5LL #350: Resistance, Revolt, West Bank, Riots, Decline
Axes of Resistance
Séamus Malekafzali, Parapraxis
If the Palestinians in Beit Hanoun and Jabalia never surrendered, why should any of us?
Revolt and Representation: A View from the Battle for Los Angeles
Mapaches Clandestinxs w/ Cuauhtli, Heatwave
In Los Angeles, no partisan in the struggle has not been touched by riot, revolt, or localized rebellion. The tip of the spear here has been sharpening itself since the Watts Uprising of 1965, the 1992 LA Riots, and the George Floyd Rebellion of 2020, ready to strike.
The Annexation of the West Bank Is Complete
Jasper Nathaniel, The Baffler
With eyes on Gaza, Israel has quietly annexed the West Bank.
For a Summer against ICE, in Memory of Joshua Clover
Jasper Bernes, Verso
Joshua Clover lived for moments like these, days or nights “when the partisans of riot exceed the police capacity for management, when the cops make their first retreat...when the riot becomes fully itself, slides loose from the grim continuity of daily life.”
Conspiracism, Nationalism, Decline
Sarah Brouillette, Los Angeles Review of Books
Jamie Merchant’s Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline came out last year, but considering recent news headlines—“Trump’s Tariffs Creating ‘Tensions’ Among G7 Ahead of Summit”; “China Warns US over Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’”; “US Officials Deport Asian Migrants to South Sudan Despite Court Order”—it’s extraordinarily timely. Its relevance seems to expand by the day.