UWC geographer, writing about debt, racial capitalism, and the social welfare state in South Africa.
Erin Torkelson
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More good news: you can get it in South Africa from Jacana Media!
I’ve been feeling this so much lately, but it’s still shocking to see in print.
Also… the 1970s cohort?!? As if we needed more proof the end of the social welfare state is killing us.
Erin Torkelson
Erin Torkelson
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This meeting is about genocide, but not the mythological “white genocide” it’s pretending to be about. It’s about the US punishing South Africa for taking Israel to the ICJ.
Trump invited a billionaire and two golfers into the Oval Office to scold the sitting South African president, after showing a reality tv-style montage about a genocide that doesn’t exist. I guess this is US diplomacy now.
I’ve got a book coming out! Check out the introduction online now!
I started working on this project with the Black Sash in 2016. I can’t believe that a decade later, the book is a real, material object in the world. I’m so very proud of it and I’d love to speak to your classes and departments! And, @dukepress.bsky.social is having a sale!
