Sudan: the Second Wave of Revolt
The Sudanese revolution has been unique in its depth and scope. Yet the path to progress remains fraught with obstacles.
Population Control Bill: Is There a Need?
Coercive measures to control population will have several adverse effects. Amartya Sen, the renowned economist, recently talked about population well-being and stated that cooperation can provide something that coercion can’t provide.
Afghanistan’s Socialist Years: the Promising Future Killed Off by U.S. Imperialism
While everyone is talking of the desperate situation of the Afghani people under the dictatorial Taliban, almost no one talks about the effort the Afghan people made in the late 1970s and ’80s to pull free of the legacy of incessantly warring tribes and feudal fiefdoms and start to build a modern democratic state.
Cuba, China, Latin America and the World
Success of the U.S. in its hybrid war against Cuba would be a huge step forward for the U.S. in its fight against national independence in Latin America and the world, and in the new cold war against China. And hence the situation in Cuba is the key to the situation in Latin America today.
Africa, France and US: Imperialism at its Worst
When it comes to Africa, France has always been clear about its plan to dominate and exploit. Also, while other western powers, including the U.S. have participated in neo-colonial projects, French efforts have included an extra dose of nasty. But now the situation seems to be changing.
Capitalism | Imperialism | Online Blog | USA | World Economy
Canadian Imperialism and the Underdevelopment of Burkina Faso
Walter Rodney wrote, “The development of Europe [was] part of the same dialectical process in which Africa was underdeveloped.” In recent decades, Canada has played an outsized role in this process of underdevelopment – particularly in Burkina Faso.
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A Gandhian Case to Repeal Sedition Law
The CJI rightly asked why independent India needs a colonial-era law used to convict freedom fighters, for the law cannot persist unless a vestige of colonial mindset persists.
Imperialism | Print Edition | Socialism | USA
Cuba: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise
When they tell me, a Brazilian, that there is no democracy in Cuba, I descend from the abstraction of words to reality. How many photos and news have been seen or are seen of Cubans in misery, beggars scattered on the sidewalks, children abandoned in the streets, families under the viaducts?
Pilgrimage to India: When Martin Luther King Jr followed in Gandhi’s footsteps
After a month-long visit to India in 1959, the civil rights leader was convinced that non-violence was the best way forward for the African-American struggle.
Fighting for Survival, Building for Power
For members of ‘nou pap Dòmi’, a collective within Haiti’s petroChallengers movement, the anti-corruption struggle is a space to imagine the kind of society they seek to create.