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Inequality, International Law & Decolonial Resistance
In this Pluto Journals November newsletter we’re highlighting articles from the latest World Review of Political Economy and Arab Studies Quarterly. We also have updates from the African Journals Initiative on its latest publication from Zamani. All articles are Diamond Open Access.
African Journals Initiative, Tanzania & Open Access
We start with a short piece from Dr Jama Musse Jama, Editor of Dhaxalreeb at the Somaliland Centre for African Studies, exploring this year’s International Open Access Week theme, “Who owns our knowledge?”, and considers “Why (Diamond) Open Access in the Global South?”
Challenging Oligopolistic Knowledge Systems
This article has been written to celebrate this year’s International Open Access Week (October 2025). The author is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Fair Trade, a Diamond Open Access publication started in 2018 as a response to the debate, division and argument
Why (Diamond) Open Access in the Global South?
While Open Access (OA) has made significant progress in increasing access to knowledge, it is not a lasting solution to the systemic inequalities and the structural imbalance in knowledge access, production, and sharing, particularly for scholars in the Global South (GS).
Knowledge is not Data, Stuart Macdonald
‘Who Owns Our Knowledge’ hardly matters if our knowledge has little value. Knowledge is received information and information is not like other goods. Information can be bought and sold, but not easily: it is hard to disclose what is for sale without giving it away in the process.
State Crime, Islamophobia & Indentureship Reflections
In the latest issue of State Crime Journal, Volume 14, issue 1, Hedi Viterbo’s article “Entangled Others: Intergroup Connectivity in Racialization—Israel/Palestine and Beyond” introduces a typology of four intergroup connections and examines how the othering and racialisation of one group
Somaliland, Climate Change & Arab Studies
For the new Academic year we’re delighted to feature Dhaxalreeb, a journal from Somaliland, which is part of our African Journal Initiative, offering new perspectives on climate change. We’re also pleased to share the latest from Arab Studies Quarterly, our oldest and most established journal.
Cuba, Pakistan & Critical Muslim Studies
In the latest issue of International Journal of Cuba Studies, Volume 17, Issue 1, Eloise Linger’s article, “Three Views of Revolutionary Power in Cuba’s Countryside, 1957–1958”, moves from the first-hand account of a 26 July Movement “auditor” who established alternative governance
Zionism, State Crime & Sportswashing
As the Academic Year draws to a close, we wanted to highlight the Top 10 articles that we published in 2024, some early published articles from State Crime Journal, another intriguing issue from Prometheus, and a lofty tome on Logistics from Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation.
Whistle Blowing in Medicine & Humour in Economics
As the festive season approaches, we have a particularly eclectic range of articles to share with you, from whistle blowing in medicine, humour in economics, to Korean Neoliberal influence in Uganda and the politicisation of football in Darjeeling! All of our journals are Diamond Open Access
Fair Trade, Qur’anic Studies & Islamophobia Awareness
As the nights draw in and the spooky celebrations recede into the distance, we are delighted to share the highlights from the Journal of Fair Trade and ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies. We also invite you to explore Islamophobia Studies Journal
Settler Colonialism, Legacies of Indenture & Jisc
We’re here with a rich mix of newly published articles to share with you. We are also delighted to announce that Pluto Journals is now a Jisc approved supplier, which means that UK members can support our collection of 20 Diamond Open Access Social Science Journals
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