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"today, when more and more Democrats voice support for eliminating ICE, we should be wary. Certain calls for abolition are in reality a means to stabilize, not dismantle, the violence of immigration enforcement"
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/how-not-to-abolish-ice/
i remember that from before, but not how excellent the bit with the dog was
Inspired by the above Boston Review link, finally sat down to read the Fraser piece in New Left Review.
She does, in fact, wrap up everything from the Nakba forward as part of the same genocide, but then makes no further mention of it, as her concern is really just on musing about how the normative anchor point of Auschwitz is unsettled in the present.
Most disappointing is that her discussion of how the moment is being met in Japan really doesn't go anywhere, such that she just kinda peters out in the end of her essay with nothing recognizable as a conclusion.
Am wondering now if, spurred by all of this, whether an Anglo or German scholar of her stature were to come together with a similarly situated Japanese scholar, to collaboratively parse the historical commitments that are at stake, if it wouldn't provide some deeper and more nuanced analysis. This, unfortunately, reads more like journalism than philosophy.
@inquiline how do we feel about language around prosecution & how do we measure sincerity there?
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