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Relatives of the victims commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Hogar Seguro fire on 8 March 2021 in San José Pinula. Last on the right is Esmeralda Salguero, holding a photo of her daughter Keila. Photo: Mira Galanova

Justice delayed is justice denied

Guatemala may have made progress in trying to hold people to account for abuses of power, but with so many tragic cases languishing in the courts, Mira Galanova explores what’s getting in the way of justice.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Red Fort, New Delhi, for Independence Day celebrations on 15 August 2018. Photo: Pradeepgaurs/Shutterstock

How Modi hijacked the call to decolonize

Tarushi Aswani on how the Indian government is using the language of decolonization to promote its own form of rightwing nationalism.

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Author Lutivini Majanja performs her story ‘Home’ at the Story Sosa event in Nairobi, hosted by Baraza Media Lab on 23 July 2023. Photo: Slumidia/Story Sosa

‘Our culture is word of mouth’

Decolonizing Africa’s media means interrogating its form as well as its content. Patrick Gathara examines an initiative which tells narrative stories through live performance in Kenya, and asks what lessons it holds for the continent at large.

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People queue to cross the La Digue River in Petit Goave, Haiti, following the collapse of a bridge during Hurricane Matthew which hit the island on 4 October 2016 and killed over 1,000 people. Photo: Andrew Mcconnell/Panos Pictures

Get up, pay up

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco reports on the growing movement to get the Global North to cough up for its climate debt.

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Activists demonstrate at a London protest organized by Africans Rising UK on 6 October 2021. Photo: Sangiuliano/Shutterstock

The fight for reparations

The push for repair emanates from movements with a rich and varied history. Priya Lukka explores where we’ve come from and what could be ahead.

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Playing dominoes in central Bridgetown on 15 November 2021, a couple of weeks before the ceremony to swear in Sandra Mason as president. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Ain dun yet

Barbados took the plunge and ditched the British monarchy two years ago. Has anything really changed since? Amy Hall reports.

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From left to right: Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica; Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada; Kurt Waldheim, Secretary General of the UN; and Cuban President Fidel Castro during arrival ceremonies at the airport in Havana, ahead of the Non-Aligned countries Summit beginning in September 1979. Photo: Bettmann/Getty Images

How third worldism was silenced

It was a moment that could have remade the world, but it was squashed by neoliberal agendas. Kojo Koram charts the rise and fall of the anti-colonial New International Economic Order.

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Empire - The Facts

Empire - The Facts

Action, and further reading on Decolonization.

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Activists from Debt for Climate and Extinction Rebellion shut down traffic in front of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Washington DC on 13 October 2022. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The long goodbye

Confronting the impact of empire is not about getting stuck in the past, writes Amy Hall. It’s vital to how we build a better future.

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Spotlight: Michael Rosen

The former Children’s Laureate writer. Words by Subi Shah.

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Mixed Media: Music

Mixed Media: Music

Such Ferocious Beauty; Mutations.

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Mixed Media: Film

Mixed Media: Film

Name Me Lawand; The Damned Don’t Cry.

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Mixed Media: Books

Mixed Media: Books

The Drinker of Horizons; Macunaíma; Out of Sri Lanka; Black Oot Here.

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Mixed Media: Hot Docs

Mixed Media: Hot Docs

Highlights from the 2023 Toronto Festival by Richard Swift and Heather Macdonald.

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 Illustration: Andy Carter

What if...

The west stopped exporting second-hand clothing? Alice McCool imagines a world where countries are not left wearing the West’s cast-offs.

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Justice delayed is justice denied

Guatemala may have made progress in trying to hold people to account for abuses of power, but with so many tragic cases languishing in the courts, Mira Galanova explores what’s getting in the way of justice.

Mira Galanova September, 2023 545 Buy
How Modi hijacked the call to decolonize

Tarushi Aswani on how the Indian government is using the language of decolonization to promote its own form of rightwing nationalism.

Tarushi Aswani September, 2023 545 Buy
‘Our culture is word of mouth’

Decolonizing Africa’s media means interrogating its form as well as its content. Patrick Gathara examines an initiative which tells narrative stories through live performance in Kenya, and asks what lessons it holds for the continent at large.

Patrick Gathara September, 2023 545 Buy
Get up, pay up

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco reports on the growing movement to get the Global North to cough up for its climate debt.

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco September, 2023 545 Buy
The fight for reparations

The push for repair emanates from movements with a rich and varied history. Priya Lukka explores where we’ve come from and what could be ahead.

Priya Lukka September, 2023 545 Buy
Ain dun yet

Barbados took the plunge and ditched the British monarchy two years ago. Has anything really changed since? Amy Hall reports.

Amy Hall September, 2023 545 Buy
How third worldism was silenced

It was a moment that could have remade the world, but it was squashed by neoliberal agendas. Kojo Koram charts the rise and fall of the anti-colonial New International Economic Order.

Kojo Koram September, 2023 545 Buy
Empire - The Facts

Action, and further reading on Decolonization.

September, 2023 545 Buy
The long goodbye

Confronting the impact of empire is not about getting stuck in the past, writes Amy Hall. It’s vital to how we build a better future.

Amy Hall September, 2023 545 Buy
Spotlight: Michael Rosen

The former Children’s Laureate writer. Words by Subi Shah.

Subi Shah July, 2023 544 Buy
Mixed Media: Music

Such Ferocious Beauty; Mutations.

Louise Gray July, 2023 544 Read
Mixed Media: Film

Name Me Lawand; The Damned Don’t Cry.

Vanessa Baird July, 2023 544 Buy
Mixed Media: Books

The Drinker of Horizons; Macunaíma; Out of Sri Lanka; Black Oot Here.

Conrad Landin July, 2023 544 Buy
Mixed Media: Hot Docs

Highlights from the 2023 Toronto Festival by Richard Swift and Heather Macdonald.

Richard Swift and Heather Macdonald July, 2023 544 Buy
What if...

The west stopped exporting second-hand clothing? Alice McCool imagines a world where countries are not left wearing the West’s cast-offs.

Alice McCool July, 2023 544 Buy