The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished, meaning new tactics and strategies are required, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book If We Burn.
Chris Hedges: Why Mass Movements Fail
Category: Libya
Report: Mediterranean’s Migrant Death Toll Jumps
Over 2,500 migrants died or went missing trying to cross the sea to reach Europe so far this year, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reports, noting a striking increase from last year.
The Alliance of Sahel States
After NATO, Storm Daniel Came for Libya
Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who was killed by the flooding, left behind a poem that is being read by refugees from his city and Libyans across the country, writes Vijay Prashad.
Chris Hedges: R2P Caused Libya’s Nightmare
NATO’s military 2011 intervention, which overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, resulted in a chaotic and murderous failed state. Libyans pay a horrific price for this catastrophe.
9/11 Bred a ‘War on Terror’ from Hell
A pattern of regret — distinct from remorse — for the venture militarism that failed in Afghanistan and Iraq does exist, writes Norman Solomon. But the disorder persists in U.S. foreign policy.
Pepe Escobar: No Respite for France as ‘New Africa’ Rises
African states are one-by-one falling outside the shackles of neocolonialism. They are saying “non” to France’s longtime domination of African financial, political, economic and security affairs.
‘Obama’s Man in Africa’
The ouster of the hopelessly corrupt Ali Bongo represents a particularly sharp rebuke of Obama, who groomed the Gabonese autocrat as one of his closest allies on the continent, writes Max Blumenthal.
Libyan Protests Over Rumors of Normalization with Israel
Responding to the strong reactions, the GNU’s prime minister suspended his foreign minister and opened an inquiry into the affair on Sunday, which will be concluded this week.
The People of Niger Want to Shatter Resignation
Most countries of the Sahel were under French rule for almost a century before they emerged from direct colonialism in 1960, only to slip into neocolonial structures persisting today, writes Vijay Prashad.