“Is Censorship Proof of Art’s Political Power?” was just published in the Los Angeles Review of Books‘ “The Philosophical Salon.” A special thanks to Patricia Vieira and Michael Marder for their work curating this important platform.

Excerpt: “Does not the very existence of censorship prove, in reverse so to speak, that art is a sociopolitical force to be reckoned with? In other words, if censorship exists, isn’t it because aesthetics is perceived — at least by those in power — as a very real threat to the social and political order? […read more]”

A Persian translation, by Rahman Bouzari, of my op-ed in Counterpunch “Media Blackout on Nuit Debout,” was just published in Shargh Newspaper. Click here to read page 1 and here to read page 2.

My satirical op-ed, “Corporate Idiocracy and the Manufacturing of ProducTrump,” was just published in CounterPunch, along with excellent articles by Patrick Cockburn, Barbara MacLean, Ralph Nader and many others. Click here to read.

Excerpt: “Let us not […] utter the dummy’s name but instead call for a general moratorium on it. It is time to recognize it for what it is—a product of the media-money complex—and talk only of productrump, or more simply product rump. […] We must not forget that it is the system, not the person, that is the ultimate problem. In fact, there is not really a person here. There is productRump, the tail end of the corporate glitz machine, the rump of a debunk system of hype and distraction in the name of profit and power. Although this butt looms particularly large in its vulgar posturing and machismo, we must not let the backend mask what is behind it. It is only the protruding derrière of an enormous network of media-cracy—i.e. mediocrity—that has produced it [read more]”.

I just published an opinion piece, entitled “Media Blackout on Nuit Debout,” in Counterpunch‘s weekend edition, alongside excellent articles by Rob Urie, Carol Miller, Jeffrey St. Clair and others.

“Nuit Debout is a powerful wake-up call: sleepwalkers of the world unite! It’s time to spend the night together. [click here to read more].”

A Farsi translation, by Rahman Boozari, of my op-ed in Counterpunch “Revolution Never Sleeps: Nuit Debout in France and Beyond,” was just published in Shargh Newspaper. Click here to read. 

I just published an opinion piece, entitled “Revolution Never Sleeps: Nuit Debout in France and Beyond,” in Counterpunch‘s weekend edition, alongside excellent articles by Henry Giroux, Diana Johnston, Michael Hudson, Vijay Prashad, Jeffrey St. Clair and others. Passons la nuit ensemble / Let’s spend the night together!

“The movement Nuit debout—‘night on our feet’ or ‘stand up night!’—is a potent reminder of the existence of an indefatigable global struggle against the neoliberal credo and all of its devastating consequences [click here to read more].”

Je viens de publier dans Mediapart une tribune sur la situation en France: “La France au carrefour du Diable. Ne suivons pas la voie impitoyable des Etats-Unis dans la guerre sans fin.” Un grand merci à Claire Thierry, Pierre-Antoine Chardel, Alice Canabate, Ekaterina Delvig, Charles Siemiatycki, Annika Thiem, Anthony Gledhill, Avi Alpert, Patrick Vauday et d’autres pour leurs suggestions et conseils.