Category: Africa

Political Resistance in Senegal Through Food Sovereignty

ByTalia Baroncelli June 13, 2023July 12, 2023

Famara Diédhiou is the West Africa Program Officer at the Alliance for Food Security in Africa (AFSA). He is also one of the producers of a documentary feature film called The Last Seed, which was produced by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in cooperation with AFSA, Biowatch South Africa, and PELUM Tanzania. In this interview, Famara discusses why food security is not enough in a country such as Senegal, whose farming practices and dietary consumption have been negatively affected by agrochemical companies. He makes the case for food sovereignty, as well as the establishment of an agroecological approach to farming and rural planning which not only benefits local populations but also facilitates climate adaption strategies. What sort of socio-economic system would create the conditions necessary for this agroecological approach?

At the Center of a Storm – Irvin Jim on RAI ( pt 2/3)

ByPaul Jay August 29, 2015April 17, 2023

The interview was originally published on January 29, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself: Mr. Jim, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa, explains why his union withdrew its support for the governing African National Congress.

Africa | Reality Asserts Itself | Workers & Unions

At the Center of a Storm – Irvin Jim, General Secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa on RAI (pt 1/3)

ByPaul Jay January 28, 2014April 17, 2023

This interview was originally published on January 28, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Jim tells host Paul Jay about his youth and radicalization in the fight against apartheid. Mr. Jim is now the leader of the largest union in South Africa with 340,000 members, which has recently broken with the ANC and is calling for a return to the principles of the Freedom Charter.

Africa | Reality Asserts Itself | Workers & Unions

At the Center of a Storm – Irvin Jim on RAI (pt 3/3)

ByPaul Jay January 30, 2015April 17, 2023

This interview was originally released on January 30, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself: Workers must build a united front to implement the Freedom Charter, which includes participating in electoral politics; the workers’ movement can’t just be about marching, says Mr. Jim, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa (NUMSA).

Africa | Reality Asserts Itself

Mandela and Neoliberal Economics in South Africa – Danny Schechter (pt 2/3)

ByPaul Jay February 12, 2014March 20, 2023

This interview was originally published on February 12, 2014. Mr. Schechter tells Paul Jay that under tremendous external pressure, the ANC gave up its plans to nationalize the mining sector.

Africa | Reality Asserts Itself

Did the ANC Make a Faustian Bargain – Danny Schechter on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 3/3)

ByPaul Jay February 13, 2014March 20, 2023

This interview was originally published on February 13, 2014. Mr. Schechter analyzes the difficult circumstances that led Mandela to make major compromises in their program after taking power in South Africa.

Africa | Climate Change

The Agribusiness Alliance for a Green Revolution Failed Africa

ByLynn Fries October 13, 2021August 17, 2022

Research by Tim Wise (GDAE-Tufts University) is conclusive and fully resonates with claims by Africa’s biggest grassroots movement, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa: the corporate capture of food systems should be rejected. Donors and government funding must shift to agroecology. This is an interview hosted by Lynn Fries of GPEnewsdocs.

Africa | Reality Asserts Itself

Activism In My DNA – Danny Schechter on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 1/3)

ByPaul Jay February 11, 2014March 20, 2023

This interview was originally published on February 11, 2014. In this RAI he tells Paul Jay about the fight against apartheid and meeting and chronicling Mandela in South Africa.

Africa

Abby Martin – Uganda Dictatorship: Imperialism’s Pearl of Africa

ByAbby Martin April 20, 2021August 17, 2022

Short documentary on Uganda’s US-backed dictatorship, the country’s freedom struggle from colonialism until today, and the geo-strategic role the regime plays for US Imperialism.

Africa | Geopolitics

A Guide to US Empire in Africa: Neocolonial Order & AFRICOM – Abby Martin and Eugene Puryear

ByAbby Martin March 15, 2021August 17, 2022

Abby Martin speaks to Eugene Puryear to discuss the big picture of US imperialism in Africa: From the Berlin Conference to the subversion of liberation movements to neocolonial puppets and the current sprawl of AFRICOM “counterterrorism.”