Abstract: My very first encounter with the term “settler colonialism”—a particular form of colonization in which colonizers violently expropriate land that is indigenous to other nations in an attempt to permanently displace and replace Indigenous populations—was in my junior year at Toronto’s York University in my first-ever Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) course. It was […]

Abstract: The authors examine the implications of understanding Palestinian mental health from a White colonial lens and offer ways in which a decolonial and liberatory approach to mental health is essential to advance Palestinian well-being. They offer ways in which to situate an understanding of Palestinian mental health within the context of the ongoing settler […]

Abstract: In 2016, at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, 400 Indigenous Nations and non-indigenous allies gathered in solidarity against the Dakota Access Pipeline to protect Mni Sose, the Missouri River. They became known as the Water Protectors. Against these defenders stood a militarized line of “money protectors,” paramilitary groups and state police who were indistinguishable […]

Abstract: In Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice, Azmi Bishara offers a broad overview of the history and current situation in occupied Palestine. In this article, I focus on the political (theo)logic that has shaped much of that history and continues to shape the militarism and settler colonialism Bishara describes with analytical depth. We might call […]

Description: Nostalgia, Nationalism, and the US Militia Movement is an accessible primer on the contemporary US militia movement. Exploring the complicated history of militias in the US, starting with the Revolutionary War period, this book leverages unique data from ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and previously unseen archival materials from militia founder Norm Olson to detail the […]

Abstract: Although space colonization appears to belong to the world of science fiction, private corporations owned by Silicon Valley billionaires—and supported by the US state—have spent billions making it a reality. Analyses of space colonialism have sometimes viewed these projects as distinct from earthly histories of colonialism, instead locating them within traditions of libertarianism, neoliberalism […]

Description: Civil War Settlers is the first comprehensive analysis of Scandinavian Americans and their participation in the US Civil War. Based on thousands of sources in multiple languages, that have to date been inaccessible to most US historians, Anders Bo Rasmussen brings the untold story of Scandinavian American immigrants to life by focusing on their […]

Abstract: In the 1860s, women’s property rights in the United States changed dramatically with the passage of the Homestead Act and the Married Women’s Property Act. At the same time, Norwegians were immigrating in droves to the plains of the Middle West looking to settle and lay claim to undeveloped land. This project examines this […]

Excerpt: … specific attention to be paid towards the ‘logics of settlement’ that persist within anarchist movements, theories, and practices. Pointing to the tendency for anarchists to seek out traces of anarchism in other movements, cultures and forms of resistance …

Abstract: Summary: Drawing on historical constructions of Indigenous peoples, this paper analyses the continued impact of settler discourses of Indigenous families, parenting, and children on child welfare policy in Canada today. Findings: In this work, two provincial children’s Advocate reports on the deaths of Indigenous children in care, Tina Fontaine and Alex Gervais, are critically […]