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Gal Beckerman

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Staff writer at @TheAtlantic, formerly @nytimesbooks, and author of "How to Be a Dissident."
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Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman
Iโ€™ve spent the past year on a search. How do we push back against the forces that feel like they are crushing us right now? How do we resist the dehumanization of our politics, our technology? The answers came from people who pushed back before us: the dissidents...๐Ÿงต
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Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman
"The novelistโ€™s job is to bring abstract ideology into sustained contact with concrete experience. There, a mysterious transformation takes place; ideas never keep their pristine shape as they undergo the heat of human passions."

theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/โ€ฆ
www.theatlantic.com When Writers Lose Faith in Free Speech Writers have to maintain an inner distance from external demands, including the demands of politics.
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Gal Beckerman @galbeckerman
Gilad Kariv on the necessity and hopefulness (and still upward slog) of creating a Jewish-Arab coalition.
ื’ืœืขื“ ืงืจื™ื‘ Verified account @KarivGilad Nov 3
ืฉื•ืชืคื•ืช ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™ืช ื™ื”ื•ื“ื™ืช - ืขืจื‘ื™ืช ื”ื™ื ืื™ื ื˜ืจืก ื™ื™ืกื•ื“ื™ ื•ืงื™ื•ืžื™ ืฉืœ ื”ื—ื‘ืจื” ื”ื™ืฉืจืืœื™ืช. ื–ื• ื”ื™ืชื” ื•ื ืฉืืจื” ืชืคื™ืกืช ื”ืขื•ืœื ื•ื”ื›ื•ื•ื ื” ื”ืคื•ืœื™ื˜ื™ืช ืฉืœื ื• ื‘ืžืืžืฆื™ื ืœื”ืงืžืช ืžืžืฉืœืช ืฉื™ื ื•ื™.

ืฉื•ืชืคื™ื ื• ืœื’ื•ืฉ ื”ืฉื™ื ื•ื™ ืื™ื ื ืื•ื—ื–ื™ื ื‘ื“ืขื” ื”ื–ื•. ื ื ืกื” ืœืฉื›ื ืข ืื•ืชื, ืžืชื•ืš ื•ื‘ืžืงื‘ื™ืœ ืœืžืืžืฅ ื”ื ื—ื•ืฉ ืœื”ื•ืฆื™ื ืืช ื”ื”ื’ื” ืฉืœ ืžื“ื™ื ืช ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืžื™ื“ื™ื• ืฉืœ ื ืชื ื™ื”ื•.
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