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Colonialism

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Maiz Culture in the Americas: Resisting Colonialism Through Indigenous Tradition
Indigenous people have resisted colonialism in many ways - holding fast to traditional foods, like maiz, performing ancestral dances and songs, and passing legends from generation to generation.

Scottish Vote Gives UK a Chance to Repair Itself – but It’s a Big Job
The Scottish referendum campaign has shown what a powerful force democracy can be.

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Historically, Black Leaders Supported Palestinians; Why Less So Now?
Today's silence by black leaders in the face of Israeli aggression against Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip stands in stark contrast to the historic support of the Palestinians …

Palestine: The Pulse of Third World Revolt
As bombs drop on Gaza yet again, people across the world are turning to the streets in the tens of thousands to express solidarity with the Palestinians.

Morocco: Crossroads in the Conflict Between Future Paths
Despite efforts to economically colonize the ancient cultures and peoples that populate Morocco, a strong resistance movement is fighting back.

“Blood on American Hands”: Richard Falk on Palestine
The latest carnage in Gaza is part of an ongoing Israeli imperial policy, but, as Richard Falk underscores in this exclusive interview, Israel always claims that its attacks against …

In Palestine the Time Is Now
The Palestinian struggle as our own.

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Tony Blair – War Criminal, Narcissist, Cult of Personality
They used to say that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were the great losers of the 20th Century, but that's just convenient Anglophone propaganda.

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Turning a Blind Eye to Pure Old Vibrations
Jimmy Nelson's Before They Pass Away is a beautiful book, but its images echo a colonial vision which remains deeply destructive of peoples - tribal or other - who …

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The Militarized Pacific: An Anniversary Without End
The Pacific remains a region scarred by militarism, colonialism and an ongoing legacy of racism and war without end.