Colonialism
Mugabe, Land, Thatcher, Blair & Imperialism
By Tony Norfield
21 November 2017
So, farewell then, Robert Mugabe, ruler of Zimbabwe for 37 years. As the western media celebrate your demise, and Zimbabwe’s...
Immanuel Wallerstein, Anti-Capitalist Intellectual, Dies at 88
Wallerstein was a renowned critic of capitalism whose work was aimed at fighting for justice and change.
1 September 2019
United States sociologist, economic-historian and world-system...
Dutch Memorial Day: Maintaining colonial innocence by excluding people of color
On Dutch Memorial Day – May 4 – the Netherlands remembers its war dead from World War II and after.
A close look at the...
When France Used the Public Debt to Colonise Morocco
by Adam Barbe
17 February 2017
It is now widely recognised that the French protectorate over Morocco was acquired thanks to that country’s public debt. Guy...
Haiti’s Revolution
Haiti, the first Black Republic that gained its independence 215 years ago.
“Marx et le colonialisme”, par Rémy Herrera
26 septembre 2018
"Marx et le colonialisme", par Rémy Herrera from Les Films de l'An 2 on Vimeo.
UN court rejects UK’s claim of sovereignty over Chagos Islands
Judges advise Britain that separating archipelago from Mauritius in 1960s was wrong
25 Feb 2019
The UK has been ordered to hand back the Chagos Islands...
UK used secret threats to keep Chagos Islands, court hears
Mauritius defence minister claims UK forced it to cede territory before independence
3 Sep. 2018
The UK has retained possession of a remote archipelago in the...
The truth about Diego Garcia
And 50 years of fiction about an American military base
by David Vine,
15 June 2015
First, they tried to shoot the dogs. Next, they tried...
Mauritius ruling a ‘tool’ for Cyprus on UK bases
February 25, 2019
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on the status of the Chagos Islands (all times local):
9:10 p.m.
Cyprus’ attorney general says a...