#Antisemitism must be vigorously challenged as a pillar of Eurocentric white supremacy.
#Zionism is a specific political ideology and form of ethnonationalism that drove the establishment of the state of Israel and maintains the illegal occupation of Palestine.

"The primary goal of the IHRA definition is not to fight antisemitism or to protect Jewish communities from racist attacks, predominantly carried out by white supremacists; it is a mechanism to suppress advocacy for Palestinian rights. Of the definition’s 11 examples, seven deem criticism of Israel or Zionism to be antisemitic."

Harsha Walia wrote an excellent primer on deliberate #conflation: https://monitormag.ca/articles/colonialism-racism-and-the-ihra/ via @KarenWyld

#IHRA #philoSemitism #nationalism #ethnicCleansing #racism #coloniality #politics #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #fragility #censorship #NeverAgain #reputation #rightToExist #trauma #JewishSupremacy #whiteSupremacy #CanadaIsrael #colonialism #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #Canada #Toronto #schools #HarshaWalia

Colonialism, racism and the IHRA

In June 2024, after years of advocacy from Palestinian and Jewish families, the Toronto District School Board voted to include anti-Palestinian racism as part of its Combating Hate and Racism strategy. While many people saw this as long overdue, a number of pro-Israeli organizations almost…

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#GRK0089 #NoBorders #Libéralisme #Impérialisme #Colonialisme #HarshaWALIA
DÉMANTELER LES FRONTIÈRES
Contre l’impérialisme et le colonialisme
Harsha Walia (2015, LUX)
iBouquin:https://mega.nz/file/QYJTGDLQ#aCFvXGkv7qaap7Kdj2oKomTanGxVeighHvsGv8lL9Fo
Si t'as les moyens:
https://luxediteur.com/catalogue/demanteler-les-frontieres/

Présentation:
Aujourd’hui, plus que jamais, il est insensé de parler d’immigration tout en faisant abstraction des catalyseurs des déplacements de population : le colonialisme, l’impérialisme et le néolibéralisme. C’est là le point de départ que revendique Démanteler les frontières. Alliant théorie politique (Fanon, Foucault, Negri et d’autres) et expérience de terrain, l’auteure aborde la question des droits migratoires dans le cadre d’une analyse critique du capitalisme mondialisé, de l’exploitation et du racisme qui sont à l’origine des frontières et de l’État-nation.

Au cœur de cette analyse se trouve le concept d’« impérialisme de frontières », qui désigne le processus de création et de maintien structurel des violences et des conditions de précarité liées aux migrations, et déboulonne le mythe de la bienveillance occidentale à l’égard des migrants.

À la fois manifeste, témoignage et manuel de survie, ce livre donne aussi la parole à plusieurs militants et personnes migrantes.

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Harsha Walia
est une militante et écrivaine basée à Vancouver. Diplômée en droit, elle défend depuis plus de vingt ans la justice migratoire, la solidarité avec les peuples autochtones et la libération du peuple palestinien. Elle a notamment cofondé le groupe de défense des droits des migrants No One Is Illegal.

1.76 MB file on MEGA

Happening right now: a convo between #HarshaWalia and #RobinDGKelley on youtube hosted by haymarket Books

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp-UBJT5DnQ

Freedom Dreams Episode 5: Harsha Walia

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The section I read last night in Border & Rule by Harsha Walia discussed how "foreign" identities are constructed and weaponized to divide workers movements and uphold exploitative systems.

In Walia's words: "The problem isn't *foreign* capital, it's capital; the problem isn't *foreign* workers, it's labor segmentation."

She highlights how a feeling of scarcity is created and maintained through austerity measures that always afflict social programs (but never cut budgets to policing or weapons manufacture), which makes it tempting for labor forces to argue we don't have "enough" to defend labor rights for foreign workers. This is a dangerous fantasy, because the real way to support workers isn't by cutting out the "foreign" workers, it is to support *all* workers. She reminds us that birders and states are intentional constructions, not inevitabilities or natural outcomes, and true emancipation for workers comes from uniting all of them, and not by reinforcing national identities under the state.

Good stuff in this chapter. Heck yeah.

#BorderAndRule #HarshaWalia

"#Borders are not fixed lines demarcating territory. They are elastic; bordering regimes can be enforced anywhere. Subjected to surveillance and disciplinary mechanisms within the nation-state, undocumented migrants endure the omnipresent threat of immigration enforcement, dangerous and low-wage work, and barriers to accessing public services. (...) Borders can thus follow people indefinitely."
- #HarshaWalia

#migration
#sociology #PoliticalScience

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/there-is-no-migrant-crisis/

There Is No "Migrant Crisis" - Boston Review

The problem isn't new; it's the bordered logic of global apartheid itself.

Boston Review