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Aug 2023
40m 47s

How Old Colonial Narratives Are Used to ...

RANIA KHALEK
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Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-how-88285425 We’re told that countries across the Global South are poor and plagued by violence not because of colonialism, imperialism, never ending Western wars, resource theft and destabilization campaigns. Rather, it’s because they’re ruled by corrupt and greedy people who s ... Show More
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