Decolonial Dialogues

Decolonial Dialogues

20. Ukraine – Russia: A Decolonial View

Sandew Hira and Ramon Grosfoguel discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the longer history of tensions between Russia and the US over NATO expansion, and the wider ramifications of the conflict. Subtitled, “The New War ‘MADE IN THE USA’: An International Coup d’Etat against Europe

19: A decolonial view of Afghanistan now

Sandew Hira and Ramon Grosfoguel discuss the fall of Kabul, the expulsion of the US and what may be a ‘new’ Taliban taking over Afghanistan in the last week. Hira and Grosfoguel overview a history of Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion of 1979, look at

18: The demise of the state of Israel

Sandew Hira and Ramon Grosfoguel look at the paradigms of decoloniality and how they relate to the long term future of Palestine and the ending of the apartheid project of Israel. This episode of Decolonial Dialogues has replaced the scheduled one as a result of

14. The Pseudo-Left in Latin America

Ramón Grosfoguel and Sandew Hira look at the contradictions between word, action and affiliation amongst parts of the left in Latin America, in this edition of Decolonial Dialogues.

13. Defund the Pentagon

This week, Sandew Hira launches the idea of ‘Defund the Pentagon’. Ramon Grosfoguel discusses the fundamentals of the concept with Hira. How can a society like the USA change or be changed? The experience of progressive social movements aligning themselves with the Democrats over a