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 […]
