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![Xi Jinping](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0913-brics-400x300.jpg)
Is BRICS+ an Anti-Colonial Formation Worth Cheering From the Left? Far From It.
BRICS+ is not a new Non-Aligned Movement seeking to redistribute global wealth but an alliance of aspiring hegemons.
![Mabel Izaza, a member of the Indigenous Mapuche ethnic group demanding environmental damage from oil companies, stands in front of a fracking rig at Vaca Muerta on September 15, 2014, in Añelo, Argentina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1056891342-400x300.jpg)
Neocolonial Debt Traps Are Forcing Poorer Countries to Rely on Fossil Fuels
To break our global dependence on fossil fuels, we must take on neocolonial debt, researcher Tess Woolfenden says.
![King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (center) delivers a speech during the National Remembrance Day of Slavery in Oosterpark, Amsterdam, on July 1, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/07/2023_0710-king-slavery-400x300.jpg)
Dutch King’s “Apology” for Colonial Slavery Is an Erasure of History
The king’s ancestors did more than “not take action” against slavery. They laid the foundation of slavery in the U.S.
![A digital illustration of an ancestral spirit, represented by a woman's face, peering out from between the Corinthian columns imprisoning her to console a weeping descendant, as scholars point to stolen Chochenyo artifacts behind them.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0609-indigenous-university-dead-400x300.jpg)
UC Berkeley Holds Thousands of Native Remains Despite Repatriation Requests
Despite decades of opposition, the university still holds over 9,000 Native remains -- a source of grief for tribes.
![An illustration of a Haitian woman sketched into the sails of a photo of a colonial-era trading ship](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0310-haiti-400x300.jpg)
Colonialism Created Food Insecurity in Haiti, Now Climate Change Compounds It
The U.S. must end its unfair trade practices and stop flooding Haiti's markets with food that can be grown locally.
![Antony Blinken stands in front of U.S. and Israeli flags while delivering a speech](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0208-antony-blinken-400x300.jpg)
We Can’t Just Let Blinken Give Israeli Apartheid the US Stamp of Approval
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says “shared values” bind the U.S. and Israel. He must mean settler-colonialism.
![Activists with the group SumOfUs wear costumes depicting Uyghurs in a mock forced labor camp as they stage a protest outside of an Apple store on March 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0117-apple-labor-protest-400x300.jpg)
US Corporations Are Complicit in the Repression of Uyghurs
The Xinjiang fire should be understood within a much broader context of Uyghur oppression.
![David Boxley (center), from the Laxsgyiik, Tsimshian people, and his grandson, Sage Sanidad (R), who is five-years-old, perform a traditional dance wearing ceremonial regalia at the newly revitalized Northwest Coast Hall at the American Museum of Natural History on May 5, 2022 in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/GettyImages-1395580103-400x300.jpg)
The US’s Biggest Museums Have Failed to Return Native American Human Remains
Decades after a federal law called for them to be returned, more than 110,000 Native ancestors remain in collections.
![Members of the Osage Nation from Oklahoma on the steps of the Capitol in Washington D.C., during a visit to lobby senators over conditions among Native Americans in Oklahoma, and also regarding their oil leases, circa 1925.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_2612-Osage-400x300.jpg)
States Take Tax Revenue Vital for Funding Tribal Services
State and local governments often tax economic activity on tribal land, reducing what tribes can collect for themselves.
![Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez marches during the 62nd annual Puerto Rican Day Parade on June 9, 2019 in New York, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/12/2022_12-19-aoc-puerto-rico-400x300.jpg)
House Passes Bill to Allow Puerto Ricans to Vote on Statehood or Independence
Ocasio-Cortez said the vote to let Puerto Rico decide on statehood, independence, or otherwise was a “watershed moment.”