Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, aka Farmaajo, just returned to Somalia after three years in exile in Qatar. He served as Somalia’s president from 2017 to 2022, when he was undermined by the US. He is now expected to seek the office again in next year’s elections.
Host Ann Garrison spoke to Somali American engineer, writer, and political analyst Jamal Abdulahi about what the consequences might be.
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On November 28 there will be a general strike in Italy to protest imperialist wars and the genocide in Gaza. Trade unionist Francesco Staccioli called on US workers to join the action against the US-supported genocide. In the US, Lu Lu Hamid with Disarm Genocide in Los Angeles talked about upcoming actions at the International Longshore Association and International Longshoremen and Warhouse Workers Union. Frank Sterling played Staccioli’s appeal and also interviewed Lu Lu Hamid on KPFA-Pacifica’s Full Circle.
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On November 17, twenty-seven thousand members of the American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees 3299 began a California statewide strike to demand a contract with the University of California. UC executives and regents have spent millions on unionbusting lawyers for nearly two years and have illegally raised employees’ healthcare costs. Pacifica’s Steve Zeltzer spoke to a member of AFSMCE 3299 and the UAW 4811 who were on the picket line at the UCSF Parnassus Hospital and campus.
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On November 21, the New York City People’s Forum held a discussion with Jimmy Williams of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades and Sara Nelson of the Airline Flight Attendants Union, who spoke about the attack on immigrants, a general strike, and the possibility of a labor party.
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Since 1970, the United American Indians of New England have held a National Day of Mourning on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
This coincides with Unthanksgiving Day, which was founded on November 20, 1969, when Native Americans occupied the Island of Alcatraz in San Francisco. The occupation lasted for 19 months.
Keisha James talks about the National Day of Mourning.
We thank KPFT’s Jacquelyn Battise for this segment.
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Music:
Sounds of Somalia
