An apology for French republicanism

Olivier Tonneau ~ RP 195 (Jan/Feb 2016) ~ Commentary

all these forms of loss are connected and mutually reinforcing. To take a closer look at Daesh is to rediscover a lack of democratic control over what is being produced and sold in the world, with the arms and oil trade as only the most obvious of many examples, to say nothing of the lack […]

Haitian inspiration: On the bicentenary of Haiti’s independence

Peter Hallward ~ RP 123 (Jan/Feb 2004), pp. 2–7 ~ Commentary

Two hundred years ago this month (January 2004), the French colony of SaintDomingue on the island of Hispaniola became the independent nation of Haiti. Few transformations in world history have been more momentous, few required more sacriﬁce or promised more hope. And few have been more thoroughly forgotten by those who would have us believe […]