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Excerpt: Let me turn now to the war in Gaza. By my count, this is the seventh Israeli military assault on the people of Gaza since the unilateral disengagement in 2005. The first assault was Operation Cast Lead of December 2008. But what is happening in Gaza today is different. Israel is raining down death […]


Abstract: The article scrutinizes France’s policy of elimination through integration in Algeria in De Gaulle’s Address on “The Constantine Plan” (Oct. 3, 1958). Utilizing Settler Colonialism theory, the article analyzes the Address to reveal that French settler colonial enterprise in Algeria hinged on the integration of Algerians to erase them culturally and hence ensure the […]


Abstract: Haifa or Hayfa (Hayfa is the transliteration of Haifa’s Arabic name. This article uses the term to distinguish between pre-1948 Hayfa and post-occupation Haifa [April 1948 onwards].), historically a vibrant Palestinian city, has undergone significant transformations under settler-colonialism. This article explores contemporary manifestations of the municipal settler-colonialism of Haifa, where Zionist territorial dominance is advanced under the guise of urban development, […]


Abstract: This article analyzes how settler families in the US South constructed, propagated and perpetuated memories of Indigenous dispossession across generations, portraying themselves as both victims and heroes in the violent expulsion of the region’s Native people. Stories of Native American raids on settler households captivated regional attention and were retold in printed newspapers, memoirs, […]


Abstract: This reflexive paper is written from the positionality of an Indigenous psychologist in response to the majority-Australia vote against constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the National Referendum, October 14th, 2023. I utilise the Net Metaphor conceptual tool offered by Jongbloed, Hendry, Behn Smith, and Gallagher Kʷunuhmen to articulate settler-colonialism […]


Abstract: This article reflects on some challenges for Christian theology in New Zealand and similar settler colonial contexts. In particular, it explores ways in which Christians can begin acknowledging and addressing the entanglements of Christianity with settler colonialism and its violence. The first section briefly outlines the project of settler colonialism, drawing on key insights […]


Description: Towards a Critical White Theology is a landmark text bringing together contributions from scholars and practitioners, Black/Postcolonial theologians and critical White theologians, from the UK, the USA and New Zealand, exposing the dynamics of whiteness in the history and the present of the Christian church, and setting an agenda for the future, especially for White-racialised […]


Description: This book analyses visitor responses to the interpretation of Aboriginal cultural heritage in Australian protected areas, focusing on Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in the Northern Territory and the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area in New South Wales. It provides insights into the discursive features that structure various forms of interpretation of Aboriginal cultural […]


Abstract: The article examines the combined violence of settler colonialism in Israel and the US in two parts. The first part discusses the Jewish supremacism at the heart of Israeli settler colonialism, focusing on Israel’s genocide in Gaza since October 2023. It traces how genocidal rhetoric by state leaders, articulated in the language of Jewish […]


Excerpt: The concept of settler colonialism has always been a key element in the Marxist theory of imperialism, the meaning of which has gradually evolved over a century and a half. Today the reemergence of powerful Indigenous movements in the struggles over cultural survival, the earth, sovereignty, and recognition, plus the resistance to the genocide […]