Amba Guerguerian

1 month ago | indypendent.org | Amba Guerguerian

It takes two to Ouija, at least the way I played the spiritualist parlor game growing up. Each person places a hand on the planchette and lets it be their guide. Of course, one hand is actually directing the pointer in the process of divination. The other participates only in so far as it submits to the message. Spectacle functions in much the same way. There’s no show without an audience and, in a consumerist society, it’s expected to be a passive one.

1 month ago | indypendent.org | Jessica Stein |Amba Guerguerian |Molly Landreth

In these fascist times, you may find yourself craving community, but wary of repeating unhealthy patterns in your dating life, friendship circles and activist groups. Thank goodness for Dean Spade’s new book, Love in a Fucked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together. Spade has been an activist and author for 20-plus years, most notably founding the Sylvia Rivera Law Project for trans advocacy.

1 month ago | indypendent.org | Amba Guerguerian |Felipe Rentero Jimenez |Felipe Chica Jiménez

On Feb. 25, when the Brooklyn Museum held a gala to celebrate its 200th anniversary, its workers formed a picket line outside to protest impending job cuts. Wealthy patrons in evening gowns and tuxedos made their way past hundreds of museum employees, fellow union members and workers from other Brooklyn institutions rallying in solidarity.

1 month ago | indypendent.org | Amba Guerguerian

On Feb. 18, in a Jewish section of the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, an event by The Getter Group promoted the sale of Palestinian land to prospective Israeli settlers. The slogan on the company’s website reads, “Israel is your home: Buy like you were born here.”Outside the event on 14th Avenue, the struggle over the future of the West Bank took an ugly turn as Palestinian protesters came under attack from Zionist counter-protesters while the NYPD watched.

1 month ago | indypendent.org | Amba Guerguerian