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As VP Harris Visits Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans Call for End to US Colonialism
Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Puerto Rico during a week marking the abolition of slavery and a massacre.
Don’t Dismiss Marx. His Critique of Colonialism Is More Relevant Than Ever.
Contrary to liberal misinterpretations, Marx was a fierce critic of colonialism, says Marxist scholar Marcello Musto.
Harvard Has Blocked Maine Tribes’ Effort to Rebury Their Ancestors at Every Turn
The university’s Peabody Museum exploited loopholes to prevent repatriation to the Wabanaki peoples.
Green Colonialism Has No Place in a Truly Just Transition
Will the Global South take the opportunity to rewrite the rules of the global economy amid the climate crisis?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.