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November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The State certainly rules by wielding its sword but it solidifies its dominion with pen and paper, codified into laws that structure all spheres of social existence, including knowledge producing institutions.
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Counterinsurgency is Ideological/Psychological Warfare
Excerpts from Book
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November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The State certainly rules by wielding its sword but it solidifies its dominion with pen and paper, codified into laws that structure all spheres of social existence, including knowledge producing institutions.
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We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,
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November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Israel has become a laboratory to test weapons, surveillance, and techniques for dispossession, genocide, and population control, all of which serve US imperialism greatly for these are then deployed within the US and in regions linked to its "national interests"…
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Why should we study counterinsurgency theory and practice?
Excerpts from Monograph
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November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Israel has become a laboratory to test weapons, surveillance, and techniques for dispossession, genocide, and population control, all of which serve US imperialism greatly for these are then deployed within the US and in regions linked to its "national interests"…
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“the left’s history includes a parade of rhetorically brave figures — Sanders, AOC, and other Squad members — whose supposed courage dissolved when tested, leaving only theatrical posturing and habitual compromise.”
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Gaza’s shadow over NYC: How a mayoral race turned into a moral referendum
TEHRAN – Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the Ugandan-Indian son of a postcolonial scholar who was born in Uganda, has done something the pundit class assumed impossible: his campaign dragged the once-distant politics of Gaza into the center of a New York mayoral election and forced voters to decide whether American power remains accountable.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“the left’s history includes a parade of rhetorically brave figures — Sanders, AOC, and other Squad members — whose supposed courage dissolved when tested, leaving only theatrical posturing and habitual compromise.”
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Critics of decolonial thought say that decolonial scholarship essentializes western thought. These critics, however, never really give an honest answer why their favorite philosophers outright supported colonialism. It’s not surprising that philosophers today justify genocide.
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Critics of decolonial thought say that decolonial scholarship essentializes western thought. These critics, however, never really give an honest answer why their favorite philosophers outright supported colonialism. It’s not surprising that philosophers today justify genocide.
Historically, enslaved and colonized people refusing and resisting the liberal reforms legal frameworks constitutive of international law was used as evidence that they were not ready to rule themselves. It was taken as evidence of their non-Western backwardness.
October 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Historically, enslaved and colonized people refusing and resisting the liberal reforms legal frameworks constitutive of international law was used as evidence that they were not ready to rule themselves. It was taken as evidence of their non-Western backwardness.
Other ways to say conquest, domination, and exploitation since 1492.
Bringing Christianity and salvation to people
Bringing civilization to people
Bringing development to people
Bringing progress to people
Bringing freedom to people
Bringing democracy to people
Bringing Christianity and salvation to people
Bringing civilization to people
Bringing development to people
Bringing progress to people
Bringing freedom to people
Bringing democracy to people
October 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Other ways to say conquest, domination, and exploitation since 1492.
Bringing Christianity and salvation to people
Bringing civilization to people
Bringing development to people
Bringing progress to people
Bringing freedom to people
Bringing democracy to people
Bringing Christianity and salvation to people
Bringing civilization to people
Bringing development to people
Bringing progress to people
Bringing freedom to people
Bringing democracy to people
If you appease and befriend Nazis, you’re a Nazi. What makes you think it’s different when it comes down to Znsts?
October 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If you appease and befriend Nazis, you’re a Nazi. What makes you think it’s different when it comes down to Znsts?
Zohran is not a Z…
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Zohran is not a Z…
Does Bluesky shadow ban also?
October 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Does Bluesky shadow ban also?
Tom Alter, a labor historian, was fired because of extramural speech. A court order reinstated him so that he could have a campus hearing. He was recently fired again. Please share and donate.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Tom Alter, a labor historian, was fired because of extramural speech. A court order reinstated him so that he could have a campus hearing. He was recently fired again. Please share and donate.
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Fuck every journalist, politician, and academic whose only concern is Israeli families, while willfully ignoring the real pain and suffering of those being genocided. Fuck all of you!
October 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Fuck every journalist, politician, and academic whose only concern is Israeli families, while willfully ignoring the real pain and suffering of those being genocided. Fuck all of you!
Pretty accurate.
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Pretty accurate.
Thanks to the Palestinian resistance Israel released the hostages it had been torturing in its dungeons.
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thanks to the Palestinian resistance Israel released the hostages it had been torturing in its dungeons.
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day
October 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples' Resistance Day
A reminder to submit your proposals to the Decolonial Conference by tomorrow.
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October 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A reminder to submit your proposals to the Decolonial Conference by tomorrow.
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Maria Machado represents the interests of the criollo/white ethnoclass that has dominated the region after our so-called independence and has always aligned itself with imperialism. It’s not surprising that Machado uses white nationalist rhetoric and defends western civilization.
October 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Maria Machado represents the interests of the criollo/white ethnoclass that has dominated the region after our so-called independence and has always aligned itself with imperialism. It’s not surprising that Machado uses white nationalist rhetoric and defends western civilization.
While Trump kidnaps, dehumanizes, & deports Venezuelan immigrants, Maria Corina Machado dedicates the Nobel Peace Prize to him to give license to an invasion. This just gives you a glimpse of whose interests Machado is defending, and they’re not those of the people of Venezuela.
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
While Trump kidnaps, dehumanizes, & deports Venezuelan immigrants, Maria Corina Machado dedicates the Nobel Peace Prize to him to give license to an invasion. This just gives you a glimpse of whose interests Machado is defending, and they’re not those of the people of Venezuela.
The Nobel Peace Prize should put Zohran Mamdani’s statement on Venezuela into perspective for those who were unwilling to listen to the critiques we made. But I’m convinced that far too many won’t ever give up their imperial worldview, way of being, and indifference.
October 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize should put Zohran Mamdani’s statement on Venezuela into perspective for those who were unwilling to listen to the critiques we made. But I’m convinced that far too many won’t ever give up their imperial worldview, way of being, and indifference.
The Nobel Peace Prize is a license to wage war
October 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize is a license to wage war
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October 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“They’re not going to give in unless there is a real, credible threat—a severe, imminent threat. And the only threat that makes them yield is the threat of the use of international force.”
The Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado referring to the Venezuelan government.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado referring to the Venezuelan government.
October 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
“They’re not going to give in unless there is a real, credible threat—a severe, imminent threat. And the only threat that makes them yield is the threat of the use of international force.”
The Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado referring to the Venezuelan government.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado referring to the Venezuelan government.
Over 40 million people around the world have died because of US and European sanctions since 1970. Anyone who calls for sanctions on their country is calling for the death of their people.
October 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Over 40 million people around the world have died because of US and European sanctions since 1970. Anyone who calls for sanctions on their country is calling for the death of their people.
Please submit your proposals to the Decolonial Conference by October 12!!!
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Deadline extended!!!
The Program Committee has decided to extend the deadline to October 12, 2025. Proposals can be 400-600 words. If you are submitting a symposium or workshop proposal, word limits are more flexible.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions!
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The Program Committee has decided to extend the deadline to October 12, 2025. Proposals can be 400-600 words. If you are submitting a symposium or workshop proposal, word limits are more flexible.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions!
#decolonialconference
October 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Please submit your proposals to the Decolonial Conference by October 12!!!