Anticolonial/decolonial food-for-thought. Historic/criticals perspectives on colonization and decolonization.
Solidarity between all the peoples on Earth. Destroy all borders, fire to all colonial empires!
To understand the current uprisings in New Caledonia, one must look back at the history of colonization and violent repression of the islands by France.
How Wikipedia Erases Indigenous History
This is a small part of anglo colonialism by the anglo tech industry.
Let's not forget, the U.S tech industry was originally developed only for English speakers and treated foreign speakers as an after thought.
gcc, git, the linux kernel, and emacs) only have English documentation and allows only English use in identifiers and configuration. 
Western commentators should rid themselves of old prejudices dating back from the age of colonialism before commenting on Eastern European affairs What is “Orientalism” and why it matters today In 1978, Edward W. Said published “Orientalism,” a book that became a milestone in post-colonial studies a...
Why does decolonizing Russia matter?
cross-postowane z: https://lemmy.ml/post/307887
First, a decolonial approach to Russia acknowledges the impressed and marginalized existence of non-Russian nations within RF borders. Acknowledgement is a first step in reckoning with RF for what it is: an empire.
And I don't mean an empire in kind of the postmodern sense, like American blue jeans or the EU acquis or some such, but a polity where political power is massed in and wielded by the titular majority over a multitude of nations dominated over time.
This imperial paradigm is not only a political reality, but a deeper principle reflected in its historiography. Botakoz Kassymbekova and Marlene Laruelle point to a „self-image of sacral martyrdom” on a kind of civilizing mission over non Russian peoples.
Though they may not acknowledge it as such, Russians project deeply imperial views over non-Russian regions, often referring to the historically restive North Cauca
Look, Lemmy, we need to have a talk about neo-fascism
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/182366
Dear Lemmy, as you may well be aware, racial hierarchies and colonial empires are doing good in these early 2020s. In particular, in the days of the war in Ukraine, it's important to point out the fascist tendencies at play.
Fascism and racial/cultural hierarchies are on the rise on every continent, from Turkey to Brasil, to China, to France, to India... Fuck all Nations! Destroy all borders, and long live autonomous Communes!
On the Ukraine side of things, there's a bunch of neo-nazis in the army, as well as more traditional nationalists/fascists. It's not exactly a secret, and the former president was very close to these circles:
On the Russian side of things, there's also a bunch of neo-nazis in the army as well as traditional nationali
Indian students in Ukraine (...) not allowed to leave, others beaten up
Some testimonies about ukrainian soldiers doing racial/gender profiling against Indians at the border with Poland. Info seems legit at a first glance, and is a good example of how white supremacy still rules EU borders.
Anti-authoritarian efforts to resist the Russian invasion of Ukraine—from both Russians and Ukrainians in their respective contexts.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/181760
Some news of anti-war protests/actions internationally, as well as a statement by "Food Not Bombs" Moscow and an interview with anarchist "Committee of Resistance" in Kyev.
George Padmore: The Man Behind the Scenes of Pan-Africanism - Dr. Leslie James
I found this gem of an interview that I thought might be worth sharing here, and also since Pan-Africanism seems to get shoved under the rug on Lemmy. This video in particular coming from UK academia was rather intriguing for me as well.
There is a story that is commonly told in Britain that the colonisation of India – as horrible as it may have been – was not of any major economic benefit to Britain itself. If anything, the administration of India was a cost to Britain. So the fact that the empire was sustained for so long – the story goes – was a gesture of Britain’s benevolence.
New research by the renowned economist Utsa Patnaik – just published by Columbia University Press – deals a crushing blow to this narrative. Drawing on nearly two centuries of detailed data on tax and trade, Patnaik calculated that Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938.