researcher @esra_nz / author of The Financial Colonisation of Aotearoa (2023) (link below) / PhD student in International Political Economy @kings_eis
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My book is out! The Financial Colonisation of Aotearoa tells the story of the financial instruments and imperatives that drove the British colonial project in Aotearoa in the nineteenth century.
I was interviewed for @TheNBR on my research on a cryptocurrency island in Vanuatu. I think students can access free :) nbr.co.nz/shoeshine/the-cryp…
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My essay in Critical Legal Thinking on the idea of 'elimination' in the critique of settler colonialism, its roots in Palestinian critiques of Zionist imperialism, and its significance at this moment
criticallegalthinking.com/20…
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Full whare to listen to the whakaaro on colonisation and decolonisation from a financial perspective. Particularly interested in @CatherineComyn discuss appropriation of Māori resources.
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Final talk of my book tour is for @NLNZ Public History Talks tomorrow noon! I'll be giving an overview of how finance capital drove the colonisation of Aotearoa natlib.govt.nz/events/the-fi…
Tomorrow I'm participating in a panel with Jane Kelsey and Matthew Scobie on the political economy of colonisation and decolonisation, chaired by @maxdnharris. Join us at Lamplight Books, Parnell, from 3.30pm. There'll be wine! @esra_nz
Tonight I'm talking about how credit underpinned the alienation of Maori land in the 1860s, and drawing lessons for resistance from Te Peeke o Aotearoa - the Kingitanga bank.
See you @timeoutbooksnz from 6.30pm!
Excited to be speaking with Matthew Scobie on the political economy of colonisation and decolonisation @unitybookswgtn in a couple of weeks! Thank you @esra_nz for organising. facebook.com/events/97903294…
Adnan Bursh, educated at King's College London, was tortured to death by Israeli soldiers. @KCLalumni @KingsCollegeLon your silence is deafening.
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.@maxdnharris reviews Catherine Comryn's THE FINANCIAL COLONISATION OF AOTEAROA, placing it within a resurgence of materialist accounts of the country's history. overland.org.au/2024/03/putt…
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I've written a piece on the little known repression of @ucu branches calling for Intifada against imperialist occupation, the threats to academic freedom from within our union & the potential of 🇵🇸 solidarity to transform the trade union movement in the UK counterfire.org/article/the-…
"a radical argument... reframing the whole debate" Thank you @RNZ for the review! rnz.co.nz/national/programme…
Delighted that The Financial Colonisation of Aotearoa is long listed for the Ockham NZ Book Awards alongside @anrchivist's excellent Blood & Dirt and several other brilliant books.
The 2024 General Non-Fiction longlist is out - Congratulations to all! #theockhams @AllenAndUnwinNZ @PenguinBooks_NZ @BWB_NZ @thwupbooks @masseyunipress @HuiaPublishers @TheCubaPress Potton & Burton Economic and Social Research Aotearoa
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He is in Estonia. Estonia is not at war, and according to the Foreign Office is safe to visit.
Who is he camouflaging himself from?
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Our aggregation of news reports since 7 Oct suggests that hospitals in Gaza are subjected to a repeated pattern of intimidation, direct targeting, siege, and occupation by the Israeli military: gaza-hospitals.forensic-arch…
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Highly recommended - an edited masters thesis that lays bare the role of financial speculation.
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BREAKING: Over 1000 trade unionists at multiple sites across Britain are blockading arms factories that are supplying arms to Israel! 🇵🇸
#ShutItDown4Palestine