Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Rwanda Congo Uganda conflict: money, minerals, and/or human rights?
I am not sure of what is going on... the western press seems to oppose the rebels, but a local human rights group says the rebels are the good guys.
Here are a few videos:
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this one is from an India site; a summary and telling the Congolese point of view:
Monday, February 17, 2025
heart of darkness part two and three
History lesson of the week:
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the phrase Heart of Darkness comes from Conrad's book: which is partly based on his own experiences.
the book can be downloaded from Project Gutenberg.
Few westerners were aware of this, until the book King Leopold's Ghost was published in 1998.
I am reading it on Everand which is a subscription book service, and their sistersite Scribd also has it... or you can download a pdf, from LINK, and I also found the audiobook in chapters on you tube LINK