Jacobin on MSN7h
How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
‘Mussolini’ director Joe Wright: ‘When did anti-fascism become controversial?’
Wright, 52, started off political. As a teenager in the 1980s, he went on anti-nuclear marches and deployed the term fascist ...
ThePrint on MSN15hOpinion
Resource-rich Congo is the first battle in New Cold War. India can’t miss out on cobalt
For countries like India, the stakes are enormous. To participate in the post-hydrocarbon global economy, the country needs ...