Decolonial Centre x Cambridge – A talk on Genocide and Organised Abandonment
On June 19th, I had the privilege of delivering a talk titled ‘Genocide and Organized Abandonment’ at the Alison Richard Building in Cambridge. This event was jointly organized by the Palestine Culture Series, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the CRASH group (Center for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities) at Cambridge. […]
Walter Rodney Riots
By Onni Ahvonen In October 1968, the Jamaican government led by Prime Minister Hugh Shearer, was facing considerable social and political turmoil in the country’s capital, Kingston. Six years earlier, Jamaica had gained its independence from Britain. Independence, many thought, would finally bring about prosperity, justice, and equality for all Jamaicans who had endured under […]
Green Colonialism
By Hamza Hamouchene ‘Green colonialism’ refers to the ways in which the costs of producing renewable energy and green technologies often fall on colonised peoples’ like Indigenous groups, and Global South countries. It is a form of neo-colonialism. With the effects of climate change being undeniable, even by the fossil fuel industry, many countries are […]
Polisario Front & the Western Sahara
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Western Sahara, formerly occupied by Spain, has been under Moroccan occupation since 1975. Often dubbed Africa’s last colony, it is represented by The Polisario Front, a national liberation movement established in 1973 and recognized by the UN which opposes Moroccan rule and advocates for self-determination. In 1976, the Polisario Front declared […]
Communitarian Feminism
By Maria Del Pilar Villanueva Communitarian feminism is a revolutionary proposal from native women of Abiayala (the continent often referred to as Latin America) to address the multiple oppressions they have historically faced. Drawing from the ancestral principles of Abya Yala’s indigenous peoples’, it also contends that patriarchy uses colonialism to oppress all people. For communitarian […]
The DcC meets with Global Justice Now Youth in Scotland
On October 26, 2023, the ECCI Conference Room was abuzz with energy as students gathered to hear about the relationship between decolonisation and the global economy. The event commenced with an icebreaker activity, encouraging participants to interact with one another and find common ground. This helped create a sense of camaraderie among attendees who were […]
Indian, Native and Indigenous
By Thyago Ceu Among the Decolonial school of thought, how we use words is delicate and subject to much thought and reflection. The power to name events, places and peoples, after all, was used extensively by the colonisers and almost always to the detriment of the native peoples of invaded lands. One of the cruellest […]
The New International Economic Order
Promulgated as a United Nations declaration in 1974 , the NIEO was the most widely discussed transnational governance reform initiative of the 1970s. Its fundamental objective was to transform the governance of the global economy to redirect more of the benefits of transnational integration toward ‘‘the developing nations’’—thus completing the geopolitical process of decolonization and […]
The DcC’s first event Global Justice Now Youth Summer Camp
It was an honour for the Decolonial Centre to be invited to the Global Justice Now Youth Camp in tranquil Lewes. We were privileged to hear from incredible speakers who shared reports from struggles around the world. Ivonne Yanez from Acción Ecológica in Ecuador, Sasha Reza Chohra from ATTAC France, and Dorothy Guerrero from Global […]
“Realistic” Island Environments: The Case of the Mariana Islands
FROM THE SERIES: Ecologies of War “white mesa burden” by Teresa Montoya, 2021. A young boy plays by the shore on the island of Saipan while United States military cargo ships dot the horizon. Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron Three (MPSRON 3) is a constant presence in the waters and anchors four to five ships off […]
