Chris Hedges There is one desperate chance left to thwart the impending ecocide and extinction of the human species. We must, in wave after wave, carry out nonviolent acts of civil disobedience to shut down the capitals of the major industrial countries, crippling commerce and transportation, until the ruling elites are forced to publicly state …
By BO Staff Writer Sweden is amongst the top 10 countries in terms of wealth accumulation. Yet its politicians are ordinary people. What’s wrong with that? “Politicians who spend public money on taxi rides instead of using the public train end on news headlines as even the speaker of the parliament has a card to …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) welcomes and supports the urgent court application lodged by the Mandela Foundation against the arrogant racist Ernst Roets of Afriforum. The racist Roets deliberately and purposely …
By Andile Mngxitama I see white people are calling Julius out for flying first class. Lets be clear! We detest the gluttonous conspicuous consumption of the neocolonialists. But that’s between us and them. Whites who are calling Juju out must shut the fuck up. They are the ones who corrupted Julius with Stellenbosch money and …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Black First Land First (BLF) calls on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to stop its “ja baas” attitude and deal with the petulant racism of AfriForum decisively. AfriForum’s leader, …
By BO Staff Writer Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has since taking office in January 2019 systematically surrendered the Amazon rainforest to agribusiness and development. Aided by policies he put in place that go against the interests of the indigenous tribes and the environment, he has increased deforestation manyfold. He has frequently targeted the indigenous …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Today President Ramaphosa is expected to answer questions in parliament. This is a prearranged show to whitewash the great #RamaphosaLeaks. Opposition parties will pretend to ask tough questions only to deceive …
By Andile Mngxitama Today the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Joburg Metro) will take a vote of no confidence against its Democratic Alliance (DA) mayor Herman Mashaba It must be remembered that the DA was handed the mayorship by the EFF. Last month Julius Malema told the nation this: “We also discussed and took a …
By BO Staff Writer The following statement was previously published on the Black First Land First website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: Earlier today the Equality Court sitting in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court postponed the spurious case of AfriForum against Black First Land First (BLF) to 18 and 20 September 2019. The case …
By BO Staff Writer On Saturday, 17 August 2019, the ruling military council of Sudan, which took over after Omar al-Bashir’s was ousted, concluded an agreement with the main opposition alliance. This paves the way for a transitional government towards national elections. The agreement puts into place the establishment of a sovereign council as the …
