Franco Berardi’s ‘Thinking Gaza’ Fails To Think

Gaza is the compass. These words—emblazoned on large banners at the 2025 People's Conference For Palestine in Detroit, and frequently invoked by comrades in the Palestinian Youth Movement at speeches and rallies—contain a truth with which so much of the world has yet to reckon, though it will sweep them along regardless. In other words, Gaza is the place—and the event—in reference to which we must