Muammar Gaddafi Hoped For An African-Arab Union

An Enlightening Interview with Gaddafi in 2009 with Euronews Even after 40 years in power, Libya`s Colonel Gaddafi has some bold ambitions. His ideas for African unity involve the creation of a United States of Africa modelled on the EU – an idea he set out at the recent African Union summit. As thousands of…

Lockerbie: New Evidence Exonerates Libya

Scotland Herald Megrahi: eight key pieces of evidence 1.Why Megrahi dropped the appeal CONTEXT: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi had two possible routes out of Greenock jail in August 2009: a prisoner transfer application for which he first had to drop his appeal, or compassionate release because of his prostate cancer. The latter route did…

New NTC Law Will Render Tens Of Thousands Of Libyans Homeless

ONE MORE GOOD REASON TO TOPPLE THE NTC DICTATORSHIP! Bloomberg Libya will announce a law that will return land and buildings expropriated by late ruler Muammar Qaddafi to the original landowners “within weeks,” a senior member of the Land Ownership Committee said. “Phase one will return unused lands, empty shops, buildings and villas taken by…

South Africa’s Corporate Media Call For “Regime Change” In Zimbabwe

Editor’s Note: Zimbabwe has been on the Freedom House hit list for years. Recently President Mugabe has been a vocal critic of the African Union, and an opponent of any foreign intervention in Africa. President Mugabe: The African Union Failed Libya President Mugabe Delivers A Stunning Blow To Imperialists And Libya’s NTC President Robert Mugabe’s…

Malcolm X Returns In An Inspiring Exhibit

Jeff Gerritt Michigan and Detroit have little to remind them of their ties to arguably the greatest American leader of the 20th Century. Malcolm X — born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb. — spent much of his youth in the Lansing area, where his family moved when Malcolm was 4, and later in Detroit, the…

Canada In Libya: Al Qaeda’s Airforce

Some Canadian military officers in private…referred to the NATO jets bombing Gadhafi’s troops as “al-Qaeda’s air force.” Stephen Gowans Canadian fighter pilots “flew 946 sorties and dropped almost 700 bombs” in last year’s NATO intervention in Libya. [1] But rather than enforcing a no-fly zone to protect civilians, the Canadian pilots—and their counterparts from other…

President Mugabe: Africa Must Be Ready To Fight Against Foreign Invasion

Sydney Kawadza President Mugabe has branded some African leaders cowards who are prepared to sell out their countries for financial aid and material benefits. In an interview broadcast by ZBC last night, the Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces said the leaders’ actions will trigger revolts if youths discover…

Cynthia McKinney Interview With Gary Corseri

I grew up in New York City, and have traveled and lived in different parts of the world, including about 18 years in the “Peachtree State” of Georgia. For almost as long as I lived there, I’d heard of Cynthia McKinney—the first African-American woman to represent Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives. To be…

The Case For A Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy

R2P Imperialist Doctrine Jean Bricmont Louvain-la-Neuve The events in Syria, after those in Libya last year, are accompanied by calls for a military intervention, in order to “protect civilians”, claiming that it is our right or our duty to do so. And, just as last year, some of the loudest voices in favor of intervention…

Communiqué 1 From The Libyan Popular National Movement

البيان رقم 1 رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِين أما بعد عام كامل على أحداث شهر فبراير 2011م. التي ألحقت تداعياتها ضررا جسيما طال كل بيت وأنتجت وضعا أعاد ليبيا حقبا زمنية إلى الوراء، حيث تعيش البلاد حالة انهيار تام للمؤسسات التشريعية والتنفيذية والقضائية والأمنية والعسكرية للدولة الليبية، وصار مصير الوطن والمواطن…

Founding Declaration Of The Libyan Popular National Movement

Even if there comes a time when you do not hear my voice, do not give up. Do not despair. Do not stop fighting for your freedom until you have victory! – Muammar Gaddafi Resistance News Official Libyan Government Statements FOUNDING DECLARATION OF THE LIBYAN POPULAR NATIONAL MOVEMENT [ENGLISH AND ARABIC] The situation in Libya…

Back to Djibouti: Africom and the New White Burden

Thomas C. Mountain The visit to Djibouti by US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in late 2011 seems to be an omen foretelling the rebirth of the US African Command’s (AFRICOM) base in the Horn of Africa. The USA has little choice really, now that the Bahraini peoples resistance to the western backed Hamad regime has…