Pan-African Journal

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We will feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the recently concluded South African coal miners strike which was settled earlier in the week; Zimbabwe is preparing to apply for International Monetary Fund loans to support its ailing economy; the World Bank released a report contradicting the notions that have been widely reported that poverty is decreasing on the continent; and finally the former leader of Benin, Mathieu Kerekou has died after serving years as head-of-state in this once socialist-oriented state. In the second hour we will continue our examination of the history and significance of state repression in the United States with a audio file on the impact of the rebellions in Ferguson, Missouri during 2014-2015. Finally in the third hour we analyze the character of social movements over the last four years in the U.S. including Occupy, union struggles, urban rebellions and mass protests.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The broadcast presents our regular PANW reports with dispatches on recent developments in the West African state of Burkina Faso where a military coup was recently defeated through mass pressure and international political intervention; the bombing in Turkey which killed nearly 100 people has sent shockwaves through the NATO state; an Ohio prosecutor has declared the police killing of 12-year-old African American youth Tamir Rice during 2014 as being justified; Palestinians are fighting back against the repressive apparatus of the State of Israel resulting in the deaths of six people in the last few days; and the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March took place in Washington, D.C. on October 10. The second hour continues our month-long focus on state repression in the United States with special segments on the role of British imperialsm in the Atlantic Slave Trade and the exploitation of African people in the U.S. after the legal abolition of enslavement during the late 19th and early decades of the 20th century. The final hour looks at the resistance to national oppression through labor organizing and revolutionary culture during the middle decades of the previous century.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The broadcast presents our regular PANW reports with dispatches on recent developments in the West African state of Burkina Faso where a military coup was recently defeated through mass pressure and international political intervention; the bombing in Turkey which killed nearly 100 people has sent shockwaves through the NATO state; an Ohio prosecutor has declared the police killing of 12-year-old African American youth Tamir Rice during 2014 as being justified; Palestinians are fighting back against the repressive apparatus of the State of Israel resulting in the deaths of six people in the last few days; and the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March took place in Washington, D.C. on October 10. The second hour continues our month-long focus on state repression in the United States with special segments on the role of British imperialsm in the Atlantic Slave Trade and the exploitation of African people in the U.S. after the legal abolition of enslavement during the late 19th and early decades of the 20th century. The final hour looks at the resistance to national oppression through labor organizing and revolutionary culture during the middle decades of the previous century.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal broadcasting live from the Detroit public meeting held in Midtown. The program is hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. A notice for this public meeting read as follows:

Turn Your Activism Into Revolutionary Organization

Attend a Special Detroit Workers World Party Public Meeting Sat. October 10, 5:30-8:00pm

Speakers Include:

Martha Grevatt of the UAW, Moratorium NOW!

Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of the Pan-African News Wire

Jeremy Royer, Indigenous Activist and others

Topics:

--Make the banks pay! How the banks are behind Detroit's massive property tax foreclosures, water shutoffs, pension cuts and school closings;

--Racism, police brutality and the fight to free Rev. Edward Pinkney;

--Analysis of the new UAW contracts--the corporate formula: "fewer and cheaper workers";

--Indigenous People leading the fight against environmental destruction;

The capitalist system is the problem! Hear a panel featuring longtime revolutionaries on struggles in Detroit and across Michigan. Find out how you can make a difference and get involved in challenging class exploitation and national oppression.

Listen to this edition of the Pan-African Journal broadcasting live from the Detroit public meeting held in Midtown. The program is hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. A notice for this public meeting read as follows:

Turn Your Activism Into Revolutionary Organization

Attend a Special Detroit Workers World Party Public Meeting Sat. October 10, 5:30-8:00pm

Speakers Include:

Martha Grevatt of the UAW, Moratorium NOW!

Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of the Pan-African News Wire

Jeremy Royer, Indigenous Activist and others

Topics:

--Make the banks pay! How the banks are behind Detroit's massive property tax foreclosures, water shutoffs, pension cuts and school closings;

--Racism, police brutality and the fight to free Rev. Edward Pinkney;

--Analysis of the new UAW contracts--the corporate formula: "fewer and cheaper workers";

--Indigenous People leading the fight against environmental destruction;

The capitalist system is the problem! Hear a panel featuring longtime revolutionaries on struggles in Detroit and across Michigan. Find out how you can make a difference and get involved in challenging class exploitation and national oppression.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on Nigeria where attacks continue by Boko Haram fighters in the northeast and in the political capital of Abuja in light of the 55th anniversary of the independence of the West African state; in Burkina Faso calls grow louder for the prosecution of Gen. Gilbert Diendere, intelligence director of the presidential security regiment, who led a military coup aimed at derailing national elections scheduled for October; western media reports are carrying more objective and critical stories on the United States supported and coordinated airstrikes and ground operations in the Middle Eastern state of Yemen; and the Russian military continues its operations in Syria in conjunction with the army of President Bashar al-Assad. In the second hour we continue our month-long focus on the history and character of state repression in the U.S. and internationally with archived audio files on the first U.S. President George Washington and his involvement in African enslavement as well as the use of the death penalty in America. Rare declassified tapes are available on the thinking of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy. In the final hour we cover events surrounding the United Nations 70th General Assembly in New York City. The UN Declaration for Human Rights will be reviewed along with the address of Republic of Namibia President Hage Giengob at the gathering taking place in New York.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. We feature our regular PANW reports with dispatches on Nigeria where attacks continue by Boko Haram fighters in the northeast and in the political capital of Abuja in light of the 55th anniversary of the independence of the West African state; in Burkina Faso calls grow louder for the prosecution of Gen. Gilbert Diendere, intelligence director of the presidential security regiment, who led a military coup aimed at derailing national elections scheduled for October; western media reports are carrying more objective and critical stories on the United States supported and coordinated airstrikes and ground operations in the Middle Eastern state of Yemen; and the Russian military continues its operations in Syria in conjunction with the army of President Bashar al-Assad. In the second hour we continue our month-long focus on the history and character of state repression in the U.S. and internationally with archived audio files on the first U.S. President George Washington and his involvement in African enslavement as well as the use of the death penalty in America. Rare declassified tapes are available on the thinking of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on the assassination of his predecessor John F. Kennedy. In the final hour we cover events surrounding the United Nations 70th General Assembly in New York City. The UN Declaration for Human Rights will be reviewed along with the address of Republic of Namibia President Hage Giengob at the gathering taking place in New York.

Listen to the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This month we are focusing on the character of state repression under capitalism and imperialism.The United States political and economic system was built through the forced removal and extermination of millions of Native Americans and the kidnapping, transporting and enslavement of millions more Africans. We will look into the historical and structural roots of the current crisis in the world system during the course of this month.

Listen to the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This month we are focusing on the character of state repression under capitalism and imperialism.The United States political and economic system was built through the forced removal and extermination of millions of Native Americans and the kidnapping, transporting and enslavement of millions more Africans. We will look into the historical and structural roots of the current crisis in the world system during the course of this month.

Listen to this special edition of the Pan-African Journal hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This broadcast features our regular PANW reports with dispatches on the current power shortages in the Southern African nation of Zimbabwe where the government is attempting to resolve the crisis along with a burgeoning income gap among executives and the majority of working and poor people; the United States supported regime in Somalia faced another attempt to impeach the current president in Mogadishu; a political analyst suggests that Kenya is not a middle-income state which poses huge economic challenges for the future; and fighting continues among internecine rebel groups in the North African state of Libya where in Benghazi, the birthplace of the 2011 counter-revolution, people are being killed even under a curfew imposed on the city recently. In our second and third hours we conclude the month-long focus on race relations in the U.S. and internationally. An examination of the slave burial grounds discovered in New York City reveals a profound history of African people in that region of the country. Also the so-called "Tulsa Riot" of 1921 is reviewed as one the worst acts of mass slaughter and destruction in the U.S. directed against African Americans. Finally a retrospective on the South African Revolution is presented through an audio documentary championing the heroic role of the masses in that country.