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Kanaky: the era of colonies must end

Cathy Billard — 2026-04-08T07:34:56Z

The Senate vote on the constitutional bill concerning New Caledonia marks a new stage in the erosion of the Kanak people's right to self-determination. Behind an institutional veneer, the government is pursuing a strategy of strong-arming, which must be stopped by mobilization.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / France, Kanaky

Mobilization on 21 March against colonialism

An Gwesped — 2026-03-26T09:27:20Z

For several months, the French government has been trying to impose on Kanaky an exit from the framework of the Nouméa Accords, by calling into question the decolonization process, even though it is recognized by the UN. The so-called “Bougival Agreement”, imposed in July 2025 against the advice of the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), provides for the creation of a “state” of Kanaky-New Caledonia integrated into the French republic. A formula that in no way corresponds to independence.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / France, Kanaky

Decolonisation now in Kanaky!

Cathy Billard — 2024-10-21T06:32:29Z

A statement on the position of the new French government and state in relation to the extraordinary mobilisation of the people of Kanaky was expected in the general policy speech of the French prime minister Michel Barnier on 1 October.

- IV597 - October 2024 / France, Kanaky

No to the Darmanin law! Respect for the Kanak people's right to self-determination!

NPA-l'Anticapitaliste (NPA-A) — 2024-05-20T10:12:51Z

“The NPA-l'Anticapitaliste supports the demands put forward by the FLNKS, the CCAT and the mobilized Kanak population: withdrawal of the Darmanin law, withdrawal of the forces of repression, respect for the right to self-determination of the Kanak people, opening of discussions for a decolonization process. In Kanaky as in all colonized territories: no justice, no peace!”

- News from around the world / France, Kanaky

Kanaky – put a stop (really) to the time of colonies!

Jeff Castel — 2024-05-10T19:36:54Z

“The putschist policy of the colonial right, the passivity or even complicity of the French state in the face of its actions and threats, demonstrate that there is no place for a territory governed by the Kanaks within the French Republic.”

- IV592 - May 2024 / France, Kanaky

An insurrectional climate?

Mina Kherfil — 2020-12-23T10:00:57Z

For weeks a major conflict has been going on, which the press is not talking about, or perhaps it is too far away, over there... in Kanaky.

- IV551 - December 2020 / Kanaky

A referendum that is far from a level playing field

Bernard Alleton — 2017-11-30T22:52:04Z

Within the next year the referendum on the self-determination of Kanaky / New Caledonia must be held. This territory of the Pacific has been a French colony since 1853, and was re-registered in 1986 by the United Nations on the list of non-autonomous territories to be decolonized. The Kanaks have never accepted the spoliation of their lands and the denial of their culture.

- IV514 - November 2017 / Kanaky