For himneo colonialism itself is a kind of variegated category, right, which has different kinds iterations. So then it's like, what? What does federation make possible for them? How might federation make possible a kind of exit from these forms of nomic dependence? And the central argument for both quaman crima and eric williams here is that by re orienting ourselves towards other similarly situated post colonial states, we could create an economy that was more internally self sufficient.
Featuring Adom Getachew on the story of how decolonization struggles across the Black Atlantic tried to not only cast off European rule but also to remake the entire world system. An October 2019 episode from the archives.
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