I can't pick only one quote out of this - it's basically a litany of systematic abuses of sex workers committed police, prosecutors and judges in NYC. This in a jurisdiction which is now supposedly focussed on "protecting victims of trafficking".
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Any experts on Tanzanian history? This new books seems to suggest that the Ujamaa programme was originally conceived around voluntary "villagization" and that the later, more coercive, phases of the programme was in some way forced upon Nyerere by local elites. This is contrary to what I remember being told, basically that Nyerere got impatient and pulled the trigger himself. I remember that Scott talks about it in "Seeing like a state", but can't remember his analysis of the political context. M&G Global Women's Strike
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Some good discussion of why philosophy as a discipline remains so apparently hostile to women and people of colour. Guardian
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Never forget: Drug criminalisation continues to kill people. It's important that we hold politicians and the law enforcement authorities accountable for this. Guardian
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God, this is terrifying. I remember kind of panicking the first time I ate mochi, feeling that I was choking. Turns out this was not a completely irrational fear! Guardian
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Interesting commentary on where the South Africa left (i.e. NUMSA and compatriots) is at politically. My own feeling is that the programme of the Brazilian Worker's Party (at least in its first decade or so) is probably a good model for South Africa. Thoughts? M&G
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An explanation of how cold whether may actually make us more susceptible to rhinoviruses (i.e. "getting a cold"). Globe and Mail
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The German government is so irrationality committed to austerity that it's pretty much giving away free money for the chance to run a budget surplus. Vox
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This I did not know. Harry Truman, who originally set up the CIA, later reckoned it had gotten too involved in nefarious activities, and argued it should be disbanded. Al Jazeera
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Just a reminder that the criminalisation of migration kills people, and that our governments need to be held accountable (both in Europe and South Africa). Here's a passage that really jumps out at me:
"The boats that reach Italian waters are often impounded, so smugglers prefer to make the trip using the most expendable vessels. This means the sailors sometimes force the migrants to move from new boats to smaller and older ones several days into their voyage – a frightening and dangerous procedure that risks overloading already rickety vessels. Survivors of the catastrophic sinking in September, which killed more than 300 off the coast of Malta, say the crash occurred after the migrants were asked to change boats."
So people smugglers are often *able* to convey migrants safely, but are basically disincentivized from doing so. Why not simply announce a policy that ships carrying illegal migrants will be escorted back to their port of origin, but never impounded? Why not, for that matter, just grant a certain number of visas to Syrian passport holders every month and let them catch a f*king flight?
Meanwhile:
"The European Union has scaled back its Mediterranean rescue operation, in the hope that a reduction in the number of coastguards will discourage migrants from attempting a voyage that claimed more than 3,000 lives in the past year."
Imagine if we took this "harm exacerbation" approach to other matters... "Smoking is bad for you, so to discourage it, we're now going to stop treating people for lung cancer". It's infuriating and frankly just surreal in its sheer wrongheadedness. Guardian
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Any experts on Tanzanian history? This new books seems to suggest that the Ujamaa programme was originally conceived around voluntary "villagization" and that the later, more coercive, phases of the programme was in some way forced upon Nyerere by local elites. This is contrary to what I remember being told, basically that Nyerere got impatient and pulled the trigger himself. I remember that Scott talks about it in "Seeing like a state", but can't remember his analysis of the political context. M&G Global Women's Strike
>>><<<
Some good discussion of why philosophy as a discipline remains so apparently hostile to women and people of colour. Guardian
>>><<<
Never forget: Drug criminalisation continues to kill people. It's important that we hold politicians and the law enforcement authorities accountable for this. Guardian
>>><<<
God, this is terrifying. I remember kind of panicking the first time I ate mochi, feeling that I was choking. Turns out this was not a completely irrational fear! Guardian
>>><<<
Interesting commentary on where the South Africa left (i.e. NUMSA and compatriots) is at politically. My own feeling is that the programme of the Brazilian Worker's Party (at least in its first decade or so) is probably a good model for South Africa. Thoughts? M&G
>>><<<
An explanation of how cold whether may actually make us more susceptible to rhinoviruses (i.e. "getting a cold"). Globe and Mail
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The German government is so irrationality committed to austerity that it's pretty much giving away free money for the chance to run a budget surplus. Vox
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This I did not know. Harry Truman, who originally set up the CIA, later reckoned it had gotten too involved in nefarious activities, and argued it should be disbanded. Al Jazeera
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Just a reminder that the criminalisation of migration kills people, and that our governments need to be held accountable (both in Europe and South Africa). Here's a passage that really jumps out at me:
"The boats that reach Italian waters are often impounded, so smugglers prefer to make the trip using the most expendable vessels. This means the sailors sometimes force the migrants to move from new boats to smaller and older ones several days into their voyage – a frightening and dangerous procedure that risks overloading already rickety vessels. Survivors of the catastrophic sinking in September, which killed more than 300 off the coast of Malta, say the crash occurred after the migrants were asked to change boats."
So people smugglers are often *able* to convey migrants safely, but are basically disincentivized from doing so. Why not simply announce a policy that ships carrying illegal migrants will be escorted back to their port of origin, but never impounded? Why not, for that matter, just grant a certain number of visas to Syrian passport holders every month and let them catch a f*king flight?
Meanwhile:
"The European Union has scaled back its Mediterranean rescue operation, in the hope that a reduction in the number of coastguards will discourage migrants from attempting a voyage that claimed more than 3,000 lives in the past year."
Imagine if we took this "harm exacerbation" approach to other matters... "Smoking is bad for you, so to discourage it, we're now going to stop treating people for lung cancer". It's infuriating and frankly just surreal in its sheer wrongheadedness. Guardian
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