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The underdevelopment of the Congolese

The underdevelopment of the Congolese.

Before the Belgians came to loot from the Congolese – roughly speaking, the Kongo, the Mai Miombi, the Mongo, the Bangala, the Lulua, the Baluba, the Snilotique, and the Soudani peoples – around the end of the 19^{th …}

A Brief History of Colonialism in the Caribbean Islands (1492-present)

The Caribbean Islands are a closely linked chain of islands between the tail of modern-day Florida and the shores of modern-day Venezuela. Like the continental Americas, the Caribbean has an ancient history, with records of …

Thought Revolution In The Twenty-First Century

History is history. The dead folks are already dead. Only the present and the future count, with the former shaping the latter.

Imagine a world, which has ridden itself from wars, famine, and poverty. Despite the technological means to reach that state, we are very far, if not outright unreachable …

Is the term “genocide” misused in the Israel-Hamas war?

The Economist published an article on November 10 reflecting its views on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war (or the Gaza massacre, to label it precisely). The article, consisting of roughly 800 words, doesn’t have an author but …

Debunking lies about the 2023 Israel/Palestinian conflict

On November 13, 2023, I received several questions and comments from my colleagues regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. I will be responding to several of them in this post. I shall try to “speak the …

Hamas, Hamas, Hamas

On November 13, 2023, I received several questions and comments from my colleagues regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict. I will be responding to several of them in this post. I shall try to “speak the …

Say NO to War Taxes

We live in a world full of nuclear weapons. Several nations, including the United States, Russia, UK, China, and France, hold nuclear weapons enough to destroy the whole world over and again, and thus hold the entire civilization as their hostage. Their ambassadors often sit at the VIP table named …

Model 3: 15 Kilograms of Clean and Green Child Slavery

Do you own a Tesla Model X? or Model 3? Are you planning to buy one? Then you must read this article. I want to show you how each Tesla car uses 15 kg of clean and green child slavery.

Metal resources are unequally distributed on the Earth’s crust …

Hire a child? Hurt a child? Kill a Child?

It is hard to tell the tale of the more than 200,000 children, girls, boys, women and men of the Democratic Republic of Congo who, as “artisan” miners, are exploited every day to mine minerals that are used in the consumer electronic devices we love and depend upon. It …