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US and EU sanctions have killed 38 million since 1970

Far from a peaceful tool, these measures weaponise hunger and deprivation to enforce Western dominance.

A man holds Iranian rials at a currency exchange shop, before the start of the U.S. sanctions on Tehran, in Basra

The real reason the West is warmongering against China

China’s spectacular economic development has brought up the price of its labour and dwindled Western corporate profits.

Employees work on the humanoid robot assembly line at the AgiBot factory in Shanghai, China March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Florence Lo

How much should inequality be reduced?

Most people agree that inequality is too extreme and needs to be reduced.

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How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years

The extraordinary mortality rates in India between 1880 to 1920 were no accident.

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The Global South has the power to force radical climate action

After all, Western economies – and their economic growth – depend utterly on labour and resources from the South.

Protestors carry placards as they demonstrate as part of a global day of action on climate change outside parliament in Cape Town

Who is responsible for climate breakdown?

Climate breakdown is a result of atmospheric colonisation – and its consequences are playing out along colonial lines.

A protester holds a placard that reads " my child cannot breathe" in Delhi

Rich countries drained $152tn from the global South since 1960

Imperialism never ended, it just changed form.

Protesters show a sign that reads 'The debt is with the people, not the IMF' during a demonstration at Plaza de Mayo on August 15, 2019, in Buenos Aires, Argentina [Ricardo Ceppi/ Getty Images]

A call for global vaccine justice

Only a truly global vaccination strategy can ensure equal value is placed on the lives of the rich and the poor.

A woman gets the coronavirus vaccine, at a vaccination centre in Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, amid the outbreak of COVID-19, in London, UK [File: Henry Nicholls/Reuters]

Apartheid in the World Bank and the IMF

These institutions, designed with colonial principles in mind, remain largely colonial in character to this day.

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The racist double standards of international development

The claim that we are making ‘wonderful progress’ against global poverty is a fallacy based on a colonial mindset.

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