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US aid freeze: how many dead? www.justiceinfo.net/en/141772-us...

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Welcome to the MAGA world of dire-straits farmers and no lamb tjoppies: "On the bright side, if you end up near a big city, there might be a Nando’s. Hou duim vas.😅" Hilarious!!! 🤣 www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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When Afrikaners are shooting in their own foot www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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Memories of German colonialism in Cameroon: Thank you, Flaubert Djateng/Zenü Network (@djaten.bsky.social) for conference report.👇 @mehler.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @goldmatt.bsky.social @diplo.de @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social

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A remarkable country, a remarkable woman, and a remarkable story www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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"The postwar era is over. The global architecture built in 1945 is being burned to the ground by Trump." - No, not only by him. It started earlier. He only continued the work. Ukraine is just one example. Look elsewhere too. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Bannon grüßt, wie Faschisten grüßen, darauf sagt der Chef des Rassemblement National seine Rede bei der CPAC ab. Offenbar ist MAGA zu rechts für den RF. Darauf Bannon über Bardella: „He wets himself like a little child, he‘s a boy, not a man“ youtu.be/HeVHH0v6yec?...

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"With the Joint Declaration (JD), which was made in 2021 after what seemed like ten years of negotiations on reparations, the two governments have come up with nothing more than a bilateral aid package." - Which seems to end unsigned on the shelves... www.observer24.com.na/reparations-...

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Ben Jennings, The Guardian, 21/02/25

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Interesting agenda setting at the G20 foreign minister meeting in Johannesburg www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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Inside Visegrad24, a Polish news site pushing a right-wing agenda about South Africa to the world www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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A necessary reminder of earlier colonial practices, such as the Berlin Africa conference and subsequent deals, thank you @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating theconversation.com/ukraine-isnt...

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Ecowas breakup could push up food prices and worsen hunger in west Africa theconversation.com/ecowas-break...

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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

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An Enemy to Its Friends: "perhaps the hardest thing of all is overcoming the cognitive dissonance that comes with accepting quite how much of an enemy to its friends America has suddenly become." www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...

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Weil zu viele deutsche Journalisten einfach aus vorgefertigten Dossiers zitieren, hier, was Francesca Albanese zum 7. Oktober wirklich gesagt hat. (Quelle: www.jns.org/not-an-inter... )

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Do you think Trump will be annoyed that his approval rating is 44% and Zelensky's is 57%?

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Steenhuisen yet to meet a single farmer who wants to leave South Africa www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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Namibia’s Shark Island: Europe’s push for green hydrogen risks compromising sites of colonial genocide theconversation.com/namibias-sha...

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Ghana’s looted Asante gold comes home (for now) – Asante ruler’s advisor tells us about the deal theconversation.com/ghanas-loote...

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“The Linke is the one party really rejecting hate and incitement. All the other parties seem to want to fight the AfD by imitating it.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Memories of German colonialism in Cameroon: Beeindruckende Konferenz zur Ausstellung „Staat Kamerun“ in Yaoundé.👇 @diplo.de @mehler.bsky.social @goldmatt.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social @bgissibl.bsky.social @kim-todzi.de @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social

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The genius of Afrikaaners... www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/mout...

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SA at a crossroads — global shifts, economic prospects and leadership paralysis www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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Trump's backlash has everything to do with SA's ICJ case — Israel-Palestine expert Norman Finkelstein www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict theconversation.com/m23-rebels-a...

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In this piece, I contextualize the outlandish plan to deport Palestinians from Gaza in the long history of imperial statecraft & nation-state foundation/consolidation. Unlike a recent WSJ article on the subject, I don't think this is a good idea #Gaza #EthnicCleansingOfPalestine jacobin.com

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"Verfassungspatriotismus war einmal die Hoffnung auf eine wertegeleitete Politik und Gesellschaft in einem freiheitlich-demokratischen Rechtsstaat." geschichtedergegenwart.ch/die-leere-au...

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Dekolonial Erinnern in Deutschland: Museen Stade setzen sich kritisch mit eigener kolonialen Vergangenheit im heutigen Tansania auseinander. Gefördert von @laenderkultur.bsky.social. @he-mel.bsky.social @bgissibl.bsky.social @goldmatt.bsky.social @unangstm.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social

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Memories of German colonialism: Excellent articles on colonial architecture & „monuments of trauma“ by authors from formerly colonized regions & others. Including N.Rushohora, V.Silayo, W.Apoh, R.Tsogang Fossi. @mehler.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social www.icomos.de/monuments-an...

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Totsiens my skatties — all the best in the US www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

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Memories of German colonialism in Tanzania: Marafiki Dance Theater Lab befasst sich mit Dino im Berliner Museum für Naturkunde, der während deutscher Kolonialherrschaft entwendet wurde (auf Insta). Was sagt @diplo.de zur Rückgabe? @visittanzania.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @goldmatt.bsky.social

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South Africa’s journey defies white victimhood rhetoric in a deeply polarised world www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

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- What happens when a small country decides to play Monopoly... with an ENTIRE US state? 🤯 Buckle up:" - Breaking: One nation's billion-dollar fever dream about to shock the world 💥 - The most audacious territorial acquisition plan you've never heard of..." denmarkification.com?utm=.share.b...

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Das ist auch für die gesamte Kunst der Moderne seit Gauguin, Van Gogh (der guckte allerdings eher nach Japan) und Picasso ein zentrales Thema.

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Viva Zapiro viva! www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/eyes...

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"theft of meaning is one of the deepest wounds of colonial looting... Sacred sculptures once used in ceremonies are aesthetic curiosities for foreign audiences. Royal regalia that symbolised sovereignty are reduced to artefacts of an “exotic” past." mg.co.za/friday/2025-...

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When the President is speaking... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Und übrigens auch mit @bgissibl.bsky.social ...

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Trump literally said this while sitting at a desk located in his home.

submitted 13 days ago • 18 comments

"Bo-Kaap is more than just the pretty houses and the colour. It’s also about the people and the history of the neighbourhood." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Im Anfang war die Subversion – für Johannes Agnoli (1925–2003) war sie der Schlüssel zur Befreiung. Er prägte die politische Theorie der Nachkriegszeit wie kaum ein anderer. Mit »Transformation der Demokratie« schuf er einen Meilenstein parlamentarismuskritischer Schriften. Coming next!

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Sam Nujoma incarnait la lutte pour la liberté en Namibie theconversation.com/sam-nujoma-i...

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Mit Dank an Dominic Johnson für die effiziente und prompte redaktionelle Betreuung taz.de/Nachruf-auf-...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUu8...

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