Le buzz d'il y a cinq jours

Politics Without Guarantees | The Point Magazine In the early years of our century I ran across the name of Stuart Hall, though I don’t remember where. I came to him by a circuitous path involving politics and theory but which, as I would eventually...

Je suis très triste du décès d' Asad Haider. Son livre "le Malentendu" était un des meilleurs sur l'intersection de la race et de la classe, et permettait de se parler d'un côté à l'autre des débats minés sur ces questions. Je rattrape la lecture de ses articles.
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A photo of Asad leaning against railing in a park.

I was lucky to study with Asad Haider while we were doing our PhDs at UCSC. I also remember sitting down with him, debating as we inspected used tear gas canisters during Occupy Oakland. He was a brilliant and generous thinker, and the world is far poorer without him.

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social you told of the tough choices Democrats had to make to be able to fight Trump effectively and this is the tough choice that you have to make.

Obviously all that Sen. Chris Murphy has done until now show us that he is sincere and believes that this is a total mistake but indeed Chuck Schumer should be asked to step down by the others Senate Democrats. If they don't do it they'll look like they were on board.

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Sad to hear about Peter Watkins passing. Culloden is one of my favorite docudramas of all time. Reposting my article on his work in Sweden and the extraordinary production of The Journey intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

Peter Watkins

[DISPARITION] : Figure discrète mais imposante d'un septième art britannique qui n'aurait jamais été le même sans lui, lui dont le style mêlait fiction et documentaire avec une finesse rare : R.I.P. l'immense Peter Watkins, qui vient de nous quitter aujourd'hui à l'âge de 90 ans.

Peter Watkins obituary: radical British filmmaker behind The War Game and Punishment Park The maverick filmmaker and pioneer of the docudrama, whose anti-establishment works redefined political cinema and challenged the very language of mass media, has died aged 90.

Peter Watkins has died, one of the greatest and least known and most uncompromising filmmakers, a life well lived fighting power. www.bfi.org.uk/features/pet...

Money, Women and Taxes: Jeffrey Epstein’s Fiery Friendship with a Wall Street Titan

Money, Women and Taxes: Jeffrey Epstein’s Fiery Friendship with a Wall Street Titan
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/b...

Interesting stuff said by Utah governor Spencer Cox here (another politic who reads and works)

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/o...

Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.

Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment

How to Save the American Experiment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

war, war never changes.

What happened on wednesday

Everyone should listen to Chris Murphy's extraordinary warning about Trump on our pod. First, he says the logic must be that the more lawless he gets, the stiffer the resistance.

"If I give in and consent to these kinds of tactics then it just normalizes it all." 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Did a Green Beret Unit Commit One of the Worst U.S. War Crimes in Decades?

Did a Green Beret Unit Commit One of the Worst U.S. War Crimes in Decades? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...

Comments to Chris Murphy posts on X : 100% bile
Comments to Chris Murphy posts on Bluesky : 100% love

I understand why you'd prefer posting on both !!

Monopoly and totalitarianism go hand in hand.

The only way to stop the growing censorship of Trump's critics is to fight the consolidation of media outlets into the hands of a few families that do not care about the best interests of the country.

Opinion | Why Gen Z Is Resurrecting the 1990s

Why Gen Z Is Resurrecting the 1990s www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...

A small post it note of a little creature holding a Zohran sign on a fence post. It was spotted while in the hour-long line for the final stop on Zohran Mamdani's scavenger hunt on August 24, 2025 in Astoria, Queens.

Now that I am home, here are my post-completion thoughts on the #Zcavengerhunt.

First off: it was much more fun than I thought it would be, and that was largely due to how well it was organized, how it encouraged participants to talk to each other, and the spirit of the event.

THE ZCANVENGER HUNT WAS A LOT OF FUN! O LEARNED A LOT ABOUT FORMER MAYORS. HUH, ZOHRAN WOULDN'T BE THE YOUNGEST MAYOR? DINKINS WAS IN THE DSA? RUDY MADE THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY FREE? ANDREW CUOMO SAID WHAT ABOUT ED KOCH???

The four stages of #zcavengerhunt

Opinion | Lina Khan: A Secret to Zohran Mamdani’s Success

Lina Khan: A Secret to Zohran Mamdani’s Success
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/o...

Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all The huge post-credit crunch buying up of urban buildings by corporations has significant implications for equity, democracy and rights

Legacy article from 2015 :

Who owns our cities – and why this urban takeover should concern us all
by Saskia Sassen

www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/...

China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare

China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/u...

“Al Sharif was previously part of a Reuters team which in 2024 won a Pulitzer Prize in the category of Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.”

Meanwhile Elon Musk’s dad is at an oligarch-hosted fascist conference in Moscow, hanging out with Alexandr Dugin and George Galloway…

I just subscribed to the Washington Post for 20€ (a bit more than 20$) a year.

The New York Times is also having a sale until tomorrow, w/ a year's subscription for 20€.

Reading & financing legacy media is not so expensive, and it's intensely useful to you & to democracy.

Opinion | Obama Won Record Numbers of Nonwhite Voters. This Is How the Democrats Lost Them. One in five voters who cast a ballot for Donald Trump in 2024 was a person of color. Why?

Obama Won Record Numbers of Nonwhite Voters. This Is How the Democrats Lost Them. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...