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On the 75th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, it seems apt to think about how the events of 1948 have shaped not only the history of the Palestinian people, but also their present colonial reality. For Palestinians, the Nakba is a “ghostly matter” – to use a phrase first introduced by sociology professor Avery Gordon. It has become a psychic force that ceaselessly haunts the present. Haunting, as Gordon explains, is one of the ways in which oppressive forms of power continue to make themselves known in everyday life. More
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This content originally appeared on CounterPunch.org and was authored by Neve Gordon.