SMOKERS’ CORNER: ZIONISM AND MUSLIM NATIONALISM - Newspaper - DAWN.COM
Much like the Muslim nationalism espoused by the founders of Pakistan, Zionism was also a modern and secular construct.
Eyal Weizman · Exchange Rate · LRB 2 November 2023
However the conflict ends, with or without Hamas in power (and I bet on the former), Israel won’t be able to avoid...
Myth: Zionism is not colonialism, just Jewish self-determination | Decolonize Palestine
Unfortunately for Zionists, the biggest obstacle to rebranding Zionism from a colonial ideology into a movement for self-determination is that the writings of Zionist founders are easily accessible.
EXCLUSIVE: Naomi Wu and the Silence That Speaks Volumes
When China's prodigious tech influencer, Naomi Wu, found herself silenced, it wasn't just the machinery of a surveillance state at play. Instead, it was...
Malaysia hails ‘victory’ in row with Sulu sultan’s Filipino heirs | Politics News | Al Jazeera
Malaysia says new ruling by French court could overturn a $14.9bn award handed to Filipino heirs of the Sulu sultanate.
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.
Deliberate Distortions: 'Radiolab' and the Hmong Story | Hyphen Magazine
How Orientalism and ethnocentric prejudice hijacked a "scientific quest for the truth" behind yellow rain, with unsettling consequences.
Are We Even Wargaming? - by Manuel L. Quezon III
We have to exercise our imagination even as we "snap back to grid."
Homogeneous Wheat Diets Leave the World Exposed to War Impacts on Food Supplies
The convergence of global diets means just three crops provide 50% of the world’s calories. When shocks come, they hurt.
The revenge of history in Ukraine: year of war has shaken up world order | Ukraine | The Guardian
Dear Neighbour
Bans. Danger. Polarisation. The cross-border harmonies of Indian and Pakistani pop culture have been imperilled over the last few years. But fandom, and cultural memory, survives against increasing odds — A new story from the Indian sub-continent to the world, each week on FiftyTwo.in
Mapping Disinformation in Africa – Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Russia has pioneered a model of disinformation to gain political influence in Africa that is now being replicated by other actors across the continent.
Rage Clicks, Hatebomb and the New World Order: How Hard-Right Politics and Conspiracy Theories Overlapped to Undermine Malaysia’s Elections – GNET
“Us,” “Them,” and the Problem with “Balkanization” | global-e journal
Even as globalization accelerates trans-global and supra-territorial connections, matrices of prejudice and stereotypes about 'the other' from past centuries remain, in old and new forms. This fact is borne out daily in crisis regions where ethnicity, migration, and the history of colonial and imperial adventure have left their legacies, including the Balkans. Various contemporary processes stimulate the appearance of new figures and stereotypes for ‘others’ on local, national, regional, international, and global levels.
Crypto and other Web3 tech is being used experimentally on at-risk communities
Refugees and low-income populations are at the frontline in absorbing the risks and failures of Web3 technological development such as cryptocurrencies.
These previously untested technologies are being trialled to deliver key services to marginalised groups in precarious socio-economic positions. These technologies do not address the root social and economic problems these groups are facing, and introduce a range of new risks to people who are already in disadvantaged positions.