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Now welcome to this very special episode of Best of Left.

This is not a normal episode.

If this is the first episode you're hearing, you should listen to something else first.

This is not what the show normally sounds like, but I have something special for you guys.

First though, some context, long time listeners may remember that I love a good dose of context.

So to tie today's episode to something that has been happening recently, even if it's

a tenuous connection, think about the phrase abolish ice.

Right?

That's a campaign slogan that's been bubbling beneath the surface for years now, but it's

possible that you never heard it until just recently because it started breaking into

the mainstream.

And that's just an example of that kind of a phenomenon.

So similar to abolish ice, there's another term that I think is also bubbling under

the surface and has been for a while now and I hope it manages to start breaking into

the mainstream.

And that term is decolonization and don't even expect that I can possibly do this

to the term justice.

I am not an expert, but I can explain sort of real quick and simply the historical meaning

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