5LL #274 - Memory, Neutrality, Water, Images, Antifascism

In the Shadow of the Holocaust
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker

How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today.

No Side to Fall In
Mary Turfah, The Baffler

A doctor’s right to treat, unhindered, requires a people’s right to live. A people’s right to live requires they be seen as such.

Mowing the Lawn: The Genocide Industry
Edward Ongweso Jr., Logic(s)

The phrase “mowing the lawn” has long been used as shorthand for Israel’s strategy towards Gaza.

Seeing Genocide
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Boston Review

Israel’s weaponization of images since October 7 obfuscates its genocidal campaign against Palestinians.

A Long History of Antifascism Is Driving the Jewish Demand for Gaza Cease-Fire
Sarah Jaffe, In These Times

Crystallizing the deep history of antifascist Jewish resistance, progressive Jews across the United States marked the final night of Chanukah by shutting down bridges in at least eight cities.

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