Why does so much of the AI business remind me of the various trading companies in the 18th and 19th centuries?
#AI #colonialim
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2026/02/07/the-united-states-china-and-ai-competition-in-africa-lessons-for-the-global-south/
The United States, China, and AI Competition in Africa: Lessons for the Global South - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs

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🏆 We are receiving applications for the third edition of the Amílcar Cabral Prize, which is intended “honour an article of historical research that deals with any topic or issue relating to the history of anti-colonial resistance and colonial empires”.

📅 Deadline 26 May.

👉 https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/amilcar-cabral-prize-03/

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🚨 The IHC and the Padrão dos Descobrimentos / EGEAC have opened the competition for the third edition of the Amílcar Cabral Prize, which is intended “honour an article of historical research that deals with any topic or issue relating to the history of anti-colonial resistance and colonial empires”.

📅 Applications are due on 26 May.

👉 https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/en/amilcar-cabral-prize-03/

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#Histodons #Colonialim #AntiColonialism #Empires #HistoryAward #Colonialismo #Imperialismo

“ADA 30: No Justice for Disabled Native People” https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/07/19/ada-30-no-justice-for-disabled-native-people/ #disabled #racism #colonialim “Justice and freedom won’t come for me or any other Native spoonies until this colonialist system is destroyed and our tribal sovereignty is respected and protected”. Jenn Deerinwater #settlercolonialism #antiracism #disabilityjustice #ada #landback
ADA 30: No Justice for Disabled Native People

ADA 30: No Justice for Disabled Native People Jen Deerinwater  Content notes: genocide, sexual assault, eugenics, suicide, suicide attempts, intergenerational trauma Plain language summary Waking u…

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The legal battle, one of the tribe’s largest expenses in recent years, resulted in May 2022 with the court awarding less than a third of the water sought by the Hopi Tribe. That was the amount needed, the court said, “to provide a permanent homeland.”

“I would define it as modern-day #genocide,” Nuvangyaoma said. “Withholding #water, which is #life for the #Hopis, until an undetermined time is really a position to kill off a #tribe that’s been here since #time immemorial.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-water-ruling-hopi-tribe-limits-future

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In Arizona Water Ruling, the Hopi Tribe Sees Limits on Its Future

Arizona's unique method for awarding water to tribes was supposed to open up economic possibilities beyond farming for the Hopi Tribe. Instead, the tribe says it has dashed their dreams of building a thriving homeland.

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