Radical AnthropologyApr 5, 2025

Thoughtful piece with due historic context from #BenEhrenreich

#BertholdBrecht #Weimar #Nazism

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-gaza-fascism/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJdr5lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHgj5u2ySLJ1A2VFFaY5kvpqtS-8NcHdRH3rgbuPFpTurvDyw12_dPPcAMMOi_aem_YfbfVNu00_3oQTFzRiDkcg

You Don’t Get Trump Without Gaza

Fascism doesn’t just appear. It must be invited in—and the bipartisan repression of the anti-genocide movement did just that.

The Nation
Show threadbs2Jul 15, 2024

> Oh fierce and mighty IDF, I remember thinking later, do you not know how much tenderness you breed?

https://lithub.com/premonition-in-the-west-bank-ben-ehrenreich-on-life-in-the-village-of-burin/

#BenEhrenreich #Palesetine #TheKingsTorah #WestBankBurin #WestBankYitzhar #Yitzhar

Premonition in the West Bank: Ben Ehrenreich on Life in the Village of Burin

Almost exactly ten years ago a photographer friend and I were staying in the West Bank village of Burin, just outside of Nablus. We had planned to be there for a month, but our visit was cut short …

Literary Hub
bs2Jul 15, 2024

> As author Ben Ehrenreich noted on X, “There is no place for political violence against rich, white men. It is antithetical to everything America stands for.”

https://theintercept.com/2024/07/14/trump-shooting-political-violence/

#BenEhrenreich #PoliticalViolenceUSA

The Only Kind of “Political Violence” All U.S. Politicians Oppose

The Trump rally shooting in Pennsylvania reveals a bipartisan consensus about what constitutes political violence — and who should wield it.

The Intercept