# Bandung 1955: The meeting that terrified the superpowers

https://mins.news/en/video/76940

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-28 11:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDU-Ib8VaA

> In 1955, 29 newly independent nations gathered in Bandung, Indonesia, rejecting colonial rule and seeking to escape a system built against them. The meeting became a movement that influenced leaders including Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X and reshaped the Global South’s sense of power, while empires fought back through coups and economic pressure to break its unity.

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