Thank you for this powerful essay. I don't really know what else to say right now. It's so difficult to articulate what's happening in this moment, and not just in Gaza as you note. Are we seeing the death of empire(s)? The birth of nation(s)? It's hard to gauge as we're in this chaotic, historic maelstrom, being swept around in time's violent winds. Of course, like others, I'd like to think we're seeing the collapse of empires for something better, more just, a spatiality where accountability and reconciliation exist. But who's to say that will come? I refuse to give up hope, however. That would leave me dead inside.
I think of the family I support in Gaza. I can't give up on them. The fact that they are surviving, despite the odds, is remarkable. That gives me hope. So, I will continue to support them in the small ways that I am, praying that they make it out alive and that there will be a new dawn for them and all the other Palestinians suffering.
It really is a chaotic, historic maelstrom. And despite everything, I agree we have to remain hopeful and keep on contributing as much as we can. Impossible times… ❤️🩹
These times really are impossible. That's why we need to stay connected to those with good hearts and sturdy minds. Thanks for replying and, most of all, thanks for writing this truly wonderful piece.
Thank you for sharing this beautifully raw piece. Your words are not just testimony; they are a summons. If rubble is what empire leaves behind, the question is: what do we build with it? Do we allow it to harden into monuments of forgetting, or do we stand with those who refuse erasure?
The end of empire? The birth of a nation? Perhaps neither. What matters is whether enough of us are willing to act, to use what we have to break the silences that keep the rubble in place.
So what ambitious literature of our times should be produced? Call it liberatory, call it revolutionary, call it populist and progressive or socialist, call it something imperative to the times. It should be created as if our very lives depend on it, because they do. It should be made and distributed as if the fate of the planet depends on it, because it does.
Thank you for this powerful essay. I don't really know what else to say right now. It's so difficult to articulate what's happening in this moment, and not just in Gaza as you note. Are we seeing the death of empire(s)? The birth of nation(s)? It's hard to gauge as we're in this chaotic, historic maelstrom, being swept around in time's violent winds. Of course, like others, I'd like to think we're seeing the collapse of empires for something better, more just, a spatiality where accountability and reconciliation exist. But who's to say that will come? I refuse to give up hope, however. That would leave me dead inside.
I think of the family I support in Gaza. I can't give up on them. The fact that they are surviving, despite the odds, is remarkable. That gives me hope. So, I will continue to support them in the small ways that I am, praying that they make it out alive and that there will be a new dawn for them and all the other Palestinians suffering.
It really is a chaotic, historic maelstrom. And despite everything, I agree we have to remain hopeful and keep on contributing as much as we can. Impossible times… ❤️🩹
These times really are impossible. That's why we need to stay connected to those with good hearts and sturdy minds. Thanks for replying and, most of all, thanks for writing this truly wonderful piece.
Thank you for sharing this beautifully raw piece. Your words are not just testimony; they are a summons. If rubble is what empire leaves behind, the question is: what do we build with it? Do we allow it to harden into monuments of forgetting, or do we stand with those who refuse erasure?
The end of empire? The birth of a nation? Perhaps neither. What matters is whether enough of us are willing to act, to use what we have to break the silences that keep the rubble in place.
❤️🔥
This is a revolutionary time. It must be.
So what ambitious literature of our times should be produced? Call it liberatory, call it revolutionary, call it populist and progressive or socialist, call it something imperative to the times. It should be created as if our very lives depend on it, because they do. It should be made and distributed as if the fate of the planet depends on it, because it does.