Hating the Root: Attacks on Vodou in Haiti

by Akinyele Umoja Haitian practitioners of Vodou, an integral part of the nation’s culture, have been set upon and lynched by evangelical protestants linked to the U.S. Right. “The promotion of a religious civil war among Haitians is part and partial of the colonial counter-insurgency ‘play book.’” “The lynchings were mostly conducted by machete-wielding thugs.” [...]

New Evidence Shows U.S. Role in Congo’s Decision to Send Patrice Lumumba to His Death

Congo-Kinshasa: New Evidence Shows U.S. Role in Congo’s Decision to Send Patrice Lumumba to His Death Stephen R. Weissman 1 August 2010 Fifty years ago, the former Belgian Congo received its independence under the democratically elected government of former prime minister Patrice Lumumba. Less than seven months later, Lumumba and two colleagues were, in the [...]

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