Abstract: In this article, I discuss Blackfoot oral histories of Treaty 7, an agreement the Blackfoot confederacy entered into with the Canadian government and two other Indigenous nations in September of 1877. Drawing from critical legal and legal geographic studies, I deploy jurisdiction as an analytical concept, exploring the ways jurisdiction can give concrete form […]

Abstract: The essay begins with the question of neutrality: why might sociologists keep silent on the question of Palestine? On the other hand, if they are to speak out, then why specifically support the Palestinian cause and what could be the distinctive sociological stance? The essay claims an historical approach is necessary to understand competing […]

Description: Some Americans today worry that the Federal Constitution is ill-equipped to respond to mounting democratic threats and may even exacerbate the worst features of American politics. Yet for as long as anyone can remember, the Constitution has occupied a quasi-mythical status in American political culture, which ties ideals of liberty and equality to assumptions […]

Abstract: The paper critically examines the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Daron Acemoğlu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson. It argues that their work provides a mystified account of Paul Baran’s seminal work on the political economy of growth, the long-run divergence between rich and poor countries, and the genocidal roots of settler colonialism.

Abstract: Chicanx solidarity with the Palestinian liberation movement has a long history that is rooted inself-determination and resistance to settler colonialism and imperialism. The current backlash onthe inclusion of Arab American Studies, and specifically the inclusion of Palestine in Ethnic Studiescurriculum, has mobilized us to collectively organize in order to ensure the fidelity of the […]

Abstract: If human civilisation realises its grand ambitions to establish extraterrestrial human settlements on Mars in the not-so-distant future, how will human rights apply and be enforced? Rather than States, it is thought that space companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and the Sierra Nevada Corporation will be the first to establish extraterrestrial settlements. Rapid […]

Abstract: This manuscript dissertation/thesis explores the relationships between Turtle Island and Palestine, contributing to larger discussions in TransIndigenous studies, global Indigenous studies, and within comparative literary studies fields broadly. From Palestine to Turtle Island: Essays on TransIndigenous Literatures creates a dialogue between Indigenous arts and aesthetics centring Indigenous ways of knowing across nations, specifically on […]

Excerpt: Historical Aspect: The Return of Settler Colonialism. The end of co-existence may lead to the annihilation not only of the whole community in Gaza but also of Palestinians in general. It leaves no choice for Israel other than to return to the early days of the establishment of Israel; that is, to establish a […]

Excerpt: Settler colonization since the early nineteenth century on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron provided the foundation for two significantly dif-ferent yet coexisting perspectives on accidents and their possible meanings. Settler and Indigenous peoples drowned in watercraft accidents, fell through the ice, experienced fires, and died or were injured in preparation for or during hunting. […]

Abstract: Bringing critical race theory and settler colonial theory to bear on legal mobilization scholarship, this article examines the ongoing campaign to strike down the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). ICWA sought to end the forced removal of American Indian children from their tribes. If successful, the challenges to ICWA’s constitutionality stand to undermine […]