Social Reproduction
By DCC Team When we think about the economy, we usually focus on jobs, wages, markets, and production. But beneath the surface lies a vast network of often invisible labour that makes the economy — and society — possible. This is what social reproduction refers to: all the unpaid or underpaid work that goes into […]
White Gods Myth In Latin America
By DCC Team One of the most enduring stories about the Spanish conquest of Mexico is that the Indigenous people, particularly the Mexica (often called the “Aztecs”), believed Hernán Cortés and his fellow conquistadors were gods. Hernán Cortés (1485–1547) was a Spanish conquistador best known for leading the expedition that resulted in the fall of […]
Surplus Populations
By DCC Team Surplus populations are people capitalism no longer needs for work or consumption. They aren’t an accident but a built-in feature of the system, growing “in the direct ratio of its own energy and extent” (Marx 1976:782). These populations embody capitalism’s contradictions, existing as both the byproducts of economic growth and the human […]
Security Industrial Complex
By DCC Team The security-industrial complex refers to the network of relationships between governments, private corporations, and security agencies that profit from and sustain “security”. Security here means systems of surveillance, border control, and detention. This is related to the rise in global migration. It is a form of racist state control and the security-industrial […]
Settler colonialism
By Angelique Stastny Settler colonialism is a distinct form of colonialism. In settler colonial societies, settlers come to stay and impose their sovereignties and lifestyles. It puts in place a long-lasting oppressive structure that seeks to erase Indigenous governance, economies and knowledge systems. Settler colonialism is different from exploitation colonialism in that it involves a […]
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 […]
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 […]
