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Tuesday, 27 January 2015
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To celebrate Yanis Varoufakis' election to Greek parliament as a Syriza MP, and his new role as a Finance Minister threatening to crack the austerity consensus in Europe, Zed Books are offering a free e-book containing extracts from "The Global Minotaur", his provocative account of the causes of the financial crisis (and his plan for getting out of it). The e-book, "After The Minotaur: Greece and the Future of the Global Economy" will go on general release for all platforms on Thursday 29th January.
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Asked of his plans for power, the new Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, responds "We are going to destroy the Greek oligarchy system". Such fighting words will come as no surprise to anyone aware of the work of this radical heterodox economist who has blogged about the global financial crisis and its discontents for the past 5 years.
But what are Varoufakis' plans for a new economy based upon equality and social justice? The author outlined much of his vision for a new economics in his book "The Global Minotaur". In it he explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the root causes of the global economic crisis. Instead, he has a much more provocative thesis...
Tuesday, 20 January 2015
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Friday, 9 January 2015
Islamism - a eurocentric position?
Following the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris this week, voices are once again rehashing old narratives of a "Clash of Civilizations" between Islam and 'the West'. But is this a particularly eurocentric view - or is Islamism itself a eurocentric position? We reprint here Hamid Dabashi's new foreword to the upcoming new edition of Bobby S. Sayyid's A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the Emergence of Islamism, published by Zed Books in February 2015, part of the Critique. Influence. Change series.
Though it was originally published before the iconic events of 9/11, now more than a decade ago, S. Sayyid's A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the Emergence of Islamism (1997) has assumed even more timely significance since its first appearance. In this pioneering book, Sayyid provocatively suggests, and one can still see the logic of his proposition, that we must see political Islamism as a particular phase of decolonization of Muslim political cultures. Sayyid took the rise of Islamism as a challenge to 'Western' political hegemony, and particularly its self-congratulatory declaration of the End of History. That proposition still demands attention.
When exactly was the moment of 'the rise' of political Islamism? The Iranian revolution of 1979; or before it, back in the 1920s when Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood; or even before
then, during the Tobacco Revolt in Iran in 1890, when a clerical fatwa triggered a major anti-colonial movement; or perhaps even earlier than that, when Jamal al-Din al-Afghani commenced a massive pan-Islamist movement in the 1860s; or perhaps in the 1850s, when the Babi movement shook the Qajar foundation to its roots? Or is it after all of these: in the 1980s, when the Taliban appeared in Afghanistan; or the 1990s, when Hezbollah and Hamas entered the political map of the Arab world in earnest; or was it after September 11, 2001 perhaps; or even later when the Muslim Brotherhood completely took over the Egyptian revolution of January 2011? All of these dates and events (and others) can be used to mark a particular phase of Islamism in one direction or another, some of them indeed as marking the decolonization of the Muslim mind, others in fact its opposite. Sayyid was spot on (as the British say) in noting that we had to see political Islamism as an integral part of decolonization. But there is a period of gestation right before that decolonization, which is actually the mark of a deeply colonized Muslim mind that defined its identity in terms decided by its colonizers. This much was known and understood from Albert Memmi to Ashis Nandy.
In his seminal book, Sayyid suggests that Muslims were now after offering a master signifier to counter and balance the one offered by 'the West'. He also takes issue with those critical thinkers who had begun to speak of multiple Islams by way of opposing the Orientalist manufacturing of an essentialized Islam. By the time we read Sayyid's take on postmodernism and post-structuralism, we know that he is after something more critical than just a reading of political Islam, namely, the modes of knowledge production about Islam. Those modes and moments of knowledge production about Islam, we can all concur, were contingent on two critical factors: (1) who was producing that knowledge and by what authority and purpose, and (2) what regional or global event, or set of events, had occasioned this new phase of knowledge production about Islam.
A decade and a half into Sayyid's argument, this point in particular remains steadily critical – with a crucial twist. Since the publication of my Post-Orientalism: Knowledge and Power in Time of Terror (2006), I have been arguing that the fictive delusion of 'the West' is no longer a valid
or legitimate interlocutor for the post-colonial world. We (people hitherto at the mercy of this delusional phantasm of power and domination that calls itself 'the West') are no longer talking to 'the West'. We have finally come to realize it for what it is: a mirage. It does not exist.
Upon this recognition, then, the world at large does not corroborate the work of Orientalists by producing a militant Islamism that reverses the angle on the selfsame object of curiosity. The particular intellectual developments trying to grapple with the end of modernity, or the crisis of the subject, are almost exclusively a European preoccupation (philosophical or moral), with little or no consequence to the rest of the world, unless and until the fact and phenomenon of coloniality and the passage through that epistemic challenge becomes the primary focal point of our dismantling the myth of 'the West'.
A Fundamental Fear: Eurocentrism and the Emergence of Islamism marked a critical stage in that transformative period. Eurocentrism is no longer an irksome reality. It has become positively blasé. Of course Europeans are eurocentric. Why should they not be? They asked Molla Nasreddin where the centre of the universe was, and he said where he had nailed his donkey on the ground. The same is with eurocentrism. The question is no longer why are Europeans eurocentric, but why should anyone care? That euro- at the commencement of eurocentrism has, in fact, imploded; it is so deeply troubled and anxiogenic that it can no longer function as a colonial catalyst of thinking for any other regime of knowledge.
Sayyid was right when he traced the origin of Islamism to eurocentrism, though the origin of that binary could be traced back to a much earlier period than the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini – to
the intellectual forebears of Khomeini like Jamal al-Din al-Afghani or even Sheykh Ahmad Naraqi, who had originally formulated the notion of Velayat-e Faqih. But Sayyid had identified something else: the politics of identity, which has become particularly poignant for Muslim émigrés to Europe and the US, where in the face of rabid Islamophobia that particular politics of identity has become even more acerbic. There are an increasing (however limited) number of disenfranchised Muslim youths in Europe who are attracted to the murderous adventurism of ISIL, which seems to them to be the only way to combat the racist Islamophobia – from mass murderer Anders Breivik to the so-called new atheists like Bill Maher and Sam Harris – that engulfs Europe and the US. That politics of identity is today definitive to the European Union, or its spectre, to the degree that this 'Europe' only recognizes itself in so far as it can imagine its alterity in the bearded face or scarfed head of a Muslim person.
Sayyid correctly diagnosed the fact that the rise of Islamism was the end of the myth of 'the West is the best'. But the same challenge had in fact corroborated the myth of 'the West' itself. In the aftermath of world-historic events in the Arab and Muslim world, marked by the Arab Spring and the Green Movement in Iran, the very relevance and authenticity of that delusion is now depleted.
Books like A Fundamental Fear are registers of where we are and how far or how little we have moved towards a geography of liberation that has left the self-centring focal point of 'the West' and the eurocentrism it entails behind and allowed them to become the local and nativist mythologies that the incoming anthropologists of a new worldliness might consider worthy of their 'fieldwork'. Until then, every book that is written about 'Islam' is also a book about its doppelganger, 'the West'.
Hamid Dabashi
Hagop Kevorkian professor of Iranian studies
and comparative literature, Columbia University
New York, Doha, November 2014
Tuesday, 9 December 2014
Michael Brown and Eric Garner: Peace and Violence in "American Democracy" | Arnold August
IMAGE: New Yorker / Ron Haviv/VII |
When the grand jury rendered its non-indictment
verdict on the police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, protesters from the
area converged on the local police department headquarters. They were there to
express their outrage and demand that justice be done. The whole world
witnessed the occupation of Ferguson by the fully militarized and armed police.
It looked more like an invading army than anything else. These armed forces
were the only barrier between the people and the police station. It is
perfectly understandable that people express their anger against the police and
judicial system. While the occupying force protected the police station, individuals
were free to loot and burn small local businesses under very dubious
circumstances: the jury decision was rendered late at night and no protection at
all was offered to the local businesses. Was this done on purpose? The FBI had
already sent "an extra 100 FBI agents to Ferguson just before the grand jury
The true
story behind the arbitrary destruction is not known at this time. In any case,
it is now history. These conveniently burned-out buildings and civilian
vehicles have been easily converted by the media – and by the Obama
administration down to the local authorities in Ferguson and other cities – into
the stereotype of what is simply labelled as "violent demonstrations" in order
to dampen the spirit of principled resistance. The widely propagated scenes of
burning, looting and its aftermath instantly became the archetype of what is
painted as typical of noble, militant and conscientious resistance. The
anarchist scenario completely overshadows all the perfectly legitimate and
courageous forms of action taken by the people against the occupying armed
forces positioned in the Ferguson area to protect the police headquarters. The
Ferguson protests spread to other cities across the U.S, where on many
occasions people faced off with local police forces.
The Ferguson case may generate controversial discussion
around the looting, destruction and burning. However, one cannot ignore the
important question that it raises regarding protest and just resistance by the
people in the face of the state's use of force to deter people from fighting
for their dignity and rights. It is not cut and dry. The U.S. state, in the broad
sense of the term, from the federal government to its tentacles in the local
state and city authorities, is the purveyor of violence in the U.S. Let us therefore
place Ferguson in perspective. By so doing, we can keep in mind the most
grotesque manifestation of this violence, as seen in Ferguson, in the form of
the heavily militarized police. Its deadly military equipment is funnelled into
the local areas by the U.S. federal government and the military. The Ferguson
violent occupation was revealed for the world to witness, yet the dismantling
of the militarization is not on Obama's
agenda. The goal, according to the President, is only to "to make sure that the
program is transparent."
As for the protestors, what actions are they
supposed to carry out to demand that justice be done, if not by resisting the
forces that protect the local police? In American democracy, the right to
resist is labelled "violent," while defending the status quo is considered
normal and non-violent.
This contradiction was intensified in the aftermath
of the grand jury decision to clear police of the murder of Eric Garner. It proved
to be the last straw: his murder, captured on film, was even more blatant than
Michael Brown's. The accumulation of injustice was combined with the fact that
it took place in New York City – the centre of many, as the media admit, "icons"
of U.S. wealth and the establishment. The New York City movement spread to
other major cities in the U.S. The main goal was to paralyze and disrupt. The
media placed emphasis on just (but relatively defensive) slogans such as "Hands
Up, Don't Shoot" or "I Can't Breathe" to overshadow the slogans "Shut It Down"
and "No Justice, No Peace." Others raised the slogan: "This Is What Democracy
Looks Like." This is an allusion, consciously or not, to the crying need for
political power of the people in the face of a false American democracy
representing the status quo through elections in a truncated "two-party system."
What was the purpose of blocking important highways and streets and invading
icons of big business to disrupt normal commerce? One protester explained it
well: "People who don't already realize what is happening, maybe they will open
their minds a little bit, or people that do realize and don't care will realize
that people are angry and
it's not OK."
The mainstream media showered the New York police
and city authorities with compliments on their "restraint." Media had a field
day with the New York police's description of their particular tactic: allowing
people "to blow off steam." Do the police and media perhaps not realize how
condescending and arrogant this sounds to the people who courageously
demonstrate for hours on end in the street? Obama congratulated NYC authorities
and police in their handling of the protests, which
he termed peaceful. What was "peaceful" about the protests New York and
Chicago? In both these cities, as well as in others, hundreds were arrested. In
Chicago, a "standoff" in front of a police station that was protected by a wall
of police was reported to be nonetheless "so far peaceful." What does "so far
peaceful" mean? The assertion is that as long as the people do not defy the
police, the situation can be qualified as "peaceful." The police forces, to the
contrary, by their very nature are supposedly "peaceful" in protecting the
state, abstracting the armed instrument of the state from the actual system it
is meant to defend and protect. Any obvious exception to this rule of police acting
"peacefully" is treated as merely an "abuse" that can be camouflaged through
some superficial reform, such as "police training", changing some individuals
and faces in positions of authority or even remove some "bad apples", all in an
attempt to stem the people's anger.
In New York City, several hundred people were
arrested two nights in a row. Why? While the charges may be minor, what was
their "crime"? Why were they carted off in police vans? In most cases, their
"crime" was not obeying orders to refrain from marching in the streets and thus
blocking the road and traffic. To strive to limit and forcefully contain demonstrations
to the sidewalks, as do the police in New York, is in itself an act of violence
even though it may go under the guise of keeping the peace. They are preventing
those who try to draw the attention of – as stated by the demonstrator quoted
above – first, the people who remain indifferent or aloof from the problem, and,
second, those who are indeed conscious
but have not yet physically joined the movement. These street activities are
the only means at their disposal at this time: blocking main arteries, converging
on the large, commercial monopolies and temporarily disrupting them. It is
completely arbitrary to consider this as violent in any way or a violation of
the law. This accusation of "violence" is based on American democracy and similar
systems in other countries. It is meant to protect the status quo. Even if people resist arrest and indeed actively
confront authority, they are, in my view, entirely justified.
This warranted intransigence in the face of police
arbitrariness was highlighted through an incident in New York on the night of
December 4 that was not at all covered by the mainstream media. According to
alternative news source AlterNet, about 100 protesters in Manhattan were on the
streets at 1 a.m. The police ordered them to disperse, as they were
supposedly disrupting "vehicular traffic." A journalist reported that the
demonstrators refused and instead threw glass bottles at the police, resulting
in several violent arrests. The police responded by using a Long Range Acoustic
Device (LRAD) to disperse the demonstrators.
"One person who was present at
the scene, Moth Dust, a photographer, said people became aggravated after the LRAD
was used and began throwing trash and rocks in the direction of police. She
said she was affected by the sound waves.
'I thought I was fine until I
realized I was getting dizzy and migraine was spreading to all over my face,'
she said.
LRADs were used in the first days
of unrest in Ferguson Missouri, and have been used by police at protests
throughout the world. They were developed by the US military after an insurgent
attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, and were used by the NYPD [New York
Police Department] against Occupy Wall Street protesters.
According to Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty, 'The LRAD can reach decibel levels as high as 162. For
comparison, a normal conversation is usually 60 decibels, while a lawn mower
can reach to 90 decibels. A level of 130 decibels is typically considered the
average pain threshold for most humans.'
Furthermore, Informed Health
Online [IHO] notes that a jet engine registers at about 140 decibels. Anything
at or above this range, IHO explains, 'is called acoustic trauma. Depending on
how long the ears are exposed to the sound and how intense it is, it may damage
the eardrum, the middle ear and/or the inner ear. Damage like this is usually
temporary, but some hearing loss may remain.'
The head investor and media
relations for the LRAD Corporation in San Diego, California, told Radio Free
Europe Radio Liberty that the weapon is so precise that those 'standing behind
or next to' the device can hardly hear it. However, the YouTube footage shows
dozens of people scurrying away from the sound blasts, which can
be heard clearly on film."
another episode, on the night of December 6–7, this one in Berkeley,
California, a violent confrontation took place. The media in a chorus headlined
that the demonstration by mainly University of California Berkeley campus
students "turned violent." What happened? A wall of armed police was deployed
to confront the demonstrators protesting directly against the Berkeley police
headquarters. The demonstrators on the street were blocked. The so-called
peaceful police tried to disperse the crowd that resisted. This is one account,
by an intern minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of San
Francisco, published in a local newspaper:
"The police began walking forward
and in 2-3 seconds were pressed up against us with their batons held parallel
between them and us. I shouted 'Be calm, be calm, we're peaceful!' And they
kept walking forward. I looked to the left and a police officer had begun
jabbing a protester with the end of his baton. I turned around to retreat and
passed a woman who had fallen and was being trampled. I bent down to pick her
up under one armpit while another woman grabbed her other arm. As we were
lifting her backwards I saw an officer raise his baton over my shoulder and was
struck on the back of the head as I was bent forward. My vision momentarily
blacked out and I saw stars. I put my hand to the back of my head and started
running. I felt a welt rise immediately and blood ran down my
neck and covered my hand."
situation and the reports from Berkeley are still ongoing at the time of
writing. According to the established logic, the "turning violence" buzzwords
are only applied when the people resist orders to disperse, but is not suitable
for the orders to disperse backed by the
armed police. In the same report
quoted above, the slogans rhythmically chanted by the protesters consisted of,
among others, "Whose streets? Our streets!" and "Hey cops, you can't
hide, we
charge you with genocide." In comments posted on the newspaper's blog, some
people raise the possibility that the looting that took place that night in
Berkeley by a splinter anarchist group could well have been organized by the
state's infiltrators to discredit the demonstration.
Based on the New York and Berkeley reports, it may
seem difficult at first glance to distinguish between peace and violence: who
are the perpetrators of violence and who stands and acts in favour of peace?
However, these articles accompanied by photos and videos bring to the fore two
The first is that the right, and indeed the
obligation, to oppose injustice is an inalienable right that goes beyond the
niceties of the superfluous trappings of democracy considered in the abstract. One
either recognizes this or does not.
Second, behind the veneer of American democracy lies
the real nature of a state that is based on extreme militarism and aggression.
While the struggle to counter the injustices committed against Michael Brown
and Eric Garner, and in favour of dignity for the people, was being played out
in the streets of America, Obama swore in the new Secretary of Defense, Ashton
Carter, on December 5, 2014. Obama said on that occasion that the U.S. military
is "the greatest fighting force in the history of the world." Ashton returned
the compliment by saying that he will serve the "greatest
fighting force the world has ever known." This military is increasingly known
on the world scale as an aggressive force leaving death, destruction and
torture in the wake of its attempt to impose American democracy on a global scale.
The military efforts of the U.S. abroad are an extension of the violence that
pervades U.S. society domestically, from the widespread use of guns to the murder
of blacks and suppression of demonstrators by police forces, as the New York
and Berkeley examples above indicates.
Were these incidents in New York and Berkeley exceptions?
As long as the resistance continues, people can expect more of the same. Thus, there
is the need to deepen and extend defiance, while ensuring not to fall prey to
the mainstream media misinformation and political pressures regarding peace and
violence in American democracy.
Arnold August, a Canadian journalist and lecturer, is the author of Democracy in Cuba and the
1997–98 Elections and, more
recently, Cuba and Its Neighbours:Democracy in Motion. Cuba's
neighbours under consideration are the U.S., Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador.
Arnold can be followed on Twitter @Arnold_August.
Source: Global
Friday, 5 December 2014
2014: Zed Books Christmas Gift Guide
For all you busy people who haven't had a spare moment to even think about Christmas, never mind consider braving the cold weather and busy high streets, here's Zed's top 10 picks for this years perfect book-shaped gift.
For your politically-aware and intellectually-minded nearest and dearest...
1. Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum.
2. America's Deadliest Export: Democracy - The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else by William Blum
8. Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons by Max Haiven
For your politically-aware and intellectually-minded nearest and dearest...
1. Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum.
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Available in paperback for £8.99
3. Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II by William Blum
Available in paperback for £16.99
4. Girl Trouble: Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women by Carol Dyhouse
Available in paperback for £8.99
5. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
Available in paperback for £8.99
6. Confessions of a Terrorist: A Novel by Richard Jackson
Available in paperback for £16.99
7. Feminism and Men by Nikki van der Gaag
Available in paperback for £14.99
8. Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons by Max Haiven
Available in paperback for £14.99
9. Women at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Available in paperback in £8.99
10. North Korea: State of Paranoia by Paul French
Available in paperback for £12.99
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Assata: An Autobiography and the Ferguson Verdict
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them."
Assata: An Autobiography
Assata: An Autobiography is perhaps the most important book we can read in the wake of the Ferguson grand jury verdict announced on Monday 25th November.
'Shakur's recently published autobiography is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how black liberation and police brutality against blacks is an enduring legacy of injustice.'
- MsAfropolitan
Following the grand jury decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson over the shooting and consequent death of unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, protests and riots have broken out in Ferguson and are spreading across the States and worldwide.
The decision has brought to the forefront the ever present racial divide in America and other countries. This divide still rings true for Assata Shakur, ex member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1973, Assata was involved in a shoot out and accused of, among other crimes, killing a New Jersey State Trooper. She was incarcerated in various prisons throughout the 70's until she escaped in 1979 and was given political asylum in Cuba.
The decision has brought to the forefront the ever present racial divide in America and other countries. This divide still rings true for Assata Shakur, ex member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1973, Assata was involved in a shoot out and accused of, among other crimes, killing a New Jersey State Trooper. She was incarcerated in various prisons throughout the 70's until she escaped in 1979 and was given political asylum in Cuba.
In 2013, Assata was moved to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list, with a $2 million reward for assistance in her capture.
Assata and the Ferguson verdict both remind us of how strongly the civil rights era resonates with us still today and expose the white patriarchal criminal system which remains in America, "All you have to do is ask yourselves, who controls the government? And who are the victims of that control?"
Thursday, 13 November 2014
Zed Book Banned in Thailand as a threat to "stability, order and good morality"
Andrew MacGregor Marshall's A Kingdom in Crisis has been banned in Thailand and carries with it a potential jail sentence of up to 15 years and a fine of 60,000 baht (£1,160). Thailand's National Police General Somyot Poompanmoug, commented that the book contains anti-monarchist sentiments and that it "will affect the kingdom's stability, order or the good morality of the people."
The book gives a comprehensive analysis of the current crisis in Thailand, noting that Freedom of Speech is routinely denied, democracy is looking increasingly distant, and many Thais fear that the death of current King, Bhumibol Adulyadej, will unleash even greater instability.
A Kingdom in Crisis was launched 12th November at London's Frontline Club. The panel consisted of author Andrew MacGregor Marshall along with two academics, Eugénie Mérieau and Claudio Soppranzetti, and labour rights activist Junya 'Lek' Yimptasert. Mérieau argued that he is not committed to the survival of the institution, whilst Soppranzetti noted that A Kingdom in Crisis is "saying out loud what we are all thinking." Yimprasert, who joined the panel via Skype also argued that 'the monarch contradicts with democracy.' Watch and listen to more of the discussion below:
A Kingdom in Crisis was launched 12th November at London's Frontline Club. The panel consisted of author Andrew MacGregor Marshall along with two academics, Eugénie Mérieau and Claudio Soppranzetti, and labour rights activist Junya 'Lek' Yimptasert. Mérieau argued that he is not committed to the survival of the institution, whilst Soppranzetti noted that A Kingdom in Crisis is "saying out loud what we are all thinking." Yimprasert, who joined the panel via Skype also argued that 'the monarch contradicts with democracy.' Watch and listen to more of the discussion below:
Wednesday, 15 October 2014
BOOK LAUNCH 28/10/14: Bread, Freedom and Social Justice | Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London
Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny launch their new book, Bread, Freedom, Social Justice, with guests Prof. Gilbert Achcar and journalist Alain Gresh.
Tuesday 28 October, 7pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS This is a free event but you must register to secure your place here
Bread, Freedom and Social Justice, accounts of the Arab Spring often focus on the role of youth coalitions, the use of social media, and the tactics of the Tahrir Square occupation. This authoritative and original book argues that collective action by organised workers played a fundamental role in the Egyptian revolution, which erupted after years of strikes and social protests. Drawing on the authors' decade-long experience of reporting on and researching the Egyptian labour movement, the book provides the first in-depth account of the emergence of independent trade unions and workers' militancy during Mubarak's last years in power, and and their destabilising impact on the post-revolutionary regimes.
Rabab El Mahdi of The American University in Cairo praised the work as "'one of the best accounts on the Egyptian revolution, its underlying causes and its aftermath."
Dr Anne Alexander is a research fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge. She has published widely on Middle Eastern politics, social movements and digital media, and is the author of a biography of Gamal Abdel-Nasser (Haus, 2005).
Mostafa Bassiouny has more than a decade's experience as a reporter and editor in the Egyptian and regional press. He was industrial correspondent for Al-Dustour newspaper between 2005 and 2010, reporting on the mass strikes by textile workers in Mahalla al-Kubra in 2006 and 2007, and the uprising which rocked the town in 2008. He reported on the overthrow of Ben Ali in Tunisia in January 2011 before returning to Egypt to participate in the uprising against Mubarak. Between 2011 and 2014 he was Head of News for liberal daily Al-Tahrir, overseeing the front-page publication of shocking pictures of army officers dragging a woman protester through Tahrir Square in December 2011.
Event details:
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS,
Thornhaugh St,
Russell Square,
020 7898 4915
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
WATCH: Assata launch event at Black Cultural Archives
The Assata: An Autobiography book launch not only a beautiful evening of music, readings and spoken word, but opened up a powerful debate between Zena Edwards, Daniel Maitlin and Esther Stanford-Xosei in a panel chaired by Akala. They passionately voiced their opinions on black struggle, the undesirability of being a revolutionary, concepts of democracy and on physical resistance.
One of the poignant questions asked by the panel regarding Assata's influence was "how many of us are willing to sacrifice our lives for something we believe in?"
Writer and poet, Zena Edwards commented on the unification of different struggles saying, "we have realise that black and white are constructs. At the end of the day we are all part of a diaspora of some sort."
On the question of whether physical confrontation is the best action,n artist, Akala pleaded that although he was "not against physical resistance as a last resort", he felt that "people in comfortable positions" and who "advocate that kind of behaviour" should be very careful to advocate it towards "young people who don't have the same political education" as they will react to what we're saying and will "suffer for it".
Reparationist and advocate, Stanford-Xosei encouraged "us to not just read the book but be involved. Get involved with the movement for reparations; get involved with the campaigns to free all political prisoners. It's because of her why we're here."
Topically, she made a call for an end to the sanitisation of black history. She questioned "why is it in Black History Month we don''t have her as one of the key 'sheroes' that gets put up there as someone to emulate, and this is the example we should never let die."
Overall, the audience and panel all contributed to an enlightening evening, that would have made our "warrior queen", Assata Shakur very proud.
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Will be renting a car in Sicily for 16 days in the fall. I have read some horror stories about problems with the car rental agencies. I'm tyring to find out just what type of extra insurance I should carry. Seems like some travelers have been talked into extra insurance that they don't need. I guess I would just like to be armed with the knowledge before I start negotiating with the car agency. I do want to make sure that we have the proper coverage. Any suggestions?
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Renting with Auto Europe in Italy has always worked with me. You can typically decline CDW as your credit card company might already provide it...the main 'add on' I would get is 3rd party liability and ensuring all passengers are covered.
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You can't decline CDW in Italy. It's required. Also required is an International Driver's Permit, if you come from abroad. (The IDP is easily and inexpensively obtainable in North America at the AAA/CAA.)
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A. Of course you should if your driving skill & confidence would allow you to drive a rental car in Vermont, Colorado or California. But, be advised of these tips:
* Avoid driving in the major cities except for picking up or dropping cars
* Have good maps—study them in advance—and have a GOOD NAVIGATOR.
* Stay in the right lane except when passing and use your rear view mirrors
A. It is best to rent your car before you leave for Europe. The best source we have found is www.autoeurope.com [800-223-5555] who is a broker for several car vendors. They will quote you prices to include the variables that are often omitted by others, such as unlimited mileage, mandatory insurance coverage with some deductibles, and VAT taxes. It is wise to compare prices and coverage with their sister company at www.kemwel.com. Autoeurope will match any comparable quote, and are famous for their customer satisfaction if problems do arise with the vendor. The best model will depend on your needs, but for best value we suggest you select a compact car with manual transmission. Automatics are available but will cost you about 30% more and may limit your model options & pick up locations.
A. Yes & no! They are certainly aggressive, but they are also more skilled than many USA drivers—both are a function of necessity. Italy is one of the most crowded countries in the world and the drivers have evolved these characteristics
* They are notorious tailgaters. If that bothers you, pull over and let them past.
* On the AUTOSTRADE they will drive fast, but will stay in the right lane except when passing and will use their blinkers when passing—YOU SHOULD TOO !
* They will often pass on 2-lane roads with traffic coming. Frankly, they expect you, and the oncoming car, to adjust to the shoulder and make 3 lanes of traffic.
1. Learn the meaning of the sign " SENSO UNICO" and take heed [ONE WAY ].
2. Be sure to get your ticket when you enter the AUTOSTADA system & be prepared to pay the toll when you exit it [ rule of thumb—300 km=15 Euro]. You can use your credit card in the VIA lane at the toll both, or buy a debit VIACARD in advance.
3. Do NOT attempt to follow road numbers—that will frustrate you. But, do pay attention to the directional signs that point to your destination [ TO MONTALCINO]. And, be aware if that road leads eventually to a larger city [ ROMA—SIENA ETC.]
4. Unless you have a diesel car, you will want to fill the tank with benzina from the green pump. Most stations will pump gas for you and will take credit cards.
NOTE: As of 2005, an International Drivers Permit[IDP] is required in Italy.
You can obtain them from your local AAA office. You will need a valid US driver's license, two passport photos, and $15. The photos can be taken at the AAA office. -
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I rented a car through the broker EconomyCarRentals.com which offers rentals with no deductible. Others have reported no problems in getting reimbursed for credit card payment of damages to a car. If the fact that you would have to first pay for the damages with your credit card, thereby limiting subsequent uses of your card, just take another credit card with you as a back up.
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Michael. I am scouting out automatic rentals for my brother. I have used EconomyCarRentals.com before and I suggested them to him as the prices are hundreds of dollars less expensive than the Auto Europe prices. He needs an intermediate.
Economy is still not showing any compact or economy automatics for my trip and I called them. They said to call at the end of March. -
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I'm not sure I understand this extra insurance coverage. I have been reading the fine print. What exactly is CDW insurance. It seems like it doesn't cover much. Things like mirrors, tires, windows seem to be excluded. Is it only for body damage if you hit another car. What if someone slams their door into your car and causes damage?
I did check with my credit cards. American Express does NOT cover Italy (that should be a red flag) however VISA does. I've read that some of these rental agencies hold money on your credit card. It all is very confusing to me. I just want to make sure I have coverage and the right kind of coverage. -
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In Sicily,rent with AutoEurope-easy to pick up and drop off at either Palermo or Catania. Take all of the insurance CDW that is offered on the car especially in Sicily with the small streets and midget spot parking! AutoEurope is out of Portland Maine and they will be happy to explain everything to you on your rental and why.
My daughter and I rented a Mercedes 180 diesel from AutoEurope in Catania/returned in Palermo and loved it. It had sensors on it to let you know if you were too close to something which was a godsend when we were in some small towns with even smaller streets. I would highly recommend getting a diesel because it will save you some money on your gas bill.Personally I like to drive automatics so be aware that if you want one of those you must book early as they are not as plentiful as manuals.
I would book with a major car rental agency so if something happens to the car you can get a replacement from one of their local agencies if it cannot be fixed.
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Forgot to add that we bought a TOM TOM GPS European model and it really was wonderful to have in some of the remote areas we were in using the GPS. I would also send away to get a good map-perhaps the Italian Touring Club Association?
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RR: You don't have a choice about Collision Damage insurance in Italy. It's required. So is theft insurance. So those aren't "extra," they're mandated and you have no choice but to pay them. What would be "extra" would be insurance to cover you if you or a passenger were injured.
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Just a couple of thoughts. I'm renting a car in Sicily (returning to Milan) in Sept 2011 for two weeks. I found the best rates to be at the Hertz UK site (www.hertz.co.uk) using their prepay rates. The rates are a little different now than when I booked -- go to the "deals" tab and find the 60 day advanced Europe deal. When you do the booking it puts in UK as country, but my credit card charge went through with no problem. I suppose it's possible I will have a problem when I pick up the car, but searches of other forums (flyertalk) have others reporting no issues picking up a car booked on the UK site.
As far as excess insurance, I am going to be buying a one year policy at http://www.protectyourbubble.com/carhire-insurance for £38.03. There is plenty of feedback you can find that says this is a legit company that has made good on their policies when there are claims. This policy will fully cover the CDW and theft excess, as well as tire damage, windshield damage, key lockout, and some baggage coverage. Policy can be read here: http://www.protectyourbubble.com/download.php?id=23
Finally, I bought this GPS with preloaded Europe maps at J and R for less than $100: http://www.jr.com/hugel/pe/HUG_P2P610T/
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Dutyfree, there will be 4 adults and our luggage. Will the Mercedes 180 hold all of us and our stuff. I definitely will call AutoEurope as several suggested. Yes, heard about getting a map from the Italian Touring Club.
Charlie, I have not tried Hertz UK although several have suggested AutoEuropeUK as well. Thanks for the info about the insurance policy, I will check it out.
My husband is not a fan of GPS, I'm still working on convincing him that we will need one in Sicily. He will be doing all the driving and prides himself on his ability to navigate.
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I was wondering. most people here advocate the practice of preheating your cooler tun to prevent gross heat loss when mashing. But even with that practice still recommend heating the water about 10-12 degrees warmer than your intended mash temp. The problem I found when doing my first AG last weekend is that when i preheated the tun, the water temp only dropped by 6 degrees after everything was doughed in. I preheated it w/ 1 gal of boiling water, closed lid, the whole time it took for me to heat up my mash water. Now, is the heating to 10-12 degrees warmer than intended mash temp for coolers that ARENT preheated, or is that what people usually lose in heat in an a PREHEATED cooler? Do I just adjust for my cooler then? Like next time, knowing I'll only lose 6 degrees in my cooler preheated w/ boiling water, should I just heat my mash water to 160 to get to 154 mash temps, or is it just safer to end up higher than intended, and drop the temps to what you want by adding cold water?
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What I do is add some of the hot water to my MLT (not boiling- I did that once and it warped my cooler) and let it sit until it falls to the strike temperature. Then I add my grain (which was in the basement, so the grains are about 55 degrees) and then add more strike water. This works perfectly for me and I always hit my temperatures by using the Beersmith calculations and the preheated MLT with the cool grain. As you found out, everyone's system is different, so you can do what you find works out best for you. I would guess that most of us strike 9-11 degrees warmer than we are planning for the mash temp, and I also think most of us are using preheated tuns.
when i did it i dumped out the water in the cooler into the pot for my sparge water, before i added my mash water and grains to the cooler. I dont know where i heard to preheat my cooler w/ boiling water, but i know i did, or else i wouldnt have done it LOL. But now knowing that theres a possibility it might warp my cooler, i'm not doing that anymore.
The intended mash temp is an achieved equilibrium between the temperature of the strike water and temperature of the grain. The brewing software that I use calculates the strike temperature based on the intended mash temp, temp of the grain, thermal mass of the MLT and other variables to really dial in accurately. The temps outside the MLT will also affect the degree of heat loss, as you will see when you brew across multiple seasons.


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pot, jackpot, kitty(noun)
the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
any outstanding award
A difficult situation.
A jumble of felled timber.
Origin: Also jack-pot, "big prize," 1944, from slot machine sense (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) of antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better; from jack (n.) in the card-playing sense + pot (1). Earlier, in criminal slang, it meant "trouble," especially "an arrest" (1902).
Jackpot! is a television game show seen in three different runs between 1974 and 1990. Geoff Edwards hosted the original version of this Bob Stewart production from January 7, 1974 until September 26, 1975 on NBC. A second version, produced in Canada, aired from September 30, 1985 to December 30, 1988 on the USA Network in the U.S. and was hosted by Mike Darrow. A third version, again hosted by Edwards, ran from September 18, 1989 to March 16, 1990 in syndication and was filmed in Glendale, California. Elements of Jackpot! were later used in the GSN game show Hollywood Showdown. Its producer, Sande Stewart, became a production partner of his father during the 1980s.
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If you really took any kind of martial art, be it mixed or otherwise, and this is how you really feel, then A..you just don't get it, and B..your instructors failed or are just plain lousy.
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I feel strongly about it because at 25 he hasn't got time to waste on ineffective old fashioned worthless crap.
Aikido is a joke, all that fancy crap is fine till you get punched in the face.
MMA is what works, if he wants the best results in the shortest ammount of time he needs to train MMA.
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Some people are smart enough to avert situations where they would just get "punched in the face." and growing up in Philly, I understand this.
ANY martial art should be a last resort option.
Usually these guys who go to "Ed's MMA School" are the ones who go struttin' around looking for trouble thinking they're bad asses and wind up getting their asses handed to them.
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LMAO you serious. Renzo Gracie!! For a philly MMA gym. Better than fight factory too.
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Pronunciation: /pruːf/
Translation of proof in Spanish:
- 1 1.1 u and c (conclusive evidence) prueba (feminine) where's your proof? ¿qué pruebas tienes? we have no proof of that no tenemos prueba(s) de eso you'll need proof of identity necesitará un documento de identidad, necesitará algo que acredite su identidad as a proof of como prueba de by way of proof como prueba proof of purchase comprobante (masculine) or prueba de compraExample sentences1.2 countable/numerable (test) [literary/literario] prueba (feminine) to put sth to the proof poner* algo a prueba the proof of the pudding is in the eating no se sabe si algo es bueno hasta que se lo pone a prueba we shall see, the proof of the pudding is in the eating ya se verá a la hora de la verdad 1.3 countable/numerable [Mathematics/Matemáticas] prueba (feminine)
- That's completely absurd and there's no proof to validate that statement.
- It is too easy to find fault, to point a finger, without any facts or proof.
- Always check the seller's identity by asking for proof of name and address and be wary of sellers who want to meet you anywhere other than their home.
Example sentences- An argument becomes a proof when the mathematical community agrees it is such.
- Mathematical proofs of conjectures, however, require more than overwhelming numerical evidence.
- His main work involved applying philosophy to mathematics, the philosophy taking precedence over rigorous mathematical proofs.
- 2 countable/numerable 2.1 [Printing/Imprenta] prueba (feminine) (de imprenta) (before noun/delante del nombre) proof copy ejemplar (feminine) de prueba proof stage fase (feminine) de lectura de pruebas 2.2 [Photography/Fotografía] prueba (feminine)Example sentences
- The trial proofs were rejected, and the finished photographs never made.
- About 6000 of Robert's negatives and picture proofs are held by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.
- I found your article on the value of so-called artist's proofs extremely interesting.
Example sentences- He owned eight paintings and fourteen drawings, nine etchings on Japanese paper, fifty-nine separate proofs and an almost complete set of his prints.
- Oscar Marshall may also have offered a limited number of hand-signed proofs.
- Dürer published quite large numbers of his woodcut series in proofs before text on the reverse of the sheet.
- 3 uncountable/no numerable (alcoholic strength) graduación (feminine) alcohólica ([ nótese que el sistema británico difiere del norteamericano ]) 70 proof (American system) ≈ 35% de alcohol or 35° (GL) 70 degrees proof (British system) ≈ 40% de alcohol or 40° (GL) under proof underproofExample sentences
- Your liver processes alcohol out of your system at an average rate of about 1.5 ounces of 80 proof alcohol an hour.
- Before aging, bourbon's proof must be lowered to no higher than 125 proof using distilled water.
- This hand-selected whiskey was bottled at 94 proof in elegantly sculpted decanters.
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i was at my gramma's this saturday and i was in town and there were about 60 or 70 cyclists hanging out in the park area by starbucks. what was this?
i was at my gramma's this saturday and i was in town and there were about 60 or 70 cyclists hanging out in the park area by starbucks. what was this?
The end of the Montrose ride.
The Montrose post ride posing session every Sat @ 10am, same corner.
lots of sidis and specializeds.
Definitely the Montrose ride. You should give it a try some time, you'd like it, they blow all the stop signs also.
just being
Were they doing the awards presentation for the sprint after you leave Huntington?
They do awards presentations on the Montrose Ride???
don't forget about sierra madre's finest video-taping all the cyclists as they ride past the police dept. or issue traffic citations for riding past stop signs
For those of you who are still in the dark about Sierra Madre's finest and cycists in general and the Montrose ride in particular. You should be aware that SMPD target cyclists running stop signs. This is a regular Sat. morning occurance due to years and years of the Montrose Ride finishing on Sierra Madre Blvd and Baldwin. This was the contested finish and as such most of the riders would blow thru the stop sign at Mountain Ave. in order to win the Sat. morning World Championships. But after numerous complaints from residents about rude cyclists and running the stop signs, SMPD started a crack down. Efforts have been made to have the contested finish of the ride moved up to Grandview, but fewer and fewer riders are using that finish and use the old one instead. Many of these riders still run the stop sign at Mountain Trail thinking they are vieing for the win (yeah right). So the PD waits for the ride to roll thru and gives tickets to anyone who runs the stop sign. Last week the PD had cars at ALL the stop signs on Seirra Madre Blvd. and got a number of other riders, who might have stopped for the one on Mountain Trail, but still ran the other ones.
Do yourself a favor and save getting a ticket by not running any of the stop signs in Seirra Madre.
that is all
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I like both finishes. I think the Grandview finish is better. It's definitely harder. I'm not sure about the short loop, but it seems like most people on the long loop (at least those toward the front), do the Grandview finish. I haven't been the last two weeks, but I have been there pretty regularly the last couple of months and it seems like most people go up to Grandview. There are always a couple that I see turn off. Glad I missed the tickets last week.
i saw three people on bikes pulled over. i was kinda bummed.
Maybe if the winner of the Grandview finish put his hands up like he won a Tour stage, people would know it's over
riders ran stop signs and got tickets? whats the world coming to!!!!!!???????!!!!!
Mistakes are just fine. Just don't make excuses....
LOL @ the awards for the sprint. So true.
Don't act like you don't have one.
Redal, I was referring more to the short ride, so I should have clarified that.
I must chime in to say the Sierra Madre police SUCK with regards to ticketing cyclists. The peloton gives the town some of it's flavor. . .
My friend was issued a moving violation ticket by one of Sierra Madre's finest when he didn't come to a complete stop at that very same stop sign. This occurred one Saturday morning last April. The officer told us that he sympathized with bicyclists but that the local residents had been complaining to the city council. He advised us to contest the ticket in court.
I've not ridden that section of Sierra Madre much since then. Sort of dampens the enthusiasm for me when the motorists and residents resent my presence on a bicycle. I did noticed a dramatic decrease in the number of cyclists along this route in the following weeks. The increased law enforcement was successfully discouraging cycling through the town.
I would think that a community that is as nature conscious as Sierra Madre would welcome human powered environmentally-friendly transportation such a a bicycle. But I have to conclude that if my cycling begins to conflict with their right to motorized transportation, then it's just not tolerated.
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Grandview is nicer, anyay.
Just come to a complete stop at the stop signs. It's not a big deal. You don't have to put a foot down, just do a little fake track stand and go when it's your turn.


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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has been named a finalist in Condé Nast Traveler magazine's 2008 World Savers Awards. The awards
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Romanov svengali Grigori Rasputin is so steeped in legend, he's become more myth than man, but in my opinion the most fascinating bit of Rasputin rumor pertains to this jarred pickle right here—reported to be the Mad Monk's massive member. The manic-looking man holding the jar is Igor Knyazkin, Head Physician of the Prostate Center of Russian Academy of Sciences and the founder of The Museum of Erotica in St. Petersburg Russia—that's right, an actual doctor, who put together a museum of his own creepy collectibles. Obviously we have no way of confirming this is actually Rasputin's junk (I guess it got misplaced in all the commotion after he was supposedly, poisoned, beaten, stabbed, shot and castrated), but since the artifact is between 11 and 13 inches long it remains a novelty in its own right, though some suggest the specimen is actually animal genitalia.
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