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The Return of the Scaffold: Trump’s Deportation Theatre and the Politics of Spectacle

The Return of the Scaffold: Trump’s Deportation Theatre and the Politics of Spectacle

The scaffold has returned—not as an instrument of justice, but as a stage for vengeance. In Donald Trump’s America, the state no longer merely punishes; it performs. And the audience, whether horrified or thrilled, is part of the script. Michel Foucault warned us about this. In Discipline and

A Sri Lankan Paradox: Our Country is a Reflection of Ourselves

A Sri Lankan Paradox: Our Country is a Reflection of Ourselves

There was once a man that’d been wounded by a poisoned arrow. And when his family wanted to find a doctor to help him, the man said no. The mortally wounded man said that before any doctor tried to help him, he wanted to know who had attacked him.

Gaza and the banality... of the West

Gaza and the banality... of the West

I cannot speak for and on behalf of Palestine. But I can try to say a few words in light of the atrocious ongoing massacre in the eastern Mediterranean. Do you condemn Hamas? No, otherwise, I have to condemn the FLN in Algeria, the Vietcong, FRELIMO in Mozambique, the Cuban

British election: Labour's landslide and the opportunities for the left

British election: Labour's landslide and the opportunities for the left

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won a landslide in Britain’s July 4 general election. The previously all-powerful Conservatives were reduced to rubble. Labour won 412 out of 660 constituencies, and the Conservatives dropped to just 121, their lowest score ever. Behind the headlines, more complex movements can be discerned,

Ethical Exhaustion

Ethical Exhaustion

The time of politics presents itself as flat and chronological: a response to the immediacies of events. It operates within the calculus of existing powers, their distribution and geopolitical reach. History is frequently reduced to the accumulation of common sense and structural contradictions to crisis management. The new Labour government

Duterte's Independent Foreign Policy:Delinking the Philippines from the United States

Duterte's Independent Foreign Policy:Delinking the Philippines from the United States

Rodrigo R. Duterte's victory in the 2016 presidential elections signalled the beginning of a significant shift in the Philippines' foreign relations. Duterte introduced and pursued an "independent foreign policy" designed to reduce his country's reliance on its long-standing treaty ally and erstwhile coloniser,

The Enigmas of Argentina

The Enigmas of Argentina

Argentinians are currently in the process of electing a new president. The country is facing its usual state of economic turmoil and political uncertainty. Sergio Massa, a centrist candidate, will compete against Javier Milei, a right-wing firebrand, in a run-off election scheduled for November 19th. Concerns about financial and currency