Coal, British Industry, and Colonialism
By Daniel Therkelsen – Campaign Manager, Coal Action Network FUELLING, AND FUELLED BY, COLONIALISM Coal powered Britain’s industrial and economic expansion during its Industrial Revolution. The abundance of coal discovered in Britain was a key factor that enabled the country’s early industrialisation, developing technologies and industries unfeasible elsewhere due to the lack of cheap energy […]
Food & Decoloniality
By Caitlin Rajan ‘Food colonialism’ refers to the many ways colonial legacies affect how we grow, produce, and distribute food. As a concept, food colonialism highlights how food systems, food consumption, and cultural ideas around food have been and continue to be shaped by colonial and neo-colonial projects. Recognising the enduring colonial relations that characterise […]
Climate Coloniality
By Lorena Piedrahita-Lopez ‘Climate Coloniality’ was coined by Farhana Sultana by building off Anibal Quijano’s concept of ‘Coloniality’ – the idea that even though colonialism has ‘officially ended’, its effects continue to shape contemporary society. Coloniality relies on racialised hierarchies of power developed under colonialism, which values proximity to European identity. Climate coloniality looks at […]
Femonationalism
Femonationalism is a concept, coined by Sara Farris, which refers to how the far right weaponises and exploits the struggle for women’s liberation in the name of anti-Islam and anti-migrant rhetoric. It is an ideology that seeks to exclude racialised and/or Muslim men under the guise of gender equality. Femonationalism is related to the crisis […]
Coloniality of Gender
The concept of the “coloniality of gender” has its roots in the work of the late scholar María Lugones, who argued that rather than being natural, gender identities and roles have been shaped, constructed, and enforced through colonial processes of domination and control. The theory itself builds on Aníbal Quijano concept of the ‘coloniality of […]
Puerto Rico’s Pursuit of Colonial Reparations: A Path to Justice and Economic Revival
By: Javier A. Hernandez For decades, the issue of colonial reparations for Puerto Rico has persisted, recently gaining renewed interest among decolonization advocates. The United States owes Puerto Rico reparations for 125 years of colonization, human rights violations, and economic exploitation. Renowned legal scholars assert that international law supports Puerto Rico’s right to reparations based […]
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 the […]
