In July, Sara Aronowitz and Reza Hadisi authored a petition calling on the American Philosophical Association (APA) to condemn the war crimes and atrocities in Gaza, express solidarity with Palestinian scholars, and honor the APA’s commitment to the mission of Scholars at Risk (SAR). The petition currently has almost 500 signatures. A few weeks later, the APA board […]
Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Mich Ciurria
Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and twenty-fifth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosophers and post to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY on the third Wednesday of each month. The series is designed to provide a public venue for […]
Voices from the Rubble: Solidarity Webinar, Online, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 5pm Jerusalem/3pm London
ActforPal invites academics & allies worldwide to a webinar in solidarity with colleagues in Gaza. This is an open and inclusive space. This is an open and inclusive space where anyone can speak, reflect, and stand united in response to the ongoing devastation faced by Palestinian academics. At the heart of the session are the […]
Letter to Boycott Israeli Literary Institutions with Link to Add Your Name
From the Palestinian Festival of Literature: October 28, 2024 | More than 1,000 authors, including winners of the Nobel Prize, Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award have launched a mass boycott of Israeli publishers complicit in the dispossession of the Palestinian people. This is the largest cultural boycott against Israeli institutions in history. […]
Palestinian Liberation is Disability Justice; Disability Justice is Universal Justice (by Mich Ciurria; reposted from May 3, 2024)
Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove [not only] from our land but from our minds as well – Frantz Fanon Genocide is Disablement To quote Alice Wong from the Disability Visibility Project, “Palestinian liberation is disability justice.” Palestinians are experiencing genocide and “genocide is a mass disabling event and a […]
Orange Shirt Day (National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada)
Description of image above: shows an orange t-shirt which depicts two eagle feathers tied together and “EVERY CHILD MATTERS” at top. In the middle, the t-shirt reads: “Orange Shirt Day” September 30. Below the date, appears this message: “Orange Shirt Day recognizes the harm done to generations of children by the Indian Residential Schools and […]
Oh, Canada: The 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Today is so-called Canada Day and thus, on behalf of the contributors to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, I want to remind you that few of the 94 Calls to Action that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada made in 2015 have been implemented or acted upon in any way. The Calls to Action of the […]
Palestinian Liberation is Disability Justice; Disability Justice is Universal Justice
Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove [not only] from our land but from our minds as well – Frantz Fanon Genocide is Disablement To quote Alice Wong from the Disability Visibility Project, “Palestinian liberation is disability justice.” Palestinians are experiencing genocide and “genocide is a mass disabling event and a […]
CEASEFIRE NOW!
Image: 4 squares of lines, one inside the other, at the centre of the squares are the words “Cease” and “Fire,” the former above the latter
CEASEFIRE NOW!
Image: 4 squares of lines, one inside the other, at the centre of the squares are the words “Cease” and “Fire,” the former above the latter
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