Di Mila Ghorayeb. Originale: The Misguided Exceptionalism of US-Israeli Relations, del 28 febbraio 2019. Tradotto in italiano da Enrico Sanna. Quando qualcuno parla di Islam o di stati a maggioranza musulmana sento che qualcosa non torna. Non che l’argomento sia del tutto sbagliato; è più l’espressione. Sono luoghi comuni come “barbarico” e “selvaggio” che, comprensibilmente,…

Over the past few weeks, the topic of indigenous self-determination and the decolonization of US-occupied lands has re-emerged, not only with the protests against neoliberal austerity in Puerto Rico, but also in less-covered protests by indigenous Hawaiians and allies on Maunakea. What’s occurring on Maunakea could very well be considered the next DAPL protest, as…

I used to hear people talk about Islam or Muslim-majority states and sense that something was not right. It wasn’t that everything people were saying was necessarily wrong, but it was about how they said it. Namely, it was that the tropes they used, such as “barbaric” and “savage,” could understandably be seen as distasteful….