Read every word of this eloquent and thoughtful intervention by @smokegatherer.bsky.socialwww.972mag.com/structural-v...
The uneventful nature of structural violence renders it unfit for media coverage compared to kinetic violence. But the two are inextricably linked.
A moving excerpt from Adam Shatz’s new biography of Frantz Fanon (h/t @smokegatherer.bsky.social):
In November 1960, a traveler of ambiguous origin, brown-skinned but not African, arrived in Mali. Issued in Tunis two years earlier, his passport identified him as a doctor born in 1925 in Tunisia,…
That's a very negative approach. Tell me something positive about the candidate you'd like me to vote for instead
I don't really see the distinction... figuring out his appeal seems an important step towards putting forward a better alternative. That's the democratic process, right? 🤔
And now that I've read the article, it honestly seems like a helpful investigation into Trump’s appeal with his base. What am I missing?
Haven't read the article but the highlighted text sounds reasonable?
Great podcast on how to think about violence in Palestinian context, with Dana El Kurd, Diana Greenwald and Alexei Abrahams open.spotify.com/episode/05Nd...
Listen to this episode from The Fire These Times on Spotify. For episode 148, Dana El Kurd and Joey Ayoub are joined by Diana Greenwald and Alexei Abrahams to talk about seen and unseen violence in Is...
Basically English-language Western media... Just not Australia/NZ
US, UK, Canada, news outlets with national / Intl scope
😢Structural violence isn't newsworthy in the same way, even though it's the primary type of violence inflicted by the state. In response to it, Palestinians are often the initiators of kinetic violence... which is where Intl audiences tune in 🤷🏽♂️