BRICS Are of No Use… Unless the Wall is Broken
BRICS Are of No Use… Unless the Wall is Broken Rusere Shoniwa Wikimedia Commons : Brick wall It is happening. Again . And everyone is scrambling for analysis of the latest Israeli/US barbarism. If you prefer the passionate Brazilian football commentator genre, you can get it from Richard Medhurst . I recall him screaming (figuratively) “Gooooooooooooooooooooal!!” on October 8 th , 2023, and I also recall thinking that the situation demanded a more phlegmatic approach for many reasons, one of which was the predictable scale of the retaliation and its consequences for life in Gaza. He’s still doing it. Oh, to be young again! After five years of hellish accelerationism, I am trying to separate my hopes and fears from the reality that is still unfolding. And if the reality that is unfolding is unclear, as it is now, I make it a goal not to invest too much in either hope or fear. When war breaks out, the propaganda bubbles we live in become even more difficult to burst. At...