French imperialism
Kanaky/New Caledonia: A referendum that is far from a level playing field
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General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013): Military hero, revolutionary intellectual, environmentalist
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General Vo Nguyen Giap, second from left, with Ho Chi Minh, in 1957.
No sign of peace or reconciliation in France-controlled Mali
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French troops arrive in Mali.
French troops in Mali ‘for the long haul’; left responds to war
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French troops in Mali.
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By Roger Annis
February 6, 2013 – A Socialist in Canada, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal with the author's permission -- ”France is in Mali for the long haul.” That’s the headline of the France daily Le Monde on February 4. The newspaper’s front page, as well as pages 2 and 3, were devoted to a discussion over "what next" for France and the world in Mali.
The views of the newspaper’s editors are explained in a front page editorial. (The editorial translated into English is below.) Describing in the politest of terms France’s historic role in Africa as a slave and colonial power, and summarising the political situation in Mali and west Africa as a “struggle against narco-Islamists”, the newspaper argues for a long-term, Haiti-style tutelage of Mali.
France launches war in Mali to secure resources, stamp out national rights struggles
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"The military attack in Mali has been condemned by groups on the political left in France, including the Nouveau parti anticapitaliste (New Anti-Capital