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Tag Archives: colonialism and anti-colonialism
Israel, Apartheid, and the Death Penalty: When Law Becomes a Tool of Ethnic Cleansing
By Rezgar Akrawi, from libcom.org (10/04/2026) The Death Penalty for Terrorists Law was formally passed on 30 March 2026, with a 62–48 vote. Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, during a session of the Knesset’s National Security Committee. He and … Continue reading
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Tagged apartheid, colonialism and anti-colonialism, death penalty, israel, palestine, State and terror
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‘Colonization’ in the Cronaca Sovversiva
From The Transmetropolitan Review (18/03/2026) In the interests of fostering physical media, the text of ‘Colonization’ is print only. A decade before Vladimir Lenin wrote his Imperialism and years before Rosa Luxemburg wrote her Accumulation of Capital, an Italian anarchist named Antonio Calavazzi wrote a … Continue reading
Iran between Repression, Co-optation, and War: Three Waves of Counterrevolution
From the CrimethInc. collective (19/03/2026) In the following analysis, Somayeh Rostampour shows how the repression that the Iranian government has carried out to crush protests, the monarchist attempt to co-opt opposition movements and push them to the right, and the … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-imperialism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, iran
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George Orwell: Vanity and despotism
But what light does our difference here throw upon the problem before us? What connection is there between the sartorial splendours of the educated man and the photograph of ruined houses and dead bodies? Obviously the connection between dress and … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-militarism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, George Orwell, State and terror
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The War on Iran: Immoral allies, False claims and Unnecessary Bloodshed
From the Verso Books blog (11/03/2026) Ilan Pappe on US and Israeli immorality and why Palestine lies at the heart of the war on Iran.
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Tagged anti-militarism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, Ilan Pappe, iran, israel, palestine
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Ghassan Salhab: The Alter
From lundimatin #490, 01/10/2025 I am nothingand my words are fleetinglike me,among people but passing through, that is whyI speak of you. Bassam Hajjar Is it absolute madness that has taken hold of Zionism, driving this ideology born in the … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, Ghassan Salhab, israel, palestine
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Uri Gordon: Anarchism and Nationalism
Continuing from our previous post: “A meeting between Ubu kings“. Anarchism and Nationalism: On the Subsidiarity of Deconstruction Uri Gordon Anarchists are against nationalism; everyone knows that. Instead of solidarity across borders and anti-hierarchical antagonism within them, nationalism engenders loyalty … Continue reading
Mandate 2.0
We publish below an article by Siraj Izhar on the “Mandate” granted to Britain by the League of Nations in 1922. The “Mandate” would serve as a legal-political instrument for the control of the Palestinian population of the territory, in … Continue reading
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Tagged colonialism and anti-colonialism, israel, palestine, Siraj Izhar
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Zionism as a politics of everyday violence
With the generous permission of Nika Dubrovsky and the David Graeber Institute, we share an article by David Graeber on his experience and reflection on daily life under Israeli state occupation. Hostile Intelligence: Reflections from a Visit to the West … Continue reading
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Tagged colonialism and anti-colonialism, David Graeber, israel, palestine
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Israel’s Long War on Lebanon
From the CrimethInc. collective (14/05/2026) A Joint History of the Zionist and Lebanese Entities In the following analysis, Ayman Makarem of the From the Periphery media collective reviews a century of colonial violence in Palestine and Lebanon to illuminate the current Israeli … Continue reading →