinean president Ahmed Sékou Touré and founding the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party. Although Ture was taken from us at just 57, his teachings will continue to inspire generations of revolutionaries to come. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report

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CIA OFFICER ON PLOT TO KILL LUMUMBA January 17 marks 65 years since the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister and one of Africa’s most powerful independence leaders. Lumumba’s death remains one of the darkest and most consequential episodes in Congolese and African history. Lumumba came to power in 1960 as the DRC emerged from brutal Belgian colonial rule. A fierce advocate of national sovereignty, pan-African unity and self-determination, he challenged Western control over Congo’s vast resources and refused to be politically subservient. As a result he was overthrown and imprisoned in a coup by army chief Joseph Mobutu backed by Belgium and the US only a few months after taking power. Lumumba was later tortured and executed by a Katangan firing squad under the supervision of Belgian officers. To erase his legacy, his body was dismembered and dissolved in acid, leaving no grave that could become a site of resistance. In 2022, Belgium returned a single tooth, the only remaining part of his body, to his family for burial in Kinshasa. The clip referenced here comes from the documentary Inside the CIA: On Company Business. In it, former CIA officer John Stockwell alleges that CIA station chief Larry Devlin had been involved in plans to poison Lumumba, before a military coup was ultimately chosen as the preferred method of removal. The interview offers a rare, chilling insight into the covert operations and foreign interference that sealed Lumumba’s fate and reshaped the future of the Congo. Lumumba’s story is indeed telling of the malicious nature of foreign powers and how they suppressed post-independence Pan-African movements across the continent. But much like Nkrumah and Sankara, Lumumba’s ideas lived on and continue to inspire revolutionaries around the world. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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CIA OFFICER ON PLOT TO KILL LUMUMBA January 17 marks 65 years since the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister and one of Africa’s most powerful independence leaders. Lumumba’s death remains one of the darkest and most consequential episodes in Congolese and African history. Lumumba came to power in 1960 as the DRC emerged from brutal Belgian colonial rule. A fierce advocate of national sovereignty, pan-African unity and self-determination, he challenged Western control over Congo’s vast resources and refused to be politically subservient. As a result he was overthrown and imprisoned in a coup by army chief Joseph Mobutu backed by Belgium and the US only a few months after taking power. Lumumba was later tortured and executed by a Katangan firing squad under the supervision of Belgian officers. To erase his legacy, his body was dismembered and dissolved in acid, leaving no grave that could become a site of resistance. In 2022, Belgium returned a single tooth, the only remaining part of his body, to his family for burial in Kinshasa. The clip referenced here comes from the documentary Inside the CIA: On Company Business. In it, former CIA officer John Stockwell alleges that CIA station chief Larry Devlin had been involved in plans to poison Lumumba, before a military coup was ultimately chosen as the preferred method of removal. The interview offers a rare, chilling insight into the covert operations and foreign interference that sealed Lumumba’s fate and reshaped the future of the Congo. Lumumba’s story is indeed telling of the malicious nature of foreign powers and how they suppressed post-independence Pan-African movements across the continent. But much like Nkrumah and Sankara, Lumumba’s ideas lived on and continue to inspire revolutionaries around the world. VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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AFRICAN STREAM VISITS THOMAS SANKARA PLAZA IN NIGER Last month, African Stream had the opportunity to visit the new Thomas Sankara Plaza in Niamey, Niger, that many Pan-Africanists worldwide have been raving about. While we had covered the plaza’s inauguration on 15 October, the date of Sankara's assassination, we were able this time to see it first-hand and speak with Nigeriens and Burkinabé about what it means. This move is just one of many in honour of revolutionary Pan-Africanist and socialist figures within the Sahel. Niger’s government recently honoured Djibo Bakary (1922-98), the great Nigerien socialist and Pan-Africanist leader whom African Stream produced a video about, by changing the name of Charles de Gaulle Avenue (in honour of a French coloniser) to Djibo Bakary Avenue. However, the changes in Niger are more than just symbolic. With Niger expelling French and US military forces and ending French mining giant Orano's contract, Niger is forging a path toward sovereignty that we suspect would make assassinated Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara (1949-87) proud.
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AFRICAN STREAM VISITS THOMAS SANKARA PLAZA IN NIGER Last month, African Stream had the opportunity to visit the new Thomas Sankara Plaza in Niamey, Niger, that many Pan-Africanists worldwide have been raving about. While we had covered the plaza’s inauguration on 15 October, the date of Sankara's assassination, we were able this time to see it first-hand and speak with Nigeriens and Burkinabé about what it means. This move is just one of many in honour of revolutionary Pan-Africanist and socialist figures within the Sahel. Niger’s government recently honoured Djibo Bakary (1922-98), the great Nigerien socialist and Pan-Africanist leader whom African Stream produced a video about, by changing the name of Charles de Gaulle Avenue (in honour of a French coloniser) to Djibo Bakary Avenue. However, the changes in Niger are more than just symbolic. With Niger expelling French and US military forces and ending French mining giant Orano's contract, Niger is forging a path toward sovereignty that we suspect would make assassinated Burkina Faso President Thomas Sankara (1949-87) proud.

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"THE MOST DANGEROUS AFRICAN OF TODAY, IS AN AFRICAN WHO IS COLONISED" Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao a pan-Africanist, medical doctor and former African Union representative shared powerful insights at the The New Africa Foundation Convention in Accra, Ghana. She highlighted the destructive nature of a colonized mind, and how Africa education system keeps its youth captive to a colonial curriculum. She also condemned African leaders and elite for not representing Africans appropriately, not trying to decolonize education or even stand up for Africans in diplomatic forums. She pointed out how there is an absence of books on Kwame Nkrumah, in his own country Ghana. Nkrumah was considered one of the founding fathers of Pan-Africanism and his efforts to liberate Ghana from British rule, setting up the Organisation of African Unity and the progress he achieved as leader of Ghana is stuff of legend. He was removed from power after a western backed coup supported by the US, Canada and the Uk with the collaboration of the CIA and MI6 alongside the coup plotters. As such his omission from curriculums, and the effort to erase his legacy in his own country is indeed telling. Ironically, The New Africa Foundation Convention event was cancelled, as the Ghanaian government revoked the event's permit at the last minute, citing an "unforeseen" state event scheduled for the same venue. The event had government approval since November 2023 and was scheduled to begin just hours later at the Independence Square in Accra. Decolonize your minds, long live Africa! VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast
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"THE MOST DANGEROUS AFRICAN OF TODAY, IS AN AFRICAN WHO IS COLONISED" Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao a pan-Africanist, medical doctor and former African Union representative shared powerful insights at the The New Africa Foundation Convention in Accra, Ghana. She highlighted the destructive nature of a colonized mind, and how Africa education system keeps its youth captive to a colonial curriculum. She also condemned African leaders and elite for not representing Africans appropriately, not trying to decolonize education or even stand up for Africans in diplomatic forums. She pointed out how there is an absence of books on Kwame Nkrumah, in his own country Ghana. Nkrumah was considered one of the founding fathers of Pan-Africanism and his efforts to liberate Ghana from British rule, setting up the Organisation of African Unity and the progress he achieved as leader of Ghana is stuff of legend. He was removed from power after a western backed coup supported by the US, Canada and the Uk with the collaboration of the CIA and MI6 alongside the coup plotters. As such his omission from curriculums, and the effort to erase his legacy in his own country is indeed telling. Ironically, The New Africa Foundation Convention event was cancelled, as the Ghanaian government revoked the event's permit at the last minute, citing an "unforeseen" state event scheduled for the same venue. The event had government approval since November 2023 and was scheduled to begin just hours later at the Independence Square in Accra. Decolonize your minds, long live Africa! VoxUmmah Venezuelanalysis Qiao Collective Progressive International Kawsachun News Orinoco Tribune Black Agenda Report Soberanía: The Mexican Politics Podcast

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