“American structural power had endured not despite, but because of the doomsayers.”
Tim Barker reads Samuel Huntington on US “declinism” from the Cold War to the present.
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/his...
On May 1, 1974, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Establishment of a New International Economic Order (NIEO), with proposals to end neocolonialism and dependency, advance South-South cooperation, and guarantee economic sovereignty for all nations.
And you might as well add emancipation here as well.
Are there any researches working on anti-/post-colonial theory, Caribbean studies, and/or Marxist theory in Copenhagen? Thinking about applying for this Nordic travel grant our uni is offering, and would love to do some collaborative work or attend workshops in Denmark in August.
🚩🚩🚩 The call for papers for Marxism NL's 1st Conference is now live!
CFP deadline 29.05.26
Conference 08-09.10.26
conference.marxism-nl.org/mxnl26/cfp
Can anyone recommend me texts that conceptualise the distinct yet overlapping notions of "freedom" and "liberation"? Especially interested in the discussion as it relates to decolonization, Third World socialism & Black liberation movements.
Got to spend three wonderful months in Brighton at the University of Sussex. Really grateful for all of the amazing people I got to know during my stay. Next up: Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲
Small Axe focuses on publishing critical work that examines the ideas that guided the formation of Caribbean modernities. Issue 79 is now available. View the TOC: buff.ly/HqmmeUG
A 185-year-old territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana reveals the enduring contradictions of U.S. foreign policy in the Caribbean, with the “Donroe Doctrine” introducing new risks.
Read Logan McMillen's (@southerngradient.bsky.social) latest for NACLA 👇
nacla.org/the-essequib...
I have a new piece out
Reflecting on 20 years of migrant struggles, it goes into what abolish ICE does - and doesn't - mean; merging of immigration enforcement with policing & military power; and how fascism is made through bordering.
Despite resisting it for so long, I also now define the border.