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In 1667, the Treaty of Breda transferred the island of Run “permanently to the Dutch as part of a wider settlement that also included the handing over of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (later New York) to the English.” This bargain may be forgotten in the United States, but the few dozen people who live on tiny, sunbaked Run still take pride in being the inhabitants of the island that was exchanged for Manhattan.
The Nutmeg’s Curse
Amitav Ghosh
"Tactics" are ways of behaving that can be used, with slight variations, in many different situations and circumstances. "Programs" include sequences of tactical steps combined into patterns suitable for attaining more complex goals. "Strategies" are combinations of programs entwined into complete scenarios for attaining desired ends. Tactics, programs, and strategy can vary in focus, structure, breadth, and intent.
Liberating Theory
Michael Albert, Holly Sklar
The idea according to which self and experience – or for that matter radical agency – must now be found in the intimate microspheres of everyday life must be subjected to a thorough critique. Too often, it is presumed that our intimate interiorities, our moods, our states of mind are “safe spaces”, the only spaces immune to racism and neoliberal intoxication. In fact, under contemporary conditions, there is no longer any “zone of being” that is free from “contamination”.
Thoughts on the Planetary: An Interview With Achille Mbembe
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