Losing Our Illusions
Italy After Gaza
I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s in a middle-class, northern Italian household.(...)
Italy After Gaza
I grew up in the 1960s and 1970s in a middle-class, northern Italian household.(...)
The Problem With Revenge Fantasies
Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglourious Basterds is more compelling now than when it was first released in 2009.(...)
Israel, Palestine and the UK Press
Over two million civilians in Gaza are facing death from airstrikes, artillery fire, homelessness and starvation.(...)
The German Contradiction
Over the last four years, I have collected countless pieces of evidence of how the idea of Germany - whatever Germans tell themselves about what Germany was, what it is, and what it should become - is interwoven with narratives claiming 'Jews' and 'Arabs' are different from each other, and deeply rooted in a state of enmity.(...)
Hating the Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is easy to hate, especially if you’re left-wing.(...)
The Bizarre World of Aztec NSBM
The ChatGPT Sessions
The apple never falls far from the tree. Particularly when it comes to post-fascist parties.(...)
Three London Shows
Last week was the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Stephen Lawrence. People of my generation wince with pain when his name is mentioned.(...)
The ChatGPT Sessions, Volume 1
By community standards, his trip was a failure. Italian Jews protested Netanyahu's visit, and the community's leader, Noemi Di Segni, excoriated him for the settler pogrom in Hawara and for undermining Israeli democracy.(...)
America’s Antisemitic Right
The gloves are off. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Washington trip outed the Antisemitism of the pro-Putin right.(...)