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George Packer

George Packer

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Salman Rushdie Wields His Own Knife

In a new memoir, the author reckons with the attack that nearly took his life. Salman Rushdie tells us that he wrote Knife , his account of his...

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The Atlantic

George Packer

What Does the Working Class Really Want?

Vying for its crucial support, neither Democrats nor Republicans are focusing on the essential question. Listen to this article 00:00 31:59 Listen to...

11.12.2023 10

The Atlantic

George Packer

‘We Have to Fight With Something’

Will America abandon Ukraine? In the summer of 1940, when Great Britain was fighting Nazi Germany alone, Winston Churchill asked to borrow a few dozen...

09.12.2023 6

The Atlantic

George Packer

Is Journalism Ready?

The press has repeatedly fallen into Donald Trump’s traps. A second term could render it irrelevant. The relationship between Donald Trump and the...

04.12.2023 10

The Atlantic

George Packer

Kissinger’s Inhuman Diplomacy

His blindness to human suffering was, in the end, both a moral failure and a strategic one. Henry Kissinger spent half a century pursuing and using...

01.12.2023 5

The Atlantic

George Packer

Why Activism Leads to So Much Bad Writing

Art and politics have very different agendas. When artists turn to activism or introduce politics into a work of art, it’s usually taken as...

15.11.2023 30

The Atlantic

George Packer

Israel Must Not React Stupidly

Fury is justified, but civilian casualties must be avoided. If 10/7 was Israel’s 9/11, as many of the country’s leaders have said, the meaning of...

12.10.2023 2

The Atlantic

George Packer

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