Category Archives: Territory

Two posts on the Zapatistas

Posted on January 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Two interesting posts on the Zapatistas – at Territorial Masquerades and For the Desk Drawer. Both look at related questions around territory and geopolitics, both explicitly relate to Lefebvre’s work in various ways, but there are links to his writings on … Continue reading →

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Greenwald on the Mali Intervention

Posted on January 14, 2013 by stuartelden

In The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald discusses the intervention in Mali: As French war planes bomb Mali, there is one simple statistic that provides the key context: this west African nation of 15 million people is the eighth country in which … Continue reading →

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The Intervention in Mali

Posted on January 13, 2013 by stuartelden

France’s intervention in Mali over the last few days hasn’t received that much notice in the Anglophone press. It has now been joined by Britain, providing logistical support and supplies, which may change that. The Observer has the story here, and there is a … Continue reading →

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Israel’s border fences

Posted on January 9, 2013 by stuartelden

The West Bank wall/fence/barrier gets most of the attention. The containment of Gaza continues on all sides – its land borders with Israel; south to Egypt; most of its territorial sea occupied and certainly its airspace, while the subsoil is a … Continue reading →

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Politicised Literary Geographies audio recordings

Posted on January 7, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recordings of the talks at the Durham workshop on Politicised Literary Geographies are available here. Following a brief introduction, there are talks by James Kneale, Carolyn Pedwell, Angharad Closs Stephens and me. my talk is on the Shakespearean … Continue reading →

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Klaus Dodds on the Argentine letter

Posted on January 7, 2013 by stuartelden

At the Royal Holloway Geopolitics and Security blog, there are links to two pieces by Klaus Dodds on Argentina’s letter on the Falklands/Las Malvinas.

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Sovereignty, Territorial Integrity and the Falklands/Las Malvinas

Posted on January 3, 2013 by stuartelden

Today’s Argentine letter on the Falkland/Las Malvinas islands makes for interesting reading. Buenos Aires, January 3rd, 2013 Mr Prime Minister David Cameron, One hundred and eighty years ago on the same date, January 3rd, in a blatant exercise of 19th-century … Continue reading →

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Writing tasks

Posted on December 24, 2012 by stuartelden

When term finished last Friday, I was at last able to get to some writing tasks that I hadn’t been able to clear the time to complete before. First up was a short reply to two responses to my ‘Secure the … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 23, 2012 by stuartelden

Joshua J. Kurz discusses my 2009 book Terror and Territory at his blog Being-in-Exodus.

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A Marxist Map of History

Posted on December 22, 2012 by stuartelden

Roland Boer has discovered a map of European (mainly German) history between 1476 and 1648 – from the perspective of class struggle. You can also download them – Version 1 and Version 2 (thanks to Christina Petterson via Stalin’s Moustache).

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