The Armenian Genocide – 97 Years On
Robert Kazandjian — April 24, 2012 0 Comments
An article that addresses Turkish state denial of the Armenian Genocide on the 97th anniversary. …
Politics
Congo’s forgotten hero: ED Morel
Vava Tampa — November 12, 2010 1 Comment
I can visualize it: E. D. Morel, perhaps holding his West African newspaper, with his upper body tilting forward and his arms slight open, and positioned like he is addressing …
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Waters of the Drina, guard their graves
Hikmet Karcic — October 21, 2010 7 Comments
When the artificial lake of Perucac was emptied, the remains of Bosniak victims from Visegrad thrown into the Drina River resurfaced 18 years after the genocide. Groups of volunteers rushed …
Editor's Pick, Resistance
Kagame: darling of the West, torturer of Congo
David Peterson — October 7, 2010 0 Comments
Paul Kagame relies on the myth of his savior role to maintain his domination of Rwanda,[16] although this merely supplements his primary dependence on force. But he has made …
Editor's Pick, Politics
Is Kagame on his way to the Hague?
Vava Tampa — September 3, 2010 13 Comments
More than a decade after human rights groups alleged that Rwandan troops were engaged in routine and systematic mass killings of men, women and children in the Congo, a leaked …
Politics
“We pulled worms out of her arms”: Remembering Zehra
Hikmet Karcic — June 28, 2010 25 Comments
On 27 June 1992, around 70 Bosnian Muslims were barricaded and burnt alive in Visegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only one woman managed to survive and tell her story. This year …
Editor's Pick, Politics
Peter Erlinder jailed by one of the major genocidaires of our era
David Peterson — June 17, 2010 2 Comments
The May 28 arrest of U.S. attorney and Chicago native Peter Erlinder by the Paul Kagame dictatorship in Rwanda reveals much about this regime that is routinely sanitized in establishment …
Editor's Pick, Law
Srebrenica Numbers: DNA Science vs. Genocide Denial
Daniel Toljaga — June 16, 2010 5 Comments
Forensic evidence confirms 8,100 Bosniak victims summarily executed immediately after the fall of Srebrenica …
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Sustaining Necessary Illusions: The Bosnia Genocide Lobby Strikes Again
David Peterson — June 7, 2010 18 Comments
A recent post to The Comment Factory chided Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges over his profile of Noam Chomsky in April.[1] Drafted by “three activists,” it took Hedges to task for …
Editor's Pick, Politics
Pity the nation of Congo
Vava Tampa — March 7, 2010 1 Comment
In the past fifteen years, Rwanda and Uganda have the chief supporter of armed groups in Eastern Congo. They have twice invaded the Congo, taking control of rich mining areas …
Politics
Remembering Marek Edelman
Richard Seymour — October 8, 2009 2 Comments
The institutions of segregation that the Nazis had introduced upon entering Poland were effective at isolating the Jewish population, and opportunities for coordinated resistance were few in number. Individual acts …
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A letter to Israeli dissident, Enbal Gross
Laurence Seeff — January 18, 2009 12 Comments
Laurence Seeff writes a letter to fellow-Israeli Enbal Gross concerning her article for The Comment Factory. …