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Discourse on Colonialism - Aimé Césaire

Red Menace

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Is There Anywhere to Go but Fascism?

Fascism is an outgrowth of both colonialism and capitalism, which themselves are these parallel and simultaneous historical processes. And so understanding it that way, fascism is always present in the colonial capitalist system. It becomes more explicit at certain times particularly within capitalist crisis when the contradictions of society can't be held together by its structure. But it's also true that, you know, capitalism has nowhere to go but fascism.

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