5LL #322: Bullying, Hezbollah, Hindutva, AMLO, Lula
Hostile Intelligence: Reflections from a Visit to the West Bank
David Graeber, International Times
If bullying is to be defined as, in its essence, a form of aggression designed to produce a reaction that can then be used as retroactive justification for the initial act of aggression itself, then the Israeli Occupation has taken bullying and turned it into a principle of governance.
Hezbollah Contained
Suleiman Mourad, New Left Review
Choosing a new Lebanese president may involve a prolonged period of parliamentary arm wrestling, but the outcome will inevitably reflect the political balance of forces in the country.
University of Hindutva
Nevin Kallepalli, The Baffler
Meet the group spreading Hindu supremacist propaganda on college campuses.
AMLO All Along
Pedro Gerson, The New Inquiry
Obradorismo was nationalist austerity governance under the pretense of left-wing populism.
Becoming Lula
Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Boston Review
How a metalworker became perhaps the most voted-for person on the planet—and a model for the future of the left.