Co-operatives and Liberation, not necessarily in that order
Having spent an excellent few days on and around the margins of Dublin, I find myself on a train to Mallow for my third visit to TAPSS (theory and philosophy summer school). It’s become a bit of a tradition, a habit, to attend this event. And I do love this place. The green, the hills, […]
Read More On a train, heading southI’m not vegan when I travel. It would be easy for me to say this is for practical reasons, “it simply isn’t reasonable, the food isn’t available, it’s too hard”. But that isn’t actually my reason – rather, I think that principles, like not consuming animal products, can only be comprehended and stood for in […]
Read More Travel and PrinciplesI’m travelling. My feeling towards this can be expressed by way of a story: last night I was hanging out with my friend Jo and among other things I had to decide when I should arrive at the airport. Jo pointed out that there is a certain logic to arriving earlier – even earlier […]
Read More Travelling is departure without arrivalNearing my departure to Ireland, France and the middle east, I find myself a little sad that my trip prevents any time for a visit to Quebec. The current student strike there, which is in its tenth week, does appear to be a real political situation – and one in my home country nonetheless. Everything […]
Read More Where the action isIt is nothing new or surprising to say that since Oslo Palestinians have been as divided as ever on both the goal of what peace would count as an acceptable victory, and what kind of resistance should be employed to reach that goal. Normal Finkelstein’s simple solution of mass popular non-violent resistance to bring about […]
Read More The hunger strike against divisive resistanceI am presenting a paper with the above title tomorrow at Strategies of Critique, a conference by the Social and Political Thought program at York University. It is happening in Accolade East 007, and I am on the panel which is happening between 2:30 and 4. I am a bit anxious about how it will […]
Read More Fanon, Palestine and the Psychology of LiberationA key problem with North American palestinian activism is a presumption of neutrality with respect to Palestinian politics which fails to acknowledge that activism is, whether it likes to think so or not, taking sides on complex internal Palestinian issues. While the three demands can be arrived at by consensus, there are two key problems […]
Read More The Fake Neutrality of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions
Only a Northern Song 