Decolonial Dispatch

Who decides who belongs in Britain? Who pays the price when a government turns hostile toward the people keeping the country running? With Labour proposing to extend migrant settlement routes from 10 years to over 20, families across the UK face a system designed to keep them in permanent precarity. The Windrush scandal, the visa bans on Sudan and Afghanistan, the broken promises to care workers a...

We are living in unprecedented times. A time when genocide, daily images of death and trauma are flooding our minds. A time of uncertainty characterised by the state of the world but also our whole environment. This week on Decolonial Dispatch, we speak to Writer, Embodiment Social Justice Facilitator and Author of Tending Grief, Camille Sapara Barton. We explore the concept of embodied decolonisa...

Who controls the cameras on our streets? Who is harmed from policing by algorithm in a fair society? With the rollout of AI facial recognition technology across the UK, citizens face a massive experiment that treats us like Guinea pigs. Police vans and fixed CCTV cameras are scanning thousands of faces. Cases of misidentification, like that of Shaun Thomson. We speak to Jasleen Chaggar, legal and...

It has been 66 years since the U.S. imposed embargo on Cuba. This is the most comprehensive blockade imposed on any country in the world. Cuba is excluded from international financial systems and any trade of goods. The UN general assembly has condemned the blockade more than 33 times. This week's episode of Decolonial Dispatch w/Bernard Regan, Secretary of The Cuba Solidarity Campaign in Lond...

In this episode of Decolonial Dispatch, host Mohammed speaks with Benny Wenda, leader of the ULMWP and the Provisional Government of West Papua, to discuss the West Papuan struggle against Indonesian occupation. The conversation begins by contextualising the recent Indonesian protests against the ruling elite as a parallel decolonial struggle against a "dying empire". Benny recounts his...

Who profits from oil in Venezuela? And who should? With what was once one of the world's most productive oil basins, Venezuela's resource rich landscape made it one of the wealthiest country's in Latin America. But the petrostate has suffered in recent years, becoming a nation in crisis. One in five people have left due to political and economic instability under President Nicolas Madu...

The collapse of the Iranian Regime doesn't necessarily mean justice. We're trying to find out who on the ground is trying to replace the regime with a vision for all of Iran's peoples that is pro democratic, anti-monarchist, anti-imperialist, and represents the aspirations of Iran's popular forces. Is the Iranian Regime Collapsing? This might be wishful thinking.. But if so, what w...

In this episode of Decolonial Dispatch, host Mohammed explores the pivotal role of youth in the Palestinian liberation struggle with organisers Janine and Dario from the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM). The conversation traces the historical legacy of youth organising, from the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) to the post-Oslo landscape, highlighting how the accords served as a form o...

Exposing Racism and Police Brutality with Marcia Rigg In this powerful episode of Decolonial Dispatch, host Mohammed dives into the critical issue of racism and police brutality, ignited by a recent BBC Panorama expose on police misconduct. Special guest Marcia Rigg, a key figure in the United Families and Friends Campaign, shares her deeply personal story about the tragic death of her brother Sea...

Western Sahara: Africa's Last ColonySpanish colonial legacy, Moroccan occupation, resource plunder, and a "greenwashing" media campaign—Western Sahara's struggle is ignored by the world. Mohammad Elnaiem, joined by Sandblast Arts founder Danielle Smith, exposes the region's reality and the international complicity erasing its people. Learn why the US, UK, France, and Spain le...

The far-right's "ethnic cleansing" ideas are going mainstream in the UK, and it's wild. We break down how this is all happening and why it matters. You will want to see this episode with Luke de Noronha Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Balochistan: Under Occupation, Fighting for SurvivalBritish colonial lines, Pakistani occupation, resource plunder, and a media blackout—Balochistan’s struggle is ignored by the world. Mohammad Elnaiem, joined by youth activist Yusuf Baloch, exposes the region’s reality and how climate justice is inseparable from liberation. Learn why international powers clash over Balochistan’s minerals, and hea...

Sudan is facing the largest man-made famine in the world, not a natural disaster, but a weapon of war. This Episode explores how starvation is being used to crush the Sudanese Revolution, the role of Emergency Response Rooms as organs of people’s power, and why mutual aid is central to survival. We also connect Sudan’s struggle with Gaza, where grassroots projects like the Samir Project defy genoc...

230 billion dollars stolen. 1,400 protesters killed. One year after the Monsoon Revolution, Bangladesh is still at a crossroads. Will power remain in the hands of those who fought for it — or will it be taken back by the elites? In this episode of Decolonial Dispatch , we dig deep into the fight to keep the revolution alive, the shadow of old regimes, and the global networks that enable corruption...

Protesters are being arrested, surveilled, and labelled as terrorists — from student campuses in the US to indigenous uprisings in France’s colonies. In this episode, Mohamed Elnaiem and Liz Fekete expose how states are using colonial tactics and paramilitary policing to silence dissent. What starts with Palestine solidarity is part of a global pattern: criminalising protest, erasing rights, and c...

In this episode, we are joined by Associate Professor Liam Liburd from Durham University. The episode was recorded in the immediate aftermath of the race riots across Britain in 2024. Ever wondered what the relationship is between colonialism and fascist, far right movements? We explore the origins of British fascism and how the first fascists in Britain were often colonial officers who had served...

In a corporate-led transition, we can see false solutions appearing in every corner of the world. Check out how this has been unfolding in the Phillipines and other Asian countries, with Chadli Sadorra from the Asian Peoples' Movement on Debt Development (APMDD) sharing about the colonial legacies that have been severely undermining their efforts for an equitable and just transition that doesn...

In 1956, Amilcar Cabral and his comrades founded the African Party for the Independence of Guinea in Cape Verde in Guinea-Bissau, aiming to liberate their nation from Portuguese colonialism. Over the course of their armed struggle, the PAIGC not only liberated two-thirds of the country but also introduced schools, hospitals, and local government with free elections in areas that had seen none of t...

Episode 3.0 of our podcast Decolonial Dialogues is out on YouTube. We interview Daniel Selwyn, who is a Researcher and Educator, also a part of London Mining Network in an interesting conversation on UK Mining and its war machine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Decolonial Dialogues Podcast, where diverse voices from decolonial and anti-colonial scholars, activists, grassroots movements, and more thought provoking conversations and analysis. Today we are honoured to interview the historian, political scientist, activist and public educator Françoise Vergès . Growing up in Réunion, in Algeria and in the family of anti-colonial and communist feminists s...

The Decolonial Podcast by Decolonial Centre is a platform that amplifies ideas from anti-colonial and decolonial thinking and practices. Its mission is to foster dialogue, learning, and transformation while addressing issues of racial justice, climate justice, and knowledge justice. The Decolonial centre aims to unite activists and organisations worldwide in the quest for justice, equality, and th...