Tag: politics

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+ gaza, immigration, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, Palestine, The History of Jerusalem, The Olive Tree

“If we must live we must rise:” Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity Through History in “The Olive Tree”

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Vincent Lemire, Christophe Gaultier, and Marie Galpoin frame The History Of Jerusalem: An Illustrated Story of 4,000 Years around the narration of “Zeitoun or Olivia, whichever you prefer,” a 4,000 year-old olive tree overlooking Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives. Zeitoun begins welcoming the reader to the history of Jerusalem by telling us, “Hello! Shalom! Salam!” By opening the narration in this manner, Zeitoun highlights the … Read More “If we must live we must rise:” Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity Through History in “The Olive Tree”

+ Belfast, gaza, kneecap, Northern Ireland, Palestine

Two Nations, One Struggle: Irish and Palestinian Solidarity

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When preparing students for our trip to Belfast, I told them to pay close attention to the murals, graffiti, stickers, and the language that they would encounter during our walks through the cities. Specifically, I told them to pay particular attention to the ways that republicans present solidarity with global struggles around the world, specifically with the Palestinian struggle. So, before we even arrived … Read More Two Nations, One Struggle: Irish and Palestinian Solidarity

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+ black panther, comics, enlightenment, John Locke, marvel, marvel comics, politics, ta-nehisi coates

Conquest and the Unjust Invasion of the Rights of Another in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

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One of the through lines in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet deals with the ways that individuals rule and with discussions of conquest and power. As I wrote about last post, we see this early on, specifically when we first see Changamire and he quotes from John Locke’s Second Treatise on Civil Government. Speaking to his class, Changamire, quoting Locke, asks them if … Read More Conquest and the Unjust Invasion of the Rights of Another in Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Black Panther”

+ A Perfect Circle, comics, dc comics, Dead Boy Detectives, G.I. Joe, pornsak pichetshote, Thoughts and Prayers

Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives”

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Last January, I picked up the G.I. Joe Compendium Volume 1, which contains the first fifty issues of the series from March 1982 to May 1986. As a kid, I didn’t collect comics, but when I saw a G.I. Joe comic or a Transformers comic on the rack at a grocery store, I’d pick it up. The compendium has been the first time I’ve read … Read More Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives”

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+ christian fascism, christian nationalism, christianity, immigration, religion

The Complicity in Ignorance and Silence

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Every time I drive to Atlanta, I encounter the succinct encapsulation of the ways that some have merged patriotism and Christianity into Christian fascism, a worldview that puts nation and individual above one’s call to lover God with their while being and their neighbor as themselves. As I speed down the highway, I gaze ahead, and on my right, I see a 3,200 square … Read More The Complicity in Ignorance and Silence

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