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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 20h

Malm and Carton's newest book, The Long Heat, which analyzes the serious dangers of geoengineering, is now available here.

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The world is crossing the 1.5°C global warming limit, perhaps exceeding 2°C soon after. What is to be done when these boundaries, set by the Paris Agreement, have been passed? In the overshoot era, sc...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 20h

Andreas Malm and Wim Carton's The Long Heat is now out with Verso (@versobooks.bsky.social). In June, Bernardo Jurema and Elias König interviewed Malm on the central ideas in his latest books, the dangers of geoengineering, the Frankfurt School on climate, and more.

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Uncompromising Resistance: A Conversation With Andreas Malm • Protean Magazine

Andreas Malm is interviewed by Bernardo Jurema and Elias König —about his recent book "Overshoot" (co-authored with Wim Carton), the "unique" case of Colombia, Freudo-Marxism, his forthcoming book "Th...

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 2d

Such an important essay by Rawad Wehbe on poetry in a time of genocide:

“When a poet is relegated to mere commentary, regardless of context, language ceases to be an intervention, and the poet is no longer an agitator”

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 5d

Rawad Wehbe writes with a critique of the representation of Arabic poetry in leading Western publications. Too often, the over-promotion of a representative figure will stand in for engagement with a rich tradition—and the full truth of the Gaza genocide.

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The End of Palestine in English • Protean Magazine

Rawad Wehbe writes with an extended critique of the shallow representationalism and tokenization that have marked the orientation of leading Western media spaces towards Palestinian poetry. Rather tha...

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al-Mutaghatris @al-mutaghatris.bsky.social · 5d

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The End of Palestine in English • Protean Magazine

Rawad Wehbe writes with an extended critique of the shallow representationalism and tokenization that have marked the orientation of leading Western media spaces towards Palestinian poetry. Rather tha...

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Camilo. @juanc29.bsky.social · 2d

Increíble texto sobre no solamente la historia de Assata, sino también sobre la historia reciente de los Estados Unidos por intentar suprimir a toda costa cualquier intento de liberación negra.

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 3d

In late September, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman.

Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from the racist U.S. empire and all that it entails.

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Assata Is Welcome Here • Protean Magazine

In late September, black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman. Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from U.S. ...

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 3d

In late September, Black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman.

Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from the racist U.S. empire and all that it entails.

proteanmag.com/2025/10/07/a...

Assata Is Welcome Here • Protean Magazine

In late September, black revolutionary Assata Shakur died in Cuba a free woman. Orisanmi Burton celebrates her life and her unceasing dedication to the revolutionary struggle for liberation from U.S. ...

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tyler @walletcheck.bsky.social · 5d

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 5d

Subscribe now by becoming a patron—be the first to receive Issue VI, our next print edition!

To sustain independent left media through difficult times, your help is needed—and we're excited to share our new work with you in return.

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An independent leftist print magazine: essays, poetry, and art.

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 5d

Rawad Wehbe writes with a critique of the representation of Arabic poetry in leading Western publications. Too often, the over-promotion of a representative figure will stand in for engagement with a rich tradition—and the full truth of the Gaza genocide.

proteanmag.com/2025/10/05/t...

The End of Palestine in English • Protean Magazine

Rawad Wehbe writes with an extended critique of the shallow representationalism and tokenization that have marked the orientation of leading Western media spaces towards Palestinian poetry. Rather tha...

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Timothy J Lombardo @timothyjlombardo.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Incendiary Schemes • Protean Magazine

Charlotte Rosen reviews Bench Ansfield's new book, Born in Flames—a stunning and revelatory analysis of the systematic, profitable, and deadly arson schemes that were perpetrated by landlords and insu...

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Anthony Ballas @tonyjballas.bsky.social · 11d

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People Without Exception: An Interview With Divya Dwivedi • Protean Magazine

Kamran Baradaran & Anthony Ballas interview Indian philosopher Divya Dwivedi about caste, Brahmanism, the threats against her life, and more.

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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 10d

"...philosophy should not be thought apart from politics, as if it were a theological system with the liturgy of concepts, hoping that the eucharist performed with clever formulae will create new substances in politics."

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andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · 12d

I’m often saying we need to keep our eyes on Vanderbilt.

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 10d

Kamran Baradaran and Anthony Ballas interview Indian philosopher Divya Dwivedi about caste, Brahmanism, the threats against her life, and more.

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People Without Exception: An Interview With Divya Dwivedi • Protean Magazine

Kamran Baradaran & Anthony Ballas interview Indian philosopher Divya Dwivedi about caste, Brahmanism, the threats against her life, and more.

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 12d

All poetry submissions—both for print and for our online section—are now closed. Thanks to all who have submitted!

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againstcentrism.bsky.social @againstcentrism.bsky.social · 14d

[Excerpt] Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide

Mousa Alsadah and Wasim Said

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[Excerpt] Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide • Protean Magazine

This excerpt is drawn from Mousa Alsadah’s foreword to the collected writings of Wasim Said—a Gaza survivor who, writing as he fled the killing, recorded stories of unthinkable horror and suffering. S...

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 13d

Welcome to the Third Red Scare

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 16d

"The enormous toll of death left its mark on Wasim... He was literally running, Zionist death chasing behind. He pleaded with us to hasten the book’s publication, unsure whether he would live to see it."

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[Excerpt] Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide • Protean Magazine

This excerpt is drawn from Mousa Alsadah’s foreword to the collected writings of Wasim Said—a Gaza survivor who, writing as he fled the killing, recorded stories of unthinkable horror and suffering. S...

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 23d

NBCC member Charlotte E. Rosen reviewed Bench Ansfield’s Born in Flames for Protean Magazine:

Incendiary Schemes

Charlotte Rosen reviews Bench Ansfield's new book, Born in Flames—a stunning and revelatory analysis of the systematic, profitable, and deadly arson schemes that were perpetrated by landlords and…

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 16d

"The enormous toll of death left its mark on Wasim... He was literally running, Zionist death chasing behind. He pleaded with us to hasten the book’s publication, unsure whether he would live to see it."

proteanmag.com/2025/09/23/e...

[Excerpt] Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide • Protean Magazine

This excerpt is drawn from Mousa Alsadah’s foreword to the collected writings of Wasim Said—a Gaza survivor who, writing as he fled the killing, recorded stories of unthinkable horror and suffering. S...

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 19d

After the Civil Rights era, racism became legally defined by explicit intent, allowing systemic violence to hide behind insurance “risk” assessments. This piece argues that Ansfield’s "Born in Flames" exposes this racial capitalism.

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Incendiary Schemes

Charlotte Rosen reviews Bench Ansfield's new book, Born in Flames—a stunning and revelatory analysis of the systematic, profitable, and deadly arson schemes that were perpetrated by landlords and…

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 17d

An excerpt of Mousa Alsadah’s foreword to the collected writings of Wasim Said, forthcoming from 1804 Books. Said is a Gazan survivor who, writing as he fled the killing, recorded stories of suffering and terror amidst "generosity, selflessness, truth[.]"

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[Excerpt] Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide • Protean Magazine

This excerpt is drawn from Mousa Alsadah’s foreword to the collected writings of Wasim Said—a Gaza survivor who, writing as he fled the killing, recorded stories of unthinkable horror and suffering. S...

Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 17d

An excerpt of Mousa Alsadah’s foreword to the collected writings of Wasim Said, forthcoming from 1804 Books. Said is a Gazan survivor who, writing as he fled the killing, recorded stories of suffering and terror amidst "generosity, selflessness, truth[.]"

proteanmag.com/2025/09/23/e...

[Excerpt] Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide • Protean Magazine

This excerpt is drawn from Mousa Alsadah’s foreword to the collected writings of Wasim Said—a Gaza survivor who, writing as he fled the killing, recorded stories of unthinkable horror and suffering. S...

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 21d

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joshua weresch: songs @joshuawereschsongs.bsky.social · 27d

This coercion is intended to make us feel as though world-historical events are beyond our grasp, that we have no agency within them and should remain within the status quo, which is only the dailiness...'

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Notes on Craft: Writing in the Hour of Genocide • Protean Magazine

Fargo Tbakhi writes with this reflective essay on the role and duty of writing in this time of a genocide. How do hegemonic prerogatives dictate style, content, and status? What can words do for us, w...