5LL #295: Resistance, Sadism, Divestment, Truth, Revolutions
Standing with the Palestinian Resistance: A Response to Matan Kaminer
Andreas Malm, Verso
Continuing the debate sparked by his essay, 'The Destruction of Palestine is the Destruction of the Earth', Andreas Malm responds to Matan Kaminer's recent critique of his position on supporting the Palestinian resistance.
On Hating Students
Daniel Spaulding, e-flux
Is there anything more contemptible than an undergraduate? Not if you believe the news.
The Gaza Protests Were a Mask-Off Moment for American Universities
Harry Zehner, The Nation
The brutal crackdown on the divestment encampments exposed a stark truth: The modern university cannot function without the support of the military-industrial complex.
Scenes From a New York City Student Walkout for Palestine
Corey Robin, Jacobin
Today’s young American student protesters see the destruction of heritage, the obliteration of knowledge, and the assault on institutions of learning in Gaza as connected to assaults on their own education.
What Was To Be Done? Protest and Revolution in the 2010s
Jasper Bernes, The Brooklyn Rail
In mass action, events occur which no one had quite intended. This requires analysis to attend as much to what people did as what they thought.