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A Real Magazine
Alexandra Reza
‘The students in Lisbon worked with what they had, publishing poetry, essays, short stories and news of daily life. Mensagem ran on and off between 1948 and 1964 in difficult conditions. It was impossible to write anything explicitly anticolonial without reprisal. The magazine was closely (if crudely) surveilled, and many of its writers were imprisoned. But keen readers could read between the lines.’
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In the first of a series of dispatches from Milwaukee, Andrew O’Hagan, pictured right, and Deborah Friedell report on day one of the Republican National Convention. They react to Trump’s choice of vice president and reflect on the keynote speech by Sean O’Brien, the first time the head of the Teamsters union has addressed the RNC. Listen on the LRB website or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Hope from Nothing
Selma Dabbagh
‘Femicide is defined as the intentional killing of women and girls because of their gender. Nearly three-quarters of those killed in Israel’s war on Gaza have been women and children, not to mention the thousands of embryos destroyed when Gaza’s fertility clinic was bombed in December. In January, the UN Population Fund reported that 180 women are giving birth each day in Gaza, while reproductive health kits are prevented from entering.’
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The barrage holds
Jeremy Harding
‘The vote was a “barrage” – an electoral show of solidarity against a far-right victory at the polls. It’s becoming a tradition. Left-wing voters had to hold their noses when they voted for Chirac in 2002 against the first serious electoral threat from Marine Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie. They’ve done it again this time around, but as the challenge from the far right has grown, the habit of voting against your own party’s programme to hold off the far right has tested the patience of left-wing voters to the limit.’
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The Coup That Wasn’t
Forrest Hylton
‘Bolivia is known for having experienced frequent coups throughout most of its history, and some have been brief and/or bizarre, but last month’s may have set a new record.’ Read more
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It’s all over (for now)
Natasha Chahal
‘You never have to wait too long in football for hope to burn bright and once again fail you.’
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