Resources

• EINSTEIN’S LAST WORD ON GOD
  2 December, by siawi3

  “The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still purely primitive, legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can change this for me.” A.Einstein

• The far right won the Israeli elections. What comes next?
  1 December, by siawi3

  On Nov. 1, Israeli citizens elected the most overtly racist government in the country’s history. Now, as the far right declares war on human rights defenders and further entrenches Jewish supremacy across Israel-Palestine, those on the frontlines of the struggle for a just future in the region are bracing for the long road ahead.

• Ascension sociale et toute-puissance : « Femmes bourreaux », ou quand les nazies étaient des femmes…
  30 novembre, par siawi3

  Dans le domaine de la cruauté, des femmes ordinaires se sont révélées les égales de bien des hommes ayant participé à l’entreprise hitlérienne. Et les ont même parfois même dépassés dans la perversité, comme le montre la journaliste et réalisatrice Barbara Necek dans « Femmes bourreaux »

• Secret Power, #WikiLeaks and its Enemies, by Stefania Maurizi
  25 November, by siawi3

  The ‘secret power’ that Stefania Maurizi refers to in this book is the ‘highest level of power, where secret services, armies and diplomats operate.’ That power jealously guards its privacy so that the ordinary citizen does not see their machinations and crimes, there is no public control or accountability and no public scrutiny. At the heart of the book is the brutality of secret power and the unbearable price paid by Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and truthtellers. An uncovering of the terrifying depths of authoritarian power that hide behind the infamous story of WikiLeaks

• Inequality, injustice and violence: experiences of women from Iraq’s diverse ethnic and religious communities
  25 November, by siawi3

  At this critical juncture in Iraq’s political life, what can be done to ensure trauma is recognised and inequalities for ethnic and religious minorities are redressed?

• « Lumières de la gauche », par Stéphanie Roza
  21 novembre, par siawi3

  Pour la gauche laïque et singulièrement pour la « gauche de gauche » laïque, ces deux ouvrages fournissent des éléments précieux pour libérer la gauche de son fardeau identitaire. On peut même y trouver des outils intellectuels permettant de reconnaître dans la laïcité un paradigme culturel fédérateur, associant l’émancipation politique et l’émancipation sociale.

• Who wrote the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ?
  17 November, by siawi3

  Each clause was voted on by member states. Many suggestions came from drafters from small and newly de-colonised states. Two of the most important drafters were Hansa Mehta of India, and Charles Malik of Lebanon, who was Committee Rapporteur. Hansa Mehta, an extraordinary activist and brave member of the Constituent Assembly in India, was responsible for the wording of the Article I ‘All human beings are equal in dignity and rights,’ arguing that if the word men was used, it would not be regarded as inclusive but rather taken to exclude women. She was the key figure who ensured gender equality in the document.

• Multi-Directionality and Universality: Global Feminisms and International Law in the Twenty-First Century
  17 November, by siawi3

  Much of so-called progressive and feminist academic analysis (and activism) today is dominated by a simplistic, one dimensional view which—in the name of anti-racism, anti-imperialism and post-colonialism—legitimates a focus on state-generated terror and authoritarianism from above, but allows little or no room to critique cultural relativism and authoritarianism from below.

• Postcard from Mauritius
  15 November, by siawi3

  Capital accumulation in Mauritius is no longer directly colonial, but the ruling class is busy investing the fruits of the labour of others overseas, with the finance sector effectively operating as a site of money-laundering. The future of an opposition movement is intimately linked to what is happening in the region and internationally. Much of the left is caught in electoral politics, but there are repeated attempts to break out of that, and as activists do so, they are linking different forms of resistance to envisage a real alternative to the form capitalism has taken here.

• USA: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: An Interview with Dylan Rodriguez
  13 November, by siawi3

  ’Blood In My Eye’ completely changed my understanding of state power, capitalism, empire, fascism, and counter-warfare.

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