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Felt like sharing this audio file, which was created in a short amount of time as a class exercise. Transforming Perception monologue Transforming Perception monlogue transcript: I am someone who tends to intellectualize or rationalize my inner world, whether it be my feelings, thoughts, experiences, etc. This is likely partly rooted in my upbringing with…
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Border imperialism is Harsha Walia’s “alternative analytic framework [which] disrupts the myth of Western benevolence toward migrants” by seeing borders as the cause of violence instead of the preventers of violence (Walia 2013, 5). Violence is manufactured and maintained through structures of forced displacement, migration, assimilation, and precarious labor conditions due to illegalization and social…
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To begin, I can’t write a post on neoliberalism without talking about the Zapatistas, who first entered the global stage in 1994 as a militant resistance organization against neoliberalism. This greatly important and currently living movement is often credited for sparking the anti-globalization movement and popularizing the term “neoliberalism”. To learn about the Zapatistas and…