Tag: Anti-colonialism
What Everyone on the Left Should Know about Taiwan (at the Minimum)
Ralf Ruckus gives a historical primer for leftists interested in a critique of Taiwan’s capitalism and the nationalist claims coming from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The Politics of Colonial Comparison
Sam Klug discusses his new book with Spectre’s Zachary Levenson, which chronicles how the rhetoric of colonialism became central to Black internationalism in the United States.
From Fossil Capital to Green Capital
Kai Bosworth reviews Adam Hanieh’s Crude Capitalism, arguing that Hanieh’s analysis hellpfully emphasizes the “capitalism” in “fossil capitalism.”
The Antisemitism of Zionism
Shane Burley argues that Zionism has a long history of entrenching antisemitism and serves as a reactionary, radical sectionalist mode of politics that spells disaster for both Jews and humanity more broadly.
The Kenyan Uprising
Zachary J. Patterson analyzes the neocolonial history fueling the Kenyan uprising and the organizational strategies of the #RutoMustGo movement.
Resisting Israeli Scholasticide and Academic Apartheid
Maya Wind outlines and expands her argument in Towers of Ivory and Steel for an academic boycott of Israeli universities, and connects it to the broader encampment movement.
Commencement Address at the People’s University for a Liberated Palestine
Spectre is proud to publish Ananya Roy’s commencement address from the People’s University for a Liberated Palestine.
¡No fue el fuego, fue el estado!
Carla Macal reports on decolonial feminist organizing against gender-based violence in Guatemala.
Palestine: Ground Zero of a Liberated World
Spectre’s Editorial Board invites you to a panel discussion on May 22nd discussing their special issue on Palestine. Featuring Eman Abdelhadi, Shireen Akram-Boshar, Sai Englert, Zachary Levenson, and Abdel Razzaq Takriti.
The Repression of Pro-Palestinian Education and Resistance
Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores analyzes Governor Abbott’s attempted repression of pro-Palestinian education in Texas, drawing out the larger role of Palestinian solidarity and organizing in and beyond a largely conservative academia.