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Writing about the new biography, "Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler," @ainamarzia.bsky.social reflects on a literary mastermind whose oeuvre has become a centerpiece of Black liberation

inthesetimes.com/article/octa...
The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler
In a new biography, Susana M. Morris reflects on the devolution of American empire through the lens of Butler’s life
inthesetimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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A desalination plant in Corpus Christi, TX, would benefit the local oil, gas, and petrochemical industries but not local community members. Uprooter Aina Marzia for Aljazeera www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
‘Fighting for 40 years’: The tiny Texas community facing down Big Industry
Residents of Corpus Christi, Texas, in the US fight encroachment by desalination plants in the Texas Coastal Bend.
www.aljazeera.com
July 11, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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What if the structure of the UN, built as it is upon the spoils of WWII, is incompatible with truly democratic global governance? Aina Marzia starts there, and looks specifically at the limits of peacekeeping with agendas shaped by veto powers internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Reform or Rupture With The UN Security Council And Peacekeeping - CIP
The UN General Assembly operates as a clockwork machine, replicating the same behaviors over decades. Like any political machine tuned West, its actions and inactions perpetuate the status quo of empi...
internationalpolicy.org
February 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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"As temperatures continue to rise from climate change, OSHA’s first and only extreme heat proposal would help over 36 million people." Uprooter Aina Marzia for The Nation
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
A Proposed Regulation Could Protect Millions of Workers From Extreme Heat
As temperatures continue to rise from climate change, OSHA’s first and only extreme heat proposal would help over 36 million people.
www.thenation.com
July 30, 2024 at 3:07 PM