Western intellectuals’ revolutionary fervour has a high body count
From Nazi Germany to revolutionary Iran, history shows how often admiration for “liberation” ends in repression and violence
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Why is the West suddenly paying attention to the Congo?
For decades, the world ignored the suffering of the people of the Congo while profiting from its resources
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In defence of Bishop Desmond Tutu
Was Tutu an anti-Semite and bigot, as some claim?
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Quebec artist bears witness to Africa’s climate migrants
Gilbert Desjardins work is frequently exhibited in and around the Montreal-to-Mont-Laurier region
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The Congo’s great liberation turned into abject failure
How great plans quickly descended into decades of dictatorship, corruption, kleptocracy and violence
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