The latest Journal of Indentureship and Its Legacies contributions expand archive of indenture across the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Fiji, Mauritius & Canada. Read more within our news bit.ly/PJ_July26. All articles are Diamond #OpenAccess on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social
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How do cultural villages in South Africa reproduce colonial ideas and racial stereotypes? Author Ndlovu examines cultural villages as overlooked sites of colonial knowledge production www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum... #OpenAcess #DecolonisingTourism
The special International Journal of Cuban Studies on its Private Sector examines policies, fragmented pricing systems & institutional rules that limit it, entrepreneurial identity, the 2021 MSMEs legalisation, culture's role in economic development & US Cuba policy. Read more here bit.ly/PJ_July26
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Volume 8 Issue 1 bit.ly/PJ_July26 explores the understanding, representation & practice of diversity across contexts: land reform, workplace inclusion, cultural village politics, ESG & DEI work diversity reports, contemporary film as well as from Kenyan, Mozambican & South African youth's view.
The African Journals Initiative July newsletter is OUT now! The issue reflects on the enduring legacy of Nelson Mandela while celebrating new scholarship from Botswana. Read the full issue here : www.plutojournals.com/mandela-day-...
Read the latest from International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies, International Journal of Cuban Studies & Journal of Indentureship and Its legacies on diversity in practice, Cuba’s private sector & Indentureship articles & interviews bit.ly/PJ_July26 @scienceopen.bsky.social #DiamondOA
Critical Diversity, Change in Cuba & indenture afterlives - Pluto Journals
We bring articles from the latest Pluto Journals publications on Diversity in practice, Cuba in transition & indenture afterlives
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Guest Editor Valeria Vegh Weis opens the special issue of State Crime Vol. 14, Issue 2 with "Introduction: Southern State Crime Criminology." Drawing on existing scholarship and a decolonial approach, it lays the foundations for Global Southern State Crime Criminology. Read more: bit.ly/PJ_June26
The latest Arab Studies Quarterly Vol. 48, Issue 2 explores mobile journalism from Gaza, the settler-colonial foundations linking the US and Israel, and Ahmad Tawfik’s reimagining of Frankenstein as a metaphor for alienation, loss, and contemporary Egypt. Read more here bit.ly/PJ_June26
From wars, sanctions and shifting hegemonies to corruption, humanitarian law, techno-elites and sovereignty politics, Journal of Global Faultlines 13.1 questions “who holds power in a fragmenting world and who is held accountable” Read more here bit.ly/PJ_June26. Diamond #OpenAccess on ScienceOpen
Dr Jama Musse Jama Editor in Chief of Dhaxalreeb examines the African Border Paradox. Dhaxalreeb aims to enhance the existing body of literature while also addressing issues relevant to the African continent, in particular the Horn of Africa, as a channel for innovative and impactful research.
In The African Border Paradox – A Necessary Curse or a Missed Benediction?, Dr Jama Musse Jama examines the legacy of the Scramble for Africa & the enduring impact of colonial borders on African identity, governance, and continental imagination. Happy Africa Day 2026
The African Journals Initiative’s June newsletter features Dr. Jama Jama Musse ’s article titled "The African Border Paradox – A Necessary Curse or a Missed Benediction?", alongside the full issue of Dhaxalreeb where the article first appeared. Read the full newsletter here: bit.ly/AJIJune_2026
Africa Day & AJI Call for New Journals - Pluto Journals
Africa Day & AJI Call for New Journals. On May 25 2026, Africa Day was celebrated globally.. We are looking to partner with more journals published from the African continent for 2027. Applications ar...
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The latest issue of World Review of Political Economy explores socialism and capital in China, imperialism and global inequality, structural adjustment in Latin America & debates on imperialism in contemporary theory. Read more here bit.ly/PJ_May26. Diamond #OpenAccess on @scienceopen.bsky.social.
“There was nothing inevitable about the rise of capitalism, and perhaps also that there is nothing necessary about its continued existence” Mother of Capital by Matthew Costa reviewed in @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2026/05/revi...
Why Capitalism’s Origins Matter
A new book defends a Marxist theory of the origins of capitalism. Along the way it shows why understanding the transition from feudalism can help us make sense of the present.
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The latest International Journal of Disability and Social Justice 6.1 explores health justice, albinism and stigma in Sierra Leone, Zambian disability rights law, communication and PMLD & maternity care experiences of women with cerebral palsy. Read more here bit.ly/PJ_May26 Read diamond #OpenAccess
Journal of Indentureship and Its Legacies Vol 5, Issue 2 is out now 📚🔓 The journal is #OpenAccess and free to read on @scienceopen.bsky.social: www.scienceopen.com/journal-issu... Artwork: Eye (Jaajeeah) by Rudy Kanhye #Indenture #Mauritius #IndianMauritian #IndianTrinidadian
The Decolonial Centre’s latest episode of Decolonial Dispatch looks at how the hostile environment was built, why Labour is now amplifying it, and what this means for all of us. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZB... #DecolonialDispatch #DecolonialCentre
How UK's Immigration Is used by Billionaires as a Distraction
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Prometheus 41.1 takes a stark look at innovation, identity, and AI. From a sharp critique of peer review and impact-factor culture, to research on smartphones as symbols of competence in Bangladesh to the idea of “automated plagiarism.” Read more here bit.ly/PJ_May26. Read diamond #OpenAccess
AI, Health Justice & Global Inequality Questioned - Pluto Journals
Within our May news, we're pleased to share another eclectic collection of articles from researchers from across the world. Articles, from the latest Pluto Journals publications, tackle AI, Health Jus...
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AI, Health Justice and the Question of Global Inequality are tackled within an eclectic mix of radical, articles from international researchers. Discover the latest Pluto Journals Diamond Open Access publications here bit.ly/PJ_May26 on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social
🗨️ "Britain and the United States no longer indulge in gruesome executions to punish errant readers and printers. But plenty of people still think we just can’t trust more or less anyone to read more or less anything." 🔗 Don Herzog writes for @lseimpactblog.bsky.social https://bit.ly/41NMjd0
Reading for me, but not for thee – The long history of limiting access to books - LSE Impact
Access to books and the opportunity to read has throughout history been a site of social struggle. Reflecting on his new book Reading Wars, Don Herzog argues the categorisation of readers as responsib...
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Within the latest WRPE 17.1 "Imperialism and Global Divergent Development Paths: A Very Long-Run Empirical Approach", by Omar Osman, bit.ly/WRPE17_1Osman is free to read diamond #OpenAccess on @scienceopen.bsky.social and @jstor.bsky.social
The African Journals Initiative, established by Pluto Journals & the African Books Collective, works with social science & humanities journals based in African universities & research institutions to support their growth as community, diamond open access titles on ScienceOpen and JSTOR Daily
Explore the latest issue of the African Journals Initiative newsletter, featuring news on the 2026 journal launches of Bakwethu: A Journal of Shakespeare Studies and the African Journal of Bioethics. Discover more here: mailchi.mp/2d0211d13f0b...
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Topics of Palestinian displacement, expulsion, homelessness and the burden of exile are tackled in Arab Studies Quarterly Vol 48, Iss 1. A comprising interview illuminates Palestinian cinema. Read more here bit.ly/PJ_April26. Articles are free to read on @scienceopen.bsky.social @ @jstor.bsky.social
ReOrient celebrates its 10th Anniversary. The dynamic in which Islamophobia is perpetuated in “everyday” life through policies, discourse & social interactions, and its fallout, is the central to this special issue ReOrient Volume 10, Issue 1. Read more here bit.ly/PJ_April26
Capital in the Socialist Market Economy, Imperialism and Global Divergent Development & Political Economy of Major Institutional Change in Latin America articles comprise the latest WRPE 17. 1 which promotes Political Economy & heterodox views. Read here bit.ly/WRPE17_1. On @scienceopen.bsky.social