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Black Agenda Report Joins in Gaza Relief Effort

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, November 15, 2023 Corporate media excel at misdirection and telling outright lies. Independent media must have a seat at the table when opportunities arise to cover events such as relief efforts for the people of Gaza.  “We’ve come to Egypt to speak to the world directly from the border of Gaza, which we were not[…]

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International Delegation in Cairo Demands Opening of Rafah Border Crossing

Press Release, published on Workers World, November 12, 2023 Susan Abulhawa: +1.267.391.5386, Suzanne Adely: +1.773.510.7446.  UNAC AC member Sara Flounders is in Egypt with this group, working to get aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing.  Hopefully we will have a report-back from the scene very soon. We are an international delegation of writers, lawyers, journalists, activists, students and organizers[…]

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The US Has Betrayed Egypt Again

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 25, 2023 The U.S. has not only betrayed Egypt.  It has made a deal to counter China and centralize India, but it requires the wealthy Arab states to normalize with Israel.  Given the current situation, this may quickly fall apart.   Maintaining the entire population of Palestine in a free fire zone may[…]

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Menendez Indictment Exposes the US-Egypt Weapons to Ukraine Dispute

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, September 25, 2023 Yes, more on the Menendez ‘scandal’.  There are a lot of angles here.  It’s rather entertaining.  [jb] US Senator Robert Menendez, (D. NJ.) temporarily stepped down from his powerful role as chairman of the Senate Relations Committee, according to Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer, following accusations of political corruption[…]

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Menendez Bribery Scandal: Egypt vs. Ethiopia

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, September 27, 2023 Why did Menendez ignore Egypt’s human rights record and attack Ethiopia’s? Federal investigators caught New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine with $180,000 worth of gold bars, $550,000 in cash, plus furniture and a $60,000 Mercedes Benz that they didn’t pay for. The US Attorney for the[…]

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Samir Amin: A Vital Challenge to Dispossession

Samir Amin (1931-2018) was one of the world’s greatest radical thinkers – a “creative Marxist” who went from Communist activism in Nasser’s Egypt, to advising African socialist leaders like Julius Nyerere to being a leading figure in the World Social Forum. by Nick Dearden,  A segment of a Retrospective on Samir Amin Published on Pambazuka News, August 23, 2018 Samir[…]

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