What a sentence to write: Julian Assange is free! Let’s allow ourselves to celebrate and to continue seeing how different systems of oppressions are connected (in this case, under imperialism coming from the same source).
Category Archives: Colonialism
Reflections on The False World-Wide Scare of Having Lost Noam Chomsky
The best news this week is that Noam Chomsky is still alive! After experiencing the world-wide scare of (falsely) having lost Noam Chomsky, I’ve recorded this quick episode for you. So that we don’t fall into despair and continue honouring Chomsky’s work.
Bombs Don’t Liberate
Both mainstream media and state-owned media have their agendas. Can we educate ourselves to notice them or do we continue attributing concepts like “propaganda” to “the other” and words like “liberation” to what our governments are doing?
How Do You Construct Your Own Political Education?
When it comes to your political education, how do you decide what sources to trust?
What are your criteria to choose what you consume and what source to give more importance to?
In my episode, I present my own criteria but, more importantly, encourage you to define your own.
Gaza: New Killings, Old Narratives
What is there to say after Israel’s most recent bombing of Gaza?
No matter how heart-breaking this devastation was, it didn’t reveal anything new about how Israel operates – nor how the world reacts when Palestinians under siege are being killed.
President Biden Doesn’t Have a Problem with Apartheid, Nor With Human Rights Violations
Joe Biden is on a trip to the Middle East: he’s visiting Israel and Saudi Arabia. What this shows is how little respect – if at all – his presidency has for human rights. Apartheid, military occupation, killings of civilians, murdering of journalists – everything goes. And there is definitely no room for Palestinian human rights.
Israeli State Violence Can’t Be More Obvious – Not Acknowledging It Is Purely A Choice
Although it was never “hidden” for the ones who are interested in Palestine, Israeli state violence can’t be more obvious now. Not to acknowledge it is not a matter of access to knowledge; it’s a matter of choice.
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Palestine? Part 8: Erasure
Attacks on Palestinians have intensified during the holy month of Ramadan again – they resemble what we saw last year. And the year before.
I’ve written a lot about Palestine but it’s time combine several things that I’ve partly mentioned in my previous episodes and focus this one on something rather obvious: the concept of erasure.
What Good Happened in 2021?
Almost exactly a year ago, I launched my podcast by asking what good happened in 2020.
A year later, I ask the same about 2021.
Afghanistan: What’s Next?
The Taliban has taken power in Afghanistan. It finally happened and it’s terrifying. “Kabul has fallen,” the press tells us.
But what’s next? How do we assess what happened, learn from it, and find the best ways to help the Afghan people now?
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