Genocide’s Wake

Genocide’s Wake

“Genocide’s Wake,” by David Lloyd, is a Communis original feature. “Genocide aims to abolish the life in common in which the atomized self-for-itself was unknown. What remains is the diminished fragment of shattered life, the wreckage cast up on the shore after the...
Ash to Ashlaa’

Ash to Ashlaa’

“Ash to Ashlaa’” is an original piece by David Lloyd for Communis. This essay originated in a brief talk given at the conference on Southern Political Concepts, held at the University of California, Irvine, in January 2025. In it, Lloyd engages in a meditation on the...
Who Can Be Defended?

Who Can Be Defended?

“Who Can Be Defended? The Emancipatory Power of the Palestinian Revolution” was presented by Jodi Dean as a lecture at Morey Hall at the University of Rochester on March 4, 2024. And abridged version of Dean’s argument, under the title “Palestine speaks for everyone,”...