Opinion | What I Believe as a Historian of Genocide - The New York Times
We know from history that it is crucial to warn of the potential for genocide before it occurs, rather than belatedly condemn it after it has taken place. I think we still have that time.
Opinion | She Polled Gazans on Oct. 6. Here’s What She Found. - The New York Times
On the eve of the Oct. 7 attacks, Amaney Jamal asked Gazans what they thought about Hamas, their economic circumstances and their hopes for long-term peace.
Roaming Charges: Gaza Without Mercy - CounterPunch.org
When you declare total war against Gaza, which has been under perpetual siege since 1967 after being seized by Israel during the Six Day War, what is it you're going to war against? There are no airbases, no army bases, no tank battalions, no air defense systems, no naval ports, no oil refineries, no rail system, no troop barracks, no armored personnel carriers, no howitzers, no satellite systems, no attack helicopters, no fighter jets, no anti-tank batteries, no submarines, no command-and-control centers. Just people, most of them women and kids. It's why the entire population must be dehumanized, turned into "human animals" whose lives don't matter.
CrimethInc. : "A Nuclear Superpower and a Dispossessed People" : An Anarchist from Jaffa on the Violence in Palestine and Israeli Repression
Facing prison time for solidarity actions, an anarchist from Jaffa speaks on the violence in Palestine, the Israeli judicial system, and how to support Palestinian prisoners.
What is the Indigenous Voice to Parliament and how would it work? Plus everything you need to know about voting and what happens next - ABC News
On October 14, every Australian will be asked to answer a yes or no question. What you write on the ballot paper will determine whether our constitution is changed for the first time in more than four decades. Here's everything you need to know before you vote.
South China Sea Tensions Haunted by European Colonialism – The Diplomat
The legal case brought by Sulu Sultanate heirs against Malaysia highlights the unexpected links between present day tensions and European colonialism in Southeast Asia.
About Japan: A Teacher's Resource | Learning from Babysan | Japan Society
Learning from Babysan: An American Cartoon as a Source for Studying the Allied Occupation of Japan, and the U.S. Military Presence in Postwar East Asia
Uncovering the brutal truth about the British empire | Mau Mau | The Guardian
The Long Read: The Harvard historian Caroline Elkins stirred controversy with her work on the crushing of the Mau Mau uprising. But it laid the ground for a legal case that has transformed our view of Britain’s past
fleur-flour-flah and ‘good’ english – More of A Comment
it’s as much a historical artifact as the rhotic American accents probably resemble older forms of British accents, or the American habit to NOT pronounce the h in ‘herb’ unlike modern British (and that was, again, another French thing). It’s not wrong, and if monolinguals tell us otherwise, then they’re just being jerks and ignorant of their own history.
Who Benefits When Western Museums Return Looted Art?
The repatriation of stolen objects has become a ritual of self-purification through purgation—but who it really serves is less clear than it might seem.
Forgotten photos show how Kenyan archaeologists unearthed secrets of their own country | Archaeology | The Guardian
Exhibitions in UK and Africa rewrite history by celebrating discoveries of overlooked black excavators in colonial era
Many of the Kenyan excavators, who would typically open the trenches and dig the various layers by following the various strata, had expert local knowledge about the ancient sites, including their geology, histories and oral traditions. This knowledge was highly prized by the European scholars, who rarely did any digging themselves. But it was colonial practice, to intentionally “forget” the contributions of Africans to African history, Abungu said. “And the scholars went along with that.”