Palestinians have a right to resist. This is a colonial occupation, not a conflict!
Mahmood Mamdani
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- Now that we have a consensus that Israel is an apartheid state, the next step is to call for sanctions against the apartheid state.
- The resistance this time began in Jerusalem and spread to Gaza, now the West Bank and Palestinian communities beyond. This is not a conflict between Israel and Hamas. We are witnessing something far more meaningful, the birth of the Third Intifadah against settler colonialism!
- My new book *Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities* publishes on November 30. The book discusses the U.S. as foundational to modern colonialism and the promise of South Africa as an anti-dote. More here: hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is…
- NYC Taxi drivers are on a 24/7 protest re the failure of the City to grant them debt relief. They were told for years that the medallion would be a sure entry to the middle class. Now drivers drowning in debt & 9 have committed suicide.
- This Saturday at 7:00 pm New Delhi time, I'll be joining professors Nivedita Menon, Amir Ali, and Shukla Sawant for a discussion of my new book, "Neither Settler Nor Native." I hope to see you there!
- When all ranks of the Occupation, from the armed settler to the settler state, claim 'the right of self-defense', what language is left for those who defend themselves against the Occupation but the right to resist?
- Judgement at Nuremberg November 20 is the 70th anniversary of Nuremberg which began on Nov 20 1945. This set of 20 tweets discuss the impact of Nuremberg on the post-war world.
- Sharing my reflection of 50 years after the Uganda Asian expulsion:
- thrilled to be speaking about my new book "Neither Settler Nor Native" at the Africa Book Talk Series next friday! hope to see you all there -- columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
- I'm overjoyed to announce that "Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities", has now been published in its South African edition, with Wits University Press! More information + copies available here; witspress.co.za/catalogue/neit…
- Day 11 of our son Zohran’s hunger strike in solidarity with NYC taxi drivers.How did we get into the taxi medallion crisis? The City. And now it can help resolve that same crisis by working with @NYTWA to guarantee taxi medallion loans & give drivers a way out of life-long debt. I explain the origins of this crisis on @democracynow 👇
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