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Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, 04 April 1967

By Rev. Martin Luther King 4 April 1967 Speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight because my conscience leaves me no other choice. I join with […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Anthropologists for Justice and Peace (AJP)

It is with great pleasure that, as a member of the steering committee, I announce the formation of ANTHROPOLOGISTS for JUSTICE and PEACE (AJP), a new grouping of Canadian anthropologists, and a partner of the U.S.-based Network of Concerned Anthropologists (NCA), the Fredericton Peace Coalition, the Centre de ressources sur la non-violence (CRNV), the Collectif […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Current (Anti)Colonialist Discussions in the News: African Focus

I meant to mention previously that we can observe, after a decline and almost dismissal of ideas of imperialism, dependency, and colonialism in the 1990s academic and anthropological literature to be specific, one can see a return of the terms “imperialism,” “empire,” and “colonialism” in the titles of mainstream journal articles. It’s nice to see […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

The enigma that is Mugabe, internationally and in the Caribbean (1.2)

So filled with anti-imperialist scorn on this blog, but when it comes to Mugabe, and the possible cooptation of anti-imperial discourse as justification for oppressive rule, then this blog suddenly goes silent. And why is that? No apologies here, I cannot comment on everything and everyone in the world, but having said that I will […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Dialogue: Newest Issue

Dr. Roi Kwabena‘s latest issue of Dialogue is currently available, in PDF format, directly from him at roi.kwabena@gmail.com. This latest issue as usual covers a broad range of very interesting topics, mostly centred on themes of resistance to slavery, African and indigenous cultures, contemporary politics in Africa and the Caribbean, poetry, short stories, biographies of […]