Est De La RDC : Une Terre Qui Saigne, Un Peuple Qui Garde Espoir
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Est De La RDC : Une Terre Qui Saigne, Un Peuple Qui Garde Espoir

Mais combien de temps encore devra-t-on pleurer avant d’être entendu ? Combien de jeunes devront-ils mourir avant qu’on dise : assez ? La vraie révolution n’est pas celle des armes. Elle est dans les esprits, dans les choix que nous faisons chaque jour. Elle commence quand un jeune refuse de rejoindre une milice. Quand une femme, violée, choisit de se relever et de bâtir un avenir pour les autres. Quand un militaire décide de protéger au lieu de terroriser (...)

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Critique Of The UN Peace-Keeping Mission In Congo During The Congo Crisis (1960-1964)
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Critique Of The UN Peace-Keeping Mission In Congo During The Congo Crisis (1960-1964)

From this, we can see that the alleged financial motivations of Hammarskjold had some impact on his policies in Congo. Furthermore, the law firms that represented Lamco’s American affiliate: Sullivan & Cromwell, and GottliebSteen & Hamilton, had strong bonds with the CIA director Allen Dulles, and George Ball, an important member of the State Department and with Fowler Hamilton, head of US foreign aid program, in short, people with significant influence on the US foreign. Since the US was the biggest supporter, both financially and militarily, of the UN in Congo, this suggests that the UN was in Congo to serve Lamco’s capitalist interests (…)

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The Need For Qualitative Changes
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The Need For Qualitative Changes

Thus, the revolutionary understands that the UN has undergone several quantitative changes since then, literally speaking (in terms of member countries, a good number of which are neo-colonies), but also in its failures. Indeed, every day that passes without peace in Congo, Sudan, Haiti, and Palestine, a new blow is dealt to the UN system(…)

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The End of the Red Rubber System in the Congo Free State
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The End of the Red Rubber System in the Congo Free State

Despite Morel’s effort to end the red rubber system, the treaty of cession of the Congo to Belgium drafted in 1907 let the “Crown Domain '' - a vast territory in Congo rich in natural resources, including rubber - into the hands of Leopold II. Thus, the end of the end of the red rubber system was not guaranteed. Thus, Morel organized a meeting of the CRA in London on January 21, 1908, where a petition was signed, urging the British government to put in place a plan of action pressuring the Belgian government to elaborate a treaty of cession that would guarantee the respect of the indigenous rights and the cessation of any violation of human rights committed on them…

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Somewhere on the road to Hope
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Somewhere on the road to Hope

Nobody should be blamed for their decision to survive. Is it a sin to hope for the best even when your womb is being emptied in front of the whole world? Is it an outrage to pray for the rain of peace in the middle of the arid desert of chaos and bullets? All these people have done was to exist, but what could the world be without them? In a few more years, we will find out. Can we say that their reality will forever be in the hands of others to manipulate? Does the word “hope” really mean anything to them? Will it ever translate into “resistance”?

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