Blog
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In response to remarks they gave at an event in Paris earlier this month, Judith Butler has received hate mail while Zionist publications have attacked them. In this article, Butler defends and clarifies their position.
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Unruly Bodies: Matthew Beaumont & Annie Olaloku-Teriba
Matthew Beaumont and Annie Olaloku-Teriba join Eleanor Penny to discuss the politics of struggle, power, and the body, in the context of the life and work of Frantz Fanon. -
Becoming Monsters: What happens when the witness becomes the defendant?
To whom should Palestinians fighting for liberation speak? For our Palestine Uncensored series, Islam Al-Khatib writes that the focus on appealing to an international audience has moderated and censored how Palestinians can imagine their fight for freedom. Instead, she argues that Palestinians must break out of the Western discursive frameworks that police their thinking about how liberation can be achieved. -
The renewable energy paradox
Brett Christophers examines the new paradox at the heart of renewable energy development now that the economic obstacle to decarbonisation has been swept away.
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10 books on motherhood
On reproductive labour, family abolition, and estrangement! -
Abortion Again?
Rosalind Petchesky reflects on the fight for reproductive rights forty years after the original publication of her book, Abortion and Women's Choice: The State, Sexuality and Reproductive Freedom. -
Let’s Burn It Down | The Feminism of Againstness
How can we imagine a place for a new vision of feminism that poses itself as oppositional and defiant, with againstness as its key goal? -
Oskar Negt (1934-2024)
A social philosopher of enormous influence in the Federal Republic of Germany, Oskar Negt is best known in the Anglophone world for his collaborative theory penned together with author and filmmaker Alexander Kluge. A giant in his own right, the riches of Negt’s considerable body of theory have yet to find their audience beyond German-speaking Europe.
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The Politics of Women’s Blues
Hazel V. Carby considers the sexual politics of women's blues and focuses on black women as cultural producers and performers in the 1920s. -
We came here for better opportunities … And what, in reality, did we find?
The Brixton Black Women’s Group describes the triple jeopardy they faced; as workers, as women, and as Black people.
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10 Books to Read on International Women's Day
Taking International Women's Day back to its radical roots.
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A Socialist Feminist Reading List
Revolutionary feminist texts, featuring Angela Davis, Nancy Fraser, Sophie Lewis, Shon Faye, and Vivian Gornick.