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Graffiti in Istanbul, Turkey. Source: Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung

Blowing Up The Train

Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung, Decolonial Hacker, January 2022

In this editorial, Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung discusses the challenges that have arisen since founding Decolonial Hacker, and the stance the project will take in response to these challenges.

We have been concerned – and will continue to be concerned – with what it means to imagine and work toward the annihilation of unjust structures. Yet this work, I have realised, will continue to be framed as scandalous and too radical by some.

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(Note on access: there is an audio recording of this essay.)

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