If you reside in the Global North, it is likely that you know almost nothing truthful about the BRICS summit, which took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from August 22 to 24. The summit is part of a tectonic shift in global affairs, in which nations in the Global South are making it clear they will no longer tolerate the anti-development policies imposed on them by the colonial powers of the North for centuries, and will use the BRICS—and other multilateral institutions, such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Eurasian Economic Forum—as a means to overcome their subordination.