Are we “decolonising queer liberation” or disciplining the Kurds? Let us attempt a careful and nuanced consideration of the historicity of different struggles.
The terms military zone and death zone trace the colonial dynamics which have compartmentalised the city, in order to unpack further the claim that Kurdistan is a colony.
(Or, why is the world allowing the Rohingya to be slaughtered?) There is a genocide happening before our eyes. If only we can bear to look.
Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, activist, scholar, and daughter of Frantz Fanon, talks about the enduring relevance of his ideas and passions in contemporary political life.
The unrestricted flow of cheap natural resources from the global south to the rich industrialized north, maintains a profoundly unjust international division of labour.
To ally campaigns for women’s rights with racism is to accept the very logic that, at its ideological core, feminism seeks to destroy.
President Sirleaf's promise to campaign for women candidates in Liberia's upcoming elections comes too little, too late.
Singapore may soon elect its first female president – but the struggle for gender equality in the region is far from being won.
Aid donors, governments and the United Nations have made many commitments to gender equality. Their actions have been less impressive.
It is time for the issue of race to become central to any discussion on the continued exploitation of workers in the Gulf.
The term 'alt-right' is appropriate for a loose movement able to mainstream white nationalism and fascism and make them part of popular culture, the media landscape and the national dialogue.
