The Activist 2020

Contents

The Activist Editorial Board – 2020

Ethnicizing British Citizenship - Cheyenne van der Zanden

Bisexuals: the Invisible Majority - Ieva Laugalytė

Was Deleuze Right About Human Rights? - James Cartlidge

Problematizing media representations of climate change in Africa and proposing ‘worlding’ as a solution - Funmilayo Akinpelu

Riwal Revisited -Yara Naser Aldin

No Jobs, No money? Envisioning Social-Welfare in the 21st Century - Julian Willming

500 Years of Indigenous Resistence in the Americas - Lauren Grant

Influencing in times of coronavirus - Rebeca Marques Rocha

The Resource Curse - Zuzana Petrová

Afghan Women - Asil Zarang

Realizing the Freedom from Labor Exploitation - Miguel Luis U. Arias

For our health and the planet’s - Tram Pham

Human Rights and Political Culture: COVID-19 - Lishu Gang

The potential and limits of consultations with indigenous peoples - Amparo Carrión Domenech

Allegories of Empty Space - Funmilayo Akinpelu

Ethnicizing British Citizenship:The Cause and Consequence of theWindrush Scandal

Cheyenne van der Zanden reflects on the evolution of British citizenship law and the adverse impact of the Hostile Environment Policy on immigrants from the Caribbean and West Indies, suggesting that a process of ethnicization of citizenship is both the cause and consequence of the 2018 Windrush Scandal.

Was Deleuze Right About HumanRights?

James Cartlidge employs the commentary of 20th century philosopher Giles Deleuze to revisit the universal acceptance and application of human rights.

Riwal Revisited: How the UNGPshave failed to hold transnationalbusinesses accountable in theOccupied Palestinian Territories

Yara Naser Aldin explores how the international community has failed to hold transitional companies liable, and to provide just remedy for Palestinians following the construction of Israel’s Annexation Wall.

No Jobs, No Money? EnvisioningSocial-Welfare in the 21st Century

Julian Willming discusses how the next technological revolution will disrupt the current welfare state model and envisions an alternative.

The resource curse: the impact of Dodd-Frank on local conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Zuzana Petrová explores the nature of conflict minerals in the Congo, and the possibility that President Trump’s goal to roll back one of America’s biggest financial reforms could be one of the best chances for peacekeeping in the region.