Educational Catalogue of Resources: Imperialism

This book is a compilation of various editorials, articles, and reviews written by Harrison between the years of 1917 - 1920. The chapters go through the lasting effects of World War I on the lives of Black Americans.

Through his political activism, Haywood calls Black Americans towards an anti-capitalist movement, and to join forces with the workers and farmers against American imperialism. 

In the pamphlet, Jones calls out the extensive amounts of people and money being funnelled in to the war and how, under the guise of safety and democracy, there has been countless bloodshed and widespread domination due to hungry imperialists. 

Aimé Césaire, a French poet and politician writes about the lasting and ongoing effects of colonialism and its impact on culture, history, and civilization as a whole.

Mehdi Ben Barka, a Moroccan revolutionary politician, presented this report as the II Conference of African Peoples in 1960.

In this report, Mehdi Ben Barka, a Moroccan anti-imperialist, talks about the lasting impacts of imperialism within Africa, particularly the French troops and their acts of colonization.

Mehdi Ben Barka, amongst his many roles of being a politician, was a spokesperson of the National Union of Popular Forces (UNFP). This following report goes through Ben Barkas' addresses to the Moroccans, particularly focusing on the relationship between the Moroccans and Algerians. 

"To begin with, the white world defines who is white and who is black." Walter Rodney goes on in this highly provocative work highlighting the power dynamics present between Black and white people and the deeply rooted systemic pushback non-white people face.

George Jackson in this letter, grapples with the systemic oppression of Black people under capitalism, imperialism, and the prison-industrial complex.

In The Imperialist Partition of Africa, Rodney expands by providing many examples of the imperialist countries, Britain, France, and Germany, coming into the African continent as a "white racist virus" and dividing the continent up for extraction.

What happens when policy changes but power doesn’t?

Martinez and Vásquez go through the experiences of what the Spanish colonizers did to their land. They tell the story of Mexican Americans (Chicano's) and their fight for freedom.

In Orientalism (1978), Edward W. Said critically examined the Western perception of the "Orient", arguing that it was constructed as a counterpoint to the West and used as a means to assert Western dominance.

Bishop presents himself before the United Nations at the turn of the Grenadian revolution. This was shortly after the departure of the previous Grenadian fascist and imperialist government.

When Guyana had originally gained its independence from the British colonizers in 1966, their systems still ran on the model of the bourgeois democratic system of Britain.

Maurice Bishop was a prominent anti-capitalist Grenadian Prime Minister. He fought hard for many pressing issues, such as worker's rights, women's rights, and the overall fight against racism and apartheid. 

In this collection of essays, Said goes through the political discontent going on during the separation of Palestine and Israel, in particular focusing on the 1993 Oslo Accords. These essays demonstrate that often times there is a hidden agenda behind the work of front-facing leaders, demonstrating Said's critique of those involved.

This collection of poetry was Darwish's most favoured one, which he provided to the translator Mohammad Shaheen, himself.

Sociologist Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí argues that British colonial rule imposed a rigid gender binary on Yorùbá society, which had previously organized roles and status by seniority, lineage, and community rather than biological sex.

Martínez states that white supremacy is fundamental to the existence of America. She breaks down colonization, through conversations around Indigenous peoples, followed by the enslavement of African labour.

In this interview, Mohammed Harbi talks about his experiences as an Algerian, specifically within the political context, and the lasting impact of the French colonizers. 

Aimé Césaire, a French poet and politician writes about the lasting and ongoing effects of colonialism and its impact on culture, history, and civilization as a whole.

Political theorist and historian Mahmood Mamdani argues that European colonial powers invented rigid “native” identities to divide colonized populations and entrench domination.