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Amidst the ongoing decades of colonization & Alternative Policy Solutions hosts
Anuradha Mittal lecture at the American University Cairo to mark the 76th anniversary of the

'The New Palestinian Nakba & Global Resistance to the Empire'
May 13, 2024 6:30 - 8:00 PM…

Amidst the ongoing #genocide decades of colonization & #ApartheidIsrael @aps_auc hosts @Mittaloak lecture at the American University Cairo to mark the 76th anniversary of the #Nakba 'The New Palestinian Nakba & Global Resistance to the Empire' May 13, 2024 6:30 - 8:00 PM…
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Read 'Colonialism Revamped' how Lord Leverhulme’s 1911 'concession' in the DRC is now held by a New York-based private equity firm with strong links to global philanthropy.
africanarguments.org/2024/04/coloni…

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🚨 Dieumerci Mpay Ngomba, member of human rights group RIAO RDC, was arrested Monday in Kinshasa while hanging a banner outside a meeting of company PHC. A journalist with Numerica TV, Dieuleveut Bofula, was also arrested for taking photos. Both are being held at a…

🚨 Dieumerci Mpay Ngomba, member of human rights group @RdcRiao, was arrested Monday in Kinshasa while hanging a banner outside a meeting of #palmoil company PHC. A journalist with Numerica TV, Dieuleveut Bofula, was also arrested for taking photos. Both are being held at a…
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.Thomson Safaris – a US-based luxury tourism operator – is alleged to have capitalized on Samia Suluhu’s violent repression of communities to solidify its control over land.

Agents for the company accused of beating children for grazing near disputed…

.@ThomsonSafaris – a US-based luxury tourism operator – is alleged to have capitalized on @SuluhuSamia’s violent repression of #Indigenous communities to solidify its control over #Maasai land. Agents for the company accused of beating children for grazing near disputed…
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We stand with students who despite police brutality continue to call for immediate & permanent , an end to the &
Read the statement here:
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We stand with students who despite police brutality continue to call for immediate & permanent #ceasefire , an end to the #occupation & #FreePalestine Read the statement here: mpowerchange.org/gazastudentpro…
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187 religious & human rights groups release statement supporting students protesting war on Gaza amid 'pressure, intimidation and retaliation.'

Signers include US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, MPower Change, Jewish Voice for Peace, Veterans for Peace, Hindus for Human Rights.

187 religious & human rights groups release statement supporting students protesting war on Gaza amid 'pressure, intimidation and retaliation.' Signers include US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, MPower Change, Jewish Voice for Peace, Veterans for Peace, Hindus for Human Rights.
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.Tanzania National Parks rangers carry out another vicious attack within illegally expanded Ruaha National Park boundary just after World Bank suspended financing of the REGROW project.

Over 800 cattle in Iyala village seized on April 20th – Mbarali court orders the owners to pay an outlandish rate of…

.@tzparks rangers carry out another vicious attack within illegally expanded @RuahaNP boundary just after @WorldBank suspended financing of the REGROW project. Over 800 cattle in Iyala village seized on April 20th – Mbarali court orders the owners to pay an outlandish rate of…
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Read Oakland Institute 's 'You Cannot Be Free Without My Freedom: The Struggle of Nabi Salih' to learn more about courageous Bassem Tamimi.

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Statement in solidarity with student protests for
'As we stand in solidarity with the students protesting in encampments across the country, we reaffirm our commitment to amplifying their voices, condemn the university administration officials' violent response to their…

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.The Chanzo: 'Experts in Tanzania Want Conservation ‘Decolonised’ As World Bank Pulls Out of Controversial Project.”

Important insights on colonial roots of so-called “conservation” efforts in Tanzania, in light of our latest victory: 
thechanzo.com/2024/04/24/exp…

Anuradha Mittal

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.US Embassy Tanzania - New brief reveals how USAIDTanzania has financed & designed Samia Suluhu’s strategy of massive evictions of people from their land to boost tourism $$$.

Pulling Back the Curtain: How the US Drives Tanzania’s War on the Indigenous:…

.@usembassytz - New brief reveals how @USAIDTanzania has financed & designed @SuluhuSamia’s strategy of massive evictions of #Indigenous people from their land to boost tourism $$$. Pulling Back the Curtain: How the US Drives Tanzania’s War on the Indigenous:…
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Thomson Safaris’ landgrab of Indigenous Maasai land in Tanzania

A new report by Oakland Institute exposes how Thomson Safaris is exploiting the violence against Indigenous Peoples in Tanzania to expand its landgrab of Maasai territory.

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Thomson Safaris’ landgrab of Indigenous Maasai land in Tanzania A new report by @oak_institute exposes how Thomson Safaris is exploiting the violence against Indigenous Peoples in Tanzania to expand its landgrab of Maasai territory. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/thomson-safa…
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.The Chanzo: 'Experts in Tanzania Want Conservation ‘Decolonised’ As World Bank Pulls Out of Controversial Project.”

Important insights on colonial roots of so-called “conservation” efforts in Tanzania, in light of our latest victory: 
thechanzo.com/2024/04/24/exp…

Anuradha Mittal

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“This suspension is a big deal... It is not often that funding of a project is stopped while an investigation by the The Inspection Panel is happening.” - Anuradha Mittal

@Mongabay Victoria Schneider: Human rights allegations prompt World Bank to freeze project’s funds in Tanzania:…

“This suspension is a big deal... It is not often that funding of a project is stopped while an investigation by the @InspectionPanel is happening.” - @Mittaloak @Mongabay @vic_schneider: Human rights allegations prompt World Bank to freeze project’s funds in Tanzania:…
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