I talked to German journalist Hanno Hauenstein about colonial genocide, resistance and subaltern genocide, how resistance conjures genocidal fantasies among the colonisers, denial and repression, institutionalised hypocrisy in geopolitics, the importance (and limits) of international law, the political role of the genocide idea, and why the academic study of mass atrocity needs to re-emphasise “genocide”.… Continue reading A wide ranging interview on genocide and Gaza
I wrote about Why Andy Burnham Must Break With Israel
Gaza is the sharpest edge of Starmer’s domestic as well as international legacy — Read on bylinetimes.com/2026/07/03/why-andy-burnham-must-break-with-israel/
Ten Years After Brexit, the Racism and Violence it Unleashed Threaten Britain
Brighton talk they tried to ban – now on YouTube
Watch here: https://youtu.be/vy6eZRTK2m4
Israel: did it go wrong? I wrote about Omer Bartov’s new book
I’m speaking in Brighton on the Gaza genocide and its consequences
Europe’s Crisis: The Long Shadow of Genocide
I wrote for the Berlin Review about the long shadow of genocide in Europe's crisis. Drawing on the experience of when Europeans confronted US power in the 1980s, I argue that we need movements from below to challenge our complicit elites. https://blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/2026-05/martin-shaw-the-long-shadow-of-genocide
Talking about Gaza, genocide and war
The Genocide, the War, and British Politics
I’ve written about the implications of the war and the Gaza genocide for British politics. The Greens can be the voice of the left and help mobilise the coaltion needed to stop Farage. I put my cards on the table - I’m joining them. https://open.substack.com/pub/martinshawx/p/the-genocide-the-war-and-british
In conversation with Na’amod, London 12 April
Na'amod is an organisation of Jews who oppose Israeli occupation and genocide. — Read on actionnetwork.org/events/the-new-age-of-genocide-naamod-with-martin-shaw
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