On Oct. 10, Israeli Major General Ghassan Alian called the people of Gaza “human animals [that] must be treated as such.” The following pieces seek to supplant Alian’s dehumanizing rhetoric.
When I’m faced with a domineering and shapeshifting worry, I tend to escape to music. This is how I found myself watching Adam Melchor perform live on stage. In the days before his performance, I felt burdened by the reminders of all that’s wrong with the world. Not just headlines of climate catastrophe, but also depictions of war, poverty, injustice and monumental suffering.