From 22 to 24 October, the major economic powers of the future met in Kazan, Russia. This was the 16th BRICS Summit, which welcomed new members. Many of these countries have much in common with La Réunion, notably colonisation by a Western country and the West’s attempt to maintain its domination via a neo-colonial policy based on natives who agreed to be paid to ‘do the dirty work’. The BRICS are now the engine of the global economy, the world has changed. There have also been major (…)