Making a Killing: Israel’s Military-Innovation Ecosystem and the Globalization of Violence

Absorptive Resisting Work: How the yellow vests deployed resistance to and through violence

“…In a context of institutional crises, the resurgence of violent social conflicts, and the sophistication of military systems of surveillance and policing (Abdelnour, 2023), I ultimately align with recent calls and urge scholars to pay further attention to the concrete implications of violence in power and resistance. Condemning certain types of violence, as is often the case for violent protest tactics, can indeed contribute to hiding and normalizing other forms of everyday violence (Žižek, 2009).…”

“…Condemning certain types of violence, as is often the case for violent protest tactics, can indeed contribute to hiding and normalizing other forms of everyday violence (Žižek, 2009). Besides, resisters, and more generally dominated people, continue to be perceived a priori as agents of an illegitimate and indefensible violence whereas violence from dominant groups tends to be portrayed as legitimate defense (Dorlin, 2017) or to be kept quiet (Abdelnour, 2023). As the possibility of defending oneself has historically remained the privilege of a few (Dorlin, 2017), we thus have a responsibility to consider and expose this double standard.…”

“…In western democratic countries, the use of these tactics in the late 1990s by the anti-corporate globalization movement led countries such as the United States (Maguire, 2015) and France (Fillieule & Jobard, 2020) to move towards a strict and militarized protest policing model, based on higher levels of physical force against protesters. Generally speaking various military innovations have been employed across the globe for protest policing purposes (Abdelnour, 2023). However, these police strategies usually portray protesters as a homogenous group, frequently causing escalation which tends to fuel protests rather than to dissipate them (Maguire, 2021; Perez et al, 2003).…”

Shades of Cultural Marginalization: Cultural Survival and Autonomy Processes

“…In this conceptual paper, we show how cultural marginalization is essentially an organizational phenomenon. In fact, throughout history, organizations have played a substantial role in fostering cultural marginalization, impacting both individuals and entire communities (Abdelnour, 2023;Monchalin, 2016;Pauly, 2004). In particular, various societal domains such as law enforcement (police), news dissemination (media), legal systems (justice), education systems and economic entities (firms) have been pivotal in shaping and sustaining this form of marginalization.…”