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Fundraising
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to decolonise' its work

Child sponsorship models can be racialised and paternalistic; ActionAid UK will transform funding toward community-shaped, decolonised partnerships emphasizing solidarity and women's rights funding.
History
fromianVisits
2 weeks ago

Not the good guys: Exhibition confronts Britain's colonial wars

Colonial Britain used counter-insurgency, population control, and covert tactics in Kenya, Malaysia, and Cyprus to retain control, causing civil wars and concealed abuses.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Greenland's tragedy: the dream of independence now looks like a trap laid by Donald Trump | Rune Lykkeberg

Two competing narratives frame Greenland–Denmark relations: Danish-state integration as successful modernisation and Greenlandic perspective viewing continuing colonisation.
Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Sixty years ago, the world tried to stop racial discrimination and failed

International legal prohibition of racial discrimination originated from Global South initiatives, yet systemic racial discrimination persists worldwide in policing, migration, and labour.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Catherine Connolly sworn in as Ireland's president on day of pomp and celebration

Catherine Connolly will use the Irish presidency to champion diversity, the Irish language, climate action, decolonisation legacy, and housing as a human right.
Arts
fromCN Traveller
3 months ago

A look inside the Nigerian Modernism exhibition at Tate Modern

Nigerian Modernism opens at Tate Modern showcasing 250 works by over 50 artists tracing Nigerian modern art from the 1940s to the 1980s and diaspora.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

A decolonised alternative to Trump's Gaza peace plan

Only a decolonised plan centred on Palestinian sovereignty can bring lasting peace to Gaza. United States President Donald Trump's 20-point Gaza peace plan offers some constructive proposals on hostages, humanitarian aid, and reconstruction. Yet it is marred by an unmistakable colonial framework: Gaza is to be overseen by Trump himself, with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other outsiders cast as trustees for Palestinian governance, while Palestinian statehood is deferred indefinitely.
World news
Philosophy
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 months ago

Decolonising knowledge: A call to reclaim Islam's intellectual legacy

Muslims must challenge Eurocentric frameworks and rediscover their own epistemology, moving beyond superficial reforms.
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