Twenty years ago, on Feb. 11, 1990, Nelson Mandela walked out of his prison cell and, four years later, a huge majority elected him president. Now, after 16 years of ANC rule, the majority of South Africans are worse off than they were under the white minority regime.
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Mike Stainbank,
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white minority regime,
world’s largest gap between rich and poor,
world’s largest slum
Immediately following the “earthquake” that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, I started seeing reports that the earthquake was not a random occurrence or happenstance. These were the same rumblings I heard following Hurricane Katrina. After the devastation of Katrina I started seeing reports about HAARP, High Frequency Active Auroral Research.
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copper,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA,
Department of Defense’s National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA),
depleted uranium,
Dr. Georges Michel,
Dr. Nick Begich,
earthquake weapons,
earth’s ionosphere,
eco-type of terrorism,
electromagnetic waves,
ethnic cleansing and genocide,
ethnically cleanse and depopulate the region,
Eurasian Minerals Inc.,
exercise simulating a humanitarian operation,
Gen. P.K. Keen,
Ginette and Daniel Mathurin,
gold,
Greater Antilles,
HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research),
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Haiti earthquake,
Haiti has oil,
Haitian Lawyers' Leadership Network,
high frequency electromagnetic waves,
humanitarian aid,
Hurricane Katrina,
Jeane Manning,
Junious Ricardo Stanton,
Lavalas white book detailing Haiti’s resources,
Leuren Moret,
lightning and hurricane manipulation,
Marguerite Laurent,
Mary Ratcliff,
Michel Chossudovsky,
military occupation,
New World Order,
now under the acronym ARPA),
populist president nationalizing the oil and gas reserves,
Port au Prince,
Pravda,
President Hugo Chavez,
Press TV,
Prime Argus,
probe the earth for natural gas and oil,
Project Skyfire,
Project Stormfury,
Puerto Rico,
Russian Navy,
sacrificed for gold and oil,
silver,
smallpox laced blankets,
Spacecast 2020 master plan,
stealth weather warfare,
Stephen Pierce,
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI),
strategic reserves for the U.S.,
tectonic weapon,
Tusgekee syphilis experiment,
U.S. Air Force,
U.S. elites,
U.S. Embassy,
U.S. Geological Survey,
U.S. Navy,
U.S. Secretary of Defense William Cohen,
VoltaireNet,
warmongering military industrial complex,
ways to cause earthquakes,
weather control,
weather warfare,
white supremacy and superiority,
zinc
One hundred years ago, a global outrage surrounding the death of an estimated 10 million Congolese resulted in the end of King Leopold II of Belgium’s rule in the Congo. Ordinary people around the world from all walks of life stood at the side of the Congolese and demanded the end of the first recorded Congolese holocaust. A century later, the world finds itself facing the same issue, where the Congolese people are subjected to unimaginable suffering.
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corporate interests,
diamonds,
Eagle Wings,
electronics,
foreign governments,
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki,
Frantz Fanon,
FreePort McMoRan,
Friends of Congo,
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geo-strategic minerals,
gold,
humanitarian industry,
Japan,
justice,
Kambale Musavuli,
Kemet Electronics,
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natural resources,
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OM Group,
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technology,
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the devaluation of Black lives,
the Financial Times,
the humanitarian industry,
the mainstream media,
the pilfering of Congo’s wealth,
the United States,
tin,
tungsten,
U.S. aerospace,
U.S. business interest,
U.S. corporate foreign policy interests,
Uganda,
Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland,
uranium,
Western economic and military dominance,
World War II,
“Challenge of the Congo”,
“Final Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo”
One is hard pressed to find media accounts of what the Congolese people want or how they believe that the United States could best play a constructive role in ending the suffering in the Congo. Considering that the United States has played a significant historical role in the stifling of the democratic aspirations of the Congolese people and the backing of the 1996 and 1998 invasions of the Congo by its allies, Rwanda and Uganda, which unleashed what the United Nations say is the deadliest conflict in the world since World War II, it is important to hear directly from the Congolese people regarding U.S. engagement in the Congo.
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American and Western firms trafficking in mineral resources,
Baraka,
Bibokoboko,
Bijombo,
bilateral cooperation,
Bosco Ntaganda,
Bukavu,
Bunyakiri,
Bwegera,
cassiterite,
Central Africa,
Congolese people,
diamonds,
disease,
evil destruction of property and infrastructure,
famine,
Fizi,
Friends of the Congo,
gold,
Hon. Bapolisi Bahuga Paulin,
Hon. Bashomberwa Martha,
Hon. Birindwa Chanikire Solide,
Hon. Bitakwira Hayi Bihona-Justin,
Hon. Buherwa Lupini Désiré,
Hon. Kanyegere Lwaboshi Samuel,
Hon. Marie-Jeanne Kika Zamud,
Hon. Masumbuko Bashomba Christophe,
Hon. Mpanano Ntamwenge Roger,
Hutus,
international justice (ICC),
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Kagabwe,
Kakungwe,
Kalambi,
Kalonge,
Kamituga,
Kaniola,
Kasika Katogota,
Katumba Kalehe,
Kaziba,
Kigulube,
Kiliba,
Kinshasa,
Kitutu,
large-scale movements of populations,
Laurent Nkundabatware,
Lemera,
looting of natural resources,
Lubuga,
Lugushwa,
Luhwindja,
Makobola,
Masango Tubimbi,
Minembwe,
MONUC (United Nations Organization Mission in DR Congo),
Mushago,
Mutambala,
Mwenga,
National Members of Parliament of South Kivu,
Ndola,
Ngando,
Nindja,
Palestine,
President Barack Obama,
President Paul Kagame,
rape,
Rwanda,
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
Shabunda,
Sun City in South Africa,
the Conference of Goma,
the DR Congo,
the geostrategic position,
the Marshall plan,
the National Parliament,
the Obama administration,
the United States of America,
theft and other degrading treatment,
Tutsis,
Uganda,
Uvira,
“blood” coltan
The racist assault on United States President Barak Obama by the Honduran military coup government, installed on June 28, 2009, was greeted by the U.S. media with what John Pilger called “contrived silence, a censorship by omission.” (Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, 7/6/09) The poisonous racist attack on the first Black U.S. president was based on racist preconceptions and was carried out by interim Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Ortez Colindres on June 29, the day after the democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya was arrested and sent into exile in his pajamas.
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Bernard Chazelle,
Castro of Cuba,
Chavez of Venezuela,
Congressman Donald Payne,
Congressman Payne,
Correo of Ecuador,
Daily Kos,
electrical wiring,
embargo,
Garifunas,
gold,
Hillary Clinton,
Honduran Foreign Minister Colindres,
interim Honduran Foreign Minister Enrique Ortez Colindres,
John Pilger,
Lanny Davis,
Latin America,
Morales of Bolivia,
Ortega of Nicaragua,
President Bill Clinton,
President Manuel Zelaya,
President Obama,
seafood,
Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras,
The Chinese,
The Huffington Post,
the Latin American Business Council,
the U.S.,
the United States,
the Western Hemisphere,
tobacco,
U.S. foreign aid,
U.S. State Department
I recently received a phone call from an investigator for the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, and I shared my uncertainty about the ethics of collaborating with an “International Criminal Court” that was only indicting Black Africans.
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Al-Shifa Pharmaceutical factory,
Alex de Waal,
Alison Des Forges,
Anthony Lake,
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Center for American Progress,
Center for Security Policy,
CHF International,
Clinton administration,
Congo,
copper,
crimes against humanity,
Darfur,
Darfur Genocide Accountability Act,
declaration of genocide,
Eric Reeves,
fertile plantation lands,
Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,
George W. Bush,
gold,
Henry Kissinger,
Hillary Clinton,
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Human Rights Watch,
humanitarian,
Hutu,
International Conference on the Status of Banyarwanda (Tutsi) Refugees,
International Criminal Court (ICC),
International Crises Group,
International Rescue Committee,
Israel,
Israeli-backed Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),
Janjaweed,
John Podesta,
John Prendergast,
Keith Harmon Snow,
Lockheed Martin Corp.,
Lord's Resistance Army,
Madeleine Albright,
Mercy Corps,
Mombasa,
Mossad,
MSF-Holland,
MV Faina,
non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
Omar al-Bashir,
Oxfam,
petroleum,
President Barack Obama,
President Paul Kagame,
President Yoweri Museveni,
Prudence Bushnell,
Rakiya Omaar,
Roger Winter,
Rwanda,
Rwandan Defense Forces (Rwandan Patriotic Army),
Rwandan President Habyarimana,
Rwandan Tribunal (ICTR),
Rwandan Tutsi Diaspora,
Samantha Power,
SAVE DARFUR movement,
Save the Children,
Solidarites,
Somali "pirates",
Somali fishermen,
Sudan,
Sudan Liberation Army,
Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA),
Susan Rice,
the International Rescue Committee,
the Norwegian Refugee Council,
Timothy Longman,
U.S. Committee for Refugees,
U.S. proxy forces,
Uganda,
Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF),
uranium,
Vadim Alperin,
war crimes,
warlords
The evening before Human Rights Watch expert on Rwanda Alison Des Forges’ critical quote on the secret deal worked out between Rwanda’s murderous U.S.-backed President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Joseph Kabila appeared in the Washington Post, Des Forges died in a the fiery crash of Continental Flight 3407.
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Arusha,
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Beverly Eckert,
columbite-tantalite (coltan),
Continental Flight 3407,
Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR),
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila,
diamonds,
Gen. Laurent Nkunda,
gold,
Human Rights Watch,
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda,
Laurent D. Kabila,
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),
National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),
natural gas,
platinum,
President Paul Kagame,
Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD),
Rebels for Christ,
Rwandan Hutu militia,
Tanzania,
U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM),
Wayne Madsen
Vanguard journalist and Current TV producer Christof Putzel traces gold to its origins in one of Africa’s biggest gold mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Originally posted Aug. 6, 2006, this report remains current and so chilling we hope it’ll make you swear off bling this holiday season and forevermore.
One viewer commented, “Watchdog groups [...]
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mining,
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the green heart of Africa. The country has the second largest rainforest in the world. It is resource rich but plagued with humanitarian crises resulting from the plundering of the DRC’s mineral resources are severe.
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cobalt,
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consumer electronics,
copper,
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diamond,
diamond mines,
Dustin Blitchok,
Friends of the Congo,
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gold,
human rights,
industrial and gem diamonds,
International Rescue Committee,
iron ore,
Katanga Province,
manganese,
Mbjui Mayi,
mineral resources,
niobium,
radium,
rainforest,
Rwanda Metals,
safe drinking water,
Second Congo War,
Shinkolobwe uranium mine,
silver,
tantalum,
timber,
tin,
UNICEF,
uranium,
zinc
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