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.
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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.
Orientalism: Hate, Lies, and Hegemony Read More »
To fully understand the racial wealth gap and wealth inequality in general in the United States, we’ve got to understand how wealth was created.
Race and Class, Intertwined Read More »
What I observed at Standing Rock is symbolic in the sense that so many people—white, Native, young, poor—are disaffected, disenfranchised, alienated, and seek a sense of purpose. They seek empowerment through finding community in caring for each other and in direct action.
Thanksgiving Reflections on Standing Rock Read More »
We have to understand the violence of policing within a long continuum of ongoing, foundational, colonial, imperial, racist violence that produces the US political economy.
The Neoliberal “Common Sense” of Racist Police Violence Read More »
Observations of a visitor to the (in)famous refugee encampment the week of its “eviction.” It’s not what you think; it’s worse than you think.
“There will always be another Jungle.” Read More »
Do these social movements have the means to put over their vision of the future? Not right now. They’re not strong enough. But they are producing extraordinary insights and information that helps guide the way forward.
Left Transformation and the Movement for Black Lives Read More »
The scientific revolution and the Enlightenment racialized and whitened freedom, civilization, rationality, and beauty.
How We Got So Racist Read More »
When we told the two co-mayors how shocked we were at the destruction in Cudi, they laughed bitterly: “Cudi? That’s nothing compared to Zap, Basak, and Barbaros.”
People have had to struggle, have had to mount a movement, because the police fights tooth and nail against any monitoring.”
The Fight to Expose Closed Systems of Brutality Read More »
These are brave people who will not give up no matter how many pounds or euros are invested in fences, police forces or in European racist regimes. The refugees are slowly changing the world as we know it.
A Glimpse into the Jungle: IWS Report from Calais Read More »