Sherene Seikaly delivers a Keynote Speech entitled "Palestine as Paradigm" to inaugurate the two-day Long Arc of Fascism conference, hosted by Simon Fraser University.
Dr. Seikaly argues that Palestine is more than a site of the consequences of unfettered settler colonialism, technological warfare, racism, and fascism -- Palestine is a paradigm through which the polycrisis' nature is most evident.
The Long Arc of Fascism Conference was co-presented and organized by UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice and SFU’s Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies. During the second day of the conference, the myriad of speakers delved into questions like: How do we understand our moment of political whiplash? What are the connections between contemporary fascist expressions and the stolen lands on which we stand? Are these separate historical chapters, or are we in what Alberto Toscano has termed “Late Fascism”? Where do “post-human” technologies fit in? Is it all linked to the deepening climate crisis? And most importantly: how do we organize for futures rooted in the cherishing of life? Watch Dr. Sherene Seikaly's profound keynote here.
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