I contributed a review article to the Ethnic and Racial Studies symposium on John Solomos’ new book, Antiracism: A Critique. The full text can be read open access here. Abstract: As Charisse Burden-Stelly has repeated, following Antonio Gramsci, “now is the time of monsters.” Antiracism is beleaguered, flailing between attacks…
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I spoke to Momodou Taal of The Malcolm Effect podcast about the ‘History of the word ’woke’ and the modern war on it.’ We chatted about where the term came from, the history of contestation around it that reveals a lot about the connection between antiblackness and anti-red politics. I…
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I am delighted to share the recording of the 3rd ‘Radical Antiracism Today: New books in abolitionist, anticolonial, international antiracism‘ series with you. This event saw Quah Ee Ling in conversation with Mahdis Azarmandi and Garrick Cooper, two of the contributors to a volume published in Aotearoa New Zealand on…
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Since its adoption in 2016, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) ‘working definition of antisemitism’, has been primarily used to censor pro-Palestinian activism and scholarship. The definition has been amply critiqued for its vague formulation of antisemitism: “a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews.” More…
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I reviewed How To Lose Friends and Influence White People, a book being marketed as an antiracist manual, by Media Diversity Australia founder, Antoinette Lattouf. There is a concerning trend of so-called trade books referencing the brutal state murder of George Floyd as a vehicle for discussing issues of diversity…
Comments closedAyan Shirwa from Radio 3CR‘s show Women on the Line interviewed me about racial capitalism. You can listen here
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Everyone knows how much I love the Surviving Society podcast with Chantelle Lewis and Tissot Regis, produced by George Ofori-Addo. So I was absolutely delighted to be invited back to talk about my feelings about my book more or less 1 year after its publication, a year of crisis and…
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To mark the 25th anniversary of the Council of Europe’s European youth Campaign against racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance “All Different-All Equal”, Gavan Titley has edited a series of essays including one of mine in which I reflect on my role as co-coordinator with Yael Ohana of the European Youth…
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Dr Debbie Bargallie and I have published an article in the journal, Current Sociology in which we discuss the uses of critical race and critical Indigenous approaches to the theorisation of race, antiracism, and Indigenous sovereignty in colonial Australia. The article is titled, Beyond convergence and divergence: Towards a ‘both…
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‘As a Jew’ is a phrase I wish I never had to hear again in relation to Palestine. I don’t want to read anymore justifications that the Jewish tradition opposes violent settler colonialism. What is this Jewish tradition? There is no essence of Jewishness outside of its practice and today,…
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Andrew Brooks has reviewed Why Race Still Matters for the Sydney Review of Books. I am very grateful for the care he took to relate to the book through a wide engagement with the politics of race in colonial Australia and what it means for his own activism and teaching.…
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