Tags: #Neocolonialism
5 posts
Galeano and Quijano — Open Veins and the Coloniality of Power, Two Sides of the Same Plunder
The history of Latin America is the history of continuous plunder. Eduardo Galeano narrated it in blood and ink in Open Veins of Latin America, and Aníbal Quijano gave it theoretical framework with his concept of coloniality of power.
Nkrumah and Sankara — Neocolonialism Does Not Forgive Those Who Denounce Debt
Two Africans, two decades, one destiny. Nkrumah wrote the book that defined neocolonialism; Sankara gave the speech calling for debt refusal. Both were eliminated. This is what they do not want you to know.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man — John Perkins and the Debt Traps of the Third World
John Perkins was an economic hit man who worked to indebt entire countries. His book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" exposed the most sophisticated system of modern imperialism: debt as a tool of global domination.
Markets Are Founded on Violence — David Graeber and the 5,000 Years of Debt
David Graeber revolutionized economic anthropology: barter never existed, debt predates money, and states invented coinage to pay armies. Second article of the Geopolitics of Control series.
David Graeber and Debt: The Myth of Barter and the True History of Money
David Graeber revolutionized economic anthropology: barter never existed, debt predates money, and states invented coinage to pay armies. Second article of the Geopolitics of Control series.