France seeks to rebrand itself as a partner of African sovereignty rather than as a custodian of neocolonialism while the living legacy of anti-colonial resistance across Africa remains a decisive force.
Vijay Prashad: France’s Shadow Over Africa
Tag: U.S.
How Many People Have the U.S. & Israel Killed in Iran?
The fact that our government and institutional media downplay accurate casualty figures only makes it more urgent to find them, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies.
Jeffrey Sachs: Ending the Trump-Netanyahu War
It’s a long shot but here are five steps to stop this war, which could easily turn into a global conflagration, effectively into World War III, write Jeffrey Sachs and Sybil Fares.
Kathmandu & Dhaka Roared; Delhi Just Coughed
In 2025, protests in Nepal and Bangladesh led to new governments. Meanwhile in the Indian capital, pollution took over, writes Betwa Sharma.
Craig Murray: Venezuela & Truth
Mainstream media’s nonsense reporting about Venezuela omits the most important truths, including the 1976 C.I.A.-linked torture/murder of the father of Vice President Delcy Rodríguez, who Trump declared to be now in charge.
Gaza Reveals How Britain Is Run
The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the illusion that the U.K. is a democracy. A mass movement is needed to address ten major issues, write Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock.
Vijay Prashad: The United Nations Turns 80
The U.N. is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Nation of Narcissists
Narcissism is the open-and-shut condition of the elites who fashion and execute American foreign policy. And they are utterly incapable of seeing their country as it is.
PEPE ESCOBAR: The Unipolar Moment is Over
The Russia-China strategic partnership, consolidated last week in Russia, has thrown U.S. elites into Supreme Paranoia mode, which is holding the whole world hostage.
THE ANGRY ARAB: How Arabs Watch Israeli Elections
The view is no different from how South African blacks regarded elections of whites in apartheid South Africa, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.