''British have invaded nine out of ten countries - so look out Luxembourg''

its no wonder the Queen is the largest landowner in the world...........From The Telegraph

''A new study has found that at various times the British have invaded almost 90 per cent of the countries around the globe.

The analysis of the histories of the almost 200 countries in the world found only 22 which have never experienced an invasion by the British.''

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''U.S. Militarism In Africa: Humanitarian Missions Or Imperialist Aggression?''

From Strategic Culture

''With specific reference to Africa, the U.S. government after World War II paid lip service to the anti-colonial struggle, but in actuality supported the perpetuation of the status-quo. Although relationships between the U.S. administration and progressive African states were established in Ghana, Guinea, Algeria, Egypt, Tanzania and others, nonetheless, it became obvious even during the 1950s and 1960s, and was documented later, that successive Washington administrations were more concerned about containing Soviet, Chinese and Cuban influence than assisting a genuine process of de-colonization and independence.''

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''American Internal Colonialism''

From Foreign Policy Journal
By Devon Douglas-Bowers


''Colonialism is a word associated with the 19th and 20th centuries, with an outside force (usually European) coming into a country and destroying and uprooting the culture and people, with the main goal being the extraction of resources for the gain of the ‘mother’ country. It is defined as “the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.”[1] Yet this definition of colonialism can be expanded from examining the external to examining the internal. For what may be the first time in US history, internal colonialism is occurring as the very facades of democracy and the economic system begin to fall apart and the elites begin to colonize internally.''

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''UKIP Nigel Farage - Channel 4 News, speaking on torture in 1950s Kenya''

From Channel 4 News

''Moving Towards Weak and Failed States''

From ISN

"The borders of many African states remain a legacy of the colonial powers that dominated the continent from the late 19^th century until as late as the 1970s. In many cases the European ‘scramble for Africa’ cut through ethnic affinities and tribal identities that had existed long before colonialism. According to our partners at Chatham House, prevailing diplomatic convention argues that these boundaries should nevertheless remain in place. In doing so, the colonial boundaries would prevent the opening up of a Pandora’s Box of competing territorial claims. Yet in parts of Central Africa this often resulted in the continued wielding of colonial power by post-colonial states."

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''New age colonialism: West buying up Third World?''

From RT.com

''Multinational corporations are buying up swathes of land in underdeveloped countries in an unchecked scramble towards new-age colonialism. So-called “land grabbing” sees western powers vying for economic control of the developing world’s resources.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently gathered with members of the corporate elite and NGOs to develop guidelines against “land grabbing”.  Matters have been prepared over the last three years, leading to the present guidelines being published at the beginning of May 2012. While in principle a perfectly legitimate idea, it’s best to stay cautious.''

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''Under Every Leaf: How Britain Played the Greater Game from Afghanistan to Africa''

Book Review From Irish Times
By William Beaver Biteback, 341pp

''EVEN CLOSE TO THE apogee of its power and influence, late in the 19th century, the British Empire was remarkably fragile and its administrators apprehensive, threatened by international colonial rivalry and weakened by the internal disagreements of ill-co-ordinated government departments.

This is an exhaustively researched history of the British intelligence department – called the intelligence division from 1888 and known as the ID of the British war office – between the Crimean War and the establishment of the modern military intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6 (or the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, as they are offically known).''

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''Africa: Neo Colonialism Swarms Continent?''

From 'There are no Sunglasses'

''Dear reader, the crux of the matter is the hypocrisy of the West. The West has reconstructed their approach and strategies by influencing Africa’s elite responsible for economic and political issues.

They have simply refined methods for attaining the same old interests or what some can refer to as covert colonialism. Visionary leaders like Kwame Nkrumah predicted that Africa would be overtaken by new forms of colonialism. Neo-colonialism is aided by a complex web of influences and is a complicated process.''

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UK: ''Yes, mistakes were made, but we must never stop being proud of the Empire''

From Daily Mail

"The Empire is suffering yet another posthumous assault. Its assailants have some new ammunition, dredged from documents just released by the National Archives, which detail the nasty expedients employed occasionally when British power was challenged.

The enemies of the Empire imagine they have a treasure chest brim-full of hard evidence that will prove it was irredeemably wicked.

These files have already prompted predictable hand-wringing and breast-beating at the Guardian (where they made front page news) and the BBC (on which they featured heavily on Radio 4’s morning news) — two institutions where the prevailing wisdom is that Britain should be ashamed of its imperial past."

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''Britain destroyed records of colonial crimes''

From The Guardian


"Thousands of documents detailing some of the most shameful acts and crimes committed during the final years of the British empire were systematically destroyed to prevent them falling into the hands of post-independence governments, an official review has concluded.

Those papers that survived the purge were flown discreetly to Britain where they were hidden for 50 years in a secret Foreign Office archive, beyond the reach of historians and members of the public, and in breach of legal obligations for them to be transferred into the public domain."

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''Sri Lanka will not be separated like Sudan''

From LankaWeb

"If Sudan ended up a show of supremacy between US and China over Africa culminating in the separation of a nation into 2, we can expect a similar scenario concerning Sri Lanka in Asia. Many of the conflicts taking place around us today have been choreographed to establish modern colonialism against the very countries that have been fleeced in the past – Sudan’s case is no different and Sri Lanka now needs to be alert."

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''Cristina Kirchner attacks Britain's 'absurd' stance on Falklands''

From The Telegraph

"Imploring David Cameron to renegotiate the sovereignty of the islands, she said it was an "injustice" for the UK to try to retain control over what she described as a "colonial enclave" 14,000 km away.

She also accused Britain of exploiting Argentina's environment and natural resources.

Speaking at a memorial service at the Monument to the Fallen in Ushuaia, Patagonia, Mrs Kirchner said: "It's an injustice that in the 21st century colonial enclaves still exist in the world – and ten of the 16 that remain belong to the UK."

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''The Black Man’s Burden''

a must read blog.....From garikaichengu blog

"So much has been said of the “white man’s burden:” namely, how the collapsing American Empire and bygone British Empire have shouldered the burden of civilising Africa and driving the global economy for centuries. The opposite is true. The fact of the matter is that not only was Western civilisation invented by black Africans in ancient Egypt, Africa has driven global economic growth for centuries."

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''Colonialism 2.0''

From Russia & India Report

"Is colonialism making a comeback? At a time when their economies are collapsing in slow motion, it is hard to picture Western countries possessing the will to grab resources and real estate across the globe, as they did during the colonial periods. But as unreal as it seems, it is happening.

After barely 40 years of nationalist rule, Libya’s considerable oil wealth has reverted to Western control. Iraqi oil too is flowing west. Iran and Syria could be the next targets of American and British warplanes."

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"The American Occupations of Haiti & the Dominican Republic"

"A brief glance at the early 20^th century American occupation of Haiti and the Dominican Republic tell us a great deal about America’s role in the world today."


from boiling frogs post....

''50 years on, Algerian war still divides the French''

"Fifty years on, France remains divided over how to mark the Algerian war, a bitter conflict which ended 132 years of colonial rule in the north African territory while very nearly tearing French society apart. 

For years, rival factions have commemorated their own victims while drawing a veil over past responsibilities for a war marked on all sides by torture and massacres, and the final exile of French-born settlers."


from alarabiya...

U.K.: "Cameron lashes out at Argentinean 'colonialism' over Falklands''

please, no more wars............from politics.co.uk....

"The jibe at Buenos Aires' recent rhetoric against Britain's continued sovereignty over the South Atlantic archipelago is the latest in an ongoing war of words with Cristina Fernandez Kerchner's administration. She recently called Britain "a crass colonial power in decline."

'How little old Denmark oversaw territories in India, Africa and the West Indies'

history always repeats...stop exploiting............from cphpost.......

"It is a testament to the power of capitalism that private companies could actually conquer and settle whole territories. This is exactly what the East India companies and their many variants did. Even at the time, the actions of these companies caused concern to their national governments, eventually leading to their dissolution or nationalisation. The concern was well warranted. If you can imagine Nike raising its own army in order to invade Indonesia, simply to gain better trading conditions, you get an idea of what these companies did and the profits they reaped in doing so".........READ MORE

that is not capitalism..........

'The Decline of American Client States'

from the atlantic.........

"America's love affair with client states began not long after it and the Soviet Union -- another master in the art of client-building -- pressured the UK and France to leave Egypt, which they had invaded in 1956 to reclaim control of the Suez Canal. European colonialism, the U.S. and USSR argued at the United Nations that year, was outdated, destabilizing, and had to end. British and French forces withdrew from Egypt, and within about a decade most of the British and French empires collapsed. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Soviet Union had begun a different great geopolitical game -- the search for client states -- one that Washington is still playing today"...............READ MORE

Sri Lanka: 'Chinese Colonialism'

from thesundayleader.........

"Are you in the government? Are you in the Rajapaksa family? If not, then the Chinese government is probably no great friend to you.

The Chinese government’s relationship is state to state, not person to person. It is important to remember this, and doubly important to remember that you, unlike Louis XIV or Mahinda VI, are not the state.

The Chinese are building ports, infrastructure and public spaces. Remember who did that last time? It was the British. The British colonial regime built roads, railways, infrastructure and the artificial port of Colombo. They imported docile labourers from India and paid off Sri Lankan elites to serve the regime. They also introduced legislation to allow for the outright sale of land.

What’s happening today? The Chinese are loaning money for road and rail projects in the north. They’re also giving loans for power and infrastructure and they built the artificial port of Hambantota. They import cheap Chinese labor, or deport their own prisoners as forced labor. In the process, they have bought off the Rajapaksa family with arms and funds. That family is now introducing legislation to allow foreigners to buy land outright and has already sold land near the Galle Face Green to a former arms supplier.

There is no doubt that the British pillaged the country and poisoned race relations. The price for casting off that colonial hangover, however, seems to be another stiff drink from the same wretched quaff.
That colonialism consisted of Sri Lankas elite’s selling off the country’s resources to make the British Empire colossally wealthy and secure. Chinese colonialism consists of the Rajapaksa family selling off Sri Lanka’s resources with the added innovation of doing most of it through loans, thus making Sri Lankan taxpayers foot the bill for their own subjugation"...............READ MORE