by Vijay Prashad | Sep 17, 2022 | Activism, Afghanistan, Africa, Economics, Europe, Germany, History, Human Rights, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Law, Middle East, Politics, Social Justice, Trade, United States, War
The use of the airport as a U.S. forward operating base began in 2002-2003, and this transformation “was, and still is, deeply offensive to the majority of Irish people,” according to a Shannonwatch report.
by John P. Ruehl | Sep 10, 2022 | Africa, Algeria, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Economics, Europe, France, Germany, History, Italy, Mali, Politics, Senegal, Spain, Trade, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, War
The recent visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Algeria is an attempt by Paris to hold on to the economic and cultural control it once had over its former colonies.
by Prabir Purkayastha | Aug 10, 2022 | Activism, Africa, China, Europe, Germany, History, Identity Politics, Immigration, India, Law, Science, Social Justice, United Kingdom, United States
Scientific advances are not always linear; they zigzag in unexpected ways. This is particularly true of genetics, which has a dark history of being coopted into eugenics and race science.
by Richard Pithouse | Aug 10, 2022 | Africa, Asia, Cameroon, Economics, Immigration, India, Labor, Politics, Social Justice, South Africa, Zimbabwe
With no national force with the vision and power to offer an emancipatory alternative to politics that turns neighbors against each other, the country is on a knife edge.
by Hibist Kassa | Aug 3, 2022 | Activism, Africa, Community, Economics, Gender, History, Human Rights, Indigenous Resistance, Interview, Labor, Politics, Tanzania, United Nations, Women's Rights
The Maasai are a semi-nomadic pastoralist community in Tanzania that proudly practice an indigenous way of life closely tied to their land and cattle.
by Boaventura de Sousa Santos | Jul 16, 2022 | Africa, Asia, Brazil, China, Europe, History, India, Japan, Oceania, Politics, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine, United States, War
By the middle of the last century, the West had shrunk so much that several newly independent countries made the decision to align themselves neither with the West nor the Soviet bloc.
