A hazard facing mass movements is the NGO-ization of resistance. It will be easy to…
Category: Human rights
The road to peace in Mali: political roadblocks and other obstacles
Civil society organisations are doing good work in Mali. But their job is being made more…
Desolation and despair in Libya: the murder of Salwa Bugaighis By LINDSEY HILSUM
Looking back, it feels as if Salwa Bugaighis embodied not the hopes and aspirations of the…
Dieudonné through the prism of the white Left, or conceptualizing a domestic internationalism by Houria Bouteldja
A group rarely vows eternal loyalty to political organizations that do not serve that group’s…
Behind Islamophobia, Fascism and Complicit Antifascism By Houria Bouteldja
First, I would like to thank the conference organizers for inviting me. I want to pay…
Nigeria doesn’t need more oil wells
Nnimmo Bassey discusses the continuing protests by the Niger Delta people against oil pollution and makes…
WAR AND BOOKS: WHEN PALESTINIAN REFUGEES RISK THEIR LIVES TO TAKE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS by FRANKLIN LAMB
–A+A 0 Palestinian refugees Masnaa border crossing (Syria/Lebanon)—Predictions about the likely course of events in this…
Solidarity economies: A guerrilla war against capitalism. Part One
An interview with Nicolás Cruz Tineo by Beverly Bell and Jessica Hsu These glassblowers are also…
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK by Ayana Labossiere
I will never forget my first trip to Haiti. In 1990, at five years old, I…
Prisoners of Sugar
all photos ©2013 Raùl Zecca Castel Prisoners of Sugar Raùl Zecca Castel — University of…
How Mental Illness Fed My Creativity by Dirye Osman
There's no romance to mental illness. Whether you're suffering from psychosis or schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or…
After Israel, African kids start afresh in Uganda By RODNEY MUHUMUZA
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Speak no Hebrew. That’s what Ugandan teachers repeatedly tell the South Sudanese…
The film Zulu, 50 years on: classic or racist? By Kimon de Greef
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the film “Zulu”. While some consider it a classic,…
A Radical Approach to the Climate Crisis By Christian Parenti
Several strands of green thinking maintain that capitalism is incapable of a sustainable relationship with non-human…
Edward Snowden: A Healing Voice By Jacques Depelchin
Like many people, I was surprised to hear of Edward Snowden’s decision to leave his job…
Concern over camp-closure threat in North Kivu
KINSHASA, 28 May 2014 (IRIN) – A warning by authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
UK Under Fire for Recruiting an ‘Army of Children’
by Jonathan Owen – The Independent Ministry of Defence finds itself in the company of countries…
Nigerian Photographer Rotimi Fani Kayode: Exposing Prejudice Through the Nude
Spiritual and homosexual, the photographs of Rotimi Fani-Kayode have allowed us to re-evaluate what constitutes black…
U.N. Decries Water as Weapon of War in Military Conflicts By Thalif Deen
The United Nations, which is trying to help resolve the widespread shortage of water in the…
A snippet of an article about Dubai from the Independent By Dr. Subramanian Swamy
There are three different Dubais, all swirling around each other. There are the expats, there are…
#BringBackOurGirls: Beyond the Hash Tags By Louise Uwacu
Who wouldn’t want to save some kidnapped girls from some terrifying terrorists? NO one sane! So…
Elections everywhere, but what about democracy? by Brooks Spector
South Africa’s recent national election finally grabbed national attention – even stealing the headlines from the…
‘Now, we have a democratically elected totalitarian government’ — Arundhati Roy
In Pakistan, apprehensions are rife about Narendra Modi’s flamboyant success. But fervent Modi supporters in the…
Burundi: political violence a risk, but ‘genocide’ improbable By Benjamin Chemouni
CAPE TOWN/SOUTH AFRICA, 4JUN08 – Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi, captured during the Opening Plenary of…
Is growing up without a mother better than poverty in Africa? By Julia Gronnevet
The kind of Nairobi slum Maria's mother says she doesn't want her daughter to experience. (Tony…