Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

by Ken Liu (Editor, Translator)
Short Stories
  • “A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” by Xia Jia ★★★¼
  • “Tongtong’s Summer” by Xia Jia ★★★★¾
  • “Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse” by Xia Jia ★★★
  • “Call Girl” by Tang Fei ★★¼
  • “The Circle” by Liu Cixin ★★★¼
  • “Taking Care of God” by Liu Cixin ★★★★¾
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The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart

by Alicia Garza

Building on decades of behind the scenes work in Black-led organisations for social justice, Garza outlines the mission of identifying common goals to forge enduring and broadened relationships, and organising strategically to transform the dynamics of power—with a vision to secure the ability to shape every policy decision … Read more

To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe

by Akwugo Emejulu (Editor), Francesca Sobande (Editor)

Highlights:

“Those Who Fight For Us Without Us Are Against Us: Afrofeminist Activism in France” by Cyn Awori Othieno and Annette Davis on behalf of Mwasi Collectif In France self-labelled antiracist organisations along with the status quo cry ‘reverse racism’ not just when trying … Read more

Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power

by Lola Olufemi

An incisive work of Black feminism in Britain covering reproductive justice, trans inclusionary feminism, supporting sex workers, prison abolition, and—excitingly—art as witness. I would have been bowled over if the chapter on food concentrated on food justice with inspiration from Vandana Shiva. Olufemi envisages a living, breathing practice … Read more

Whites, Jews, and Us: Toward a Politics of Revolutionary Love

by Houria Bouteldja

She talks about colonialist principles being applied to Europe in WWII (Césaire), conditional absorption into whiteness, and revisionist histories—in riddling analogies and immoderate irony. She writes more straightforwardly about internalised racism and white men in Europe claiming to stand up for women only when they can pin patriarchal … Read more

Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France

by Crystal Marie Fleming

This is a dissertation work on collective memory and commemorative activism. Although there are stretches of empirical research to wade through, it is fortunately also explicitly polemical. France is not unique as a country that refuses to acknowledge racial oppression (unless it’s in America or unless it’s … Read more

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

by Robyn Maynard

A comprehensive dissection of anti-Black racism across history, in Canada, and across all borders. If repetitious it’s as a direct reflection of unrelenting anti-Black demonisation, surveillance, containment, and violence in all our societal structures. Policing Black Lives is intersectional, potently researched, and crystal clear.