Julius Malema, a South African politician and the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a far Left-wing party gave a fiery speech underscoring a call for African unity and slamming France.
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CIA completed its 76th anniversary this week. A rogue org. founded by Harry Truman has refused to answer for its crime and has numerous times tortured, killed and violated human rights. CIA's whole existence is laced with the blood of millions of people around the world
In 1973, Salvador Allende, the democratically elected president of Chile, was deposed by the CIA on President Nixon's directive. In his stead, the legendary General Pinochet, who later tortured and killed thousands, was installed by the CIA.
Che Guevara was abducted by CIA in 1968 and put to death by servile Bolivian forces. The socialist president Juan Torres was overthrown in military coup supported by CIA in 1971. Hugo Banzer, the new US-approved dictator, tortured and killed more than 2,000 political opponents.
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As the 31st NATO summit took place in Lithuania. Let's not forget the fact that it is an organization of warmongers & sadists that thrive on ruining millions of lives.
NATO airstrikes in Yugoslavia killed over 2,500 people, including 87 children. Many of the attacks were directed at civilian targets, such as hospitals, schools, and apartment buildings.
Afghanistan
The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001, following the September 11 attacks.
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#OnThisDay (June 30) of 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo attained its independence from Belgium, marking the end of a prolonged period of oppressive colonial governance that claimed the lives of 8-10 million individuals.
Colonial officials amputated and mutilated Congolese people, including children, as punishment.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was a colony of Belgium for 75 years, from 1885 to 1960. The first 23 years of Belgian rule were particularly brutal, as the Congo Free State was privately owned by King Leopold II of Belgium.
Today marks the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The PKI was founded on May 23, 1920, by a group of Indonesian intellectuals and activists who were inspired by the Russian Revolution.
The PKI quickly became one of the most popular political parties in Indonesia, and it played a leading role in the fight for independence from the Dutch. In 1945, the PKI helped to establish the Indonesian Republic, and it became a member of the first post-independence government
However, the PKI's popularity declined in the 1950s and 1960s, In 1965, the PKI was accused of trying to overthrow the government, and a mass purge of communists was carried out.