As the first anniversary of the second fall of Kabul to the Taliban approaches, the world watches as the extremist group re-imposes systematic discrimination against Afghan women and effectuates their exclusion from much of public life. Such policies have terrible consequences, such as a reported increase in suicide among women, and contributing to a doubling of infant mortality rates in some parts of the country. Apartheid is defined as “inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them.” Substituting “gender” for “race” in the conventional definition of apartheid yields a highly accurate reflection of Taliban policies vis-à-vis women.
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The Best Way to Mark the Anniversary of Taliban Takeover? Launch a Global Campaign Against Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan
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France : La laïcité, de Gwénaële Calvès (La Découverte, 2022) : le juridisme et ses limites
14 août, par siawi3Le point sur le cadre juridique de la laïcité.
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Salman Rushdie : La puissance du récit
14 août, par siawi3Raconter des histoires...
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What the ‘woke’ Left and the alt-Right share
14 August, by siawi3The implication is not that ‘left’ and ‘right’ are outdated notions – as one often hears – but rather that culture wars have displaced class struggle as the engine of politics.
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Le transgenrisme ou comment le sexisme pousse des jeunes à mutiler leurs corps sains
14 août, par siawi3Le genre est une construction sociale hiérarchique impliquant deux ensembles de stéréotypes (les stéréotypes qui constituent le masculin, la masculinité, d’une part, et d’autre part ceux qui constituent la féminité, le féminin) assignés aux individus en fonction de leur sexe — on parle aussi de « rôles sociosexuels ».
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L’Affaire Assange, histoire d’une persécution politique
13 août, par siawi3L’affaire Assange, c’est l’histoire d’un homme persécuté et maltraité pour avoir révélé les sordides secrets des puissants, notamment les crimes de guerre, la torture et la corruption.
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France : Richard Malka, avocat de Charlie Hebdo, exprime son « émotion » et son indignation", après l’agression de l’écrivain britannique Salman Rushdie.
13 août, par siawi3Au delà de l’indignation, un appel à aller au fond du problème...
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The moment somebody says: “yes i believe in free speech but...”, i stop listening
13 August, by siawi3Salman Rushdie on free speech, using the example of Charlie +Hebdo
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How blackbirding in colonial Australia created a legacy of racism
7 August, by siawi3Slavery and its consequences – both in Queensland and in the American South – obsessed Australia’s founders, and fundamentally moulded the country they created.
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The PAIGC’s Political Education for Liberation in Guinea-Bissau, 1963–74
7 August, by siawi3Liberation struggles are not fought only on the battlefield. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) left a legacy of educational decolonization.