Irish people support Palestinians because they recognise the settler colonial process at play
Worldview: Ireland was a pioneer settler colony of England
Colonialism
Read more articles about colonialism
Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis – a trenchant account of colonialism
Tao Leigh Goffe makes the case for 1492 being the ‘ground zero’ of both colonial conquest and today’s climate emergency
Shattered Lands. Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia: Wonderful telling of a sad history
Work of great scope and verve draws on a range of superb memoirs and testimonies, covering much more than India and Pakistan
How did European identity develop? Three authors take on colonialism, imperialism and witchcraft
Three monumental academic titles, whose authority is grounded on expert scholarship but whose style is for the general reader, shake up our westernised view of the world
My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria by Andrée Blouin – An intense history of colonialism
Blouin’s story serves as a microcosm for the near misses, cycles and reason-defying hope that characterise Africa’s past
On Beast Games, MrBeast gives away islands. This will be familiar to the Irish as ‘colonialism’
There is no rhyme or reason to success or failure on Prime Video’s gameshow. MrBeast’s message for our children seems to be that life is arbitrary chaos
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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