After the War on Terror

After the War on Terror

After the War on Terror By Shaheen Kattiparambil i Blog 141   Image credit: Pixabay (Free to use) Twenty-five years after 11 September 2001, the Global War on Terror (GWOT) appears, at first sight, to belong to another political moment. The occupations of...
Of Those who Don’t get to be Cockroaches

Of Those who Don’t get to be Cockroaches

Of Those who Don’t get to be Cockroaches By Zainab Amal i Blog 140   Image credit: Photo taken by Shaheen Abdulla, July 2026. Photo used with permission. Since 2014, India has been governed by Hindutva ethnonationalism, intensifying decades of structural...
Social Cohesion and Islamophobia

Social Cohesion and Islamophobia

Social Cohesion and Islamophobia By Shaheen Kattiparambil i Blog 129     What does social cohesion have to do with Islamophobia in contemporary Britain? On 9 March 2026, the Labour government unveiled its new social cohesion strategy, Protecting What Matters,...
‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim

‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim

‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim By Hamid TP i Blog 128     What does ‘Left’ mean in a political sense? Egalitarianism, support for the (organised) working class, support for the nationalisation of industry, hostility to marks of hierarchy, opposition to...
Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS

Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS

Antisemitism, IHRA and the NUS By Shaida Nabi i Blog 126   Image credit: Courtesy of Ayse Gur Geden University campuses have formed an epicenter of Palestine solidarity resistance since the onset of Israel’s genocide. In equal measure they have become sites of...