In French-ruled Algeria, Frantz Fanon was a psychiatrist and an active member of the National Liberation Front. A new movie portrays his commitment to the anti-colonial struggle.
Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.
There has been an effort to negate Fanon’s ideas and sever them from the people of Palestine. But in his work, I find the beginning of a credible path towards liberation.
Written nearly six years ago about the brutal French colonial suppression of the Algerian population. Is the civilian population of a colonial-settler regime ever a legitimate military target?
Since we are listening to muted voices, what about little Nahel's voice? The 14-year-old passenger sitting next to him in the car related that Nahel's last words like George Floyd were for his mother: "Say goodby to Mama and grandma. He shot me."
Racism against people of Arab and African descent in France has become almost banal, something that takes place and no longer raises an eyebrow. The killing of Nael was absolutely explicable — the result of general social toxicity towards minorities.
Economic collapse and mass action finished off the Sri Lanka regime.
Mass protests confront governments, police and employers in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe
COVID, Climate, and capitalism - the crises without borders
While a new French report highlights moves to reconcile Paris and Algiers on 132 violent years of colonization, some thorny issues remain, not the least of which is France’s refusal to apologize for its wrongdoings during its brutal colonial rule.
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