
Aljazeera | The Take: How ICE raids echo US wars abroad, with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen on how US violence abroad is mirrored in ICE raids, the Israeli assault on Gaza, and protests at home. What does it mean to be the “other”?

Viet Thanh Nguyen on how US violence abroad is mirrored in ICE raids, the Israeli assault on Gaza, and protests at home. What does it mean to be the “other”?

By Noel Ransome Published On 14 May 2025 In a theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen readied himself to speak. It was December 2023, and Nguyen was midway through

Filmmaker Raoul Peck and author Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss their road to making art that’s political and subversive for Aljazeera— Studio B: Unscripted Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck highlights the roots