Bodies of Palestinian detainees who were handcuffed, blindfolded discovered in plastic bags near northern Gaza school. — Read on http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/1/palestinians-demand-international-inquiry-after-mass-grave-found-in-gaza
Author Archives: aidarends
Anti-Zionism as Decolonisation — Ebb
In this essay, Leila Shomali and Lara Kilani, two Palestinian writers, detail what it means to be anti-zionist, laying out foundational concepts and definitions as they explore essential strategies and tactics for a militant decolonial movement against settler-colonialism. — Read on http://www.ebb-magazine.com/essays/anti-zionism-as-decolonisation
Brown University students start hunger strike for Gaza
The university said reporters would not be allowed on campus to cover the hunger strike. — Read on http://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2024/02/02/brown-university-students-start-hunger-strike-for-gaza/72452107007/
Frederick Douglass and American Empire in Haiti – Boston Review
Toward the end of his life, Frederick Douglass served briefly as U.S. ambassador to Haiti. The disastrous episode reveals much about the country’s long struggle for Black sovereignty while always under the threat of U.S. empire. — Read on http://www.bostonreview.net/articles/frederick-douglass-and-american-empire-in-haiti/
Land as a social relationship – Briarpatch Magazine
Reconstituting our diverse relations, our laws, and value systems is key to successfully retaking our land and to not only surviving but creating a life worth living for all of us. — Read on briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/land-as-a-social-relationship
suicide in langston hughes
We are reading The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes in my Harlem Renaissance class. While I’ve taught Hughes over the years, the last time I spent … suicide in langston hughes
Italy’s ‘good coloniser’ myth persists as it turns again to Africa
Italy’s government is eyeing Africa in pursuit of energy security, even as some officials defend Rome’s often-bloody colonial past on the continent — giving short shrift to historical accuracy. — Read on http://www.thelocal.it/20231028/as-italy-turns-again-to-africa-good-coloniser-myth-persists
Palestine’s Martyrdom Upends the World of Law • Protean Magazine
Bassem Saad writes on the contradictions of human rights discourse and international legal structures and the meaning of martyrdom. Hypocrisy is all too clear in the “Palestine exception.” — Read on proteanmag.com/2024/01/27/palestines-martyrdom-upends-the-world-of-law/
Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden | Center for Constitutional Rights
The Center for Constitutional Rights filed suit against the President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense on behalf of two Palestinian organizations and eight Palestinians in the U.S. and Palestine to challenge the U.S. government’s aiding and abetting of genocide and demand that it work to prevent genocide and comply with its legal obligationsContinue reading “Defense for Children International – Palestine v. Biden | Center for Constitutional Rights”
Walter Rodney’s Radical Legacy – Boston Review
Contrary to those who cast Marxism as a Eurocentric “white ideology,” the Guyanese revolutionary saw it as an essential component of struggles against colonialism. — Read on http://www.bostonreview.net/articles/walter-rodneys-radical-legacy/
Aida Rends 