AfricaFocus Weekly Highlights
March 31 - April 6, 2025: To Read and To Watch
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Editor´s Note
By William Minter
William Minter is the editor of the Substack blog AfricaFocus Notes. His latest book, None of Us Is Free Until All of Us Are Free: New Perspectives on Global Solidarity, edited in collaboration with Imani Countess (forthcoming from Africa World Press).
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#HandsOff #USA #toread #towatch
Millions March Against Trump-Musk in Nationwide 'Hands Off' Protests
#USA #Canada #tariffs #towatch
#USA #tariffs #towatch #RachelMaddow (with addional comments)
#USA #SouthAfrica #toread
#USA #Politics #RuralAmerica #toread
#USA #politics #AOC #Schumer
Poll Has AOC Leading Schumer by Nearly 20 Points in 2028 New York Primary
A poll released Friday from the progressive think tank Data for Progress has Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez besting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, also a Democrat, by 19 points in a hypothetical matchup in the 2028 New York primary for a U.S. Senate seat.
According to the poll, which was was first shared exclusively with Politico, 55% of voters said they would cast a ballot for Ocasio-Cortez or leaned toward supporting her, and 36% said they would support Schumer or leaned toward supporting him, with 9% undecided.
#climate #Tanzania
#Zimbabwe #SouthAfrica #reparations #toread
Reverse reparations: Zimbabwe’s perfect trap, South Africa’s looming danger
