The Little-Known Radical History of Gambia
The fire was once aflame and blazing in this small country. May its memory serve as a spark to rekindle its embers.
Amilcar Cabral in the Age of ‘Identity Politics’
On the occasion of the republication of ‘Return to the Source’ by Monthly Review Press, a panel of long-serving Pan-Africanists reflect on the life of Amilcar Cabral and the relevance of his teachings to current liberation movements.
Cuba and Africa: An Endearing Solidarity
In a continent so besieged – trafficking of millions of human beings as slaves, the distribution of territory by Europeans at the end of the 19th century, U.S. intervention against national liberation movements – Cuba’s actions in Africa stand out for their humanism and solidarity.
The West Destroyed Africa, Eurasia Will Revive It
Africa’s renaissance is already underway through partnerships with Eurasian powers Russia and China, whose significant contributions are already visible in security, economic, and institutional sectors throughout the continent.
A Year After the Assassination of its Leaders, South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo Continues to Advance
Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s eKhenana commune, was killed in August last year, only months after the murder of its deputy chairperson Ayanda Ngila, and that of another activist, Nokuthula Mabaso. The commune and the movement keep their memory alive by consolidating their work.
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The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces; BRICS and India – Two Articles
“The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces, But They Will Not by Themselves Change the World”; Also: “India, the Reluctant BRICS Traveller”.
Rojava: A Beacon of Solidarity, Cooperation and Progress
In one corner of Syria — the northern border regions known to the Kurds as Rojava — hope for a better world lives on. Bordered on all sides by hostile reactionary forces, Rojava stands defiantly as a beacon for human solidarity, cooperation, and progress.
How Congolese Students are Taking on Big Oil
A new campaign is mobilizing communities across the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop the fossil fuel industry’s expansion with creative nonviolent action.
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Mourning Mutulu Shakur and the Black Radical Tradition That Modernized America
The late Mutulu Shakur and other Black radicals were responsible for improving the lives of millions of people in the U.S. The counter revolution ended that period of progress, but the political crisis they created forced systemic change on a grand scale.
That Other War: Struggle and Suffering in Sudan
With the world’s attention focused on Ukraine, almost no one has noticed a devastating civil war in Africa.