What we’ve been reading (headlines link to original pieces)
Judas & the Black Messiah Counters Decades of Lies About Black Panthers
Judas centers on the 1969 assassination of BPP leader Fred Hampton by Chicago police and the FBI, as a result of his betrayal by FBI informant William O’Neal. Immediately after Hampton’s murder, the government began its misinformation campaign, distributing a fabricated version of the assassination.
Fred Hampton was a Radical Revolutionary, but Judas Minimizes this
“As Hampton becomes an increasingly popular name in the United States, efforts to sanitize his worldview and actual theories must be resisted, especially given the long history of prominent leftwing figures being distorted and co-opted.” – Akin Olla for Guardian
Story of the Assassination of Fred Hampton
Black AI researcher at Amazon building a tech hub in derelict downtown Jackson Mississippi
Nashlie Sephus, a 35-year-old , has a vision for transforming her hometown into a thriving center for tech entrepreneurs…”My goal is to turn this space into a self-sustaining village where people can live, work, play…Create a tech hub out of 12 abandoned acres of vacant lots and derelict buildings in the heart of downtown Jackson, Mississippi.
Center of FinTech Innovation Shifting to Africa
For over sixty years, the U.S. was the leading innovator of financial technology (FinTech) in the world. Over the past decade, China has become the global leader. But it may not be the leader for long, as Nigeria and Kenya have emerged as FinTech hotbeds, using inexpensive, accessible tech to mobilize consumers in ways never seen before… built almost exclusively on mobile phones.
Nigerians can bring claims against Shell in UK Courts
For decades, Shell, currently the 5th largest corporation in the world, has been ravaging communities in the Niger Delta with their operations causing severe pollution, including to drinking water. In a “watershed moment” for impoverished indigenous communities fighting to hold multinational companies accountable, the UK supreme court ruled that Shell must answer for the environmental crisis they have caused in Nigeria.
Azerbyjan fueling the state-sponsored domestic terrorism in the Congo
Last year, more than 100 tons of weaponry wound its way from Azerbaijan to the coffers of the Congo’s 36-year dictator, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, with sponsorship from Saudi Arabia. The Congo’s next election will be March 21, and Liberators expect that the weapons purchased from Azerbaijan may be used to violently steal the upcoming election.