Etiqueta: colonialism
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Colonizing Uruguay to Improve the Race?
Jorge Majfud traces the modern obsession with race and sex back to capitalism, contrasting ancient attitudes with 19th‑century pseudoscience and today’s tech-libertarian utopias. Using Praxis’s +Colonia project in Uruguay, he warns how racism, elitism, and “innovation” can mask old patterns of resource grab—this time, over strategic freshwater reserves.
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King Leopold II
The documentary King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa examines King Leopold II’s exploitation of the Congo Free State between 1885 and 1908. It focuses on the system of forced labor and large-scale atrocities committed in the pursuit of wealth, particularly from rubber and ivory, and on the human…
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The Spanish American War
This guide serves as an introductory scholarly resource, presenting key questions and themes not necessarily central to the primary debates of the course. Highlighting Jacksonville University’s commitment to academic freedom, the course encourages discussions that may be uncomfortable and emphasizes objective presentation without personal persuasion. Central to the course is the Spanish-American War, exploring its…
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South & East Asia
This guide serves as an introductory resource exploring the legacy of Indigenous thought and its resistance to colonialism. It discusses Tenochtitlan’s founding myth, contrasts Indigenous cosmologies with European beliefs, and analyzes the Spanish conquest’s complex causes, including disease, alliances, and the interplay of political and religious motives.
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The Classical World: Ancient Greece
This guide serves as an introductory resource exploring the legacy of Indigenous thought and its resistance to colonialism. It discusses Tenochtitlan’s founding myth, contrasts Indigenous cosmologies with European beliefs, and analyzes the Spanish conquest’s complex causes, including disease, alliances, and the interplay of political and religious motives.
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The Fall of the Native World
This guide serves as an introductory resource exploring the legacy of Indigenous thought and its resistance to colonialism. It discusses Tenochtitlan’s founding myth, contrasts Indigenous cosmologies with European beliefs, and analyzes the Spanish conquest’s complex causes, including disease, alliances, and the interplay of political and religious motives.
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“The White Man’s Burden II”
In a critical examination of an opinion piece by John Steele Gordon, Jorge Majfud highlights the historical distortions surrounding wealth creation in America. Majfud argues that America’s prosperity stemmed from exploitation and military dominance rather than true innovation. He emphasizes the destructive nature of wealth accumulation and critiques the glorification of capitalists, urging a recognition…
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Africa’s New Wave of Anti-Colonialism
The content discusses the complexities of China’s relationship with Africa, focusing on economic and geopolitical impacts. It highlights China’s investment in infrastructure, the «debt trap» debate, and contrasts its non-interference policy with Western approaches. African leaders actively navigate relationships with global powers to further national interests amid evolving geopolitical dynamics.
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China’s Rise in Africa: Infrastructure, Investment, and Global Power Politics
The content discusses the complexities of China’s relationship with Africa, focusing on economic and geopolitical impacts. It highlights China’s investment in infrastructure, the «debt trap» debate, and contrasts its non-interference policy with Western approaches. African leaders actively navigate relationships with global powers to further national interests amid evolving geopolitical dynamics.
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19. ¿The bombardment of yet another attempt at development and independence?
The post explores the complexities surrounding the end of apartheid in South Africa, detailing internal unrest, international anti-apartheid movements, and the geopolitical dynamics of the Cold War. It highlights the negotiated transition to democracy, the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the persistent economic inequality following political change.
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18. The 90s Broken Nations
The post explores the complexities surrounding the end of apartheid in South Africa, detailing internal unrest, international anti-apartheid movements, and the geopolitical dynamics of the Cold War. It highlights the negotiated transition to democracy, the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the persistent economic inequality following political change.
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17. The End of Apartheid—and Where It Fell Short
The post explores the complexities surrounding the end of apartheid in South Africa, detailing internal unrest, international anti-apartheid movements, and the geopolitical dynamics of the Cold War. It highlights the negotiated transition to democracy, the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the persistent economic inequality following political change.
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U.S. and European Policy in Africa during the Cold War
This content explores the historical context and complexities of apartheid and settler colonialism in Southern Africa, highlighting key figures like Nelson Mandela. It details the struggles of local liberation movements, Cold War dynamics, and international pressures that led to the eventual dismantling of apartheid, culminating in South Africa’s democratic elections in 1994.
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15. Angola and Mozambique: Proxy Wars in the Cold War
This content explores the historical context and complexities of apartheid and settler colonialism in Southern Africa, highlighting key figures like Nelson Mandela. It details the struggles of local liberation movements, Cold War dynamics, and international pressures that led to the eventual dismantling of apartheid, culminating in South Africa’s democratic elections in 1994.
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14. The Horn of Africa in the Cold War
This content explores the historical context and complexities of apartheid and settler colonialism in Southern Africa, highlighting key figures like Nelson Mandela. It details the struggles of local liberation movements, Cold War dynamics, and international pressures that led to the eventual dismantling of apartheid, culminating in South Africa’s democratic elections in 1994.
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13. Southern Africa and Settler Power
This content explores the historical context and complexities of apartheid and settler colonialism in Southern Africa, highlighting key figures like Nelson Mandela. It details the struggles of local liberation movements, Cold War dynamics, and international pressures that led to the eventual dismantling of apartheid, culminating in South Africa’s democratic elections in 1994.
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12. Neocolonialism: Congo
This course guide uses the Congo Crisis (1960–65) to explore neocolonialism: how Belgium, the U.S., corporations, and the CIA protected access to uranium, copper, cobalt, and diamonds by undermining Patrice Lumumba and backing Mobutu, turning Congo’s independence into an economic illusion that still shapes cobalt extraction today.
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Neocolonialism: Françafrique
France maintained control over its former African colonies through a system known as Françafrique, which involved military pacts, economic ties, and currency control via the CFA franc. This arrangement created dependency, limiting true sovereignty despite nominal independence, and exemplifies neocolonialism, blending past colonization with modern influence.
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3. Industrial Europe and the Imperial Drive
The document discusses the impact of European colonialism in Africa post-1850, highlighting the significance of the Industrial Revolution, technological advances, and race theory in facilitating imperial expansion. It outlines how Africa became crucial for European economies and examines Ethiopia’s successful resistance against colonization, contrasting it with widespread exploitation of African resources.
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Slavery, Abolition, and “Legitimate Commerce”
El contenido de la publicación aborda la relación entre el racismo moderno, la esclavitud y el colonialismo, destacando cómo estos fenómenos se desarrollaron a partir del siglo XV. Se enfatiza el impacto de la ideología racial y cómo la esclavitud atlántica se convirtió en un sistema industrializado que radicaba en la herencia y el color…
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