Britain’s Austerity Crisis, Deepens Poverty for African Women

21 Jul '17

Britain’s Austerity Crisis, Deepens Poverty for African Women

July 21, 2017

Editor’s Note: Our use of “African” is inclusive of all black people regardless of where we were born. It is important for us to note this for UK readers as there is continued efforts to further segregate African people by using terms like “Black Caribbean,” “Black African,” “Black British” and […]

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8 Jun '17

Eradicating female genital mutilation means destroying capitalist colonialism

June 8, 2017

Blog, Colonialism

According to the World Heath Organization, there is an estimated 125 million girls and women throughout the world who have been subjected to a practice called female genital mutilation (FGM), a majority of whom lives in Africa and the Middle East. FGM is the removing or altering of the external […]

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6 Mar '17

20-year-old black woman runs for St. Petersburg, Florida City Council on platform of reparations and black community control of the police

March 6, 2017

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power

On Monday, March 6, 2017, 20-year-old Eritha “Akilé” Cainion threw her hat into the race to become the next councilperson for District 6 in St. Petersburg. She made the announcement while standing in front of the recently shutdown St. Petersburg, Florida Walmart with her proud parents and a group of […]

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17 Feb '17

Madonna Steals Two More African Children from Malawi

February 17, 2017

Birth and Reproductive Justice, Colonialism

By Rita Akoth Ombaka Last week, various news and social media sites were circulating and exalting the story of Madonna’s theft of two (more) children from Malawi. The outlets talked about the controversy around the length of adoption, the waiving of a residency requirement by the court–which state that children […]

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26 Jan '17

Nasty Women, Pink Pussy and Support for Imperialism

January 26, 2017

Anti-Colonialism, Black Power

As many know, white women got together and decided to hold a national women’s march to show the unity of all women. However, from the onset, it was understood that this march was indeed going to be a march to address the fears of white women. Even though the march […]

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11 Jan '17

DeColonaise Product Launch at 2017 APSP Plenary

January 11, 2017

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The question of being economically self-sustaining is key to the organizing strategy of ANWO. In order to successfully build our campaigns and support African women, who are vulnerable to state attacks, ANWO needed to have a way to bring in resources, separate from our membership dues; so we came […]

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