The Neo-liberal University Institution
The state, with all its institutions, became a tool that is constantly employed for the continued functioning of the neoliberal system. Although advertised as a system separate from the state in terms of the freedom of the market and individual choice, the neoliberal system depends on the state for its maintenance. For the function and…
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Prolonging the Plight of the Palestinians: The Gaza Ceasefire and the Perpetual Nakba
After a tumultuous 18 months of genocide, the horrors inflicted upon the people of Gaza came to a much desired end, bringing forth a ceasefire deal with the prospects of putting an end to the bloodshed and violence. However, how hopeful can we be about the ceasefire given the Zionist occupation’s flippant disregard for playing…
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The New Middle East
Throughout the ages, the Middle East has been a hotspot in global diplomacy and politics, with every empire taking turns trying to control it due to its natural resources and strategic and economic location that made it one of the most important geopolitical regions on the globe. After the fall of the Soviet Union and…
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Resistance & Struggle in South Lebanon
The renewed fervor for Palestinian liberation has allowed for resistance discourse to take center stage, and Lebanese people have not shied away from giving their two cents as they grapple with the issue of Lebanese resistance. Some controversial deliberation has taken place since October 7, and as the Israeli aggressions against Palestinians continue to worsen,…
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Hasbara
Propaganda is always obvious in retrospect. Whenever we go back, to the 1940s for example, or the Cold War era, and look into old posters, commercials, and magazines, it is clear to us how almost every piece of media was used to alter public opinion to garner public support, and control the masses. As Isa…
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From the Mississippi to the Jordan River, Black & Palestinian Liberation
“The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era.” — Ghassan Kanafani The murder of George Floyd in 2020 afflicted millions around the world, Palestinians took to the streets to mourn his death…
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An Undying Spirit
“Art is our situation. When you don’t have a homeland . . . and when people deny your existence. So art is a form of saying we are here. We have long roots here. [Art] gives home to the homeless.” From the river to the sea and despite the occupation, Palestinians have refused to let…
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Women’s Bodies
What is it like being a woman at war? We don’t have to look far to find those who can tell us: It is to have one’s humanity stripped and become nothing but a prop for media. From the start of the aggressions on Gaza on the 7th of October, women have served primarily as…
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Liberation
When will Palestine be liberated? That has been the most answered and unanswered question of the past 76 years. Who will liberate Palestine? That question is a little more controversial. How will Palestine be liberated? By gun, by sword, or by United Nations Resolution 9056.1/028×3. What will Palestine look like after liberation? We have heard…
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