Tag: New Caledonia

  • The Pacific Lands and Seas Are Neither Forbidden nor Forgotten

    Mahiriki Tangaroa (Kūki ’Airani), Blessed Again by the Gods (Spring), 2015. Since May, a powerful struggle has rocked Kanaky (New Caledonia), an archipelago located in the Pacific, roughly 1,500 kilometres east of Australia. The island, one of five overseas territories in the Asia-Pacific ruled by France, has been under French colonial rule since 1853. The […]

  • A Certain French Stubbornness: Violence in New Caledonia

    France’s Emmanuel Macron can, at times, show himself at odds with the grime and gristle of grounded politics.  Able to pack in various snatches of philosophical reflection in a speech, straddling the highs and lows of a rhetorical display, his political acumen has, at times, deserted him. Nothing is more evident of this than his […]

  • New Caledonians Demand Complete Independence from France

    The latest violent anti-French protests by New Caledonians seeking independence from France show clearly that it is time France respected the right of self-determination of the Kanak people of New Caledonia. The post New Caledonians Demand Complete Independence from France first appeared on Dissident Voice.

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