Nick Riemer is an Australian academic and political activist currently living in France.
The recent mosque shooting in Bayonne was just the latest violent attack against France’s Muslims. The secularist left has long rejected the idea of “Islamophobia” — but as the far right goes mainstream, Muslims’ calls for solidarity have become impossible to ignore.
The brutality of Israeli occupation isn’t limited to wars. It also includes constant assault on Palestinians’ access to basic necessities like higher education.
BDS opponents are wrong — boycotts are well within the bounds of academic conduct.
The rise of Islamophobia in France grew out of elites’ need to manage working-class resistance.
Leading progressive intellectuals are using their influence to disparage refugees and excuse elites.