Tonight, Political Analysis host Sandy LeonVest (www.solartimes.org) talks to activist, writer and policy analyst Emira Woods and Nigerian human rights activist Omoyele Sowore about the occupation of Nigeria by Big Oil, and the ongoing ecocide and genocide in that country, at the hands of multinational oil companies and the Nigerian government. They discuss the Nigerian government's recent removal of fuel subsidies, which resulted in tens of thousands of Nigerians taking to the streets this month to protest their governments' corruption and the occupation of their country.
Emira Woods is co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies and an expert on US foreign policy with emphasis on Africa and the developing world. She has written on a wide range of issues from debt, trade and development to US military policy.
Omoyele Sowore is a human rights activist who has been imprisoned, beaten and tortured by the Nigerian government on numerous occasions, but continues to fight for the rights of Nigerians -- and all oppressed people across the world.
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