What will the new Biden administration mean for Africa? Biden will continue the same devastating and destabilizing policies toward Africa of the previous administrations of Donald Trump and Barack Obama. The structure of imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy remains, and the policies will always follow the structure.
U.S. imperialist intervention in Africa continues the centuries of super-exploitation of the resources and people of the continent. Robert T. Moeller who was the first Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations, U.S. Africa Command, stated that AFRICOM’s major priority is to “protect the free flow of resources to the global market,” and the economic assault on the African continent also serves this purpose.
U.S.-led imperialism has done everything possible to keep Africa in a constant state of hunger, poverty, and underdevelopment through military and economic means. We must build a stronger anti-imperialist movement in the U.S. and Global North and support the global African liberation struggle.
The Link Between the Phone in Your Hand & Bloodiest Conflict in Modern Human History
Kwadjo Danso – January 23, 2021
The decades-long conflict in the Congo is the result of centuries of racism, imperialism, and capitalism, which keep our Congolese siblings oppressed for commodities and profits.
Blinken warns Nile Dam talks could ‘boil over’
Al-Monitor – January 23, 2021
Biden’s nominee to be secretary of state promises "fully engaged” US policy in the Horn of Africa, as the crisis between Ethiopia and Sudan escalates.
UGANDA IS BLEEDING! The #redpearl Movement & Why It Matters To US
Luqman Nation – January 22, 2021
The crisis in Uganda is a long and bloody one, with a recent election full of controversy and violence.
AFRICOM says they left Somalia, San Diego activists tell the truth
Taylor Ikehara – January 20, 2021
Special forces and private mercenaries will remain in Somalia, as they are not counted as U.S. military personnel.
Africa in Review 2020, II: AfCFTA Prospects for Addressing the Imperatives of the 21st Century
Abayomi Azikiwe – January 1, 2021
The enhancement of Africa’s status within the broader international community would be a tremendous inspiration to all Black and oppressed people throughout the planet.
African Problems, African Solutions: A Conversation on Policing in African States
Horn of Africa Pan-Africans for Liberation & Solidarity (HOA PALS) – December 6, 2020
This is a panel discussion by HOA PALS, a BAP member organization, on police brutality in East Africa that touches on class struggle, imperialism, white supremacy, and colonization.
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