Peace From Our Point of View • Protean Magazine

Israel’s unsettled borders, writes Mary Turfah, are not “a bug… but a feature of the Zionist state,” allowing it to justify endless war in the name of an intentionally elusive “peace.” This essay appears in Protean Magazine Issue V: Contra Temps.
— Read on proteanmag.com/2024/09/19/peace-from-our-point-of-view/

Cleo Sylvestre, acclaimed actress of The Marvellous Adventure of Mary Seacole and first black woman to play a National Theatre lead, dies at 79

An obituary from London’s Telegraph. Cleo Sylvestre, who has died aged 79, was the first black woman to appear in a leading role at the National …

Cleo Sylvestre, acclaimed actress of The Marvellous Adventure of Mary Seacole and first black woman to play a National Theatre lead, dies at 79

Fascism Late, Early; Fascists Now, Then | The Brooklyn Rail

During the Trump era, when troops of neo-Nazis, white nationalists, Proud Boys, MAGA hats, militiamen, and Men’s Rights Activists descended on my city, there was little debate about what to call them: “fascist” seemed simple enough, even if one did not always know what ideology, exactly, moved which knife- or stick-wielding creep.
— Read on brooklynrail.org/2024/09/field-notes/fascism-late-early-fascists-now-then/