V honoured and excited to be one of 6 fellows at Georgetown Georgetown Global Dialogues later this month for a series of dialogues with US policy makers. Speakers include Ben Rhodes, Isaac Chotiner, Lydia Polgreen, and Parul Sehgal. Details here for in person and online
globaldialogues.georgetown.edu/overview

‘Those who survive the ongoing atrocities against the Palestinian people in Gaza will, in the years to come, stand up time and again, facing audiences who will boldly demand, “Prove it!”’ Linda Kinstler for Jewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/weaponization-…

‘Those who survive the ongoing atrocities against the Palestinian people in Gaza will, in the years to come, stand up time and again, facing audiences who will boldly demand, “Prove it!”’ Linda Kinstler for Jewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/weaponization-…

Perry Anderson says that Roberto Schwarz is 'the finest dialectical critic anywhere in the world since Adorno.' Although Schwarz and Adorno never met, on one occasion they did exchange letters with each other. 1/

On this week's podcast, Arielle Angel Mari Cohen Peter Beinart & Daniel May discuss the spate of recent articles on campus antisemitism, dissect the common features of these narratives, and consider what ends they serve.
jewishcurrents.org/unpacking-the-…

I see that British politicians will moralise about protests outside family homes while the state they arm murders the grandchildren of its opponents on Eid

Join us in London next Friday for the 50th anniversary of ROAPE journal and book launch of Voices for African Liberation, with Hakim Adi, Esther Xosei, and Hannah Cross.

westminster.ac.uk/events/book-la…

'While much has changed in the past six months, the horrors we witness can only be truly comprehended as a cataclysmic new phase in a war that has been going on for several generations.'

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Rashid Khalidi

theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Finally read the Bookforum takedown y’all are talking about it and it really is as masterful as everyone says bookforum.com/print/2603/tho…

my book BURNOUT is out today with Verso Books - here's an excerpt in The Baffler about why existing theories of 'left melancholy' didn't quite seem to describe the kinds of experiences I was trying to write about

thebaffler.com/salvos/beyond-…

The FCO “is nothing short of a celebration of the British empire at its most powerful and racist”. Sathnam Sanghera newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

This is an excellent discussion on the Jewish Currents podcast on the decisions that newsrooms are making regarding the language they use to discuss Israel/Palestine, and what these decisions mean about the state of journalism today. jewishcurrents.org/language-the-m…

This is an excellent discussion on the Jewish Currents podcast on the decisions that newsrooms are making regarding the language they use to discuss Israel/Palestine, and what these decisions mean about the state of journalism today. jewishcurrents.org/language-the-m…

I'm late to this article by Gavin Jacobson newstatesman.com/uncategorized/… But the description of Bernard Henri-Levy in the first para made me laugh out loud.

Few have written about the daily horrors Israel has inflicted on the Palestinians and the world over the last six months with as much principle, power and lucidity as Nesrine Malik theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A final call for Andrew Lang

21st century Britain is a series of political/media class panics, screaming at the public in unison to shitefest one plainly catastrophic idea after another over the line, and these are now more frequent than ever. Can Britain even be governed without constant freakouts?

Rwanda’s leader, Paul Kagame, has made impressive gains since the devastating genocide that started 30 years ago this weekend. But he’s done it with increasingly repressive methods - and the ethnic divide the president claims to have banished endures in his own system of rule.…

This is a great review of Ripley if you didn't like it (I liked it)

“In 2024, corruption pervades every institution in American society…it is hard for a man like Tom to distinguish himself. He’s no longer the talented Mr Ripley; just Ripley. A dime a dozen, adjusted for inflation”. Brilliant from Ryan Ruby newstatesman.com/the-weekend-es…