Thomas C. Mountain

Written by Thomas C Mountain

Thomas C. Mountain is a long time revolutionary political activist and anti-racist educator. His background includes participation and leadership roles in the environment, land and housing struggles, labor, cultural work and education. He is founding co-chair of the Hawaii Black History Committee (1985), founding VP of the Hawaii Alliance for Peace and Justice in the Middle East (1982), co-editor and publisher of the Ambedkar Journal on India’s Dalits or Black Untouchables (1996) and one of the founders of the US Eritrean Peoples Friendship Association. He is the only independent western journalist in the Horn of Africa, living and reporting from Eritrea since 2006. Thomas C. Mountain is the most widely distributed independent journalist in Africa, living and reporting from Eritrea since 2006..In 1987 he was a member of the 1st US Peace Delegation to Libya to commemorate the first anniversary of the 1986 US bombing of Libya. He can be reached at thomas cmountain atyahoo_dot_com

OP-ED

The Real Deal on the War in Yemen

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Thomas C MountainWar in Yemen

The latest war in Yemen, ongoing since 2015, started when the Houthi tribes in the north made a deal with former President Saleh (whose son remained head of the army under the agreement made with the Saudis to get him to vacate the Yemen Presidency) to work together to conquer all of Yemen militarily. The Houthis and the Yemen Army… Read More

Why the USA is NOT about to attack Iran

July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 Thomas C Mountainattack Iran, Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi

Dr. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, professor extraordinaire of Iran, said it best when asked on Al Jazeera if the USA was going to attack Iran. He stated something so obvious that you would think western journalists would have already come to this realization, that “as long as the USA is sending its military to the Persian Gulf they are not about… Read More