Stop Trying to Save Indigenous People
Violence against Indigenous people is not a natural disaster, and they need not be rescued from it. To be rescued from violence doesn’t end violence, it only keeps certain people temporarily safe.
Feminism as veiled islamophobia dominates discourse about afghanistan
Banning burkinis, the War on Terror and the US occupation of Afghanistan have nothing to do with improving the lives of women. Why, then, did Women’s welfare become central to any discussion about these topics?
Investment In Public Transportation That Exacerbates Inequality
“Government investments in public transport systems may very well be exacerbating inequality due to their direct ties with the global capitalist system.”
“Savagery” in Guatemala stems from U.S. foreign policy – not Mayan civilization
“Bloodthirsty savagery”, which is often attributed to the Mayan people, far better describes U.S. foreign policy than any pre-Columbian civilization in the Americas. We ought to remember that the Mayan people still exist today, and they were and still are far from the backwards and underdeveloped stereotype propagated in mainstream media.
Under the banner of progress: Brazil’s largest anti-illegal logging operation
This year, in the largest anti-Illegal logging operation in the history of Brazil, in the state with the highest rate of deforestation — Pará — the wood seized was of “native woods of the Amazon biome” and did not correspond with the information declared officially.
Brazil, Between Life and Death
Whatever rules being imposed by the state or the parallel powers of organized crime, they seem to signify a blatant disregard for the lives of marginalized peoples.
Fanon’s Death and the Ever-Expanding Global American Periphery
[Fanon] has taught us well, that it is not through kindness, asking please, begging for crumbs and simply pointing out injustices that we will overcome our condition as colonized peoples. And most importantly, it is not through the reproduction of the oppressor’s tactics that we will regain our humanity.
Getting Rid of Trump Doesn’t Treat the Pervasive Toxicity of ‘American Democracy’
“Fidelity to the rule of law” may now be a sentiment that serves our fleeting motivation to get rid of Trump, but it will never rescue us from the pervasive toxicity of the global political landscape ‘American Democracy’ has devised.
G&R's 2020 Retrospective: Judith O'Grady
Yesterday, December 4th, 2020, we had to say goodbye to our beloved writer and friend — Judith O’Grady.
“We are obliged to build a New Belarus!”: Reports from Belarusian exiles in Poland
Faith in the democratic system is eroding not only in Belarus, but also in the United States and other places around the globe. The principles of ‘Freedom' America sought to defend for almost a century revealed to be a shortcoming in their own territory, and not exclusive to 2nd and 3rd world authoritarian governments.
When to Not Follow Instincts
If someone worships wealth, though the idea of it might be immutable, they want how much they have of it to change. Even in worshiping deities, eternal as they might be, they are seen as having the power of Change.
We Are Not Against Civilization, Civilization is Against Us
Today, as the cautionary tale that we have become, it’s not too late to start putting this planet back in our sights, even if it means looking at something uncomfortable and un-rescuable.
The Problem of Klan Denialism Among Leftists
It’s easier to think it’s the other, those ‘bad apples’, because we don’t want to come to realization that pretty much every white American is unprepared for what it really means for their Nation to give up being a world power fueled by racial injustice.
A History of News and Justice in the Americas
“The murders of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, and the attack against Christian Cooper. Do these specific cases, whose punishments rely on the chance of someone recording at the right place and time, shake the foundations of our structurally racist society?”
The Systemic Changes Needed to Combat Hunger (During a Pandemic)
The cultural impact of ultra-processed foods is “a consequence of the desire to consume more and more as to create the sensation of belonging to a more modern and superior culture." With this, late stage capitalism has changed the concept of poverty and hunger.
The best thing about social distancing is gardening naked, and privilege
Feeling unworthy of dignity has put many people on a perpetual state of vulnerability, starting much before this outbreak, and continuing well after this whole thing blows over.
How to Hijack National Identity
People of color are the ones who need to deal with the question “Where are you really from?" Unless you want to start asking this question to white people, you shouldn't be asking it at all.
How Indigenous life dissipates in the Amazon
“Stop being Indigenous, start being a worker.”