John Trimble: Imperialism Was Built on Settler-Colonialism

<p>I talk to Dr. John Trimble on Imperialism and Settler-Colonialism in this episode. John Trimble is an educator and organizer with the Azania chapter of the All African People's Revolutionary Party. John holds a Master's degree from Stanford University in computer science and from UC Berkeley in operations research as well as a Ph.D. in systems engineering from Georgia Tech. In 2015 John retired as an Associate professor in systems and computer science at Howard University. John has recently retired as Professor in Industrial Engineering at Tshwane University of Technology in Azania/South Africa.</p><p>Points of Discussion:</p><ul> <li>European adventurism and land grabbing in Africa, Pacific, Americas etc., founded settler colonies/states. Capitalism was built on the theft of land and resources in the process of colonization.</li> <li>The effects of settler colonialism on indigenous people.</li> <li>The best approach to reversing the effects of settler colonialism in Africa.</li> <li>Psychological warfare and tactics used by imperialist/colonizers to justify theft of land and the genocide against indigenous people.</li> <li>Settler colonial efforts in Africa from the 1884 Berlin conference. Settler Colonialism in Algeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa<strong>.</strong></li> <li> Africa's transition from independence to neocolonialism. Disunity enables neocolonialism.</li> <li>The crusade to reclaim land back to natives without compensation in Zimbabwe and Azania/South Africa.</li> <li>Why the Pan-African project with political education and organizing are fundamental tools towards the total liberation and unification of Africa from imperialist.</li></ul><p><br /></p>