What Does the State Want Us to See?

On the cancelled livestream of Nidal Hasan’s execution

When US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed livestreaming the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major and psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, he extended an invitation to the public: log on to your preferred device and watch the state kill. The invitation expanded the ...
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What Does the State Want Us to See?

A Wound that Needs Witnessing

Healing after Christchurch

In the aftermath of the slaughter of worshippers in a sacred space, it is easy to be angry. The targets of rage seem endless: at callow politicians who peddle in the most basic of human emotions and sling hateful words that morph into weapons; at white supremacy ideologies whose violences ...
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A Wound that Needs Witnessing