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On Zionism, capitalism, and labour: a review of Matan Kaminer’s Capitalist Colonial

Matan Kaminer, Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture, Stanford University Press, 2024. Reviewed by Heba Taha As Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza continued to escalate, many people found themselves feeling either subdued by the imperialist war machine or engaging in wishful thinking about its imminent collapse. While there have been notable and

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On Zionism, capitalism, and labour: a review of Matan Kaminer’s Capitalist Colonial

Marxism & Disability Network (MDN) call for abstracts for 2026 events

Every Song’s a War Song: Spotify and the Military Music Industrial Complex

Mohammed Harbi (1933-2026): Participant in and Historian of the Algerian Revolution

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