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Power Plays
ICE wants it both ways: to broadcast its might in spectacular shows of force, but to do so anonymously.
Poor Historians
In the state’s twisted logic, being a victim of violence is reason for deportation.
Antisemitism’s Afterlives
Its increasingly contradictory weaponization exposes how little it has ever had to do with the Jews.
Remember Iraq? Remember Syria?
The still-reverberating consequences of U.S. foreign policy
Millenarian Fantasies
In Lebanon, Israel seems to be following the same logic it deployed in Gaza: emptying out entire areas through what amounts to ethnic cleansing.
The Shadow of Iraq
Crisis returns to Baghdad in the aftermath of the expanding U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
The Novelists and the Warmongers
Reading Mary McCarthy on Vietnam in a new era of wartime illusions.
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The violent reconfiguration of U.S. politics and power.
A special section on ICE with Robin D. G. Kelley, Joshua Craze, and Liv Veazey. Plus Aslı Ü. Bâli & Aziz Rana on the Trump doctrine, Gerald Epstein on the crypto chokehold, Vivian Gornick on who goes anti-Nazi, Marie Gottschalk on the deportation machine, and more.
The War on Iran
Iran After Khamenei
An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.
“If Chuol dies like other Sudanese or South Sudanese, the DHS lawyer continued, it’s not personal. He is just dead.”
—Joshua Craze, “Poor Historians”
“Antisemitism has never really been about the Jews: it has always been a discourse, the object of which is history and power itself.”
—Benjamin Balthaser, “Antisemitism’s Afterlives”
“It seems that ICE’s primary objective was less to get bodies inside of prison cells and more to be seen and filmed.”
—Liv Veazey, “Power Plays”
“Beirut’s Corniche has filled with refugees and displaced families, the poorest sleeping in their cars or in makeshift tents nearby.”
—Joelle M. Abi-Rached, “Millenarian Fantasies”
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