One of the arguments that comes up time and again in discussions of Israel and the oppression of Palestinians goes, “and the Jews ought to know better because of what was done to them by the Nazis.” The argument is…
There is a lot of chatter today about what is meant by Zionism, whether our definitions of it are correct, and how we address its twinned histories – of 19th century nationalism and of state-building in the mid-20th century, of…
[This piece was originally published on Novara Wire a month ago. It has since been taken down so I’m putting it back up here, as it’s hopefully useful for the campaign. Thanks to the Novara team for edits!] “The cleaners…
Since I’ll hopefully be leaving Bloomsbury at some point after about 7 years of involvement in various struggles (cleaners campaigns at UCL/Senate House/Birkbeck/SOAS; anti-fees movements; occupations at UCL/Birkbeck/SOAS; Cops off Campus; a few UCU and Unison strikes) I thought I’d…
A reader for a failed reading group, including new translations of some of Adorno’s letters with Paul Celan.
Here’s a draft of that new translation of Bertolt Brecht’s poem “On the suicide of the refugee W.B.”, again the original is below in German, with my equally mediocre literal translation, with thanks again to Nelly Sachs, Freddy Nietzsche, Teddy&Max,…
Today thinking a glitch is radical is the surest sign of political and aesthetic conservatism.
There exists a certain tendency on the left, of people who think that all determinations, distinctions, borders just need to be abolished. They then, apparently unconsciously, spend their lives sifting through artworks, pop-songs, films, and cultural critique, accumulating two great…
It would really help if people wouldn’t keep insisting that it doesn’t exist. It does. And unfortunately you do find it more often in those parts of the left engaged in pro-Palestinian activism. It may be true that Zionists will…
Moderates are the main reason to be an extremist.