The Apokalypse of Settler Colonialism
We chatted with the people's historian, Dr. Gerald Horne about Europe, the US, and the apokalyptic beginnings of settler colonialism and slavery.
Groundings · Gerald Horne, Dev Springer, Darien Alexander Williams
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Show Notes
Dr. Horne’s books ‘The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism’ and ‘The Dawning of the Apocalypse’ are essential readings in understanding the original sins of empire, the worlds that settler colonialism precluded, and the apokalyptic transformation the world is experiencing today. Our conversation moves across subjects of colonial technology and weaponry, Africa's underdevelopment, and how our material conditions within empire are directly tied to the material conditions across the African continent and diaspora.
Dr. Horne also candidly reflects on his own writing process, how he’s such a prolific and productive writer and activist, and the stakes of doing rigorous work as a peoples historian. Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Audio snippets heard in the episode:
Kwame Ture on The History of Pan Africanism
Walter Rodney - Crisis in the Periphery: Africa and the Caribbean
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Music by the comrade JayOhAye.