Jean Bricmont, a Belgian commentator and globally-renowned figure of the anti-imperialism movement, says the Global South was “waiting for an opportunity to revolt against the hegemon (US).
The US-led coalition’s military occupation of Afghanistan was marked by countless atrocities and war crimes, including bombings of weddings like the one in Nangarhar on July 6, 2008 that killed over 50.
Young French immigrants face alarming levels of segregation as well as surveillance and contempt from the security state, says a prominent journalist and documentary filmmaker.
The decision by the United Nations to slash rations for nearly 1 million Rohingya camp residents in what is known as the world’s largest refugee settlement in Bangladesh can have “serious and far-reaching consequences”, according to a prominent Rohingya campaigner.
Nahel M’s killing by French police has become a rallying cry for persecuted racial minorities in France who have for long suffered discrimination and violence and been forced into silence and submission.