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Published in: Home: AnalysisCan the royal family cling on much longer?
As the Queen marks 70 years on the throne, the Caribbean isn’t the only place ready to ditch the royal family
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Published in: Home: FeatureNo, decolonising your bookshelf doesn’t mean getting rid of Jane Austen
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the right-wing press will inflame any debate on decolonisation,...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe Rwanda deal is yet another act of colonial violence
Priti Patel’s new policy is extreme, but Britain’s borders were designed to protect the spoils of empire. The whole...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionOligarchs stash dirty money in Britain because of its colonialist laws
Ministers patronise those who call for decolonisation. But UK financial loopholes are a product of the imperialist...
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Published in: Home: OpinionBarbados has thrown off its colonial shackles. Now the real change must come
Barbados has removed the Queen as its head of state, as it begins a new national journey to remove any lingering...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Opinion‘The right to defend oneself’: An utterance with a bloody colonial history
Only those who have invaded and institutionalised their laws have had ‘the right to defend themselves’
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Published in: PodcastsPodcast: Is capitalism racist?
With Black Lives Matter protests raging around the world, the latest ourVoices documentary asks how we can build an...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPortugal, colonialism and racial justice – From denial to reparation
With the growth of the anti-racist movement in Portugal, our entire national narrative is being challenged,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA history of violence: slavery, colonialism and coups d’etat
Only through an understanding of the historical impact of colonialism can we begin to heal the wounds caused by...
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Published in: ourEconomyHow globalisation has informalised African womens’ lives
Women’s rising participation in the informal economy has seen an intensification rather than a reversal of gender inequality.
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Published in: ourEconomyFinance for renewable energy in Africa follows colonial roots
Investments into renewable energy in Africa are critical. But they need to take local ownership and participation seriously.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionDevelopment: a failed project
It’s time to abandon development and think about postdevelopment instead.
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Published in: ourEconomyWestern style ‘democracy’ in Africa is just a way of pushing the neoliberal agenda
The region has its own rich democratic traditions to draw from.
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Published in: ourEconomyPost-capitalists must understand the role of migration in global capitalism
Real transformation can only happen if those in the global north join forces with migrants and exploited workers in...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe climate strikes are about so much more than green colonialism
Solutions to the environmental crisis won’t come in the shape of a battery - they come in the shape of justice,...
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Published in: ourEconomy: Opinion'Development' is colonialism in disguise
Other worlds are possible - the Pluriverse is breathing.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe G7 was a joke. Three degrees warming isn’t
We need a European Green New Deal that delivers justice on a scale to match the threat of environmental breakdown....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe perils of improvising policy: from the Balfour Declaration to Brexit
As we experience the consequences of the referendum on Britain’s membership in the EU, we might fruitfully revisit...
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Published in: ourEconomyTransfer (mis)pricing, the jewel in every multinational enterprise’s crown
How developing countries lose $3 billion every day through an accounting trick that allows corporations to avoid paying tax.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEmpire 2.0? In the Chagos islands, Britain is still fighting to maintain Empire 1.0
To refashion its place in the world, Britain must first do right by its former colonies, as a new feature-length...