US immigration agents have arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent figure in last year’s Columbia University’s Gaza solidarity encampment.
While a left critique of modern identity politics and its effects is necessary, it should in no way prevent us from opposing Trump’s attacks and from recognising their much broader implications.
US President Donald Trump is ripping up accepted political norms at home and the liberal world order abroad because, in his view, they have failed to secure American supremacy.