French massacre of 45,000 Algerians: 79 years on
On May 8, 1945, the French army, acting on its general’s orders, killed at least 45,000 Algerians in repression efforts. Seventy-nine years later, the massacre of 45,000 Algerian nationals by […]
The Terrible Truths the Colonialist must Hide from his Own People
Intellectual honesty is a crime in any totalitarian country: George Orwell A few years ago, Shashi Tharoor was on a show with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to discuss his new […]
France ‘does not accept’ fourth generation migrants asking for their rights: Expert
September 22, 2023 French political scientist, Francois Burgat [@frburgat/X The root cause of the opposition to Islam in French society stems from a reluctance among descendants of colonisers to accept […]
Why Do Some Nations Conquer, While Others Get Conquered?
Most Muslim states have not embraced democracy due to their unique historical experiences, the entrenched power of their military elites, and the toxic influence of their social institutions. Creating stronger […]
Adding insult to injury
Oct 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby This past week, a major US daily paper ran a lengthy feature article reporting on France’s repatriating to Algeria 24 skulls […]
How Britain stole $45 trillion from India
Jamshid Mubarik How Britain stole $45 trillion from India And lied about it. By Dr Jason Hickel There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation […]
Africa and the Theory of Independence
Ahmad KamalHISTORY 6th March 2022 ©Shutterstock Ahmad Kamal, Ghana On 22 February 2022, in a statement to an Emergency Session of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, Martin Kimani […]
The mission to civilise (colonial) international law
OPINIONOPINION, Opinions A legal architecture built to buttress the colonial world order, international law continues to be weaponised against the dispossessed to this day. Azeezah Kanji Legal academic and writer […]
Africa failing to address linguistic imperialism
AFRICA Ekkehard Wolff 23 February 2018 February 21 was the 18th annual International Mother Language Day. 2018 marks also the 10th anniversary of the United Nations’ International Year of Languages. […]
West, US claims having ‘values’ but continues to allow Israel colonise Palestine
Jan 05,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Over the holidays I began a book I read many years ago. The book is “Dust in the Lion’s Paw,” by Freya Stark, a British-Italian […]
The Balfour Declaration: Britain’s fatal mistake in Palestine
The Big Story | Palestine State Eugene Rogan1 November 2021 Against the rival and incompatible nationalisms its mandate unleashed, Britain was left with no choice but to withdraw from the territory it […]
Switzerland and its colonists
Switzerland had no colonies – yet some Swiss worked hand in hand with the colonial powers and profited from their seizure of land and resources on other continents. This content was published on August 14, 2020 – David Eugster (Text), Corinna Staffe (Illustration) Around 1800, learned European men were likely […]
France’s reckoning with colonial past reviewed in Algeria report
By AFP – Jan 19,2021 – JORDAN TIMES In this file photo taken in 1957, Algerian fighters from ALN (National Liberation Army), armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front […]
The age of proxies
BY HAKKI ÖCAL COLUMNS DEC 07, 2020 Lately, I have been discussing the “age of proxies” but do not attempt to search for it on the internet because all you’ll […]
How Switzerland profited from colonialism
Source: Swiss Info Switzerland had no colonies of its own – which was exactly why it was able to profit from colonialism. The country’s relationship with the great colonial powers […]
How Britain Carved Up the Middle East and Helped Create Saudi Arabia
November 2, 2016 This is an edited extract from Secret Affairs: Britain’s Collusion with Radical Islam by Mark Curtis The British strategy of colonial divide and rule, and reliance on […]
Belgian King expresses ‘deepest regrets’ for DR Congo colonial abuses
30 June 2020 King Philippe made the remarks in a letter to President Félix Tshisekedi of DR Congo Belgium’s King Philippe has expressed his “deepest regrets” to the Democratic Republic […]
African Countries Still Pay Over $500 Billion as Colonial Tax to France Each Year
Source: The People’s News By Mavis Enyan from September, 2019 When Sekou Toure of Guinea Conakry triggered the abandonment of France (Independence), the French government ordered home three thousand Frenchmen […]
Justin Trudeau’s government has offered up nothing but empty words over Israel’s annexation plans
‘Concern’ is somewhat less than the prime minister’s administration expresses over Russia’s continued annexation of Crimea, writes Robert Fis @indyvoices 18 hours ago Upon taking office, Justin Trudeau swiftly […]
Bangladesh changes prison breakfast after 200 years
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP BGD/Dhaka Division/Dhaka Published 16.06.2019 Bangladesh authorities have upgraded a 200-year-old colonial-era breakfast menu in all its prisons, an official said Sunday, as part of a […]