"Every mining company that is in Sierra Leone is owned by foreigner. Every mining company, With all minerals we have how to we still live in the dark?" ~ Fatima Maada bio, The First Lady of Sierra Leone

Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the Congo 🇨🇩 who was executêd in a firing squad and his body was dissolved in sulfuric acid, by Belgium/USA allies because he tried to protect his country’s minerals. Shortly before exêcution, His last words were: “Neither

2025 Person of the Year, ⁦Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt⁩

Talking to two friends whose father's are feature in my new book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" published by Hurst Publishers. Quentin, whose father Georges Kopp was George Orwell's commander in Spain; and Liz. whose Slovak father Jan Geza fought in the International

It's time to join the Greens. The largest UK left wing party, and the only party continuing to grow at place to take on the right, be it Labour, the Tories or Reform UK. Don't sit on the sidelines. Join today, and let's make sure that hope prevails 💚 join.greenparty.org.uk

#OTD 1947. The coal mines are nationalised “on behalf of the people” in ceremonies across the country. Prime Minister Clement Attlee says that it will be “remembered as one of the great days in the industrial history of our country. The coal mines now belong to the nation”.

DRC fan Michel Kuka Mboladinga, aka "Lumumba Vea," has gone viral at AFCON 2025 for standing completely still during matches, including against Senegal and Botswana, in a powerful tribute to national hero Patrice Lumumba, sometimes remaining motionless for over 90 minutes..

Let's make 2026 the year we have a full investigation into British Complicity in the Gaza Genocide and make sure all those responsible are held to account. RT if you agree.

On January 1, 1804, ex-enslaved African Jean-Jacques Dessalines officially declared Haiti as an independent nation, bringing an end to a thirteen-year struggle for independence from France! #haiti #ayiti #haitianrevolution

REPOST if you’re PROUD of Greta Thunberg for what she does for Palestine! ✊🏻

Pope Leo XIV ended 2025 with a fierce warning: “Stop using religion to conquer markets and justify violence.” He followed that warning with a challenge: stop fearing strangers — and start welcoming them as neighbors. thelettersfromleo.com/p/pope-leo-wel…

Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 and Samora Machel of Mozambique 🇲🇿 were revoIutionary close friends. Samora was kiIIed in a plane crash in October 1986, while Sankara kiIIed in a coup in October 1987.

Unbelievable. Where is the outcry?

Disgraceful Feargal Sharkey is spot on "The government is terrified of dealing with privatisation and has sacrificed water quality on the altar of shareholders and private equity The only people who will be paying for this are customers and billpayers" theguardian.com/environment/20…

For the first time in U.S. history, the archbishop responsible for Catholic pastoral care of U.S. service members said military officers may be morally obligated to disobey a sitting president’s orders. Archbishop Timothy Broglio said a Trump-ordered invasion of Greenland would

Burkina Faso’s🇧🇫 Ibrahim Traoré: "It's not terrorism, it's imperialism. Their objective is to keep us in a permanent war, prevent us from developing, and continue to exploit our resources."

“We need an NHS Reinstatement Bill to eliminate the role of the private sector and rebuild our NHS for patients, not profit”. John Puntis #HouseOfCommonsEvent

When privatised water companies fail, they should be fined so heavily that they COLLAPSE Then they can be taken into permanent PUBLIC OWNERSHIP

Cambridge has crippling living costs for workers, but Stagecoach thinks it can get away with paying the city’s drivers subpar wages. Our members will not be treated as second class employees: Stagecoach can afford to give them a fair slice of the pie. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Dr Janell Green Smith recently died while giving birth, leaving her newborn behind in South Carolina. She was a respected scholar and Black maternal health advocate who died from complications shortly after giving birth. Her death shocked the maternal health community because