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Conflictual Universalism(s) – Part 3 of 3

Katrine Bregengaard in discussion with Etienne Balibar- Part 3 of 3 (Illustration of Etienne Balibar by Zahid Mayo) (The interview is a revised version of a conversation that took place in November 2014 at Professor Balibar’s office at Columbia University’s French Department.) HUMAN RIGHTS KATRINE BREGENGAARD: I want to turn to the question of human…

ByEtienne Balibar

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Sultans of Arabia

Well known, the narrow strictness of the Saudi order. On the one side the flogging of dissent, on the other the bombing of audacity. The penal arsenal of the Saudis mirrors that of the Islamic State – both resort to beheading and beating, to harsh treatment for their citizenry as the price of stability. What…

ByVijay Prashad

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Culture Days: Opium of the People?

There surely will be divergent views to what I am about to write because I am writing about the 2nd March which is celebrated as ‘Baloch Culture Day’ and is celebrated quite enthusiastically by many as is apparent from the social media and news reports. So much so that even the American Consul General in…

ByMir Mohammad Ali Talpur

Comrade Abdul Qayyum Baloch of Gwadar

Since March 27th 1948s forced accession the Baloch have been resisting the Pakistani state’s attempts to exploit their resources, politically disenfranchise them, physically eliminate and intimidate them and last but not the least turn them into a minority with influx of non-Baloch people. Baloch resistance has so far foiled the evil designs though this has taken…

ByMir Mohammad Ali Talpur

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Noam Chomsky on ISIS

Below is a transcript of a brief interview with Noam Chomsky conducted on 17th November 2015 in Boston, US. Qalandar Memon: How do you think France, EU countries and the US will react to the violence that took place in Paris on 13th November 2015? Likewise, how do you think they should react to that, with the…

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ON ANARCHISM, ALTERNATIVES & NON-VIOLENCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH TODD MAY

Interview conducted 6/29 – 2014 Cæcilie Varslev-Pedersen: How is it to live and work in South Carolina these days? Todd May: It doesn’t get easier. You see that a lot of the country is moving away politically. We don’t have gay marriage. In fact, they’re passing laws to make it harder to be gay. If gay…

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On whether Foucault is a Neoliberal Philosopher – And what it means to ask?

On whether Foucault is a Neoliberal Philosopher – And what it means to ask? The germ of the central question I will attend to in this essay is owed to an interview published in Jacobin magazine under the title ‘Can We Criticize Foucault’.1 The interviewee was a French sociologist who has published an edited volume titled Foucault…

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Greece and its European Economic Straight Jacket

We’ve experienced some agitated weeks in Europe, with Greece as the center of attention. After the outright No win in the referendum there have been a few surprises, such as the resignation of Greece’s “rock star” finance minister and the recently announced new deal which entails more austerity. What do these events mean? What is…

ByAlejandro Zegada

Fariah

To go on means going from here, means finding me, losing me, vanishing and beginning again, a stranger first, then little by little the same as always, in another place, where I shall say I have always been, of which I shall know nothing, being incapable of seeing, moving, thinking, speaking, but of which little…

ByKorina Gougouli

Notes on the Awaran Operation in Balochistan

While most of the Muslim world rejoiced and celebrated Eid al-Fitr those in Awaran, Balochistan were treated to a barge of bombs and bullets. In the early hours of June 18th, 2015 ( First day of Eid al-Fitr), Pakistani security forces cordoned off Malaar area of Kolwaah in district Awaran. All exit and entry points…