Decolonization
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...
Lenin and Keynes
HISTORICAL EXPERIMENTS
Two dissimilar men with different goals can still have a lot in common, writes Prabhat Patnaik
At first sight no two persons could have...