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This panel explores what it means to be anti-imperialist, examining imperialism as a global system with military, economic, and cultural dimensions.
Speakers will trace its historical roots, ongoing manifestations, and Britain’s entanglement within it. The discussion will highlight U.S. imperial tactics including trade agreements, sanctions, debt, coups, interventions, and cultural hegemony in order to build deeper understanding across geographical contexts.
Helen Yaffe is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. She is the author of We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People have Survived in a Post-Soviet World
Ashraf is a political analyst, popular educator, and an organiser with the Palestinian Youth Movement
Jack is a member of Workers for a Free Palestine and an organiser in the trade union and Cuba Solidarity movements. He is a PhD candidate in Political Theory where he studies democratic frameworks in anti-imperialist movements in Latin America.