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How do we still find ourselves stuck in a world in which the oppressed are asked to condemn, to nuance, to intellectualize, to endure, to resist in ways that comfort the masses while the oppressor gets to maniacally murder everything in sight with no consequences whatsoever?

Some personal news: after a year of freelancing & working behind the scenes I’ve joined @ThePublicSource as a writer and editor. Proud to be part of a truly independent Lebanese media collective dedicated to critical commentary from the left in solidarity with the Global South

Remember how the IDF — not satisfied with murdering Shireen in cold blood — brutally attacked those attending her funeral? I’ll never forget the agony in the face of the pallbearer who desperately tried to hold on to her casket while an Israeli soldiers kept violently hitting him

Two years later, the immense hole you left behind in our hearts and the world has grown even bigger — and your comforting voice and eyes and unwavering dedication to your work is needed now more than ever — but you would be so proud of your colleagues. Those who are still left.