Murder in New York: Malcolm X and the birth of Afro-Americanism
Malcolm Little rose from a broken home and life in reformatories and prison to become a leader of African Americans and later to represent oppressed people, irrespective of race and religion. He preached contradictory messages of peace and violent a...
Duel in Pakistan: Benazir Bhutto : between the mosque and the military
Since its independence in 1947, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been torn between civil rule and military dictatorship. We'll see that Benazir Bhutto's life is a reflection of Pakistan's turbulent history as she is elected the first female rule...
The end of a Columbian dream: denying the assassination of Jorge Gaitán
On April 9, 1948, Jorge Gaitan, the popular opposition leader to the Columbian oligarchy, was shot dead. In two days, 5,000 rioters died in the ruins of the city. No serious investigation into Gaitan's assassination was conducted until now.
Fratricide in Burkina Faso: Thomas Sankara and French Africa
Thomas Sankara rose to lead Burkina Faso through a bloody Marxist revolution and just a few years later on October 15, 1987 the tables were turned. But was Sankara's death the result of an internal power struggle or French colonial powers protecting...
Murder in Stockholm: who killed Olof Palme?
Sweden's Prime Minister, Olof Palme, was as uncompromising with the White House as he was with the Kremlin. His startling viewpoints earned him many enemies. On February 28, 1986, he was shot dead in the heart of Stockholm. To this day the assassina...
Death of a populist: Pim Fortuyn and the Dutch consensus
Pim Fortuyn was a political outsider and reformist poised to be the next Prime Minister of Holland when on May 6, 2002 he was gunned down in the street. Was the killing the act of a lone assassin or the concerted effort of the Establishment to prote...
The Cradock murders: Matthew Goniwe & the demise of apartheid
Matthew Goniwe, a popular teacher from the small town of Cradock, was a leading opponent of South Africa's separatist Apartheid policies. His contributions led to the first "liberated zone." Goniwe's brutal murder by security forces signaled the beg...
A death for peace: Mahatma Gandhi and the impossible quest
Mahatma Gandhi is considered the father of the partition of the Indian Empire into India and Pakistan. Over 50 years later it is critical to analyze Gandhi's struggles in context with the simmering tensions that headline world events today.