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SUMMARY:Decolonizing Finance: Breaking the Cycle of Debt
DESCRIPTION:Why are so many African nations still drowning in debt? And more importantly\, who benefits from this system? \nThe truth is\, the global financial system wasn’t built to serve Africa’s interests. It was designed to keep former colonies economically dependent and ensure wealth continues to flow out of the Global South and into the hands of former colonial powers. \nIn this interactive workshop\, we’ll break down how institutions like the IMF and World Bank shape economic policies that prioritize creditors over people\, and how these policies keep countries trapped in debt. We’ll also explore the hidden colonial legacies in global finance\, from unfair credit ratings to resource exploitation. \nBut this isn’t just about identifying the problem – it’s also about solutions. We’ll discuss: \n\nWhat a decolonized financial system could look like\nHow movements for debt cancellation and financial sovereignty are gaining traction\nWays you can advocate for fairer economic policies and support African-led financial independence\n\nThis is for activists\, policymakers\, students\, and anyone who believes that true decolonization must include economic justice. If you’re ready to challenge the status quo and imagine a world where African nations control their own wealth\, then this workshop is for you. \nLocation: Online/Zoom\nRegistration: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/6893452473?pwd=SWpfYi9TUC9DWTlhS0xtK3QvcmtGdz09 \nLet’s shift the balance of power – one conversation at a time. ✊🏾
URL:https://decolonizepolitics.org/event/decolonizing-finance-breaking-the-cycle-of-debt/
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SUMMARY:Decolonial Dialogues: Gender\, Press Censorship\, and Resistance in Times of Repression
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an all-women panel titled Decolonial Dialogues: Gender\, Press Censorship\, and Resistance in Times of Repression on Thursday\, 15th May at 13:00. \nIn conflicts around the world\, journalists are often at the frontlines of resistance and the first to come under fire for reporting the truth. In this event\, we’ll be learning directly from leading journalists and human rights activists — who reported from Syria under Assad\, Egypt\, Colombia and Germany — on prevailing against gendered censorship under repressive countries that penalize the truth. \nLearn from their stories and experiences\, the specific risks that female journalists and activists are exposed to\, and how they practice resistance today. Most importantly\, we’ll discuss the path forward and the importance of maintaining hope to carve a better future. \nTo register\, follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfH235yto4FZ-UIP_y-7HMq9DVMUFRPVvAyF_GFdYX0J-f1Ng/viewform?usp=sharing \n// \nShared on behalf of Solidarity Collective.
URL:https://decolonizepolitics.org/event/decolonial-dialogues-gender-press-censorship-and-resistance-in-times-of-repression/
LOCATION:Hertie School Forum\, Friedrichstraße 180\, Berlin\, Berlin\, 10117\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Generating Democratic Legitimacy | Come learn about decolonial governance with me on a boat!
DESCRIPTION:Come learn about decolonial approaches to governance\, participation and organizational culture on a boat! 🚢\nWhat does democracy look like when it is rooted in equity\, care\, and collective accountability rather than hierarchy\, exclusion\, or technocratic control? This workshop invites participants to explore how creative\, decolonial approaches to bureaucracy can strengthen democratic legitimacy – not by abandoning institutions\, but by transforming how they function and whom they serve. \nIn many systems\, bureaucracy has become a symbol of delay\, opacity\, and disconnection. In others\, it is entirely absent\, leaving communities without protection or recourse. But there is another way. By working collaboratively across disciplines and experiences\, we will examine how bureaucracies can become spaces of trust\, transparency\, and responsiveness. Together\, we will design strategies for inclusive governance that resist colonial patterns of extraction\, surveillance\, and silencing\, and instead foster participation\, fairness\, and shared power. \nThis is not a typical policy session. Set on a boat and designed to be as fluid and open as the waters around us\, this workshop will centre lived experience\, imagination\, and critical reflection. We welcome those working in public institutions\, civil society\, grassroots movements\, and beyond to join us in building cultures of governance where legitimacy is earned through relational practices\, not rigid rules. \nLet’s reimagine bureaucracy as a tool for liberation – one that serves people first. \nCome aboard and co-create systems worthy of the trust we ask citizens to give! \n🌊💬 \nTime: June 5th\, 13:30 – 16:00 CEST \nGet your tickets here: https://creativebureaucracy.org/tickets (DM me for a voucher!)
URL:https://decolonizepolitics.org/event/generating-democratic-legitimacy/
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SUMMARY:Filmscreening of the „Free Congo Collective“
DESCRIPTION:Congo Week (19.-25.10.25): \nFilmscreening of the „Free Congo Collective“ \n🔋Cobalt is the metal of our time – the basis for batteries\, electric cars and the so-called ‘green’ future. But what does this change mean for the people who live where cobalt is mined? \n⚒️In Kolwezi\, in the heart of the Congolese cobalt belt\, we encounter another side of the global energy transition. ‘MIKUBA’ accompanies Mama Leance as she navigates a system that dictates her life from the outside. Between mining\, spirituality and community\, the film opens up a perspective that is often ignored and urgently asks what justice really means in times of a ‘green’ future. \n📽️A film about memory\, resistance and responsibility that concerns us all. \n———————————————————————— \nRepublishing with permission
URL:https://decolonizepolitics.org/event/filmscreening-of-the-free-congo-collective/
LOCATION:Cologne\, Germany\, Filzengraben 4\, Cologne\, 50676\, Germany
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SUMMARY:The Berlin-Belém Protocol: Confronting the True Costs of the Climate Crisis
DESCRIPTION:A Panel Discussion on Class\, Colonialism\, and the Failure of COP30\nCOP30 in Belém did not mark a turning point. Instead\, it reinforced a system that shields corporate power and the Global North. Market-based “false solutions” have once again replaced justice\, effectively greenwashing extraction through the language of the green transition. \nThis was a consensus of surrender: profit over life\, carbon markets over systemic change\, and green colonialism dressed up as climate action. \n\nWe refuse to accept this. \n\nThe climate crisis is a class issue and a struggle over power. Responsibility lies with corporate empires and complicit governments\, not with the world’s poorest. \nThe Berlin-Belém Protocol is our response: a space to link climate justice with anti-capitalist\, anti-colonial\, and anti-fascist struggles. Join us to help write the real protocol for our future! \n🗣 Event Details\nFeaturing insights from: \n\nVioletta Bock\nDr. Prathiwi Widyatmi Putri\n\nLogistics: \n\n📅 Date: January 30\, 2026\n⏰ Time: 6:00 PM\n📍 Location: Karl-Liebknecht-Haus\, Tagungsraum 2\n\n#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #SystemChangeNotClimateChange #ClimateColonialism #NoFalseSolutions \nNote: This event announcement is being republished here with permission.
URL:https://decolonizepolitics.org/event/the-berlin-belem-protocol-confronting-the-true-costs-of-the-climate-crisis/
LOCATION:Karl-Liebknecht-Haus\, Karl-Liebknecht-Haus\, Berlin\, Berlin\, 10178\, Germany
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SUMMARY:20th Commemorative March in Berlin
DESCRIPTION:20. Gedenkmarsch zum Gedenken an\nAFRIKANISCHE / SCHWARZE HELDINNEN UND OPFER DER MAAFA\n[Versklavung\, Kolonialismus\, Neokolonialismus\, Nazismus & Rassismus] \n📍 Berlin\, Wilhelmstraße 92\n🗓 28. Februar 2026\n🕚 11:00 Uhr (MEZ) \n1885 – 2026: 141 Jahre nach der sogenannten Berliner Afrika-Konferenz\n141 Jahre Widerstand!\nUNITED WE RISE \n141 Jahre nach der Berliner Afrika-Konferenz gedenken wir der Opfer der Maafa und ehren den anhaltenden Widerstand afrikanischer und schwarzer Communities weltweit. Dieser Marsch ist ein Raum des Erinnerns\, der Würde\, der Sichtbarkeit und der kollektiven Stärke. \n👉 Wir laden hiermit Sprecherinnen\, Aktivistinnen\, Kulturschaffende und Künstler*innen ein\, sich mit\n• Redebeiträgen\,\n• künstlerischen Performances (z. B. Spoken Word\, Musik\, Tanz\, Poesie\, Theater\, Rituale) \nam Gedenkmarsch zu beteiligen. \nGesucht werden Beiträge\, die:\n• Geschichte sichtbar machen\n• Widerstand\, Heilung und Empowerment ausdrücken\n• die Kontinuitäten kolonialer Gewalt benennen\n• Hoffnung\, Solidarität und Gemeinschaft stärken \nLasst uns gemeinsam erinnern.\nLasst uns gemeinsam ehren.\nLasst uns gemeinsam erheben. \nUNITED WE RISE. \nOrganisiert durch das Komitee für ein afrikanisches Denkmal in Berlin (KADIB) und African/Black Community (ABC) \nKontakt -> abcberlin19@gmail.com \nCall for Participation – Speakers & Artists Invited (English) \n20th Commemorative March \nin Remembrance of AFRICAN / BLACK HEROES AND VICTIMS OF THE MAAFA***\nEnslavement\, Colonialism\, Neocolonialism\, Nazism & Racism \n📍 Berlin\, Wilhelmstraße 92\n🗓 February 28\, 2026\n🕚 11:00 AM (CET) \n1885 – 2026: 141 years since the so-called Berlin Africa Conference\n141 Years of Resistance\nUNITED WE RISE \n141 years after the so-called Berlin Africa Conference\, we gather to remember the victims of the Maafa and to honor the ongoing resistance of African and Black communities worldwide. This march is a space for remembrance\, dignity\, visibility\, and collective strength. \n👉 We hereby invite speakers\, activists\, cultural workers\, and artists to participate with\n• speeches\, and/or\n• artistic performances (e.g. spoken word\, music\, dance\, poetry\, theater\, ritual). \nWe are seeking contributions that:\n• make history visible\n• express resistance\, healing\, and empowerment\n• name the continuities of colonial violence\n• strengthen hope\, solidarity\, and community \nLet us remember together.\nLet us honor together.\nLet us rise together. \nUNITED WE RISE. \nOrganized by the Committee for an African Monument in Berlin (KADIB) and African/Black Community (ABC) \nContact -> abcberlin19@gmail.com
URL:https://decolonizepolitics.org/event/20th-commemorative-march-in-berlin/
LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany
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