Discussion about the failure to see that Hamas had the capability and intent to do what it did isn’t being linked to something that would be obvious to any historian of colonialism: these intelligence failures are inherent to any colonial project.
From “Salt of the Earth” to “Barbie”
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Prime Video's series, created by The Farewell’s Lulu Wang, is a tragic and truthful rumination on womanhood. The show also sprinkles in arcs about class differences, racism, and motherhood.
This "important intervention," writes reviewer Lennard, shows "that reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery and colonialism are a matter of justice and also a necessary condition for rising to the existential challenge of global heating."
Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jefferson Cowie on the deep, twisted roots of American oppression
Berlin’s cultural senator has announced that public funding for artists will depend on a loyalty oath for Israel. This has nothing to do with fighting antisemitism -- it's a smokescreen to cover the German establishment's antisemitism.
“Dear politicians/political influencers: When you tweet about my father’s birthday, remember that he was resolute about eradicating racism, poverty, and militarism. Encourage and enact policies that reflect his teachings.”
Social movements and anti-woke crusades
Martin Luther King's speeches from 1954's Montgomery Bus Boycott to the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike. Compiled by Abdul Alkalimat, Prof Emeritus Dept of African American Studies and School of Information Sciences, Univ of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
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