Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by HAIDER Asad, KUMAR Rashmee
IDENTITY POLITICS HAS something for everyone — but not in a good way. In her 2016 election campaign, Hillary Clinton invoked “intersectionality” and “white privilege” as a shallow gesture of allyship to young liberal voters. Richard Spencer and members of the “alt-right” refer to themselves as (...)
, by LAKHA Fainan
Fainan Lakha reviews a book by Asad Haider that makes a contribution toward helping activists in movements opposing oppression grapple with important debates.
Asad Haider, Mistaken identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump. Verso, 2018, 144 pages, $17.95.
SOME PHRASES demand a reaction. (...)
, by NAQVI Farah
Writer and activist Farah Naqvi’s new book ‘Working with Muslims’ investigates the ‘Muslim question’.
Responses to the study
“We work with all poor people. We do not work with any specific community. We do not view people in terms of their religion or caste or community. We do not know the (...)
, by PATHAK Avijit
On Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, a message to his followers: Don’t make the mistake of reducing Ambedkar to an infallible God – a similar mistake that many Gandhians did with Gandhi.
On Dr B.R. Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, as I pay homage to him, I must confess that I began to engage (...)
, by DENHAM John
The British left has an opportunity to shape a progressive English identity. It starts with abandoning elite liberal assumptions about working class Englishness.
It is 76 years since George Orwell wrote [for a British audience] that “in left-wing circles it is always felt that there is (...)
, by SMITH Sharon
Sharon Smith, author of Women and Socialism: Class, Race and Capital, explains the roots of the concept of intersectionality and how it can help advance Marxist theory.
MANY ACTIVISTS who have heard the term “intersectionality” being debated on the left have found it difficult to define it—and (...)
, by NAMAZIE Maryam
I was born in Iran; I am a migrant , a refugee. But I am not the “authentic other” that xenophobes love to hate nor am I the “authentic Muslim” promoted by the Islamists. To me, they are two sides of the same coin.
In this day and age, migrant or “Muslim” very often automatically equals “security (...)
, by MALIK Kenan
This is a transcript of my talk at the Castrum Peregrini in Amsterdam on 2 May. (Apologies for the lack of links and references; I will sort them out in due course when I have more time.)
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Can Europe be the same with different people in it?’ So asked the American writer (...)
, by BIDWAI Praful
I’m glad to be an Indian, but I’m not a chest-thumping nationalist. I can understand and appreciate why many Indians (or for that matter, other nationals) emigrate and become naturalised citizens of other, typically developed, states. What I find it hard to understand is why some of them choose (...)
, by CHAUDHRY Asma, JDID Noor
“TO BE ABLE TO BELONG SOMEWHERE, OTHERS HAVE TO AGREE THAT YOU BELONG THERE”
Noor Jdid is the Oslo-based author of a new book called Twisting Identity And Belonging Beyond Dichotomies. She is a member of the board of directors of Minority Politics Think Tank (Minotenk) and advisory board member (...)
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