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”
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When Black Writers Were Public Enemy No. 1 – POLITICO Magazine
Decades before today’s tensions between black communities and the police, J. Edgar Hoover’s ghostreaders targeted literary legends as dangerous dissidents. — Read on http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/fbi-black-writers-117512/
Guilt by Solidarity – LPE Project
The conviction of Anti-ICE protestors on terrorism charges represents a dangerous new front in the Trump administration’s war against the left. — Read on lpeproject.org/blog/guilty-by-solidarity/
War is the continuation of politics by other means and politics is concentrated economics (Materials for a poem) • Protean Magazine
War is the continuation of politics by other means and politics is concentrated economics (Materials for a poem) • Protean Magazine — Read on proteanmag.com/2026/04/10/war-is-the-continuation-of-politics-by-other-means-and-politics-is-concentrated-economics-materials-for-a-poem/
Existence and Belonging: Six Reflections on Palestine – Steve Salaita
Yes, joy. You felt it, too. It does no good to deny it. You don’t have to say so. I say it for you. It might not have been a sustained joy once you had time to reflect on things. Or maybe it was. You may have denied it in the moment or disavowed itContinue reading “Existence and Belonging: Six Reflections on Palestine – Steve Salaita”
The noise about sideshows
The screeching moral panic over the sideshow hides what it really is: an event, shaped by cops and capital flight, where Oakland youth fights for a place to play. — Read on http://www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/sideshow-history-oakland/
Reasonable Doubt at 30: Revisiting Jay-Z’s Hustler Masterpiece in His Billionaire Era | GQ
Writer Hanif Abdurraqib on the bygone world of Jay-Z’s debut album. — Read on http://www.gq.com/story/jay-z-reasonable-doubt-anniversary
Shattered Assumptions And The Energy Quandary – Gavekal Research
Shattered Assumptions And The Energy Quandary – Gavekal Research — Read on research.gavekal.com/article/shattered-assumptions-and-the-energy-quandary/
Unveiling the Violence of the British Imperialist War in Malaya: Chin Peng’s My Side of History — Liberated Texts
Chin Peng, the nom de guerre of a former leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) who lived in exile for decades in Thailand and was once declared the British Empire’s public enemy number one, remains a controversial figure to this day. Not only did the Malaysian government deny him citizenship until his lastContinue reading “Unveiling the Violence of the British Imperialist War in Malaya: Chin Peng’s My Side of History — Liberated Texts”
JVP Picks a Side — and it’s the Democratic Party – The Call
The nonprofit restructuring, resource laundering, and liberal politics behind the rebrand. — Read on thecall.ps/p/jvp-picks-a-side-and-its-the-democratic
Aida Rends 