On Remembrance Day, grief seems to be only reserved for Western lives. Meanwhile, the West's war machine continues its imperial drive, argues Afroze Zaidi.
Marcellus Williams' execution in the US was met with protest & mourning. Afroze Zaidi explains why his injustice is linked to struggles in Palestine & Lebanon.
Keir Starmer’s statement about ensuring the Holocaust is never repeated is hypocritical amidst the UK’s complicity in Gaza's genocide, writes Afroze Zaidi.
Amid Gaza's polio outbreak, Afroze Zaidi explains the history of colonisers spreading diseases directly or by creating the perfect environment for an epidemic.
The British government's conflation of terrorism & Palestine solidarity makes Muslims prime targets of repressive counter-terror policies. Through this, Braverman & her ilk are undemocratically suffocating avenues of dissent, argues Afroze F Zaidi.
Suella Braverman’s renewed attack on migrants & minorities in the UK is her attempt to keep climbing up the Tory political ladder by appealing to right-wing voters. She is a classic case-study of internalised colonialism, writes Afroze F Zaidi.
Given the urgency of the climate crisis, Afroze Zaidi argues that the direct action led by Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, and Insulate Britain, is necessary. Solidarity is needed, especially amidst the demonisation and criminalisation.
From overcrowding in Manston, to the petrol bombing of a detention centre, Sunak’s appointment and defence of Home Secretary Suella Braverman shows that Tory Asians in power are not going to end the suffering of migrants and racialised communities.
Fascist Hindu nationalist marches targeting Muslims in Leicester did not take place in a vacuum explains Afroze Zaidi, who writes that the Tory’s relationship with the RSS and Modi have played a central role in enabling and emboldening such ideology.
Afroze F Zaidi argues that tributes made by UK Muslim organisations to the Queen following her death, show complicity in the whitewashing of her colonial legacy, and are reflective of the policing of Muslims through the Prevent strategy.
