In her lecture “Solidarity under Postcolonial Conditions. Dealing with ambiguous realities in a globalized world”, Astrid Messerschmidt uses a historical examination of colonialism and racism to derive conditions for solidarity work today, but also describes which dilemmas and pitfalls exist.
Astrid Messerschmidt2006: Solidarity under Postcolonial Conditions. Dealing with ambiguous realities in a globalized world. Lecture at the ESG Jena.
Another text by Astrid Messerschmidt on the topic, entitled “Critique and Engagement in the Ambiguities of Liberation, Oppression, and Appropriation,” can be found in Anne Broden / Paul Mecheril (eds.) 2014: Solidarity in the Migration Society. Questioning a normative foundation. Bielefeld: transcript’.