Category Archives: Viva!
Cameroon: Opposition vows to defy Paul Biya’s government
Is this another country Trump wants to invade or sponsor a coup in?

Cameroonians are taking their grievances against the regime of President Paul Biya to the world. Over the weekend, Cameroonians occupied the embassies of their country in Berlin and Paris, to support protests back home.
German bloggers release classified intelligence report on far-right AfD

Although parts of the intelligence report had already circulated through German media, the full AfD report reveals an exhaustive analysis of the party’s rhetoric as well as members’ links to extremist groups.
Facebook unveils new tools to fight EU election interference
And blocks others tracking its mining of our data! With European Union elections months away, Facebook has announced new measures to stop election meddling across the bloc. The measures include bolstering ad transparency and establishing regional defense centers.
The Democratic Promise of Ocasio-Cortez, Warren and Sanders
Sanders is still not a Democrat. Economic power corrupts, and absolute economic power corrupts absolutely.
Duke University Apologizes Over Professor’s Email Asking Chinese Students to Speak English
As well they should – and now move to be sure that the racists go back into their closets or hit the road! The university is conducting an internal review after a professor sent an email cautioning international students from speaking Chinese on campus.
Howard Schultz, Please Don’t Run for President
Being good at coffee does not a President make, nor does just being rich! A bid by an ex-chief of Starbucks would be reckless idiocy.
Kirsten Gillibrand Talks Immigration, Institutional Racism, And ‘Why We Need To Get Money Out Of Politics’
As Democrats jump head first into the race for the 2020 presidential nomination, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who announced her candidacy on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert earlier this month, stopped by WNYC on Friday afternoon. [ more › ]
Liberia’s eco-vigilantes score arresting success in struggle to end illegal fishing

For years, Liberia fought a losing battle against the foreign vessels plundering its coastline. Then a bold new approach sent fines – and arrests – soaring
Petty officer George Kromah, of the Liberian coastguard, slings his AK47 across his back before disappearing over the side of the Sam Simon, joining his colleagues in the rib below. The boat roars off, quickly followed by a second, speeding through the choppy Atlantic swell in pursuit of a suspected illegal fishing vessel that has crossed into Liberia’s territorial waters from Sierra Leone.
Kromah and his fellow officers are on the frontline of the little nation’s ill-matched crackdown on fisheries crime – which Interpol has linked with the trafficking of drugs and people, as well as fraud and tax evasion.
Virginia students learn in trailers while state offers Amazon huge tax breaks
And when they leave you dry for another bribe, will the kids still be in trailers?

The state’s teachers plan to strike over funding, low pay and tax breaks given to the tech firm
As freezing rain poured down on Virginia last week, a student dressed in only a light red sweater made a mad 40-yard dash from her modular trailer classroom across the parking lot into the warmth of McLean high school in Fairfax county.
Due to overcrowding, more than 22,000 students in Fairfax county receive their education in cheaply constructed plywood trailers, often with visible signs of green mold, like those parked next to the baseball fields next to McClean high school.
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