Overview

Commentator: Mamadou Ba (SOS Racismo)

Absctract

Book launch & discussion of Los blancos, los judíos y nosotros. Hacia una política del amor revolucionario  (Akal, 2017) with the presence of the author Houria Bouteldja. First published in 2015 (Les Blancs, les Juifs et nous: Vers une politique de l'amour révolutionnaire, La Fabrique 2015), it may be read as a decolonial manifesto for the twenty-first century or more precisely as an invitation to revolutionary love, which does not apply to romanticism, rather to justice. It is a call towards the decolonisation of the world, towards the recognition that the privilege of a few builds upon the oppression of many.

Bio note

Franco-Algerian decolonial political militant, Houria Bouteldja is a member of PIR (Parti des Indigènes de la République) and her work is characterized by a critical exercise against Islamophobia, racism and neocolonialism. Her training includes studies in foreign languages applied to English and Arabic in Lyon.  Houria Bouteldja participated in the foundation of the groups Les Blédardes (Los inmigrantes de la colonia) and Una escola para todos e todas. In January, 2005 she was involved in the creation of the Chamada dos indígenas da República, which gave rise to the movement of which she is spokesperson, Indigènes de la République, who struggles against discrimination against the descendants of colonial history and against racist and colonialist ideology. In 2014, she received the Struggle against Islamophobia award from the Islamic Human Rights Commission. She participated as coauthor in the books La Révolution in 2010: les vrais enjeux (2007) and Nous sommes les indigènes de la République.