Arun Kundnani

Philadelphia

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

I write about race, Islamophobia, surveillance, political violence, and radicalism.

Articles

After Trump, let's fight for all the great and simple things that make us human

Nov 13, 2024 | kundnani.org | Arun Kundnani

Like many others in the US, I gathered with friends last weekend to try to come to terms with the re-election of Donald Trump as president. None of us were surprised by his victory but, with his winning every swing state, the Senate, and, as seemed likely, the House, we were all depressed at the scale of it. For a while, all we could do was share our outrage and fear. But after a while we began to try to think more systematically about what had happened.
Pacification and Resistance

Aug 17, 2024 | tni.org | Phyllis Bennis |Arun Kundnani |Jane Kilpatrick |Achille Mbembe

On “shrinking space” Framing paper Individual and collective activism is facing a global pushback from states, corporations and the Far Right. How useful is the metaphorical concept of ‘shrinking space’ to examine such repression of civic society? This report deconstructs the shrinking space narrative and critiques some of its inherent problems, particularly its conflation with ‘civic space’.
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Jun 19, 2024 | kundnani.org | Arun Kundnani

IN OUR MILLIONS: "I think people understand we are living through a cataclysmic moment" - hear @Gargi_at_home, who wrote Netpol's report on the policing of Palestine solidarity protests, on why you should read it. Download it here: https://netpol.org/in-our-millions/ 🎞️ @TRCdocumentary
As College Campuses Erupt in Protest, Some See a Political Transformation

Apr 30, 2024 | newlinesmag.com | Arun Kundnani

The pro-Palestine movement is growing and drawing on precedents from Vietnam to Black Lives Matter, suggesting that unequivocal US support for Israel may be on borrowed time In the summer of 2020, millions of teenagers, outraged by the police killing of George Floyd, took to the streets of American towns and cities as part of the largest protests against police brutality in U.S. history. Though years have passed, that energy has not entirely dissipated.
The “War on Terror” Is the Ghost Haunting This Year’s Election

Apr 11, 2024 | truthout.org | Arun Kundnani

The “War on Terror” Is the Ghost Haunting This Year’s ElectionTrumpism is the war on terror coming home. Meanwhile, Biden’s war on terror mentality is distorting his policy on Gaza. ByArun Kundnani, TruthoutPublishedApril 11, 2024The grim tragedy of the 2024 election is that both Biden and Trump are in different ways trapped in the mental debris of the war on terror.
Zionists & Hindu nationalists unite for a Trump election win

Mar 8, 2024 | newarab.com | Arun Kundnani

Donald Trump will almost certainly be chosen as the Republican party's candidate in this year's US presidential election. That in itself is a remarkable fact. He has been able to mould a right-wing party and allied conservative institutions into a neo-fascist movement. But for all the liberal anxiety Trump's popularity generates, there is little focus on the ways his movement is extending itself in new directions.
Israel, US campuses, and the fragility of the coloniser

Dec 17, 2023 | newarab.com | Arun Kundnani

No-one in their right mind turns to the United States for moral leadership. Even so, the degradation of US public culture over recent weeks has been something to behold. The Biden administration is fully participating in Israel's genocide in Gaza, sending every weapon Israel asks for and deploying military force to deter other countries from coming to the aid of the Palestinians.
The best books about Islamophobia and the War on Terror

Nov 29, 2023 | shepherd.com | Evelyn Alsultany |Deepa Kumar |Arun Kundnani |Saher Selod

This is a remarkable book that offers a clear historical overview of Islamophobia in the US, going back several centuries. Kumar shows that it is geopolitics that shapes whether Muslims are seen as friends or enemies. Thus the origin of Islamophobia is not a problem with Islam itself, but rather in US endeavors to remain a global empire. Besides Islamophobia, the books offers clear explanations to understand terrorism, the War on Terror, and empire. Why should I read it?
Some questions for the 234 representatives who voted to censure Rashid

Nov 10, 2023 | versobooks.com | Arun Kundnani

You say you object to the slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Where in the lands between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea do you think Palestinians should not be free? You say this slogan is a “call to violence to destroy the state of Israel.” If a demand for Palestinian freedom can only mean to you the destruction of the state of Israel, then what does that say about your idea of Israel?
Some questions for the 234 representatives who voted to censure Rashid

Nov 10, 2023 | versobooks.com | Arun Kundnani

You say you object to the slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” Where in the lands between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea do you think Palestinians should not be free? You say this slogan is a “call to violence to destroy the state of Israel.” If a demand for Palestinian freedom can only mean to you the destruction of the state of Israel, then what does that say about your idea of Israel?