Israel as a cluster of innovation As an urban planner and economic geographer whose research focusses on the geography of innovation in Canada and other countries of the global north, my professional interests do not typically intersect with Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, nor with its murderous occupation of the West Bank. I am aware,Continue reading “Genocide and innovation: why innovate?”
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Selective outrage in Canada
The killing of any innocent person is a tragedy. It is not enough for the pepetrator to unilaterally decree the person’s guilt for the tragedy to disappear. Starvation and slaughter cannot be justified Thus, the Israeli government’s starvation and slaughter of Palestinian people has no justification, despite claims by Deputy Knesset speaker Nissim Vaturi: “ThereContinue reading “Selective outrage in Canada”
In defense of the the indefensible
George Orwell, in his 1946 essay ‘Politics and the English Language‘, wrote that: “In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. [….] Thus political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.” He continued: “Defenceless villages are bombarded from the air, the inhabitants driven outContinue reading “In defense of the the indefensible”
Richard Shearmur 