Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi is an independent researcher, freelance journalist, book reviewer and blogger. She writes about the struggle for memory in Palestine and Chile, historical legitimacy, the ramifications of settler-colonialism, the correlation between humanitarian aid and human rights abuses, the United Nations as an imperialist organisation, indigenous resistance, la nueva cancion Chilena and Latin American revolutionary philosophy with a particular focus on Fidel Castro, Jose Marti and Jose Carlos Mariategui. Her articles, book reviews, interviews and blogs have been published in Middle East Monitor, Upside Down World, Truthout, Irish Left Review, Gramsci Oggi, Cubarte, Rabble.ca, Toward Freedom, History Today, Chileno and other outlets, including academic publications and translations into several languages.

Refusal To Return Guantanamo To Cuba Is Threatening Newly Kindled US Cuban Relations

So far, the normalization of relations has meant Cuba must capitulate to U.S. interests while the U.S. refuses to budge on issues that are of paramount concern to Cuba — in particular, the return of Guantanamo.

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American Flag

An American flag flies behind the barbed and razor-wire at the Camp Delta detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. Photo: Brennan Linsley/AP The normalization process in relations between Cuba and the United States -- a process kicked off with a December prisoner swap which saw the release of USAID subcontractor Alan

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WMDs: The Rhetoric Fueling The War On Terror And The Arab Spring

The “weapons of mass destruction” premise has proven to be a mere pretext for war. It has ultimately done little more than distract attention away from the death and destruction wrought by intervening forces.

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President Bush speaks at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., on, July 12, 2004 where he his decision to invade Iraq even as he conceded on that investigators had not found the weapons of mass destruction. (AP/Mark Humphrey)

The weapons of mass destruction (WMD) premise has proven useful throughout the United States’ continued imperialist infiltration of the Middle East. Indeed, former President George W. Bush’s address to Congress on Sept. 20, 2001 can be read as a prelude to more recent intervention galvanized under the banner of democracy. In his address, Bush

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Analysis: Charlie Hebdo, Colonialism, And The Limits Of Free Speech

World leaders are marching in solidarity with the “Je suis Charlie” masses, yet their own records on free speech are questionable in some cases, deplorable in others.

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APTOPIX France Attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the kosher market where four hostages were killed, in Paris, France, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Photo: Francois Mori/AP The satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo has become synonymous with the fight for freedom of expression since French gunmen of Algerian descent forced their way into the

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Death Of Palestinian Minister At Israeli Hands Threatens Peace Process

The PA minister’s death in an altercation with Israeli soldiers prompted a strong response from the PA, including vows to terminate security cooperation with Israel, seek justice for war crimes via the ICC, and petition the U.N. Security Council for statehood recognition.

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a picture of an Israeli soldier pushing Palestinian Cabinet minister Ziad Abu Ein, Ramallah, Dec. 10, 2014.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a picture of an Israeli soldier pushing Palestinian Cabinet minister Ziad Abu Ein, Ramallah, Dec. 10, 2014. Palestinian Authority Minister Ziad Abu Ein’s death on Dec. 10 in a violent altercation with Israeli soldiers in Ramallah, unleashed the usual discrepancies between what actually happened and

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Can The Cuban Revolution Withstand The Normalization Of Relations With US?

The resumption of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba creates space for dialogue and cooperation. Media in both countries are cheering on the recent prisoner swap, but is it all just a sign that Cuba’s revolutionary days are numbered?

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Javier Yanez stands on his balcony where he hung a U.S. and Cuban flag in Old Havana Cuba, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014

Javier Yanez stands on his balcony where he hung a U.S. and Cuban flag in Old Havana Cuba, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. After the surprise announcement on Wednesday of the restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the U.S., many Cubans expressed hope that it will mean greater access to jobs and the comforts taken for granted elsewhere, and lift

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Assata Shakur: A Pawn In The US-Cuba Game?

How will the thawing of decades of chilly U.S.-Cuba relations impact a former rights activist who has lived in exile on the tiny island nation since she was sprung from prison — where she was serving a life sentence for murder — over three decades ago?

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Joanne Chesimard

In this April 25, 1977 file photo, Joanne Chesimard, a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, leaves Middlesex County courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J.  Now known as Assata Shakur, she was convicted in 1977 of killing a New Jersey state trooper four years earlier, in a case that drew international attention. She was sentenced

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It’s Time To Stop International Human Rights Day

If International Human Rights Day is to achieve any tangible significance, its elimination from the anniversary calendar should be advocated for as a refusal to subscribe to imperialist schemes of false remembrance.

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International Human Rights Day

In this Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 photo, an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III holding a mock U.S. flag is burned by Filpino activists as they mark International Human Rights Day outside the presidential Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines. (Aaron Favila/AP) U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon imparted a brief message to

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