Horace Campbell
Horace Campbell is a peace and social Justice activist. He is also Professor of African American Studies and Political Science at Syracuse University and Chairperson of the Global Pan African Movement, North American Chapter. He is the author of Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya, Monthly Review Press, 2013.
The U.S. Army's July 15, 2026 activation of “Drongo Company,” a new Psychological Operations company within the 7th Psychological Operations Battalion, marks an important development in Washington's expanding information and psychological operations capabilities in Africa. The Army describes the unit as part of its effort to conduct psychological operations across “contested environments,” while reporting identifies its mission as supporting U.S. Africa Command.
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Debunking Kenya’s framing as Singapore through analysis of the former’s position in the global economy relative to the latter, Campbell calls for a serious reflection of what distinguishes economic transformations in South East Asia from Nairobi’s subordinated integration that continues to inhibit regional economic growth and produce genocidal violence.
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A towering voice in Global Africa has joined the ancestors. Professor Kwame Ninson’s scholarship and contributions to Africa’s transformation remain an impactful legacy.
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Campbell critically assesses the development of the world’s first trillionaire following the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history as a reflection of the deepening crisis of finance capitalism, which has become a brake on real socioeconomic development and continues to starve the real economy of productive industrial investment.
Tagged under Labour & Political EconomyAs African Liberation Day 2026 convenes under the banner of Haiti and Cuba, Global Africa must confront the living realities of imperial militarism, ongoing colonialism, and racial capitalism, from the streets of Syracuse to the battlefields of Sudan and Palestine. Drawing on the revolutionary traditions of Nkrumah, Padmore, and Carlos Cooks, Campbell issues an uncompromising charge to educate, organize, and build institutional structures capable of bending the arc of history toward reparative justice and African dignity.
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Étienne Davignon and the systems of enslavement and exploitation stand trial in Belgium and in the international arena for the gravest crime against humanity.
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Senegal was declared the winner of AFCON 2025 on the pitch; power structures have determined that the post-tournament winner is Morocco.
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Campbell explains how Cuban military and medical interventions have been decisive in the liberation of African peoples from colonial domination and poor health
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Global gold prices have surged; how are imperial powers and war actors exploiting these price increases, and what are the implications for Africa’s political economy?
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A deep dive into the repercussions of Trump’s military intervention for Nigeria’s president.
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Deconstructing the Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity
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Transcript of Horace Campbell’s Talk on Fanon’s take on National Liberation, delivered at Dawson College, Montreal, 1991, explores linkages between individual and national liberation, resonating with the required conditions and persisting liberatory necessities across Global Africa 60 years after Fanon.
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A colonial mindset will make data Kenya’s 21st Century coffee, tea and flowers. Here is how.
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A critical reflection on the legacies of Maurice Tempelsman, the renowned diamond dealer, and the skilled criminality that sustained the diamond cartel amidst Tempelsman’s humanitarian interventions.
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Campbell congratulates the Senegalese people on the eviction of the French military presence from their soil in a discussion of France’s nefarious neo-colonial practices in Africa
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Campbell interrogates the recent DRC-Rwanda peace accord brokered in the US which he terms fraudulent; and poses the question: can the US and Qatar support peace in Africa amidst the militarization of the continent?
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Will the contradictions inside the US Army break out into major crises similar to the Civil War or the period after the Vietnam War?
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The past week witnessed a diplomatic ambush and pushback between Presidents Ramaphosa of South Africa and Trump of the United States. Horace Campbell examines the historical contexts, this new low of US diplomacy, and the regressive economic agreement Ramaphosa made with Elon Musk.
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Horace Campbell reflects on the centennial of Eusi Kwayana, the social and political changes and liberation struggles that have characterized his existence and pursuit, and his ideological and intellectual contributions.
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Horace Campbell analyzes the disintegration of Global NATO as it relates to the Bandung Conference in 1955, the increased confidence and cooperation among the countries of the Global South, and the rise of anti-imperial and anti-racists movements.
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