Shut it Down #YarlsWood

On a wet windy November day in Bedfordshire, outside the notorious Yarl’s Wood detention centre, Judith an ex-detainee is on…
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Yarls Wood Detention Centre Siraj Izhar

The Republics of the Jungle

.. a process of dismantling the colonial empire without having to choose between French colonialism and national independence. Its project…
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Calais Jungle Republics

The Workerant

In the unfolding drama of work in the digital age, new circumstance demands new language. Gig economy, on-demand work, sharing…
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Workerant

Darkness Visible

In the light of 60’s optimism Sartre had seen the destiny of the colonised, in effect the parents of the…
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Calais NYE Siraj Izhar

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Managing the Boomerang of Genocide

If we recall the scramble for territory by European states at the end of the nineteenth century, the scramble now in the twenty-first is for legislation to ban language of…
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11 April 2026 Archive

Rap vs. The State

Through rappers such as Bob Vylan and Kneecap, an insurgent rap tells us why the scale of killing in Gaza is not only bound with our own repression but also…
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Mandate 2.0

The word Mandate here refers to the arrangement by which the fate of the people in Palestine was handed to European colonial powers a century ago. A rereading of the…
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Gaza Hosny Salah

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