Africa

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Lynch Law and Summary Executions in Rebel-Held Libya
06 Apr 2011
“The world’s most imperial-dependent, ill-disciplined and whining ‘liberation movement’ is still blaming black ‘mercenaries’ and soldiers from Chad for its failures in the field.” Chad, meanwhi
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama’s Imperial Twist: “Humanitarian” Regime Change in Libya
23 Mar 2011
President Obama demanded regime change in Libya more than three weeks ago, but now acts as if that’s not his policy.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Obama’s War in Libya
23 Mar 2011
The continuity between the Bush and Obama administration’s is now complete.
Gerald A. Perreira
Coalition of Crusaders Join with al Qaeda to Oust Qaddafi and Roll Back Libyan Revolution
23 Mar 2011
The West – the former colonial powers and the United States – have not only coordinated their assault on Libya, but orchestrated the rebellion against Col. Qaddafi from the start, says the author.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
UPDATE: The American Dilemma in Libya: To Bomb, Invade, Partition, Or All of the Above
18 Mar 2011
UPDATED: As Khadafi’s forces prepare to encircle the rebel stronghold at Benghazi, western media remain curiously unable to “provide a coherent overview of rebel politics, beyond a
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Race and Arab Nationalism in Libya
09 Mar 2011
Although a reawakened Arab nationalism “represents a catastrophe for U.S. imperialism,” the conflict in Libya dramatically exposes an “endemic” racism in the North African Maghreb.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
U.S. Prepares to Make Its Lunge at Libya’s Oil Fields
02 Mar 2011
The U.S. government and media, are making all the familiar noises preliminary to an invasion of Libya. It is amazing how arch villains think themselves heroes. “The U.S.
Al Jazzeera
African Migrants Targeted in Libya
02 Mar 2011
from Al Jazeera
Gerald A. Perreira
Libya, Getting it Right: A Revolutionary Pan-African Perspective
02 Mar 2011
The conflict in Libya is not a revolution, but a counter-revolution.
Christian Davenport and Allan C. Stam
What Really Happened In Rwanda
23 Mar 2010
by Christian Davenport and Allan C. Stam Does the simple story of Hutu on Tutsi genocide popularized by the movie Hotel Rwanda really tell us all we need to know about the Rwandan genocide? The…