Pankaj Mishra speaks out about atrempts to shut down his @LRB lecture on Gaza: “saying a “pervasive sense of fear and panic” is closing down debate on the issue within cultural spaces. “I’m not surprised but it’s still shocking,” Mishra said. “The whole point of culture and the arts is to embrace diversity, different view points and protect imaginative freedom.

“It’s become clear that war crimes have been committed on a daily basis and powerful people who have supported the Israeli regime are doubling down on their untenable position. That breeds a pervasive sense of fear and panic that infects even cultural institutions.”

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