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A reflection from Africa: Conquer the fear for building stronger movements
The WRM Secretariat carried out an interview with social and environmental activist and human rights defender Nasako…
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Should the West stop giving aid to Africa?
Is aid just an extension of colonial economics? Or a lifeline for imperfect but necessary support systems? Firoze Manji…
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Decolonization politics: diversity is democracy
Politics is about who we are. How we communicate, how we fit into our communities and negotiate our shared…
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As Southern Nations break free, pressure mounts on EPRDF
Sidama progress towards statehood triggers copycat moves SNNP break-up is potential problem for SEPDM and EPRDF Splits and reforms leave…
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What to do about South Africa’s flailing economy?
Central Johannesburg. Image credit Simon Inns via Flickr. In 2018, the South African economy slipped into a…
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The Sad Decline of Brazil’s Political Establishment
Voters are manifesting their profound unhappiness with the status quo. Jair Bolsonaro is the result. On Oct. 28,…
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Europe: The Party Is Over
The mass political movements that once dominated Europe are fading fast—and the nationalist populists and upstart parties taking their…
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Tatalo Alamu :The Yellow Imperative and its Perils (It is human infrastructure, stupid)
With African leaders swarming The Forbidden City in Peking in search of soft loans and other economic incentives, the phrase…
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discoversociety: Colonial Debts, Imperial Insolvencies, Extractive Nostalgias
This special section of Discover Society emerges from a two-day gathering of scholars, activists and artists dedicated to…
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Swedes Can’t Go Home Again
In the run-up to Sweden’s election, one word explains why the country used to feel like a family—and why…
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