Bold ocean protection plan could help right one of the UK’s historic wrongs
This story was produced as part of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference Fellowship organized by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network with ...
Tag: Colonialism
The Jubilee is a reflection of all that’s wrong in Britain
Not everyone is in celebratory mood this weekend. Curtis Daly explains why he is opposed to the monarchy.
The only thing we need less than a Jubilee celebration is a queen
The Queen's Jubilee celebrations are set to pop up next week. June is going to begin with a four-day bank ...
Cambridge college to return looted cockerel statue to Nigeria
Jesus College set up a Legacy of Slavery Working Party to explore the ‘historical, legal and moral status’ of its ...
African experts slam trophy hunting’s impact on people and wildlife, in wake of latest scandal
A recent trophy hunting controversy in Zimbabwe has strengthened the argument that the practice is damaging to conservation. In the ...
It’s not a war – it’s a colonial occupation
The war on Afghanistan has been anything but. It's actually been a money grab for private security firms and arms ...
Trial date set for four accused of damaging Colston statue
December 13 will be the trial date of four people charged with criminal damage in relation to a bronze memorial ...
Statues to be removed in London over links to slavery
The City of London Corporation has voted to re-site monuments to William Beckford and Sir John Cass in Guildhall.
60 years on, Patrice Lumumba’s assassination stands as a gruesome reminder of post-colonial brutality
Exactly 60 years ago today, Congolese national liberation leader Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. Those responsible were most likely troops of ...
California ski resort changes name over offensive term for Native American women
Squaw Valley Ski Resort hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics.
British Museum removes bust of its slave-owning founding father
The institution’s director said the museum must not ‘hide anything’.
Cecil Rhodes statue will remain outside Oxford college until at least next year
A long-running campaign demanding the removal of the statue gained renewed attention amid the Black Lives Matter movement.
Coronavirus and Black Lives Matter is a double revolution that opens a possibility for Africa to change its relationship with the west
In his youth, Professor Yash Tandon was a presidential adviser to Uganda's government soon after the country's political independence. Because ...
Here’s why you might not be seeing the systems of oppression that surround us
Sometimes it’s hard to see the systems of oppression we're living in. This is especially true when you're not directly ...
The ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem continues as a family fights imminent eviction
In 2018, I visited the Sumarin family in their East Jerusalem home, right by the walls of the historical Old ...
Idols must fall. We can’t address racism in the present without condemning Britain’s colonial past.
As the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement continues to make waves and hold racist power structures to account, the marketplace ...
Lisa Nandy’s call for the government to ‘step up’ for human rights in Hong Kong is ignorant of Britain’s colonial past
Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy came off as very neo-colonial following her recent comments on Hong Kong. So much so ...
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