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“I remember feeding this back and saying, there is a level of dehumanisation happening here, of people who within a couple of days were getting bombed.” Yet [some BBC editors and managers] were unresponsive[...] “In some of the meetings they were saying: ‘But what else is Israel supposed to do?’”
Inside the BBC’s Gaza Fiasco • EQUATOR
How the world’s most trusted media organisation fell apart
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November 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
“I remember feeding this back and saying, there is a level of dehumanisation happening here, of people who within a couple of days were getting bombed.” Yet [some BBC editors and managers] were unresponsive[...] “In some of the meetings they were saying: ‘But what else is Israel supposed to do?’”
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A thoughtful, compelling essay reminding me of teaching The Fantastic, The Uncanny, and The Surreal, twice, at UW-Eau Claire, giving surrealism considerable emphasis. I loved teaching that class and the students loved taking it. Political connections were key.
A thoughtful, compelling essay reminding me of teaching The Fantastic, The Uncanny, and The Surreal, twice, at UW-Eau Claire, giving surrealism considerable emphasis. I loved teaching that class and the students loved taking it. Political connections were key.
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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A thoughtful, compelling essay reminding me of teaching The Fantastic, The Uncanny, and The Surreal, twice, at UW-Eau Claire, giving surrealism considerable emphasis. I loved teaching that class and the students loved taking it. Political connections were key.
A thoughtful, compelling essay reminding me of teaching The Fantastic, The Uncanny, and The Surreal, twice, at UW-Eau Claire, giving surrealism considerable emphasis. I loved teaching that class and the students loved taking it. Political connections were key.
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really wonderful @naomiaklein.bsky.social article.
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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November 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
really wonderful @naomiaklein.bsky.social article.
Hisham Matar on Titian: ”Because Marsyas cannot be allowed to compete on equal footing with a god, not even Apollo can ever know the music Marsyas is capable of. No doubt he couldn’t keep from imaging it. But Apollo wants to know, for himself.” www.equator.org/articles/pit...
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hisham Matar on Titian: ”Because Marsyas cannot be allowed to compete on equal footing with a god, not even Apollo can ever know the music Marsyas is capable of. No doubt he couldn’t keep from imaging it. But Apollo wants to know, for himself.” www.equator.org/articles/pit...
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Man, I've been waiting for someone to write a story like this. I keep bringing up the Dada artists, who originally organized during WWI, and showed that ridicule could be effective in dislodging the fascists, but in this piece, she went with the Surrealists. I am still reading ...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”For the Surrealists, the slide from military horror to full fascism took a couple decades, and even longer for the imperial boomerang to return. Now there are no delays, everything is synchronous.” www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Man, I've been waiting for someone to write a story like this. I keep bringing up the Dada artists, who originally organized during WWI, and showed that ridicule could be effective in dislodging the fascists, but in this piece, she went with the Surrealists. I am still reading ...
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Fantástico texto de Naomi Klein en @equatormag.bsky.social sobre arte, política y transformación social en tiempos oscuros.
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Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fantástico texto de Naomi Klein en @equatormag.bsky.social sobre arte, política y transformación social en tiempos oscuros.
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”For the Surrealists, the slide from military horror to full fascism took a couple decades, and even longer for the imperial boomerang to return. Now there are no delays, everything is synchronous.” www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”For the Surrealists, the slide from military horror to full fascism took a couple decades, and even longer for the imperial boomerang to return. Now there are no delays, everything is synchronous.” www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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Alltid underbara Naomi Klein www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Alltid underbara Naomi Klein www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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Naomi Klein - surrealism against fascism via @equatormag.bsky.social : www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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November 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Naomi Klein - surrealism against fascism via @equatormag.bsky.social : www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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"The radical artists of the interwar period met their moment imperfectly..But they did meet it together, creating communities that did not merely oppose militarism & fascism..but sought liberation from their logics. Freedom not only in theory, but in daily practice"
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Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"The radical artists of the interwar period met their moment imperfectly..But they did meet it together, creating communities that did not merely oppose militarism & fascism..but sought liberation from their logics. Freedom not only in theory, but in daily practice"
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A thought-provoking piece. Long, but worth your time.
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A thought-provoking piece. Long, but worth your time.
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Inspiring article. I learned a lot from this and I thought I knew surrealism well. Worth your time.
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Inspiring article. I learned a lot from this and I thought I knew surrealism well. Worth your time.
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5/ Surrealism Against Fascism
Naomi Klein
26.11.2025Essay
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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Naomi Klein
26.11.2025Essay
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
5/ Surrealism Against Fascism
Naomi Klein
26.11.2025Essay
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Naomi Klein
26.11.2025Essay
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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"...when we see images of floods in Bengal, what we are looking at is not just the result of weather events: it is also the product of a project of terraforming that began in colonial times and has continued until the present day"
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Beyond the Apocalypse • EQUATOR
How visions of catastrophe shape the ‘climate solutions’ imposed by aid agencies
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November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"...when we see images of floods in Bengal, what we are looking at is not just the result of weather events: it is also the product of a project of terraforming that began in colonial times and has continued until the present day"
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Naomi Klein looks to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism. They were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to “pessimism all along the line”, and wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change.
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Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Naomi Klein looks to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism. They were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to “pessimism all along the line”, and wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change.
www.equator.org/articles/sur... @equatormag.bsky.social
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Beautiful piece by @amitav.bsky.social
“climate solutions that do not make adequate provision for the inherent uncertainties of modelling, or for the wishes, hopes and aspirations of people on the ground, will always run the risk of causing anticipatory ruination.”
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“climate solutions that do not make adequate provision for the inherent uncertainties of modelling, or for the wishes, hopes and aspirations of people on the ground, will always run the risk of causing anticipatory ruination.”
www.equator.org/articles/bey...
Beyond the Apocalypse • EQUATOR
How visions of catastrophe shape the ‘climate solutions’ imposed by aid agencies
www.equator.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Beautiful piece by @amitav.bsky.social
“climate solutions that do not make adequate provision for the inherent uncertainties of modelling, or for the wishes, hopes and aspirations of people on the ground, will always run the risk of causing anticipatory ruination.”
www.equator.org/articles/bey...
“climate solutions that do not make adequate provision for the inherent uncertainties of modelling, or for the wishes, hopes and aspirations of people on the ground, will always run the risk of causing anticipatory ruination.”
www.equator.org/articles/bey...
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Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Surrealism Against Fascism www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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“The Surrealists were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to ‘pessimism all along the line,’ and nonetheless wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change,” @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
www.equator.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“The Surrealists were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to ‘pessimism all along the line,’ and nonetheless wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change,” @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes www.equator.org/articles/sur...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social on how the Surrealists confronted the horrors of the First World War – and why their work speaks to us today: ”Evisceration was as real and material for many of these young artists as their evident desire to burn it all down.”
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November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@naomiaklein.bsky.social on how the Surrealists confronted the horrors of the First World War – and why their work speaks to us today: ”Evisceration was as real and material for many of these young artists as their evident desire to burn it all down.”
www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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“Israel’s strategy of deliberate starvation, alongside the daily demolitions, meant that “the government is rushing to erase Gaza”.
New @equatormag.bsky.social: @naomiaklein.bsky.social on how the Surrealists transformed the wreckage of history into revolutionary art – and what their example can teach us about the fight against fascism today www.equator.org/articles/sur...
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Israel’s strategy of deliberate starvation, alongside the daily demolitions, meant that “the government is rushing to erase Gaza”.
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Revolutionary ghosts are always helpful.
So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.
Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...
Enjoy!
So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.
Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...
Enjoy!
New @equatormag.bsky.social: @naomiaklein.bsky.social on how the Surrealists transformed the wreckage of history into revolutionary art – and what their example can teach us about the fight against fascism today www.equator.org/articles/sur...
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Revolutionary ghosts are always helpful.
So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.
Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...
Enjoy!
So I turned to the Surrealists for tips on fighting fascism.
Stay for the ending about @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social surrealist campaigning...
Enjoy!