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Faces of the G7 leaders drawn on the sand by artist Sam Dougados in Biarritz, France on the eve of the G7 summit, August 23, 2019. © REUTERS/Regis Duvignau By Nebojsa Malic As leaders of countries that control 40 percent of the world’s GDP gather at a French resort to discuss economic inequality and other …
By BO Staff Writer The following article was previously published on the teleSUR English website and is now reissued by Black Opinion: In the heart of the Amazon, the Mura indigenous people have vowed to protect their traditional land amidst threats from farmers, logging and raging fires. A record number of wildfires have raged for …
By BO Staff Writer Since the damning findings of the Public Protector, against Cyril Ramaphosa, regarding his conduct of gross corruption and subversion of good governance were released, the Sunday Independent subsequently on 11 August 2019 broke the news that it had campaign records in its possession which suggest who donated to Ramapahosa’s election campaign, …
By Andile Mngxitama Zakes Mda is defending the gluttony of the Reds of London because he’s angry with the African National Congress (ANC) for not giving him the recognition he believes he deserves. In defence of the Gucci and Louis Vuitton ones he says that it’s not necessary to be poor to help the poor. …
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 …
