https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/French-Guiana-the-negative-legacy-of-French-colonialism https://internationalviewpoint.org/French-Guiana-the-negative-legacy-of-French-colonialism 2018-08-21T09:37:24Z text/html en Said Bouamama French Guiana <p>For many French people, the only images of Guiana they have are Devil's Island and the Ariane launch site. What is sometimes added to this is a picture of people always holding i strikes for incomprehensible reasons while also being reliant on aid. Behind these media images lurks a colonial reality that fills the daily life of Guianese. Part of the “Old Colonies”, French Guiana has been occupied by France for more than three centuries.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV523-August-2018-" rel="directory">IV523 - August 2018</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-French-Guiana-+" rel="tag">French Guiana</a>