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Charles Petrie for Noema Magazine on alternative modes (and nodes) of governance and solidarity in Myanmar, "the first successfully sustained rebellion against an oppressive regime since the Arab Spring." noemamag.com/a-journey-into…

The MNDAA announced that it has captured Lashio, and some local media have also confirmed this. If the news is correct, it would be the first time in the history of the Myanmar military that a regional command has been lost.

The Rohingya are once again fleeing violence in Myanmar. This time, at the hands of an ethnic armed group that, our investigation found, burned homes and drove residents out. “The town was reduced to ashes before my eyes. It was no less than hell on earth” reuters.com/graphics/MYANM…

"Dehumanization is a prerequisite of most forms of violence. Well before a bomb drops on a school where children are sheltering – because you ordered them there to shelter – you have to make that act acceptable." x.com/sallyhayd/stat…

The brilliant Paul Minoletti passed away recently. One of the sharpest minds I've come across, and just a wonderful wonderful guy. Friends have put together this tribute frontiermyanmar.net/en/an-incredib…

This is genocide - the deliberate destruction of a society - just as much as if Gazans had all been slaughtered or expelled into the Sinai desert.

Kris Kristofferson on losing work for supporting Palestine: “if that’s the way it has to be, that’s the way it has to be”

The New Left Review has a curious editorial stance against using the term 'genocide' to describe Israel's assault on Gaza. Good to see Martin Shaw unpacking the (problematic) basis of its decision martinshawx.substack.com/p/emotion-and-…

Isaac Chotiner is relentless newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/r…

Glad to see Francis Wade picked up on the note that Israel sold weapons to Myanmar during its genocide of Rohingya, and even after the coup. Someone needed to write this, after all (from March, because that’s how out of the white Burma loop I am): thenation.com/article/world/…

Wendy Brown talks with Francis Wade about the U.S. presidential election, the exclusions liberal democracy is built on, and why we must aim at more than restoring its mythical former splendor: bostonreview.net/articles/the-v…

I spoke with Wendy Brown on the real crisis of democracy -- that, in its liberal form, it is wholly unsuited to today's predicaments, esp. climate breakdown -- as well as a counter-conception of democracy she's been developing. Boston Review bostonreview.net/articles/the-v…

“We are also talking about Lebanon, but it takes time to physically prepare people for the move. We will fill the areas that will be liberated with Jewish communities." +972 Magazine on the settlers eyeing colonisation not just of cleansed Gaza, but Lebanon too 972mag.com/gaza-israeli-r…

“[Nazi] violence preceded acclamation & proved to be one of its key ingredients. It became a regenerative force in the making of the national community.” The New York Review of Books review by Christopher Browning, whose Ordinary Men (on banality of genocidaires) is vital nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

"It is the Caribbean problem at its most complete." Matthew J. Smith on street politics and civil breakdown in Haiti, for Noema Magazine noemamag.com/haitis-agents-…

Wendy Brown: On the U.S. presidential election, the exclusions liberal democracy is built on, and why we must aim at more than restoring its mythical former splendor, with Francis Wade. 'The Violent Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy' bostonreview.net/articles/the-v…

Richard Mabey's beaut of an essay for Noema Magazine: 'Our dominion over a garden’s other citizens is implicit in the very idea of a garden as a possessed space. If this community of organisms were human we might be tempted to call it colonialism.' noemamag.com/the-entangled-…

Statement of #ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC: Application for an arrest warrant in the situation in #Bangladesh/#Myanmar ⤵️ icc-cpi.int/news/statement…

Indian journalist Rana Ayyub has been the target of a vile and unending harassment campaign by Modi-linked operatives. This piece details some of it. "The multiple identities I wear - outspoken woman, critic, Muslim - put me at risk." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

I'm commissioning longform essays for Noema Magazine. I've also decamped to you-know-where, so send pitches to the email pinned to my @franciswade.bsky.social feed. Adios. It was fun for a while.