"The Capitalist Colonial Economy Has Never Allowed New Caledonia to Develop" – Regards.fr

One year after the revolts in Kanaky-New Caledonia, which killed 14 people and plunged the archipelago into an unprecedented economic and social crisis, Benoît Trépied, anthropologist and author of the book Decolonizing Kanaky-New Caledonia (Eds. Anarchis, 2025), looks back at the events and possible political perspectives. The post Benoît Trépied: "The Kanaks will never give up their independence" appeared first on Bondy Blog.

Benoît Trépied, anthropologist, author of "Decolonizing Kanaky-New Caledonia" in Anarchasis editions, is the guest of #LaMidinale.

It emerges in the news every two or three decades before diving back into its depths, leaving most of us full of questions. New Caledonia is a distant land of the Pacific where two communities, demographically almost equivalent, oppose: the Kanaks, the first people, independents, and the Caldoches, European descendants of colonists and attached bagards [...] This article Decolonize the Kanaky-New Caledonia by Benoît Tripod written by Claudine We…