5LL #349: Aid, Iran, LA, ICE, Slop
I Went to a US-Backed “Aid” Site In Gaza. It Was Hell on Earth
Hassan Abo Qamar, The Nation
The scene resembled throwing meat into a cage of starving lions, letting them fight for their own survival.
Netanyahu and Trump Are Trying to Have It All
Séamus Malekafzali, The Intercept
With Israel’s attack on Iran, Netanyahu can distract from his many crises at home. Trump can appease both his faux anti-war backers and the hawks.
ICE’s War on Home
Anahid Nersessian, London Review of Books
Playing nice protects no one.
Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE
Yanis Varoufuckice, n+1
The motivating force behind American career fascism would appear to be wanderlust.
Agit-Slop
Mitch Therieau, The Drift
The high style of the platform era may turn out to be the late style of U.S. empire, daze and glaze softening the impact of implosion until it is impossible to ignore.