Can colonialism be reversed? The UN's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides some answers
- Written by Dominic O'Sullivan, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, and Associate Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
Can a state built upon the “taking of another people’s lands, lives and power” ever really be just?
Colonialism can’t be reversed, so at a simple level the answer is no.
But in my book, ‘We Are All Here to Stay’, published last week, I argue colonialism need not be a permanent state.
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