The Long View

The Long View

How do we De-Zionise British schools?

As per other post-genocide projects to address the embedded ideologies that dehumanise and legitimise mass murder and wide spread atrocities, societies must in the current moment look to the de-Zionisation of their institutions.  David Miller discussed why this is needed and how it might look

The Media’s Manufacturing of Consent for Genocide in Lebanon

In this study of the colonial contexts of US-backed Israeli atrocities in West Asia, Denijal Jegić analyses the victim-blaming narratives employed by media actors to justify the extension of genocide into Lebanon.    While the Israeli regime continues to commit unspeakable crimes in its genocide

Makkah, the Anti-diaspora – the Home for the Homeless

This excerpt from Imam al-Asi’s course at the Decolonial Muslim Studies course in Granada in 2024 rewires Muslim thought in an age when migration has become the foremost political battleground   We are all familiar with Prophet Abraham (Nabi Ibrahim) alayhis salam. And we call

Islamophobia and the Vanishing Public Muslim

Saeed Khan presents the background paper for the 2024 IHRC and SACC Islamophobia conference.  With civil and political spaces shrinking world-wide, Muslims as political agents find themselves pushed to the margins and disappeared from all forms of social engagement.   The onslaught and genocide on

Harehills & The Roma-led Uprising in England

Mischaracterisation and misrepresentation of the Roma community by the state has crept into the thinking of all marginalised groups argues Sukant Chandan.  As a result, the July unrest and protests in Leeds have been misunderstood and a chance for unity against the racist state lost.

The Making of Britain’s First Anti-Muslim Riots

Faisal Bodi argues that the current disorder on the UK’s streets are the result of relentless Islamophobic discourse from successive governments, and resurgent (global) racist politics.  Without a serious culture change, starting at the highest echelons of political circles, the future bodes ill for social