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May 21, 2022 • 34 tweets • 6 min read
on the one hand, the @nytimes in-depth piece on Haitian 'reparations' to France brings much-needed attention onto a decisive moment in world history -- and its argument that the neocolonial constraints imposed by FR and US on Haiti has helped keep ...
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is spot on, and needs to be communicated forcefully to audiences in US and France
on the other hand, the NYT's presentation of this as a "mystery" that its intrepid reporters have only now unraveled is, at the very least, troubling. This is a dimension of Haitian, French and ...
Jun 29, 2020 • 38 tweets • 7 min read
Lots of takeaways from France's municipal elections (2nd decisive round took place last night), but the biggest to my mind won't get much attention outside France, and could be seen as one of the final aftershocks of the fall of the Berlin Wall 1/
the headlines will focus on Macron's party's poor showing, the PS holding Paris, the FN taking Perpignan, impressive Green strength nationwide (taking Lyon, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, holding Grenoble), the left's (likely) victory in Marseille 2/
