Gladstone’s “Bulgarian Horrors” and Trump’s “Nigerian Genocide”: The manufacture of imperialist interventions, by Usman Sarki

“The major function of modern imperialism is to rationalise exploitation under the guise of bringing civilisation”— Walter RodneyThe embers of conflict in the Middle East are still glowing menacingly. The dust in the ruined neighbourhoods of Gaza has not settled. Countless Palestinian bodies remain under the rubble, uncounted and unmourned. Yet even as the world grapples with the aftermath of one tragedy, another dangerous and incendiary script is being prepared. This tim