Peace, Freedom and Puerto Rico’s July Fourth
Since my long-standing engagement with the Puerto Rican peace movement, it has been hard to celebrate the Fourth of…
The Indypendent
Matt Meyer
Judgment and Justice in Sierra Leone
The celebrations of Sierra Leone’s 51 years of independence from British rule yesterday were marked with a special flair:…
Liberation and the Looting of African Land
Despite decades of anti-colonial civilian resistance in Africa, a pernicious movement of land acquisition is overtaking the continent at…
Nonviolent Nigeria: The Roots and Routes of Resistance
It is tough now to believe: Chidi Nwosu was murdered just a little over one year ago. He was…
Occupied Nigeria: Nonviolence Against Colonialism
For too many expatriate Africans living in the West, the phrase Occupied Nigeria raises scary images of U.S. or…
