There is no organization that can end war alone, says Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter
Ndileka Mandela, who is the founder of Thembekile Mandela Foundation and granddaughter of Nelson Mandela
In an exclusive interview this week, Mandela, who is a social activist, claimed that only the “global community” can achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.
“No one entity has ever ended wars. It can’t just be the UN. It has got to be the global community in my view,” she said.
One of the claims that South Africa made at the court is that Israel is breaching the UN Convention on the Prevention of Genocide.
Mandela pointed out that “the Geneva Convention says that when any country starts attacking civilians, unarmed civilians, hospitals, and attacking humanitarian aid … it [stops] being self-defense. It [becomes] like war, [with] crimes of war, and genocide.”
Remembering the era of South African apartheid, when a white minority relegated all other ethnic groups to a sub-class, Mandela explained why Pretoria supports the people of Palestine, saying..
“these are the people that were in the dungeon with us during apartheid and supported us … without their freedom we are, honestly, not free.”
She said that South Africa has “the authority to be able to intervene” because it’s “a best-case study, [demonstrating] best practice of how we [Africans] gained our democracy.”
About 1000 people marched to Parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday, protesting against the recent deadly Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, that have escalted since Monday. (Photo: Victoria O’Regan)
“We are a good case study of a democratic dispensation across Africa that was recorded without bloodshed,” Mandela added.
The ICJ began on Thursday to hear South Africa’s application accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians.
In yet another successful Houthi coup a US chemical tanker sailing from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait came under attack. President Joe Biden has admitted that the US blasts have not stopped the Houthis, and WILL NOT stop them, but said their own bombing and genocide support will continue.
The Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) have survived a nine year war and naval blockade by Saudi colonists, backed and directed by the US and suffered an estimated 77,000 deaths, and have militant solidarity with Palestinians suffering US backed Israeli genocide.
The Houthis ship attacks have so far reportedly NOT KILLED ANYONE while the US/UK replies have reportedly killed dozens in Yemen.
The attack Wednesday and another on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday targeted U.S. owned ships, apparently in defiance of the U.S. led strikes conducted last Thursday and an additional three mass bombing attacks by the U.S./UK since then.
U.S. owned bulker Genco Picardy hit by Houthi droneLess than a day after the latest series of US-led airstrikes on Yemen, the Houthis targeted yet another American ship with naval missiles, Saree said in a televised address on Thursday, claiming the attack resulted in “direct hits.”
“The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that a retaliation to the American and British attacks is inevitable, and that any new aggression will not go unpunished,” he declared.
The Ansar Allah Houthi army have a a long history of developing their own drones and missiles during the 9 year resistance to the US backed Saudi colonial war.
The M/V Chem Ranger, looking the worse for wear.- Houthi militants in Yemen have carried out a missile strike on the US-owned tanker Chem Ranger in the Gulf of Aden, the group’s spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree has claimed.
In fact the Houthi drone attacks on the Saudi military across 1000’s of kms were a big factor in finally blocking and defeating the Saudis from installing their candidate Hadi as president, and this despite US technical bombing aid and the Saudi purchase of up to $100 billion in US armaments.
Despite 4 nights already of bombing the US/UK have not stopped the Houthi blockade attacks in defense of Gaza, which is not surprising, as the Saudis could not find their missiles in 9 years of war.
On Monday, Houthi rebels struck another U.S.-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden.– the Gibraltar Eagle, causing a fire, but the vessel remains seaworthy, according to Sky News.
The ZOGRAFIA en route to Israel
16th Jan 24.. Yemen’s Houthis target the ship “Zografía” headed to IsraelM/V Zografia, a Maltese-flagged bulk carrier reported they were struck but still seaworthy, the MT Zografia sustained material damage, but there were no injuries after it was hit near the Yemeni Red Sea port of Saleef,
The US Central Command has confirmed the incident, but reported no injuries . The Ansar Allah Houthi movement, the de facto Yemen government, rebels “launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at M/V Chem Ranger, a Marshall Island-flagged, US-owned, Greek-operated tanker ship,” CENTCOM posted on X (formerly Twitter), stating that the ship continued its journey after the “crew observed the missiles impact the water near the ship.”
The Yemeni militants have carried out dozens of drone and missile attacks in the region since the beginning of the war in Gaza, vowing to continue targeting Israeli-linked vessels until the blockade of Gaza is lifted, and the killing of Palestinians is stopped.
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During his time in prison, Jackson developed and refined thoughtful analysis through voracious reading that informed his experience as a Black man growing up in a white-supremacist society. While he became known more for the violent incidents that were destined along his revolutionary path, Jackson was a prolific writer and theorist, particularly on the topics of capitalism and fascism.
Today, we honor the memory of Tortuguita, who was murdered one year ago by mercenaries from the Atlanta Police and Georgia State Patrol while defending Weelaunee Forest and an inhabitable future for all of us.
Cop City represents a possible future in which ever more resources will be invested in training and militarizing massive bodies of police that will control the rest of us by brute force. For those employed in the violence industry, it represents a tremendous opportunity. The police murdered Tortuguita in order to secure the right to hoard all your tax dollars for themselves and their allies.
By contrast, Tortuguita’s courageous conduct stands as an example to us all. In a time of economic desperation and catastrophic climate change, it’s up to us to show that solidarity and the desire for freedom are more powerful than selfishness and the readiness to obey.
Jan 2, 2024, UK Column Interview I did on UK Column, with Brian Gerrish. Listen to the interview here. My Telegram post has related links & description.
Se enterraban a diario en España toneladas de desechos, incluyendo peligrosos y tóxicos, procedentes de Europa. Redacción HuffPost La Guardia Civil ha desmantelado una organización internacional dedicada al tráfico ilícito de residuos peligrosos de origen urbano que eran trasladados desde Europa hasta vertederos de Zaragoza y Lleida bajo documentación falsificada y sin haber sido sometidos a ningún tipo de […]
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