Global South

An independent committee of examiners, based in Tokyo, Japan, has recently accepted to investigate the conduct of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) over the controversial major agricultural project in Mozambique, ProSavana.

The lingering economic crisis of the global capitalist system is now intensifying geopolitical struggles and social conflicts all over the world.  Imperialist states, led by the U.S., are becoming ever more aggressive in capturing and controlling more territories as sources of raw materials

French voters went to the polls and chose Emmanuel Macron rather than Marine Le Pen to be France’s president.

Emmanuel Macron, who beat the fascist Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French elections, was the consensus candidate around whom most of the French capitalist ruling class and its political representatives rallied.

On 3 April 2017 the secretariat of 79 countries from ACP (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) issued a statement saying they would “speak with one voice” to negotiate the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU).

Charles de Gaulle, Brazzaville, 1944: “Self-government [restoration-of-African-independence] must be rejected – even in the more distant future”.

François Mitterand, Paris, 1998: “Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century”.

Honduran singer-songwriter Karla Lara, shown beside altar for her slain friend Berta Cáceres, will soon tour 20 cities in the US. Photo: Beverly Bell.

Why is the reparations movement in the Anglophone Caribbean not putting capitalism on trial in its campaign to force British imperialism to provide financial compensation for its industrial and agricultural capitalists’ enslavement of Africans?

Trumpism!

Farewell to globalism--

Welcome to Americanism.

Shuttering the global village

Amidst wanton global pillage--

With thunderous no pretensions--“America first” adage.

Trumpism!