Editing Le Monde diplomatique (section)

===1989–present===
After the November 1989 Fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the 1990-1991 [[Gulf War]], the newspaper began to criticise what it described as an "American crusade".<ref name="Amis"/>

Under his leadership, {{Lang|fr|Le Monde diplomatique}} analysed the post-[[Cold War]] world, paying specific attention to "ethnic" conflicts that arose in this period: the [[wars in former Yugoslavia]], the 1994 [[Rwandan genocide]], the conflicts in the [[Caucasus]], etc., as well as to the new [[information technology]].

Ramonet has also published books about the media and their relationship to national societies. As noted by François Cusset, French universities have not developed an interdisciplinary approach to media studies. He says that leftist journals including {{Lang|fr|Le Monde Diplomatique}} have had an editorial approach that is committed to "critique of dominant media", both in terms of their roles in setting agendas and in enjoying status perks.<ref name="cusset">[https://journals.openedition.org/inmedia/135 François Cusset, "Media Studies: A French Blind Spot"], ''InMedia'', 1/2012; accessed 01 October 2018</ref> Both Ramonet and his successor, Serge Halimi, published books that critiqued the media from outside academic circles.<ref name="larrazet">[https://journals.openedition.org/inmedia/500?lang=en Serge Halimi and Christine Larrazet, "At the Crossroads of Media, Media Critique, and the Critique of Media critics – An Interview with Serge Halimi, Editor-in-Chief of 'Le Monde Diplomatique' "], ''InMedia'', 2/2012 (Interview 25 July 2012); accessed 01 October 2018 {{in lang|en}}</ref>

The newspaper established financial and editorial independence from {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} in 1996, forming its own company. {{Lang|fr|Le Monde}} owns 51%; the Friends of Le Monde diplomatique and Günter Holzmann Association, comprising the paper's staff, together own 49%.<ref name="about"/>

In an editorial in January 1995, [[Ignacio Ramonet]] coined the term "[[pensée unique]]" ("single thought") to describe the supremacy of the neoliberal [[ideology]].<ref>[http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/1995/01/RAMONET/1144 Ignacio Ramonet, "Editorial: La pensée unique"], {{Lang|fr|Le Monde diplomatique}}, Janvier 1995 {{in lang|fr}}</ref> The newspaper supported the November–December [[1995 strikes in France|1995 general strike]] in France against Prime minister [[Alain Juppé]]'s ([[Rally for the Republic|RPR]]) plan to cut [[pensions]].

Three years later, after a proposal in a 1997 editorial by Ramonet, {{Lang|fr|Le Monde diplomatique}} took a founding role in the creation of [[ATTAC]], an [[alter-globalisation]] [[Non-governmental organisation|NGO]]. It was founded to advocate the [[Tobin tax]], and chapters have been started throughout the world. It now supports a variety of left-wing causes. The newspaper also took an important role in the organisation of the 2001 [[Porto Alegre]] [[World Social Forum]].

Ramonet devoted considerable space to reporting on [[Hugo Chávez]], with whom he was said to have developed a close relationship, and his [[Bolivarian Revolution]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Angel|title=Chavez's Remarkable Staying Power Chavez in Person: The President As a Master of Improvisation
|url=https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/venezuela0803/5.html|access-date=19 February 2015|work=PBS|date=August 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=A.C.|title=The Revolutionary Has No Clothes /Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Farce|date=2009|publisher=Encounter Books|location=New York|isbn=978-1594034459|page=126}}</ref>

Ramonet was succeeded by [[Serge Halimi]] who had a PhD in political science from the [[University of California Berkeley]].<ref name="larrazet"/> In 2018, LMD published a total of 37 print and online editions, in a total of 20 languages.<ref name="about">[https://mondediplo.com/about "About LMD"], {{Lang|fr|Le Monde diplomatique}}, October 2018</ref>

The August 2017 issue of the monthly was not marketed in [[Algeria]]. According to sources close to the distributor, the newspaper did not get permission to do so. [[Government of Algeria|Algerian authorities]] did not explain. The heads of the newspaper claim that it was "banned" from sale in the country because of a report by journalist Pierre Daum. He is best known for writing a book about the ''[[Harki]]s'' who stayed in Algeria after [[Algerian war|Independence]], and about the difficult social and economic situation of some [[Demographics of Algeria|young Algerians]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.algerie-focus.com/2017/08/medias-monde-diplomatique-interdit-algerie/amp/|title=Le Monde diplomatique interdit en Algérie|first=Rania|last=Aghiles|work=Algérie Focus|date=19 August 2017|access-date=20 August 2017|language=fr}}</ref>