Since finishing Babel and professing my undying love to it, I’ve spent much of my time conversing with other readers about exactly what I loved and why, as well as trying to convince a minority of readers that this is definitely worth the time and effort. (its a whopping 560 pages or 21 hours and…
Tag: Colonialism
Pakistan: the floods, climate change & colonialism.
Climate change is a global justice issue. The worlds poorest, and least responsible for the damage to the climate and with the lowest carbon footprints are paying the highest price. From cyclones in Mozambique, to droughts in Madagascar and Somalia, to the more recent floods and heatwaves, millions of lives are being impacted by climate change now. This is not only an environmental issue, it intersects with social systems, privileges and longstanding injustices. It affects people of different ages, races, class, gender and over geographical locations. Trusha Reddy, head of energy and climate justice at the WoMin African Alliance says “Climate justice is also heavily interconnected with historical injustices, it relates to how the climate crisis came about, who caused it, and so ultimately, who really needs to take the biggest amount of action.”
On Palestine | Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappe
Given the current situation in Palestine, with Israeli soldiers (Israeli Offence Force – IOF) storming into the Al Aqsa mosque on one of the holiest nights in the Islamic calendar, guns a-blazing, attackinginnocent worshipers congregating to pray the night prayer during Ramadan, I thought it was imperative upon me to learn more about the Israel/Palestine…