Why Humanitarian Interventionism is a Dead End Jean Bricmont Louvain, Belgium. Ever since the 1990s, and especially since the Kosovo war in 1999, anyone who opposes armed interventions by Western powers and NATO has to confront what may be called an anti-anti-war left (including its far left segment). In Europe, and notably in France, this…
Author: Alexandra Valiente
Kwame Nkrumah : I Speak Of Freedom
Source: I Speak of Freedom: A Statement of African Ideology (London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1961), pp. xi-xiv. Transcribed: Internet Modern History Sourcebook Transcription Edit/HTML: Mike B. Kwame Nkrumah, 1961 For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission,…
Nigerians Dying Of Lead Poisoning From Gold Mining
Published on 26 Nov 2012 by PressTVGlobalNews Lead poisoning has continued to kill people, especially children, in the northern state of Zamfara in Nigeria. In 2010, no fewer than 163 people, most of them children, died of lead poisoning. Since then there have been allegations of other deaths of children caused by lead. World Health…
Fresh Protests In Benghazi Demanding Autonomy
Factual reporting on Bani Walid: Bani Walid Information on the plan to “balkanize” Libya, see: Imperialist-Backed “Rebels” Threaten The Division Of North African State VIEW VIDEO >> Over a thousand Libyans rallying for the autonomy of the oil-rich east have flocked to central Benghazi. Calls to divide Libya have met with stiff opposition from the…
Shell Destroying Nigeria
Published on 29 Oct 2012 Nigerians have risen up and asked for reforms after years of corruption in the country’s oil industry. Questions are being asked about how much power does Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s new government have? Or is it the government or the oil companies that really hold the power in the country?…
Eritrea: A Nation in Isolation
rattansifan Published on 26 Oct 2012 We get exclusive access to the most isolated country in Africa, which has been victorious in recent wars against not one but two superpowers. We visit the key historical sites of a nation with a 1,200 km Red Sea coastline across from Yemen and Saudi Arabia. We travel and…