The Ravaging of Africa: Western Neo-colonialism Fuels Wars, Plundering of Resources

By Asad Ismi The G8 Summit held in Kananaskis in June, pledged $6 billion dollars a year in so-called aid to Africa by 2006. The low figure caused Phil Twyford of Oxfam to say “We’re extremely disappointed by this wasted opportunity. They’re offering peanuts to Africa and recycled peanuts at that.” In 1999, debt service […]

The Western Heart of Darkness: Mineral-Rich Congo Ravaged by Genocide and Western Plunder

By Asad Ismi “I’m interested in land not [black people].” — Cecil Rhodes Rarely has Western savagery been more destructive than in the Congo. After 115 years of Belgian colonialism and U.S. neo-colonialism, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today is a war-ravaged, balkanized country where an incredible 2.5 million people have died during the […]

Who Killed Martin Luther King?: The Cover-Up of the Century

“The United States government is the greatest purveyor of violence in the world.” —-Martin Luther King Jr. On December 8, 1999, a jury in Memphis, Tennessee, reached the verdict that Martin Luther King Jr. was killed as a result of a conspiracy involving the FBI, CIA, U.S. Army, Memphis police and the Mafia. After a […]

Swords into Ploughshares:

A “Home Front” Anthology (1st Edition) by Sandra (Editor). Gurvis, Kali Tal, Denise Levertov, Karen Jay Fowler, Jmes Kunen, Marylin Singer, Toni Cade Bambara, Jemela Mwelu, Patti Davis, Alice Lynd, Jeff Doyle, Robert Buzzanco, Asad Ismi, Daniel M. Duffy, Jeffrey Grey Paperback, 177 Pages, Published 1988, sold by 17 booksellers https://www.gettextbooks.com/isbn/9780962852411/