We are now seeing famine across the whole of Gaza. All houses destroyed, food systems destroyed and healthcare destroyed. And kids are dying. Is there any humanity left?

Piped water. For the first time ever ..

#OTD 11.8.1904 fand in Deutsch-Südwestafrika die "Schlacht am Waterberg" statt, ein Schlüsselereignis im #Genozid #Herero . 120 Jahre danach, gibt es immer noch keine offizielle Anerkennung, keine Entschuldigung und keine Aussöhnung. Ein kurzer 🧵 👇 /2

My piece on the financialization of natural resources and Sahrawi-led sovereignty in Western Sahara is live! This has been a labor of love over many years and I’m so thrilled to see it in JRAI, have a read here: rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

If you're in New York City on October 4th, from 1 to 2:30 pm., come through for a talk, "Authoritarian Planning: Extractivism and Crisis in Angola," by @Jon_Schubert (Critical Urbanisms and Centre for African Studies Basel ZASB, and a visiting fellow Graduate Program in International Affairs). At The New School. Antina von Schnitzler and our

Every politician says New York is the greatest city in the world. But what good is that if no one can afford to live here? I'm running for Mayor to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers. Join the fight. zohranfornyc.com/donate

I lived in Germany for four years. One of the key reasons why I left is the stunning level of daily racism and abuse that German authorities support against people from the Middle East (generically labelled as Muslims, whatever their actual beliefs might be)

Why did so many working class New Yorkers vote for Donald Trump last week — and even more not vote at all? I went to Hillside Ave in Queens and Fordham Rd in the Bronx to find out.

In the richest city of the richest country on the planet, an astonishing *1 in 8* public school students were homeless last year — a 23% increase from the previous year and the highest number ever recorded gothamist.com/news/number-of…

The news of the passing of my comrade, sister and teacher Prishani Naidoo, came as a crushing pain as the year draws to a close. 💔 this year has truly taken so much from us. 💔 but with Prishani, it took everything! Prishani was a dedicated scholar with an uncompromising

it's here! Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa my book has arrived. a brief 🧵

‘Debt entanglements: Rethinking the developmental state in the global South” Mariana Diaz Chalela & I have a new piece in Economy & Society that examines credit, debt and the developmental state in Colombia and beyond Give it a read! 📌 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Re-membering Prishani Naidoo Memorial Service Details: 1 March 2025 11:30am Wits Great Hall (Wits University, Braamfontein) To RSVP and get links: swop.org.za/memorial

A chance for me to vent about what's going on at Columbia, and not going on. thenation.com/article/societ…

If you are a Columbia alumni, don’t let the anti-Palestinian folks take the upper hand. Sign on to this letter: docs.google.com/document/u/0/d…

The ongoing war in Gaza has fundamentally challenged Forensic Architecture's approach to its work, agency founder Eyal Weizman says in this interview. dezeen.com/2025/05/20/gaz…

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In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

All I see and hear from Gaza are stories of people starving and begging for help, but world leaders are “silent” and there is no media coverage. Palestinians are so dehumanized that their mass starvation isn’t even considered newsworthy.