The thought police are still among us, insidious as ever
As bell hooks said, ‘No need to hear your voice — tell me about your pain and I will tell it back to you in a new way, in such a way that it has become mine’
08 October 2023 - 00:00
With the dawn of democracy in 1994, the terrain of struggle mutated in ways that weren’t immediately obvious. In the three decades since then, as the focus shifted away from the grand political stage, the discourse challenging hegemony morphed — and eluded us. ..
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