Decolonize This Place’s Nine Weeks of Art and Action at the Whitney Museum of American Art (courtesy of Andres Rodrigues/Decolonize This Place) We have been asked, “What comes next?” We see the ...
Ralph Bunche was highly committed to helping colonized countries regain their autonomy through peaceful means. He was instrumental in drafting Chapters 11 and 12 of the United Nations Charter, dealing ...
The US has a well-known history of institutionalized marginalization, but it’s important to recognize individual institutions unjust colonization efforts, as even UConn, a state school, has ...
With 17 non-self-governing territories remaining worldwide, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said that decolonization is a process that has to be guided by the aspirations and needs of the ...
“It is necessary that the United Nations take effective measures to speed up the process of decolonization toward the complete elimination of colonialism,” Gholam-Hossein Dehqani told the UN Special ...
When Guam became a United States territory with the Treaty of Paris of 1899, Guam’s future course was set forth in 25 words: “The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the ...
A group of progressive organizations are pushing for passage of a bill they say gives Puerto Ricans a voice on the question of the island's future status and its relationship with the U.S. The push ...
All over the world, hundreds of millions of people had exercised their right to self-determination and achieved self-government, and facilitating that process was “one of the proudest chapters of our ...
The Sioux tribe and Standing Rock supporters are rejoicing in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to seek alternative routes for the Dakota Access Pipeline. In Sioux tradition, the seventh ...
The statement was read out by the Iranian ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee, on behalf of the NAM member states, during a meeting of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee. Allow me ...