Most people agree that inequality is too extreme and needs to be reduced.
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The extraordinary mortality rates in India between 1880 to 1920 were no accident.
After all, Western economies – and their economic growth – depend utterly on labour and resources from the South.
Climate breakdown is a result of atmospheric colonisation – and its consequences are playing out along colonial lines.
Imperialism never ended, it just changed form.
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Only a truly global vaccination strategy can ensure equal value is placed on the lives of the rich and the poor.
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These institutions, designed with colonial principles in mind, remain largely colonial in character to this day.
The claim that we are making ‘wonderful progress’ against global poverty is a fallacy based on a colonial mindset.
Scandinavian countries may top every ranking on human development, but they are a disaster for the environment.
And lied about it.
