“‘Russia is running out of steam.’ Really?”
The Ukraine war as seen from Kursk. Summer readings. The New York Times just ran a pair of especially preposterous pieces concerning the state of the war the West wages, via Ukraine, against the Russian Federation. It seems John Ratcliffe, the…
Patrick Lawrence: The US Seeing Itself & Others as They Are
Imagine the consequences for the empire’s managers were Americans to understand others and have some grasp of how they look upon the world. The other night, I watched a documentary called Coup 53, a brilliant treatment of the Anglo–American operation that…
“A certain schizophrenia.”
Notes on the D.S.A. 7 AUGUST—The Democratic Socialists of America have been feeling their oats of late, what with Zohran Mamdani’s election to the mayoralty of New York last year and a succession of D.S.A. victories in primaries across the…
“‘The old life done.’”
A brief note to our readers. 2 August—We try hard at The Floutist to stay current, to publish often, and offer our readers insights and perspectives not found elsewhere. These past days it has been hard to keep up with our own…
“Graham Platner and the machines of power.”
The Floutist responds to its readers. 16 JULY—Many readers, scores, responded with exceptional insight to the piece we published after Graham Platner was forced to withdraw from the contest for a Maine Senate seat. We read the comment thread carefully,…
“The political assassination of Graham Platner.”
The futility of change ‘from within.’ 10 JULY—The clearest things said about Graham Platner as he was forced to suspend his triumphantly buoyant campaign for a Maine Senate seat this week came from Graham Platner. Here is a little of what…
“In the West Bank, it’s a showdown now.”
“What we are talking about here is an Israeli establishment that is aiming at extermination of the Palestinian people. In every possible way. Not only in Gaza but in the West Bank.”— Mustafa Barghouti, interview, @MEEunapologetic 7 JULY—As Americans celebrated…
“Yankee Doodle Dandy is done and dying.”
Some notes on America at 250. 3 July—The semiology abroad these past days and weeks, as Americans prepared for the 4th—or have been prepared for it, I think is better put—has fascinated me. Amid all the images, the themes of…
“Let us now ‘embrace defeat.’”
Do this and we can begin ‘the transformation we have to make.’ 26 JUNE—I have been preoccupied with what I will call the quality of defeat for some years. By this I mean those benefits a people can derive from…
“Naked Sadism.”
A settler, a dog, a beating, a video, and learned sociopathy. “Most Israelis view Palestinians like they’re dogs.”-Anonymous 25 May—A text arrived on Friday, 15 May, from the village of Kisan. It was Adnan. He had sent a video then…
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