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I’ve said this many times before but given the many bad faith actors flocking to my feed in response to today’s events, I want to be very clear: indiscriminately shooting missiles into populated areas is a war crime. Those responsible should be prosecuted.

I count at least 10 people grocery shopping in the immediate vicinity of one of the hundreds (thousands?) of pager explosions. Each explosion constitutes an indiscriminate attack. Under these circumstances this is an act of terror.

A great question! On the difference between colonialism and imperialism, a well-argued and recent conceptual piece, recommended to me by Kostia Gorobets is Arneil, Barbara (2024). Colonialism versus Imperialism. Political Theory 52 (1):146-176. philpapers.org/rec/ARNCVI

Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, Ch’ixinakax utxiwa: On Practices and Discourses of Decolonization (Polity Press, 2020, the English Edition) A critique of “decolonial canon” and also a fantastic text

Written over a decade ago by an Indigenous Circassian scholar and yet to this day the void, the disregard, the testimonial injustice, the denial of soviet - russian colonialism, the lack of engagement and dialogue are still actively maintained… Tlostanova’s work is a memento

No one can claim that they did not know the extent of the horrors of this genocide. In today' world, a genocide has been normalized. Lord Have Mercy!

The UN General Assembly resolution welcoming the ICJ's advisory opinion, demanding Israel's compliance, and calling on all States to cooperate in its implementation is adopted. 124 in favor 14 against 43 abstain Applause.

Half the death toll are children and medical staff. Killing civilians in random explosions would be called “terrorism” if anyone else did it, but when it’s Israel they call it “Hezbollah pager explosions.”

An overwhelming global majority votes in favor of the resolution on the advisory opinion on the illegality of Israel’s presence in the OPT and which calls for an end of this presence without delay and no later than 12 months from adoption of resolution. The resolution also

The largest terrorist cyberattack in history, targeting indiscriminately the entire population. Lebanon.

Walter Rodney spoke so loud against colonialism, theft, acquiescence that he was assassinated — did not make it to 40. You smile and celebrate the genocider’s award. I wonder how he would’ve felt about your symposium…

“Simultaneous attacks by thousands of devices would inevitably violate humanitarian law, by failing to verify each target, and distinguish between protected civilians and those who could potentially be attacked for taking a direct part in hostilities.”

Lebanese people are fearful of texting their loved ones in case their phones explode. Our government’s cowardly failure to call out this latest war crime is shameful. There is only one reasonable response: end all arms sales to Israel, now.