Wait.
There is no warning when a decision on asylum or detention on the island will be reached. There is a continual uncertainty. You hope, you despair, you go from moment to moment. Maybe tomorrow…
Examinations
Essays & Analysis, Interviews & Panels, People’s History – analytical, historical, theoretical, cerebral, literal, somewhat more composed approaches to truth-telling.
The Specter of Slavery Still Stalks the Land
And we’ll always have what are euphamistically characterized as urban rebellions as long as justice is not meted out, and as long as there is an attempt to cover up the basic tragedy that was involved in the building of these United States of America.
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Countermapping Alternatives to the Neoliberal Nonfuture
Helping children learn how to map is a radical act when they map spaces that have been left out of history; through that process they learn that people have always acted collaboratively and in ways that are beneficial to their communities.
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On Dogmatism and Denial
We are witnessing a major crisis of the left. The most serious problem is not simply that the left has become bankrupt, but that it has hidden its bankruptcy from itself.
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Oppression Radiates: Gaza and the Arab Spring
We need to connect and learn from each other about the histories of struggles in different places; get together and build together, so that when there is another revolutionary wave, we can be more prepared to make it everybody’s.
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“The politics of the moment are open.”
Iranian politics and society surprises all of us over and over again, so why limit the options and the possibilities for a bottom-up protest to only two possible narratives?
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How Fascists Operationalize Left Resentment
Anti-imperialists may believe they are on the right side of history. But history has already shown the results of opposing a liberal order through red-brown populist collaboration.
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Eastern Ghouta: New Dimensions of Brutality
Eastern Ghouta is reminiscent of 2016 Aleppo: siege, starvation, bombardment, impending forced displacement. And twice as many people live there as were still in Aleppo at the end of 2016.
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Solidarity, Resistance, and Other Ecstasies
When we do start to say we want things to be different, that’s when people come together, isn’t it? That’s where we find joy emerging. We need more of that, more of the time.
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