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Colonialism and Imperialism

  • President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traoré (right) shaking hands with Russian president Vladimir Putin (right)

    Sahel: broken promises and empty anti-imperialism

    The junta regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger present themselves as revolutionary and anti-imperialist. Their hollow rhetoric masks authoritarianism and new forms of foreign influence, argues Joshua Shangobiyi

  • A photo at a distance of a tailings dam, showing large deposits of mining byproducts with a digger in the centre of the photo

    Anglo American and the greenwashed mineral rush

    The British mining giant paints itself as a ‘climate leader’ but boasts a history of violent extraction. Activists from London Mining Network and We Smell Gas identify a critical target for anti-imperialist solidarity

  • A group of Orthodox Jewish men at a protest, with Palestinian flags in the background, holding a placard reading 'Judaism condemns the State of "Israel" and its attrocities'.

    Key words: Zionism

    Richard Kuper examines what zionism is (and isn’t) and how it works as an explicitly settler colonial project

  • A Nepalese dancer wearing a green mask and colourful costume

    Beyond Pride: gender liberation in the global south

    The language, symbols and identities of Pride are exported globally – and trapped in limited Western ideals. For true liberation, we must look to Indigenous and Asian cultures, argues Sunil Pant

  • Until we are all free: Leftwing media and left internationalism

    Writers, editors and artists from the global south must be part of left media futures, writes Sanaa Alimia

  • The flag of Kanaky (New Caledonia)

    Kanaky Rising: A timeline of struggle

    A 250-year struggle to liberate Kanaky (New Caledonia) from French colonial rule continues today. Gerry Hart traces the history

  • Man in top hat with tentacles reaching out to and which represents the British empire

    Colonial nostalgia in the UK national curriculum

    In its 2019 manifesto, Labour pledged to educate the public on the histories of empire, slavery, and migration. Here, Kimberly McIntosh explains the dangers of colonial nostalgia in curriculum

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