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Category: the fire these times

Lebanon’s Migrant Domestic Workers: Between the Coronavirus and Slavery

I spoke with Banchi Yimer, founder of Egna Legna who define themselves as “community-based feminist activists working on migrant domestic workers’ issues and general women’s issues in Lebanon and Ethiopia.”

Joey Ayoub labor/kafala, lebanon, the fire these times March 27, 2020January 9, 2022 2 Minutes

Against the Logic of the Guillotine

I spoke with one of the authors of the Crimethinc piece of the same name about the ‘logic of the guillotine’, how it is used in online left-wing meme culture, why it is problematic and why we need to have a better logic than that of the guillotine if we truly believe in liberatory politics.

Joey Ayoub abolitionism, the fire these times March 20, 2020January 9, 2022 1 Minute

Venezuela and the Right to Narrate

I sat down with Laura Vidal, a Paris-based Venezuelan writer and researcher. Laura recently wrote an essay in Spanish entitled “¿Quién tiene derecho a contar nuestras historias?” (“Who has the right to narrate our stories?”)

Joey Ayoub the fire these times, the periphery, venezuela March 9, 2020January 9, 2022 1 Minute

The Kafala System is ‘Civilized’ Slavery

We go back to the summer of 2018 when I sat down with Sami, a Beirut-based Ethiopian activist with, Mesewat, a solidarity network that supports migrant workers in Lebanon and the Middle East, and Ali, an activist with the Anti-Racism Movement.

Joey Ayoub labor/kafala, lebanon, the fire these times March 9, 2020January 9, 2022 2 Minutes

Hong Kong’s Existential Crisis

This is a conversation with JP, a Hong Kong activist with Lausan, a left-wing and decolonial group based out of Hong Kong and its diaspora.

Joey Ayoub hong kong, the fire these times March 9, 2020January 9, 2022 1 Minute
"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
- Leonard Cohen

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