Robin DG Kelley on the poetry of aja monet (1:05:33) "This is what makes the poems so powerful and dangerous. Like violets pushing through concrete to kiss the sun, or unarmed people, arms locked, chanting and singing, forcing armies to retreat." youtube.com/watch?v=BBoQI9…

『青い光』 〜Blue light〜 #art #artwork

Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed? I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism 👀 September 2025 W. W. Norton & Company

What does institutional neutrality mean in the face of genocide? Grateful to the @SociologicalReview for opportunity to contribute to the Special Section on Palestine: A Sociological Issue. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Searching for life, Suliman Mansour.

Rafah

Another exodus of thousands of Palestinian families, fleeing to other unsafe areas under the threat of elimination after the Israeli army issued a massive expulsion order this morning against Rafah, which accounts for almost one-fifth of the Gaza Strip.

“People are now in a state of confusion, they have forgotten the war, displacement, migration and bombing. Their main thoughts have become flour” - Palestinian journalist in Gaza pulse.ly/cux1b9a705

“There is no God but God, Muhammad is his messenger,” the paramedic is heard saying. He asks God for forgiveness and says he knows he is going to die. “Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” he said. “Allahu akbar,” God is great, he says.

Violent explosions. Terrifying, intense, low-flying warplanes have been hovering over the Gaza Strip for more than half an hour.

There were many good arguments for and against, but today I’ve come to the decision to appeal the decision of the Halle Labour court in my case with the Max Planck Society. I have no doubt that it is the right ethical and political decision. Things are less

Viscerally sickening. It’s not about “who they come for next” or whatever future paranoia motivates the masses, it’s about the fact that they did take Mahmoud— this case isn’t a harbinger of doom for the rest, but a world of tragedy and destruction in itself.

A memorial in Leiden for the 17,000 children killed by Israel in Gaza. We read out names of the dead children for more than 5 hours

"It's not really about whether the world sees it. What matters to me is what I'm doing and how lasting the impact of my work will be. Will this work live forever? I strive for my photos to be everlasting." My latest for Middle East Eye

Save the date! Am 22. und 23. Juli organisieren Robin Celikates, Raul Zelik und ich ein Symposium zu 100 Jahre Fanon, mit fiercen Fanon-Scholars, und euch!

Now online: Ep 29, with Rebecca Yeo The disabled people’s movement has long argued that preventing people from meeting their needs is disabling. Restrictions imposed on people in the immigration system disable people with existing impairments and create new impairments 1/7

Since October 2023, over 79% of our mosques have been destroyed, 87% of schools damaged or destroyed, and more than 94% of hospitals are now nonfunctional. Yet we believe in our hearts and in our actions that we will rebuild and return.

In the last 25 days, Israel killed 40 health workers in Gaza