Read by Radical Reads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBt3kkjD978&list=PLDhqSusRa_kp3CHi7QuuEtJb3K2WQcFHu&index=21

Discourse on Colonialism, an essay published in Paris in 1950, by Aime Cesaire detailing the effects, misguidance, consequences, history, and hypocrisy of European colonialism. This milestone piece ends with a very important note: a warning to the reader of the upcoming colonial power that is America. Reading this with the hindsight of 2020, pay attention to the language that is used by the several European philosophers to justify and defend colonialism. Think of the similarities between what they are saying and the language that American media uses when discussing the Iraq War, Syria, "the starving children in Africa", Afghanistan, Arab Spring, etc (see: white man's burden, voluntourism, white savior complex). The essay was originally published in French then translated so there's lots of words that cannot be translated so I apologize for the mispronunciation. The version I read did not include the foreword and I had to log into it through my institution so I cannot link it but the version I am linking includes the foreword. It is a collection of poems written by Robin D.G. Kelley on colonialism. Here is a PDF to follow along with or read if you get tired of my voice: libcom.org/files/zz_aime_cesai…colbook4me.org_.pdf