This editorial discusses rising authoritarianism and imperialist rivalries against the backdrop of unrest in Gaza, highlighting urgent issues like restitution.
It's been a year since this editorial team started working together. Throughout this time, debates about anticolonial struggles and the decolonization of thought have raged with new intensity. The unrestricted violence in Gaza and its unbearable destruction have eclipsed the thorny issue of restitution. Growing imperialist rivalries have become dangerously entangled with shifts towards authoritarianism and regional conflicts across the world.
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