Tag: Rojava
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Nation states, surveillance and control

I am hearing resolutions this year about a renewed search for peace and justice, and liberation. Resolutions made, in many cases with more determination than hope. One of the things we need if we are to take meaningful steps toward those celestial goals is memory. In some cases, it’s just about remembering a year or…
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Prepare to support your trans comrades

(This is a re-edit of a post from 2022 ( original here ) republished with a few notes in brackets because — well, here we are again, Trump and all, and a heck of a lot of people have learned nothing.) No, I am not saying be ‘a trans ally’. That’s identity-politics nonsense, it’s being…
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Prepare to support your trans comrades

***long read*** No, I am not saying be ‘a trans ally’. That’s identity-politics nonsense, it’s being partisan, it’s like joining a football supporters’ club – but the thing is, the wheels really have come off Stonewall’s #NoDebate train in their self-ID/queer theory/gender-ideology campaign, and it’s time to re-assess the situation. It’s a real shame it…