Simon Garnett

Good news or bad, Gaza peace is up to those least fit to keep it Each truce in Gaza carries the illusion of mercy. This one, forged in panic and self-interest, will mark the prelude to what comes next, says Mouin Rabbani.

Mouin Rabbani as usual cutting through the noise (read to end): www.newarab.com/opinion/good...

The elasticity of morals A century after its publication, ‘Mein Kampf’ is instructive not just about the mass appeal of delusional xenophobia, but also about the circumstances under which morality can become a form of terror.

A century after publication, ‘Mein Kampf’ is instructive not just about the mass appeal of delusional xenophobia, but also about the circumstances under which morality can become a form of terror. By Arnon Grunberg @arnonyy.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/the-elastici...

Left alone to find one another For younger Palestinians, most of them diasporic, the heroics of the past are no compensation for the absence of an organized liberation movement. Abandoning the myths of statehood through negotiated ...

Abandoning the myths of statehood through negotiated settlement, younger Palestinians are defining the goals of liberation and return anew, writes Hazem Jamjoum via Vikerkaar 9/2025 (upcoming in Estonian). www.eurozine.com/left-alone-t...

Surviving fascist solidarity On political speech and the paradoxes of critique after Trump and Gaza; why the far right fills the gap left by restorationist liberalism; and how fascization depends on white middle-class solidarity.

Sven Lütticken and Ana Teixeira Pinto on political speech and the paradoxes of critique after Trump and Gaza; why the far right fills the gap left by restorationist liberalism; and how fascization depends on white middle-class solidarity www.eurozine.com/surviving-fa...

Did colonization ever end? Founded to eradicate the legacies of colonialism, the African Union was supposed to have been a means to assert sovereignty. But it has proven ineffective in countering a combination of western and do...

Founded to eradicate the legacies of colonialism, the African Union was supposed to have been a means to assert sovereignty. But it has proven ineffective in countering a combination of western and domestic power, writes Adéwálé Májà-Pearce www.eurozine.com/did-coloniza...

Intellectual violence Education has become another battleground in the Kremlin’s campaign to militarize the Russian public consciousness. Youth organizations, book bans, changes to school curricula – all amount to a ‘speci...

Education has become a battleground in the Kremlin’s campaign to militarize the Russian public consciousness. Youth organizations, book bans, changes to school curricula – all amount to a ‘special anthropological operation’, writes Andrei Kolesnikov @letraslibres.com www.eurozine.com/intellectual...

Setting the stage for genocide Israel has authorized a full military takeover of Gaza exactly twenty years after declaring it had ‘left’ the Strip. Disengagement failed because it was never designed to succeed – least of all on Pal...

Israel has authorized a full military takeover of Gaza exactly 20 years after declaring it had ‘left’ the Strip. Disengagement failed because it was never designed to succeed – least of all on Palestinian terms. By @ytouval.bsky.social via @greeneujournal.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/setting-the-...

Russia is not the sea Imperial Russia saw the nation as the sea into which all the other Slavic cultures flowed. The idea persists today not only in Russia's attitude towards its neighbourhood, but also in way the region i...

Imperial Russia saw the nation as the sea into which all the other Slavic cultures flowed. The idea persists today in way the region is studied in the West. Ukraine scholar @uilleamblacker.bsky.social pleas for institutional reform: www.eurozine.com/russia-is-no...

A political class gasping for breath France risks becoming ungovernable. Many blame the situation on Macron’s autocratic style. But the problem lies deeper, in the development of the parties and party elites.

France risks becoming ungovernable. Many blame the situation on Macron’s autocratic style. But the problem lies deeper, in the development of the parties and party elites. By Gilles Bataillon via @letraslibres.com www.eurozine.com/a-political-...

My testament When Belarusian society rose up five years ago, the century-old hopes of the national liberation movement seemed close to realization. What remains of those hopes today, particularly for the hundreds ...

When Belarusian society rose up five years ago, the century-old hopes of the national liberation movement seemed close to realization. What remains of those hopes today? By Uladzimir Liankievič in collaboration with @dekoder.org www.eurozine.com/my-testament/

Borrowing from Erdoğan’s playbook Assaults on academic freedoms in the US mirror those happening in Turkey for the past decade. Erdoğan’s silence about clampdowns on pro-Palestinian speech at US universities, even when Turkish scholar...

Erdoğan’s silence about clampdowns on pro-Palestinian speech at US universities, even when Turkish students are directly affected, is telling, writes @kayagenc.bsky.social via @indexoncensorship.org www.eurozine.com/borrowing-fr...

'Die eigentliche Leistung des britischen Luftwaffenführungsstabes bestand darin, das Konzept des Air Policing aus dem Kontext der asymmetrischen Kriegführung gegen kolonisierte Volksgruppen auf den Staatenkrieg zwischen europäischen Industrienationen zu übertragen.'👇🏼

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Eternal twilight of the Ulster kind A century on from the partition of Ireland, internal colonialism continues to characterize relations between England and the rest of the United Kingdom. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Britis...

A century on from partition, internal colonialism continues to characterize relations between England and Northern Ireland, writes @katyhayward.bsky.social via @iwm.at www.eurozine.com/eternal-twil...

I'm not convinced we can, Martin. While the history of dissidence is vital to democratic culture, and while the authoritarian shift is real, for libs to refer themselves as dissidents having enjoyed something like hegemony for large part of the last two decades is a bit rich, wouldn't you say?

The president who preached revolution Elected in 2022 on a wave of popular hope, Colombia’s leftwing leader Gustavo Petro has failed to negotiate peace with the country’s armed groups and embarked on a ruinous tariff war with Donald Trump...

The president who preached revolution: A portrait of Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s quixotic leftwing leader, by Iván Garzón Vallejo via @letraslibres.com www.eurozine.com/the-presiden...

Lula 3.0 and the austerity trap While Lula has managed to stabilize the Brazilian economy and restore some key social programs, these gains remain fragile under the weight of fiscal conservatism, an uncooperative legislature, and a ...

While Lula has managed to stabilize the Brazilian economy and restore some key social programs, these gains remain fragile, writes @nararoberta.bsky.social via @publicseminar.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/lula-3-0-and...

„Wir fordern den Fortbestand des Pächters – Für den Erhalt von Menschlichkeit und Qualität!" Seit über einem halben Jahrhundert ist der Campingplatz am Dobra-Stausee ein beliebtes Ziel für Erholungssuchende und Naturfreunde im Kamptal. Im Jahr 2002 übernahm die Familie Hafner den Betrieb mit ...

Dieses Anliegen liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/wi...

Brosius-Gersdorf is a taste of things to come in the event of an SPD attempt to ban the AfD (not the same as saying a ban would not be constitutional or democratic).

Moral truth Thirty years on from the Srebrenica massacre, how The Netherlands has failed to acknowledge the ‘moral truth’ of the victims. Also: perspectives on the fascism debate; and why society needs a conversa...

Thirty years on from the Srebrenica massacre, how The Netherlands has failed to acknowledge the ‘moral truth’ of the victims. Also: perspectives on the fascism debate; and why society needs a conversation about dying www.eurozine.com/moral-truth/

The Arab apocalypse The outbreak of the Lebanese civil war fifty years ago inaugurated an era of nation-state collapse in the Arab world. The international community’s failure to mediate carries part of the blame for the...

The outbreak of the Lebanese civil war fifty years ago inaugurated an era of nation-state collapse in the Arab world. Hamit Bozarslan on the ‘Arab Apocalypse’, via Esprit @cairninfo.bsky.social www.eurozine.com/the-arab-apo...

Seeds of another world The nexus of radical inequality, social atomization and male victimhood has been exploited before. But why now, on such a scale? To understand the appeal of the far-right today we need to examine the...

To understand the appeal of the far-right today we need to examine the origins of the fascist myth of primordial male kinship.
New essay, out today @eurozine.bsky.social
www.eurozine.com/seeds-of-ano...

The art of despair ‘The Syrian tragedy cannot be summed up simply as the murder of hundreds of thousands of human beings; it also involved the denial of any meaning to the extreme suffering of the Syrian people.’

‘The Syrian tragedy cannot be summed up simply as the murder of hundreds of thousands of human beings; it also involved the denial of any meaning to the extreme suffering of the Syrian people.’

Yassin al-Haj Saleh in interview with Esprit www.eurozine.com/the-art-of-d...

Serbia’s present future The Serbian student movement symbolizes a generational shift and national renewal. For the first time in years, people are seeing a future for themselves and their children.

The Serbian student movement symbolizes a generational shift and national renewal. For the first time in years, people are seeing a future for themselves and their children. By Branka Ćurčić www.eurozine.com/serbias-pres...

The gutting of Palestine With geopolitical deadlock and the widening of the regional conflict, prospects of an end to Israel’s destruction of Gaza and its people are as distant as ever. But momentum for a ceasefire, and even ...

Prospects of an end to Israel’s destruction of Gaza and its people are as distant as ever. But momentum for a ceasefire, and even statehood, would likely be stronger were Palestinian factions not themselves still divided, write Larbi Sadiki and Layla Saleh www.eurozine.com/the-gutting-...

@tenuredradical.bsky.social called it

www.eurozine.com/broken-beyon...

The resilient woman For those who had suffered the consequences of Yalta's division of Europe, the Helsinki Final Act and other East-West treaties brought grounds for optimism. Today, as Russia's regressive war on Ukrain...

Today, as Russia’s regressive war on Ukraine reopens old conflicts, the Helsinki Final Act and other East-West treaties stand as monuments to European modernity. By Durs Grünbein in collaboration with Debates on Europe www.eurozine.com/the-resilien...

Notable about this book was that it was about decolonising the *African* mind, which distinguished Ngũgĩ's project from Edward Said's.

Translated excerpt from an important new book on the totalitarian transformation of the Lukashenka regime, by @ingopetz.bsky.social - best source on Belarus around. Book info here and translation below:
www.edition-fototapeta.eu/rasender-sti...

Das muss wohl Putins "Dialogbereitschaft" sein:

Das Wiener Institut der Wissenschaft vom Menschen @iwm.at wurde in Russland zur "unerwünschten Organisation" erklärt. Am IWM werde versucht, die "territoriale Unversehrtheit" Russlands zu verletzen. (I kid you not)

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Serbia’s awakening After six months of protests, there are grounds for hope that the tide is turning in favour of the Serbian student movement: first, the unification of the opposition around the movement’s demands for ...

There are grounds for hope that the tide is turning in favour of the Serbian student movement: first, the unification of the opposition around the movement’s demand for new elections; second, the emergence of a new strategic alliance between the students and the EU.
www.eurozine.com/serbias-awak...