Colonization

Third Worldism: When anti-colonial dreams became Western self-loathing - opinion

Third Worldism was not, at its root, a movement of the Third World. It was a dream of the West, a mirror into which it peered and glimpsed both its sins and its fantasies of redemption.

Police officers surround a pro-Israel supporter during a protest in London in July 2025.Premium
FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron: Paris claims that any suggestion that its plans to recognize a Palestinian state explain a rise in antisemitic violence is ‘erroneous’ and ‘abject,’ the writer notes.

France’s dismal colonial history puts it in no position to lecture Israel over Gaza - opinion

 British Prime Minister Kier Starmer holds a roundtable meeting at Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, March 31, 2025.

Britain’s colonial hypocrisy: The UK’s double standards on Israel and self-determination - opinion

 TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Antalya, Turkey, last month. Turkey’s expansionist policies in Syria and Iraq are now on the radar of nearly everyone following Middle Eastern geopolitics, the writer states, May, 2025.

Turkey's regional ambitions can only be stopped by building a Kurdish nation - opinion


Trump: 'I'm bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes'

Columbus Day is celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.

'First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World' painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862).

Before Trump and Gaza: A look at the first US attempt at annexing parts of the Holy Land

Long before US President Donald Trump proposed placing Gaza under American control, US Christians had already established colonies in Jaffa and Jerusalem.

 An image of the American Colony in Jerusalem, founded by Christians from the United States.

The West is colonizing the Palestinian cause - opinion

The West has sabotaged Palestinian lives and injected the belief that Israel is to blame.

Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags in protest against US President Donald Trump’s plan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza. The tidal wave of Palestinization that has engulfed the West represents the greatest threat to the decades-old Palestinian quest to be viewed as a nation, the writer says.

Chinese scientists find 410-million-year-old miniature plant revealing early land colonization

At just 45 millimeters tall, Zosterophyllum is one of the smallest known plants from its epoch, offering clues to plant survival strategies in harsh ancient environments.

 Chinese scientists find 410-million-year-old miniature plant revealing early land colonization.