“The day of his murder is very much still alive”: José Felan shares his story from the George Floyd uprisings – Scalawag

What happened to George Floyd can happen to anyone. The government, ICE, police, Border Patrol, etc., operate on a system of random selection. — Read on scalawagmagazine.org/2026/05/the-day-of-his-murder-is-very-much-still-alive-jose-felan-shares-his-story-from-the-george-floyd-uprisings/

Iran roundtable: The war and imperialism at this conjuncture – Prometheus Magazine

Prometheus Magazine has curated this piece with several intellectual forces theorising imperialism to provide some clarity about the Iran war — Read on prometheus-mag.com/2026/05/08/iran-roundtable-the-war-and-imperialism-at-this-conjuncture/

Variations | CTWG

The mildest suggestion of a queer aporia in the gender regime sets off the obsessive policing instinct of its loyal attack dogs. The passion with which these dogs are called to defend the holy gender relation betrays their correct intuition of how fragile this supposed ‘eternal’ ironclad structure really is. — Read on ctwgwebsite.github.io/blog/2025/Variations/

Poetry in the face of history: Letter to an Israeli soldier | MadaMasr

Under what conditions could a confrontation between poetry and history yield to the defeat of history? And what is it in poetry that could defeat history? Is it the simple act of bearing witness? The deep, sharp gaze? The pressing quest to embody experience? Or is it the desperate attempt at making meaning? We don’tContinue reading “Poetry in the face of history: Letter to an Israeli soldier | MadaMasr”