De-Linking Coloniality: In Conversation with Walter Mignolo and Linda Tuhiwai Smith

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Last Wednesday I attended a conversation between Walter Mignolo, an Argentinian philosopher, semiotician and author, and Aotearoa’s renowned academic Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Professor of Māori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato and the person who – as was pointed out quite early on in the talk – quite literally wrote the book on decolonisation.

Anarcho-syndicalism in Australia: Lived Solidarity, Trust and Hope

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In the 1960s, a number of Spanish anarchists found themselves in exile, their application for asylum accepted by Australia, and their practice of radical solidarity continued in Melbourne. Dan Kelly explores some of the history behind IWA (International Workers Association) member Leigh Kendall’s presentation at the Tāmaki Anarcho-Syndicalist Day School.