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Whataboutism doesn’t help anyone
What is whataboutism? Whataboutism is deflection from one social justice issue to another. It is a tactic of derailment that demonstrates not only a lack of solidarity and a misunderstanding of a key element of social justice: shared struggle. Essentially in a debate, one issue is weaponised, and is brought up to detract or minimise…
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I cannot support my coloniser’s football team
The Euros final is coming up. Everywhere I go I see St George’s flags, “its coming home” social media posts, and general celebratory sentiment. But as a second generation Cypriot migrant, I do not have it in me to support the team of my coloniser, nor to take part in these celebrations. I grew up…
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Disability Pride Month
A narrow definition of disability is unable to capture various instances of chronic debilitation: how racialised and migrant workers are subjected to disabling immigration regimes and working conditions, how we are collectively incapacitated by capitalism, how entire populations are debilitated by neocolonialism or imperialism, or how entire populations are sentenced to “slow death” through a…