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Category Archives: International
Struggles against Global Aquaculture: Ongoing Conflict between Coastal Communities and Fishmeal Factories in The Gambia
In June, 2018, I protested alongside locals to plead with the Gambian government to mitigate the ongoing conflict between a fishmeal factory and Sanyang village residents. The Nassim factory processes sardinella into feed stock, a flour-type material, for the Chinese … Continue reading
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Homewrecker: Trump, the Kurds, and the Grand Strategy We Have Been Waiting For
Donald Trump’s October decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria took his own advisors by surprise, not to mention the Kurdish military units that were U.S. partners in the war on ISIS during the past five years. Perhaps the only … Continue reading
Posted in International, International, Middle East, Syria
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Anti-Austerity Protesters in Ecuador Win Some Concessions, But Unlikely to Prevent Further Unrest or Repression
The government of Ecuador reached an agreement on October 13 with leaders of the protests that had rocked the country for the previous two weeks. The deal, which included the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), is a retreat … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, International, International
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Bolton is Out! But Imperialist Aggression Against Iran is Still In
On September 10, National Security Advisor John Bolton was fired from his post at the White House. With one of the staunchest advocates for US imperialism now out of the Trump administration, some were optimistic that the warmongering and the … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, Middle East, Politics
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Vietnam Today: Did Anyone “Win” the Vietnam War?
Going to college during the Vietnam War transformed my life. Because of my sheltered upbringing, I was rudely awakened. I learned the meaning of imperialism, and with that the lack of justice at home in a class- and race-based hierarchical … Continue reading
Posted in International, Vietnam War
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Brexit, Regrexit, Lexit: Is Socialism in One (European) Country Possible?
On November 25, Great Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May returned from Brussels with approval from the other 27 European Union (EU) member states for a deal on Brexit, the British commitment to exit the EU pursuant to the results of … Continue reading
Posted in Eastern Europe, European Union, International, International, socialism
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Poland: Following in Hungary’s Footsteps
Second of two parts. On December 20, the European Commission—the executive arm of the European Union (EU), consisting of one representative from each of the 28 member countries—launched the “nuclear option” of EU politics against Poland: a proposed formal warning … Continue reading
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The Honduran Crisis: Not Quite Your Father’s Oligarchy…
By Janice Jayes At first glance the political crisis in Honduras seems depressingly familiar: a military coup against a left-leaning President in 2009, continued repression of opposition groups, and now a Presidential election so full of irregularities that demonstrators refuse … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, Honduran Election 2017, Human Rights, International, Land, military
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The U.S. Military in Africa: a Workshop for the Militarization of Foreign Policy
By Janice Jayes After four American servicemen were killed in in Niger in October, social media discussion fixated on President Trump’s insensitive remarks to the widow of one of the slain soldiers and questions about the logistics surrounding the unlucky … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Foreign Policy, International, military
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Foreign Relations, Domestic Security, and the Trump Era
The foreign policy outlook for the near future is bleak, but not just because of the incoming Trump administration’s proposals. Trump’s public statements about rolling back U.S. investments in “soft” issues like human rights or economic development, abandoning multilateral obligations … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 election, International, military, Trump
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“Anti-Refugeeism without Refugees” in Eastern Europe
Analysts of post-World War II, post-Holocaust Eastern Europe coined the term “Anti-Semitism without Jews” to characterize the uncanny persistence of prejudice in countries mostly cleansed of any actual Jewish presence. The category of “Jew” took on a symbolic character, incorporating … Continue reading
Posted in International, Politics, Refugees
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October Surprise: Harold “Killer” Koh to Lecture at UI Law School in Election Week
Harold Hongju Koh, Hillary Clinton’s former legal advisor at the State Department has been invited as an ‘endowed speaker’ at the U.I. College of Law, twelve days prior to the November election. Koh, currently a Yale Law School professor and … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, International, Justice
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Activists Among Us: Claire Szoke
By Julie Laut Claire Szoke is an activist among us who has worked tirelessly on behalf of social justice issues for over forty years. She is currently the co-chair of Central Illinois Jobs With Justice, part-time director at the Channing-Murray … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, International, Refugees, Women
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Orlando Shooter Was A Product of US Hyper-Masculinity
Like so many others, I’ve been at a loss trying to make sense of the heinous act of anti-queer mass murder in Orlando. The following are some of my scattered thoughts on the topic, some of which I originally posted … Continue reading
Posted in International, LGBTQA, National, Politics
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Rio 2016: Beautiful Games at Huge Cost
From August 5 to August 21, Rio will be the home of some of the most beautifully intense displays of athletics during the 2016 Summer Olympics. While fans will rightfully be enjoying the amazing displays, we should also pay attention … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, Environment, Healthcare, International, Land, Olympics
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May Day Rally on Quad
“This is what solidarity looks like.” May Day rally on the U of I Quad.
Posted in African Americans, Human Rights, International, Israel/Palestine, Labor/Economics
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From the Arab Spring to the Syrian Civil War: Looking Again at the Modern Middle East
It’s tempting to put the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War in separate boxes, but like other forms of compartmentalization, that only hides but doesn’t resolve the underlying problems. The dynamics that helped the Syrian War erupt into one … Continue reading
Posted in Arab Spring, International, Politics, Syria
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African Liberation, Socialism, and Ghana Today
What do most Americans know or think they know about Africa? A number of stereotypes come to mind. African countries are unsafe and unhealthy, always at war, unstable, and poor. People are uneducated and lazy, and live in rural villages … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Ghana, International, Politics
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Reframing Refugees: Looking Beyond Borders in Champaign-Urbana
The St. Louis Perhaps you have heard of the Voyage of the St. Louis. On May 13th, 1939, a ship with 937 passengers aboard, predominantly Jewish, set sail from Hamburg en route to Havana. Among the 937 men, women, and … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Immigration, International
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Nigerian Man Connects with African American and Caribbean Cousins Through AncestryDNA
“My maternal grandmother told me … that way back in time, we had family members who went to the stream to fetch water and never returned. This stuck in my psyche for all those years,” said Ade. As a young … Continue reading
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