5LL #334: Zionism, Sovereignty, Elites, Feminism, Indonesia
Idée Fixe
Jake Romm, Parapraxis
Zionism becomes—like other racial-expansionist ideologies before it—a negation of coexistence with the Other.
Slumlord Empire
Alberto Toscano and Brenna Bhandar, Protean
The projection of U.S. military power has always been accompanied by plunder and protection-rackets, but it’s notable that American vice no longer feels the need to pay any compliments to international virtues.
One Elite, Two Elites, Red Elite, Blue Elite
Erik Baker, The Baffler
To get to a place where a politically unified working class is striving against the capitalist class, properly understood in its totality, would be an extraordinary achievement. It will take both practical and ideological work.
‘It’s a Scary Time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘Enemy Feminisms’ that Enable the Far Right
Julia Carrie Wong, The Guardian
In a new book the scholar traces a line from reactionary tendencies in history to anti-trans feminists today.
Operation Product
Vincent Bevins, London Review of Books
The commitment to anti-colonial struggle runs so deep in Indonesian society that political elites celebrate the ideals of the revolution, whatever their own policies.