By Natan Last Abolish ICE; revive the history that brought its demonic reign to power in the first place. Abolish borders, not boundary lines; interrogate not only the language that replaces them but the origins, linguistic and political, that installed… Continue Reading
By Brandon Vines Charles Monnet, Assemblée Nationale Abandon de Tous les Privileges, Etching (1790). Available from the Library of Congress. As every first-year law student quickly learns, property rights are a bundle of sticks. An absolute landowner has a full… Continue Reading
By S. Shabzadeh “So, what do you think our chances of immigrating to Canada are?” he asked me as he attempted to bring his unruly son onto his lap. Looking at my cousin I could see the toll of years… Continue Reading
By Mayaki Kimba I. Some years ago, I was working an admissions event at my undergraduate college. A visitor needed directions to an information session, and as I was walking him to the appropriate auditorium, he began quizzing me on… Continue Reading
By Anita Yandle “Empires crumble, capitalism is not inevitable, gender is not biology, whiteness is not immutable, prisons are not inescapable, and borders are not natural law.”[1] It is not enough to say that there is a crisis at the… Continue Reading
By a graduate student in the seminar The movement of people across borders – be it as migrant, asylum seekers, or refugees – has emerged as a major issue of our times. The number of forcibly displaced persons worldwide is… Continue Reading
By Cletus Alengah The International Organisation for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project reports that over 500 people have died in the process of migration since the beginning of the year.[1] The figures are harrowing when all the recorded deaths from 2014,… Continue Reading
By Hedwig Lieback The question of borders is always also a question of sovereignty. Even if not explicitly mentioned, this concept lurks in the background of debates attempting to either assert a state’s right to control ‘its’ borders or in… Continue Reading