And read also my book *From Fatwa to Jihad*, a social and political history of the period
kenanmalik.com/from-fatwa-to-…
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/from-f…

Please do read Kenan Malik⁩ ‘s insightful & important reflection on our series #Defiance , he astutely explains what happened next in the 1980s.

‘Riz Ahmed’s Defiance: how the visceral racism of 70s Britain gave way to a new era of identity politics’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“What links the old Britain portrayed in Defiance with the Britain of today is a complex, often contradictory, concatenation of social changes.” My The Observer column: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“If we fail to invest the modest amounts necessary to give us a fighting chance against major life-threatening diseases, it is not fate that consigns us to chaos, but narrow self-interest and collective short-sightedness.” ft.com/content/ffded9…

The aftermath of the strike on the WCK convoy is different because the victims’ nationalities make usual Israeli claims justifying such strikes implausible. But why should we imagine they are only implausible when most of the victims are non-Palestinian? theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

The slogan 'Turkey is secular and will remain secular' is chanted outside the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality.

People have been celebrating in Ankara for hours now. Never ending honking, dancing and shouting

It was also an age in which 'black' was a political category, not simply an ethnic one.

“If I show up dead anytime soon, even if it’s a car accident or something, I’m a safe driver, please be on the lookout for foul play.” Boeing and the clash of profit and knowledge: prospect.org/infrastructure…

The IDF says 9,000 terrorists have been killed since the Gaza war began. Defense officials and soldiers, however, tell Haaretz that these are often civilians whose only crime was to cross an invisible line drawn by the IDF / yaniv kubovich יניב קובוביץ
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

A sceptical take on the book of the moment nature.com/articles/d4158…

“If there is one lesson we should learn from this mess, it is that opposing anti-Muslim bigotry and challenging restrictions on blasphemy necessarily go hand in hand.” My The Observer column: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“Class” pervaded Smith, Ricardo & Marx, and yet… prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/65444/… Branko Milanovic

South Sudanese returnees - who first fled their country’s civil war, then Sudan’s - waiting to board boats in Renk last week. 100s get on each boat, then stay on for the 2+ days to Malakal. Sudan’s war has triggered the world’s largest displacement crisis. #KeepEyesOnSudan

“Fearless” is not the first word that comes to mind to describe someone advocating collective punishment.

Really interesting to chat to Davenant 📸 about his incredible project and portraits… Exhibition opens today The Hub At St Mary's - Lichfield - I’ll be taking a trip to check it out bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

“The wars in the eastern DRC are entering their fourth and perhaps most dangerous decade, with a risk of major regional escalation”: newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

“The depth of the horror surpasses our ability to describe it.” theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Great piece on the enduring relevance of Christopher Lasch. Kudos to Kenan Malik for getting him right: Lasch was painfully clear that narcissism isn’t a personal moral failing. It’s a survival response produced by economic precarity, environmental ruin, and geopolitical anxiety.

“We look for loneliness inside our heads when its source lies all around us, in the destruction of collective life, the erosion of communal bonds, the ruin of civil society, the squeezing of public spaces.” My The Observer column: theguardian.com/global/2024/ma…

This is a REALLY good tool, that busts the myth that the biggest problem facing deprived areas is that there talented young people leave. Let's take the case of Hartlepool... 🧵