5LL #393: Demolition, Beirut, Dreams, Architecture, Mercenaries
All They Will Find Is Sand
Eyal Weizman, London Review of Books
Reconstruction plans imposed on Palestinians with the implicit aim of destroying Palestinian life in Gaza demonstrate the reason Lemkin reserved a place for architecture in his conception of the crime of genocide.
Dispatches from Beirut (II)
Nadia Bou Ali, Communis
This past week in Beirut has only brought more horror.
Into the Right-Wing Dreamworld
Mitch Therieau, The Drift
In the same way that the physical sensations we experience in the sleeping body are registered obliquely in our dreams, the right-wing imagination senses that history is coming for our treats: our conveniences and little indulgences.
America’s True Fascist Architectural Legacy
Kate Wagner, The Nation
It’s not the kitschy White House ballroom—it’s logistics warehouses converted to ICE detention centers.
Warfare in a Box
Benjamin Fogel, The Baffler
Mercenaries have become an inescapable part of today’s landscape of conflict and disorder.