(24 December 1934 – 5 November 2023) My most enduring image of Enrique Dussel shows him in the role that made him happiest. That of a teacher, maestro in Spanish; with a lowercase ‘m’, as in the mastery of non-mastery. There he is, in front of a...
Dear Mr Starmer, We, the undersigned, are writing to request that the Labour party immediately clarify its position on the prohibition of collective punishment. On 11 October, you were asked on LBC radio if Israel’s siege of Gaza, and the cutting off of...
The Earth is closing on Palestinians in Gaza. As I write these lines, Israel continues to bomb more than two million Palestinians, refugees and the descendants of refugees confined to the besieged Gaza Strip, which measures a mere 365 square km. More than 300,000...
Gordon Bennett, ‘Home Decor (Relative/Absolute) Flowers for Mathinna #2 (1999) Although ‘race’ is a construction, it manifests in various juridical and political formations, and in the lived experience of everyday life. Australia, as a state and society, is one such...
Mankind has been plagued by war since the beginning of civilization. History proves this well. Not just these days, but these centuries have always been war. But these days, by virtue (or perhaps evil) of the availability of social media and the internet, we, I mean...
Using decolonisation to uncover the silences and absences in legal knowledge. A conversation between Foluke Adebisi, author of Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge (Bristol University Press 2023), and Katie Bales KB: I should begin by just reiterating how brilliant I...
