Abstract: A unifying feature of the most prominent social movements that emerged in the 2010s istheir dissatisfaction with explaining injustices on a case-by-case basis. In Canada,movements against settler colonialism express a similar orientation. This elicits a return oftotality thinking, which enables one to grasp the connections between what appears asisolated or fragmented moments that in […]

Abstract: This article considers how affects animate and uphold tourism and settler colonialism. Engaging a ‘curious’ postdisciplinary research methodology informed by the relational power of listening, I trace the emergence of two interrelated atmospheres in the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, both of which exemplify how settler colonialism is built and maintained as a […]

Abstract: The question of land must be centered if anti-capitalist and anticolonial camaraderies are to be sustained between settler and Indigenous peoples. This essay suggests that enclosures of Indigenous homelands, or what might be called primitive accumulations in the Marxist tradition, are not always understood by settlers who are inclined to transpose European experiences onto […]

Abstract:  Histories of indigenous child captives in settler-colonies remain marginal amid broader inquiries into colonial-era genocides of indigenous peoples. Yet, child transfers played an integral role in the demise of indigenous populations in numerous settler-colonies. Forced child removals occurred alongside the physical annihilation of parent societies and was often an important part of the erosion […]

Abstract: Around 1900, Imperial Germany pursued expansion abroad and internal consolidation within its continental borders. Facing a resolute Polish national movement, Prussia, the dominant German power, sought to secure its majority Polish border region by changing the region’s ethnic composition. Large estates were purchased, land was divided, and German families were settled in small and […]

Abstract: In Taiwan, indigenous languages and cultures were marginalized in the education system for a long time while also being neglected in the curriculum and textbooks. Recently, to promote the teaching of indigenous languages, the Council of Indigenous Peoples and the Ministry of Education commissioned the Center for Aboriginal Studies at National Chengchi University to […]

Abstract: The problematic relationship between settler colonialism and Pan-Afrikanism is a marginalised issue. The naïve continentalism of Kwame Nkrumah, which accepts both Arab and European settlers on the continent, has resulted in the biological survival of Afrikans being in question. Both in the south and north of the continent, Afrikans are regarded and treated as […]

Abstract: While increased college access is widely celebrated for racialized peoples, the end goal of inclusion maintains engagement with and desires for wellbeing within the U.S. white supremacist settler state. This paper examines a culturally relevant college preparation program designed primarily for Mexican-origin youth in California to consider the college-going competencies and desires the program […]

Abstract: Using empirical evidence and an exploration of literature on simple commodity and capitalist farm production, a theoretical argument is developed to show that, despite not employing labour, self-employed family farmers (at least in New Zealand) are capitalist, not simple commodity, producers. This has major implications for not only class theorists from a Marxist perspective, […]

Abstract: This paper presents a discourse analysis of how social work values, knowledge, and attitudes toward immigrants are represented in 173 open-ended responses to a national survey (n = 1125) of Canadian social workers attitudes toward immigrants. Through discourse analysis of social workers’ commentary, we discuss notable tensions between social workers’ affinity for multicultural inclusion and their […]