För ett par månader sedan genomfördes flera militärkupper i afrikanska länder. Jag tror dessa har en hel del att lära oss om det våld, terror och förtryck vi i Väst ansvarar för, och vi lär oss dessutom minst lika mycket genom att analysera sättet våra tidningar behandlar dessa ämnen.
The framework of our civilization is premised on the destruction of the planet
By Nnimmo Bassey, 29 june 2023
The struggle for environmental justice in Africa is complex and broad. It is the continuation of the fight for the liberation of the continent and for socio-ecological transformation. It is a fact that the environment is our life: The … Läs mer “30/6 – The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Africa”
In 1965, the Guinean revolutionary Amílcar Cabral described how the aggregate brutality of the West flowed into Africa through NATO, supporting the Salazar regime’s wars against Portugal’s colonies in Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, and Cabo Verde:
By Robin Scher
Author Bio: Robin Scher is a writer based in South Africa. He is a graduate of the Cultural Reporting and Criticism program at New York University. Find him on Twitter @RobScherHimself.
Source: Independent Media Institute
This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute.
Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is an editor of LeftWord Books and the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He has … Läs mer “20/5 – Is This the End of the French Project in Africa’s Sahel?”
Putin har investerat så mycket prestige i Ukrainakriget att han inte kan ge upp. Samma när Frankrike anföll och ockuperade nordafrikanska Algeriet på 1800-talet. Landet blev inte bara en koloni – en miljon franska bönder (kolonisatörer/bosättare) flyttade dit. De blev 15 procent av landets befolkning, … Läs mer “Ny bok: Kampen om Afrika”