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Israel/Palestine

Basic LA

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1. What is Colonialism?

Reply to David__77 (Original post)

Mon Apr 8, 2024, 12:25 PM

Apr 2024

COLONIALISM

noun

the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial control over another country, OCCUPYING it with SETTLERS, and exploiting it economically.

Does colonialism exist today?

Google:
Colonialism lives on today in the forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance, a UN report said.

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