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Millenarian Fantasies
In Lebanon, Israel seems to be following the same logic it deployed in Gaza: emptying out entire areas through what amounts to ethnic cleansing.
The Shadow of Iraq
Crisis returns to Baghdad in the aftermath of the expanding U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
The Novelists and the Warmongers
Reading Mary McCarthy on Vietnam in a new era of wartime illusions.
Rise Up
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is set in a familiar realm of forever wars fought at the behest of cruel elites. Like all great fantasy, it shows us what might be otherwise.
Iran After Khamenei
An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.
The War No One Wanted
In Sudan, the forces unleashed by the remnants of Bashir’s regime have not won. Even under siege, life continues.
With photographs by Salih Basheer
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The violent reconfiguration of U.S. politics and power.
A special section on ICE with Robin D. G. Kelley, Joshua Craze, and Liv Veazey. Plus Aslı Ü. Bâli & Aziz Rana on the Trump doctrine, Gerald Epstein on the crypto chokehold, Vivian Gornick on who goes anti-Nazi, Marie Gottschalk on the deportation machine, and more.
The War on Iran
Iran After Khamenei
An interview with sociologist Asef Bayat on the U.S.-Israeli war, democratic opposition to the Islamic Republic, and the country’s uncertain future.
“Beirut’s Corniche has filled with refugees and displaced families, the poorest sleeping in their cars or in makeshift tents nearby.”
—Joelle M. Abi-Rached, “Millenarian Fantasies”
“The weight of all the concrete in Gaza is crushing, the images from the elementary school bombed in Minab impossible to unsee.”
—Nabil Salih, “The Shadow of Iraq”
“Camouflaging the baser vulgarity were the pretensions of professional expertise: McCarthy detected dubious thought everywhere.”
—Andrew Holter, “The Novelists and the Warmongers”
“Neither Israel nor the United States genuinely cares about the Iranian people’s struggle for a free and democratic future”
—Asef Bayat, “Iran After Khamenei”
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