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This article seeks to deepen understanding of the global politics of reactionary discursive formations, which at the current conjuncture increasingly coalesce around self-victimising articulations of
‘Speak Mandarin!’ At a concert in Macau in the autumn of 2023, Cantopop superstar Eason Chan used an interlude to talk about his songwriting process.
This article was first published in The Sociological Review.
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The current Israel–Hamas war is one horrific outcome of a century-long Zionist settler colonial project, which continues to violently shape the political geography of Israel/Palestine.
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The appalling reaction of some progressives to the massacre of innocents has been decades in the making ‘He who hates himself must be feared, because
From the Jewish diaspora to the Palestinians, R. Binyamin’s ideas show how alternatives to mainstream Zionism were imagined even in its earliest days. I spend
The killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in Iran a year ago ignited massive protests by Iranians against the Islamic regime. But civil unrest has been
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This article takes the assassination of Qasem Soleimani as a case study that manifests the schism between the realities of those in revolutionary struggle and
Author’s Preface to the Simplified Chinese Edition of In the Camps In his 2002 dissertation, Dr. Pan Yue, the current commissioner of China’s Ethnic Affairs Commission,
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Universities have no shortage of naked emperors enrobed in the finest of phantasmal silks and, here, Walter Mignolo endeavours to show off the latest in
Chenchen Zhang is associate professor in international relations at Durham University, where she is also director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. This article
This paper asks how whether and how caste fits into a global history of racial capitalism? The misidentification of caste as custom has long misled
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Mainstream far-right actors are escalating a nationwide campaign to eliminate the trans community from American society – a dangerous threat to trans people and one
In a development that echoes the Chinese state’s repressive methods against the Uyghur people, the Israeli military is monitoring Palestinians in the occupied territories with
For years, Russia’s ethnic minorities have been subject to an increasingly restrictive one-language policy. At the same time, they are being instrumentalised in the war
Russia’s invasion of sovereign Ukraine opened the eyes of many to the imperial nature of the Russian state. The expansion of the empire and strengthening
Summary Post-slavery is an academic analytical concept that signifies the fragmented legacies and continuities of past slavery and slave trade in contemporary societies after its
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Hannah Arendt famously suggested that the rise of totalitarianism in Europe was the boomerang effect of the violence, oppression, and denial of rights by European
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Multipolarity is the compass orienting the Left’s understanding of international relations. All streams of the Left in India and globally have for long advocated for
The imperial strategy of territorial expansion and colonization of resources advanced by the Putin regime will accelerate the decline of Russia because behind its facade
“Sovereignty and self-determination are important concepts to keep at the heart of Left analysis”—and can help orient us in the confusion and misinformation surrounding Russia’s
In his analysis of the frontier genocides waged against the Aboriginal Tasmanians, the Yuki of California, and the Herero of Namibia, Benjamin Madley (2004) identified
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Calls to “decolonize” academic production may invoke progressive anti-Eurocentrism, but the theory of decoloniality identified with works by Walter Mignolo only trades in the most
How is ethnic domination produced, legitimised, and sustained under conditions of liberal democracy? This article engages with this problem and provides a re-conceptualisation that draws
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The economic regime that has emerged in Russia has received a wide variety of characterizations and label forms. There are different terms from ‘state capitalism’
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The Democratic Socialists of America’s International Committee has issued a statement on Ukraine that fails to adhere to basic socialist principles. As socialists, we have
I began this paper as a contribution to discussions in the Internationalism from Below Group, whose members’ criticisms helped to improve it. I finished it
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When Marjorie Taylor Greene found herself approvingly quoting Nation of Islam conspiracy theories and noting the “common ground” between the GOP and the NoI, many laughed.
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At this late stage in the game, one should not be surprised at how incredibly poor the western left’s understanding of China is. Many western
We are a group of leftist educators, scholars, and activists who support the Kurdish-led liberation struggle in Rojava and beyond. We write in a spirit
Yesterday, July 11, 2021, Cubans in several cities took to the streets to protest lack of health care, lack of food, and to demand freedom.
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