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From anti-racists to racists, the grooming gangs debate h...
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/from-anti-racists-to-racists-the-grooming-gangs-debate-has-betrayed-the-victims
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From anti-racists to racists, the grooming gangs debate h...
https://observer.co.uk/news/politics/article/from-anti-racists-to-racists-the-grooming-gangs-debate-has-betrayed-the-victims
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Kenan Malik rightly notes both the courage of the Iranian protesters and the contemptible commentary from campists and conservatives alike.
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/the-left-and-right-are-spinning-irans-story-for-their-own-ends-while-its-people-suffer -
Kenan Malik rightly notes both the courage of the Iranian protesters and the contemptible commentary from campists and conservatives alike.
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/the-left-and-right-are-spinning-irans-story-for-their-own-ends-while-its-people-suffer -
>> ...a system that has generated vast profits for private corporations while undermining the decision-making capacity of the state and leaving unheeded the aspirations of ordinary people. <<
Can you hear, Keir?
#Privatisation #UKPolitics #Politics #StateCapacity #KenanMalik
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>> ...a system that has generated vast profits for private corporations while undermining the decision-making capacity of the state and leaving unheeded the aspirations of ordinary people. <<
Can you hear, Keir?
#Privatisation #UKPolitics #Politics #StateCapacity #KenanMalik
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Without a two-state solution or single state with equal r...
https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/without-two-state-solution-or-single-state-with-equal-rights-what-hope-palestine
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Without a two-state solution or single state with equal r...
https://observer.co.uk/news/opinion-and-ideas/article/without-two-state-solution-or-single-state-with-equal-rights-what-hope-palestine
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Malik is right to note that "the bald declaration that 'anti-Zionism is antisemitism' " has been used to deflect legitimate criticism of Israel.
Yet although he also notes that " anti-Zionism can be a cover for antisemitism", he appears not to recognize how widespread the use of this cover is.
So many of the antisemitic canards of old -- the malign fantasies of Jewish control of the media, the vindictive cruelty of the Jews, or the Jews as parasites -- have reappeared under the guise of "antizionism".
A parallel with opposition to affirmative action in the USA highlights the problem.
Although a significant number of African Americans oppose affirmative action,* can any serious observer of US politics and society doubt that much of the opposition was driven by racist resentment directed towards African Americans in particular?
Clear thinking about zionism and antizionism is further obstructed by the eagerness of both the Israeli right and doctrinaire antizionists to equate "zionism" with the policies of the current Israeli government. I wrote about this misconception here: https://c.im/@jemmesedi/114825390064375529
*See, for example, Gallup -- January 16, 2024 -- "Age Plays Key Role in Black Views of Affirmative Action Case"
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Malik is right to note that "the bald declaration that 'anti-Zionism is antisemitism' " has been used to deflect legitimate criticism of Israel.
Yet although he also notes that " anti-Zionism can be a cover for antisemitism", he appears not to recognize how widespread the use of this cover is.
So many of the antisemitic canards of old -- the malign fantasies of Jewish control of the media, the vindictive cruelty of the Jews, or the Jews as parasites -- have reappeared under the guise of "antizionism".
A parallel with opposition to affirmative action in the USA highlights the problem.
Although a significant number of African Americans oppose affirmative action,* can any serious observer of US politics and society doubt that much of the opposition was driven by racist resentment directed towards African Americans in particular?
Clear thinking about zionism and antizionism is further obstructed by the eagerness of both the Israeli right and doctrinaire antizionists to equate "zionism" with the policies of the current Israeli government. I wrote about this misconception here: https://c.im/@jemmesedi/114825390064375529
*See, for example, Gallup -- January 16, 2024 -- "Age Plays Key Role in Black Views of Affirmative Action Case"
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We should also remember that right wingers, whether within the government or just cheering it on, are reveling in their creation of a climate of fear.
Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets | Kenan Malik | The Guardian
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We should also remember that right wingers, whether within the government or just cheering it on, are reveling in their creation of a climate of fear.
Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets | Kenan Malik | The Guardian
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Kenan Malik on Shakespeare, decolonization and universal human rights: "The trend for cultural reappraisal could risk upholding the very ideas it aims to dismantle"
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/06/sale-of-observer-to-tortoise-media-agreed-in-principle
I don't know how confident one can be of The Observer's future.
I'm also sad that two of my favourite columnists, Kenan Malik and Martha Gill, will now be behind a paywall.
##UKPress #UKMedia #TheObserver
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"However, these arguments also lay traps for the unwary. Just as social justice campaigners have abandoned the struggle for material betterment for that of cultural empowerment, so many of their critics have come to see the new 'cultural elite' as the main problem, ignoring the real material roots of power in our society."
#KenanMalik, 2024
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"However, these arguments also lay traps for the unwary. Just as social justice campaigners have abandoned the struggle for material betterment for that of cultural empowerment, so many of their critics have come to see the new 'cultural elite' as the main problem, ignoring the real material roots of power in our society."
#KenanMalik, 2024
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Along these lines ...
"[Catherine Liu and Olúfémi Táíwò] explain, for instance, why the Democratic party in the US (and many social democratic parties in Europe) is increasingly a club for the rich and educated, while many working-class voters have abandoned it. They illuminate, too, our culture’s obsession with the minutiae of symbolic representation and the policing of language but disregard for real material inequalities."
#KenanMalik, 2024
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Along these lines ...
"[Catherine Liu and Olúfémi Táíwò] explain, for instance, why the Democratic party in the US (and many social democratic parties in Europe) is increasingly a club for the rich and educated, while many working-class voters have abandoned it. They illuminate, too, our culture’s obsession with the minutiae of symbolic representation and the policing of language but disregard for real material inequalities."
#KenanMalik, 2024
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...the other being Kenan Malik, here skewering the hypocritical humbuggery of Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/24/allison-pearson-right-to-be-obnoxious
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy80n75g5w1o
Have you noticed that "Not For Sale" sign has disappeared from the Grauniad's website?
I hope that The Observer is not sold. In particular, I dread the prospect of Kenan Malik and Martha Gill, two of my favourite columnists, being paywalled or worse, axed.
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/kenanmalik
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/kenanmalik
#UKPress #UKMedia #TheGuardian #TheObserver #KenanMalik #MarthaGill
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Good column from Kenan Malik appealing for a turn from the psychological to the social.
The sharp witted and thought provoking Observer columns from Kenan Malik and Martha Gill compensate for the tiresomely unfunny Adrian Chiles during the week.
We think loneliness is in our heads, but its source lies in the ruin of civil society | Loneliness | The Guardian
#KenanMalik #MarthaGill #AdrianChiles #TheObserver #TheGuardian #BritishJournalism #ChristopherLasch
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Suella Braverman’s bigoted attack on multiculturalism shouldn’t blind us to its problems
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/01/diverity-has-worked-in-britain-trouble-starts-when-we-try-to-manage-it?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Suella Braverman’s bigoted attack on multiculturalism shouldn’t blind us to its problems
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/01/diverity-has-worked-in-britain-trouble-starts-when-we-try-to-manage-it?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Forty years ago, class defined us in Britain. Now it’s we who define our class
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/24/forty-years-ago-class-defined-us-now-its-we-who-define-our-class?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Forty years ago, class defined us in Britain. Now it’s we who define our class
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/24/forty-years-ago-class-defined-us-now-its-we-who-define-our-class?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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What a brawl in a Peckham shop tells us about race and class in Britain today
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/17/what-brawl-in-rye-lane-peckham-shop-tells-us-about-race-class-britain-today?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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What a brawl in a Peckham shop tells us about race and class in Britain today
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/17/what-brawl-in-rye-lane-peckham-shop-tells-us-about-race-class-britain-today?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Our retreat from Christianity doesn’t mean we’ve lost our sense of morality
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/10/our-retreat-from-christianity-doesnt-mean-weve-lost-all-sense-of-morality?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Our retreat from Christianity doesn’t mean we’ve lost our sense of morality
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/10/our-retreat-from-christianity-doesnt-mean-weve-lost-all-sense-of-morality?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Blasphemy law is no answer to bigotry in the wake of Denmark’s Qur’an burnings
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/03/blasphemy-law-is-no-answer-to-bigotry-in-the-wake-of-denmarks-quran-burnings?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Blasphemy law is no answer to bigotry in the wake of Denmark’s Qur’an burnings
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/03/blasphemy-law-is-no-answer-to-bigotry-in-the-wake-of-denmarks-quran-burnings?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Labour’s backtracking on casual workers will weaken the rights of all employees
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/27/labour-backtracking-casual-workers-will-weaken-rights-of-all-employees?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Labour’s backtracking on casual workers will weaken the rights of all employees
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/27/labour-backtracking-casual-workers-will-weaken-rights-of-all-employees?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The protest song that’s taken America by storm hits too many false notes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/20/rich-men-north-of-richmond-oliver-anthony-protest-song-america?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The protest song that’s taken America by storm hits too many false notes
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/20/rich-men-north-of-richmond-oliver-anthony-protest-song-america?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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How I became a ‘woke’ villain with treacherous views too heretical for civil servants’ ears
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/13/how-i-became-woke-villain-with-views-too-heretical-for-civil-service-ears?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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How I became a ‘woke’ villain with treacherous views too heretical for civil servants’ ears
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/13/how-i-became-woke-villain-with-views-too-heretical-for-civil-service-ears?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The far right don’t need to win elections to spread their malign ideas
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/30/far-right-shape-politics-spanish-elections?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#SpanishElections
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The far right don’t need to win elections to spread their malign ideas
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/30/far-right-shape-politics-spanish-elections?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#SpanishElections
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It’s in Milan Kundera’s ambiguities and contradictions that we find his truths
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/16/in-celebrating-europes-glorious-diversity-milan-kundera-confounds-its-bigots?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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It’s in Milan Kundera’s ambiguities and contradictions that we find his truths
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/16/in-celebrating-europes-glorious-diversity-milan-kundera-confounds-its-bigots?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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France has been laissez-faire on race, the US proactive. Clearly, neither of them has it right
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/09/france-laissez-faire-race-us-proactive-race-class-relations?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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France has been laissez-faire on race, the US proactive. Clearly, neither of them has it right
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/09/france-laissez-faire-race-us-proactive-race-class-relations?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The EU pays Africa’s brutal militias to lock up migrants. Britain wants to follow suit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/04/eu-pays-africas-brutal-militias-to-lock-up-migrants-britain-wants-to-follow-suit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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The EU pays Africa’s brutal militias to lock up migrants. Britain wants to follow suit
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/04/eu-pays-africas-brutal-militias-to-lock-up-migrants-britain-wants-to-follow-suit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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If you defend free speech, you must defend it all and not silence those you disagree with
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/28/defence-of-free-speech-should-not-depend-whose-side-you-take-in-culture-wars?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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If you defend free speech, you must defend it all and not silence those you disagree with
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/28/defence-of-free-speech-should-not-depend-whose-side-you-take-in-culture-wars?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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It’s no longer ‘the will of the people’ to turn our back on asylum seekers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/14/small-boats-bill-no-longer-will-of-people-to-turn-our-back-on-asylum-seekers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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It’s no longer ‘the will of the people’ to turn our back on asylum seekers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/14/small-boats-bill-no-longer-will-of-people-to-turn-our-back-on-asylum-seekers?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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If you think decent homes for all is an impossible dream, take a look at Vienna
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/07/vision-of-property-owning-democracy-still-achievable-but-not-in-britain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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If you think decent homes for all is an impossible dream, take a look at Vienna
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/07/vision-of-property-owning-democracy-still-achievable-but-not-in-britain?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Diane Abbott’s letter shows how antiracism has been reduced to decrying ‘white privilege’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/30/diane-abbott-letter-shows-antiracism-reduced-to-decrying-white-privilege?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Diane Abbott’s letter shows how antiracism has been reduced to decrying ‘white privilege’
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/30/diane-abbott-letter-shows-antiracism-reduced-to-decrying-white-privilege?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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When Cleopatra was alive, she wasn’t categorised by the colour of her skin
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/23/when-cleopatra-was-alive-she-wasnt-categorised-by-colour-of-her-skin?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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This obsession with a ‘new elite’ hides the real roots of power
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/16/this-obsession-with-new-elite-hides-real-roots-of-power?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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This stark vision of Grenfell reveals so much about the elite that really rules us
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/09/stark-vision-of-grenfell-reveals-so-much-about-elite-really-rules-us?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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