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We who loved America

David Horowitz: The United States and the Third World

: The title of this article is not ironic. I myself belong to those who have truly loved America, and I know how it feels.
Jens Bjørneboe -

The mask game in Congo

POLICY:: Halle Jørn Hanssen bases this article on his contribution to the new anthology The mask game in Congo – about the campaign for the release of Tjostolv Moland and Joshua French.
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The essence of Africa

Tore Linné Eriksen: Africa – from the first people to today

Migrations, language families and trade routes: Tore Linné Eriksen's Africa book is a door opener with its many short, thematic stories. But does he succeed in delivering what he promises?
John Y. Jones -

Kinshasa's "perpetual theater"

Anne Reijniers, Rob Jacobs, Nizar Saleh, Paul Shemisi: Fair Party

CONGO: Four filmmakers find new ways to tell Kinshasa's story. They look to the city's performance artists, who turn the legacy of the colonial era upside down.
Carmen Gray -

Sisterhood and hope for the future

Madeline Gavin: City of Joy

: Around 200 women have been raped as part of the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. City of Joy is a hot documentary about the way back to life.
Bianca-Olivia Nita -

Difficult and dreaming in Congo

Emmanuel Gras: Makala ("Litter")

: An indomitable will meets the hopelessness of this portrait of a coal breeder in Congo.
Ellen Lande -

Political theater

Milo For: The Congo Tribunal

: The Congo Tribunal shows us a country turned into a war scene. 
Bianca-Olivia Nita -

Congo is still the heart of darkness

: The unrest is escalating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there should have been a presidential election these days. In few places is the crisis of global capitalism more present than here.
olejmoe@yahoo.no -

The Hiroshima bomb forgot victims

: The miners who extracted the uranium used in the bomb suffered major radiation damage. Yet they are forgotten when the victims are honored.
John Y. Jones -

A true human image

: We bring here the first part of Jens Bjørneboe's article series «Socialism and freedom»
Jens Bjørneboe -

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