Getting the Insight Out
This article examines the erosion of Raphael Lemkin’s principles of genocide in the context of Gaza, highlighting the disjunction between legal definitions and geopolitical responses. Despite clear international legal assessments characterizing Israel’s actions as genocidal, political alliances and military aid persist. This reveals a troubling shift in how genocide is understood, applied, and contested today.
This month, the Taliban will attend the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), not as a member of the general assembly, but as an “observational body,” a status similar More
Under the Aristotelian framework, the political participation of individuals within modern representative democracies does not constitute true citizenship. The vast majority of those now considered to be citizens would, under Aristotle’s model, be more aptly described as resident aliens, true citizenry only being enjoyed by the class of elected officials. This article suggests representative democracy to be a system closer to aristocracy or oligarchy.
how exactly is meritocracy undesirable, and perhaps more importantly, how can we retool our popular conceptions of justice?
In advancing on Aristotle’s conception of value (the economic worth of a good that is produced, that is), Marx suggests a critical perspective that acknowledges the societal and ideological constraints of ancient Greek lifeways, culminating in the annexation of an anti-capitalist labour theory.
Technofeudalism, a political-economic theory proposed by Yanis Varoufakis, explores the return to feudalism from capitalism with a twist—the role of technology and data selling.
Once simply a celebrity businessman, Trump has transformed into a figure of near-divine significance for his staunch supporters. He is not simply a political leader but a saviour who stands against what his followers perceive as rampant corruption within judicial institutions, the political process and the government itself.
My social media is constantly flooded with political statements, condemnations, and demands for others to repost. While I empathize with the causes my peers are ardently supporting, I’ve questioned whether More
Last month, King Charles’ parliamentary address was disrupted by the protest of an Indigenous senator, her words demand that we evaluate the colonial history of Australia and consider the role the British Crown continues to play in Australian poli
The Canadian government’s Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls reveals systemic failures, entrenched in colonial, heteropatriarchal frameworks that perpetuate violence. Anthropologists Audra Simpson and Paulina García-Del Moral argue that productive change requires acknowledging settler-state motives and dismantling structural domination