As we experience the consequences of the referendum on Britain’s membership in the EU, we might fruitfully revisit an earlier case of casually self-inflicted political damage in Palestine.
To refashion its place in the world, Britain must first do right by its former colonies, as a new feature-length film focusing on the activism of the Chagossian exile community demonstrates.
Britain’s undertakings from the government’s own archives, show a pride rooted in false promises of “one nation promising a second the land of a third”
The colonial image of Persians as hypocritical and unreliable is so deeply entrenched in western imagination, that it affects policymaking on the highest levels.
Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, activist, scholar, and daughter of Frantz Fanon, talks about the enduring relevance of his ideas and passions in contemporary political life.
Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, activist, scholar, and daughter of Frantz Fanon, talks about the enduring relevance of his ideas and passions in contemporary political life.
The unrestricted flow of cheap natural resources from the global south to the rich industrialized north, maintains a profoundly unjust international division of labour.
Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi distills the vital lessons from the past, the complicated legacy of independence and partition, and the enduring relevance of nonviolent resistance.
Marine Le Pen's declaration that colonialism was a positive thing is not only a denial of France's painful history, but an example of the fascism that we now face in Europe.
