Beware passivity propaganda: China and the Left in the times of Trump 2.0
Gerald Roche critiques pseudo-anti-imperialism and its deployment of passivity propaganda, which seeks to convince us to ignore state violence and abandon solidarity.
Critical Thought
The way things are said
What is the difference between a dialect and a language? In this thought-provoking piece, Christopher Hütmannsberger reflects on the politics of language and nationalism, and explores how linguistic hierarchies reflect colonial and nationalist power relations.
The limits to organising: Or, the depths of late fascism
No amount of sustained organising is going to remove the need to engage in conflict. Conflict not in order to change minds, but to protect ourselves against those whose minds are firmly made up.
Sympathy for the folk devil: Notes on thuggery
Just as the bogeyman of colonial India – the Thug – was both racialised and criminalised, so too have Black Lives Matter activists and those mobilised by the far-right, been drawn in to false equivalence by elite politicians.
Autonomy, Anarchy, and Plastic Surgery
R.L Elson analyses the decisions, impacts, and outcomes of having cosmetic surgeries and procedures through the concepts of feminism, anarchy, and choice.
The colonial breach and the colonial bind
Siraj Izhar explores the colonial imagination that drives the genocide in Gaza, and what underlies our difficulties of confronting it.
Don't let the wolf in the door: Electoral politics and fascism
Sam Button considers the dilemmas that Western liberal politicians face once fascists have had their brief terms in office.