Orientalism: Hate, Lies, and Hegemony
If you go to a bookstore today, right now, you can find a copy of Seven Pillars of Wisdom in the fiction section. That’s exactly where it belongs.
Islamophobia
Die drei Affen
Ein Aufruf zur öffentlichen Debatte mit den deutschsprachigen, linken Medien zum Thema “Syrien und die westliche Linke”.
Syrien, Links, Unten
Syrien als Bewährungsprobe
Die Fallen vermeiden, die uns gestellt werden
Die Manipulation der Propaganda funktioniert bereits. Assad kann täglich wie in Paris massakrieren und dabei den schönen Anschein wahren.
(Terror) Warning: Angry Teenagers
Does understanding ISIS as a dynamic vanguard attractive to rebellious, thrill-seeking youth make it more, or less, scary?
Behind Islamophobia, Fascism, and Complicit Antifascism
Alliances are built under pressure and within power relationships and we must create our own political existence and imagine our allies.
Syrien und die westliche Linke
Man lässt es zu, dass die Menschen zu Hunderten getötet werden, dann zu Tausenden, dann zu zehn Tausenden, dann zu hundert Tausenden. Was denken sie wird dann geschehen?
In Defense of the F-Word
There are elements of neoliberalism that we consider fascistic. Let’s start calling them by their name.
Doesn’t That Make It a “Death Camp?”
I thought it was just another detainee holding facility. But we knew that it was not on the map; this was not on the books.
What Form Should Our Antifascism Take?
Antifascism as a purely reactive, defensive strategy will not win us any new oppositional territory, as recent years have shown. Without a politics of class and without a real-existing infrastructure, Antifa remains a kind of ineffectual fire department that keeps falling back on the mere defense of bourgeois society.