The US army is overturning the convictions of 110 Black soldiers – 19 of whom were executed – for a mutiny at a Houston military camp a century ago, an effort to atone for imposing harsh punishments linked to Jim Crow-era racism. Army officials announced the historic reversal on Monday during a ceremony posthumously honoring […]
University of Alberta Andy Knight, a professor of international relations and the school’s first provost fellow in Black excellence and leadership, made a proposal to the federal department last fall in which he drew attention to racism in the military. Over the next year, he is to assess just how entrenched radicalization, antisemitism, xenophobia and […]
Security officials in Antigua and Barbuda on Saturday conducted an operation to search the multi-million-dollar Super Yacht Alfa Nero that has been anchored in Falmouth Harbour here since the start of the year. In a statement, Foreign Affairs Minister E.P. “Chet” Greene said the operation was led by officers of ONDCP and supported by a […]
By Lincoln DePradine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau doesn’t want the contributions of Black military men, who served the country more than 100 years ago, to be “overlooked and forgotten’’, and he has issued an apology to them for the racism they experienced during the First World War. However, for many Blacks, racism in the Canadian […]
A museum in southwestern Ontario is giving framed photos of Canada’s first and only segregated military unit to legions in an effort to bring awareness to the Black soldiers who served in Canada. The No. 2 Construction Battalion was created on July 5, 1916, following protests for the right for Black people to join the […]
By Carlton Joseph Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its fourth week, shows no signs of abating. The invasion has wreaked devastation, exacting a heavy toll on the country’s infrastructure and population. Unofficial reports indicate more than 10 million Ukrainians, or roughly 25% of the population have either been displaced inside their country or have fled as refugees […]
Beaten to death, Kabagambe’s brutal killing sparked a debate over hate violence against Brazil’s Black population. Thousands have protested across Brazilian cities, from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo, after the murder of a 24-year-old Congolese refugee who was beaten to death last month. Moise Mugenyi Kabagambe was killed on January 24, assaulted by three […]
Today, on Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour Indigenous peoples – past and present – who have served and continue to serve with great pride and sacrifice for our freedom. Each year, during Veterans’ Week and Remembrance Day, Canadians join together to acknowledge all those who served our country, but throughout our history, Indigenous veterans have […]
The late Robert Fisk, who the New York Times described as “a dauntless journalist who was widely praised by colleagues and competitors alike for relentlessly chronicling the Middle East’s many agonies”, spoke of the difficulties of ruling Afghanistan. A country, which operated through tribal alliances and virtually no central authority throughout its 3,000-year history, broke […]
The allies collapsed because the Taliban was fighting for their culture and religion, which inspired, and motivated them. The foreigners wanted to dominate the country, and the puppets they supported wanted power and money.
By Carlton Joseph After 20 years of fighting, the United States (US) has finally ended its war with Afghanistan leaving a trail of destruction and chaos in the country and the region. The official story for the invasion was that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and a WMD programme. In fact, the […]
