Tag: Africa
The UAE’s Subimperialism in Sudan
Husam Mahjoub analyzes the role of counterrevolutionary subimperial agents—in this case, the UAE—and their imperialist enablers in the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
A Tale of Two Ports
Phil Neel challenges the view of China as a challenger to US hegemony, arguing that hegemony itself produces the turbulent politics read as a sign of its demise.
The Kenyan Uprising
Zachary J. Patterson analyzes the neocolonial history fueling the Kenyan uprising and the organizational strategies of the #RutoMustGo movement.
The Future of the Resistance Committees in Sudan
Three Sudanese leftists reflect on the state of the Resistance Committees that formed in the 2018 revolution.
Counterrevolution in Sudan
Magdi el-Gizouli discusses October’s military coup in Sudan and contextualizes the resistance to it in the wake 2018–19 movement.
I Am Going to Die, But Algeria Will Be Independent
Jeffrey Webber reviews Joseph Andras’s Prix Goncourt-winning novel about a French communist who joins the Algerian resistance.
New Statue, Old Chimurenga
Lebohang Mojapelo writes about how little Zimbabwe has changed since the November 2017 coup that drove out Robert Mugabe.
Sexuality in a Lockdown
Colin Wilson on what COVID-19 reveals about the politics of sexuality, race, class, and gender for the future of LGBTQ liberation.