Nader

@DarthNader

Politics, political economy, radical history, social movements, mostly Middle East. Untimely meditations. تشاؤم العقل، تفاؤل الإرادة.

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  1. 6 hours ago

    We should invade Queens.

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  2. Oct 19

    The video for this rap song by Nasserdin al-Touffar was filmed by the besieged residents of Ghouta in Syria

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  3. Oct 18

    the tweeters have only destroyed the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.

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  4. Oct 18

    . this is the copy I found in the library in recovered from one of the Israeli prisons in the city after Oslo..

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  5. Oct 18

    Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" in Arabic, translated in the 80s by Jamal Atassi and Sami Droubi, two Syrians from Homs.

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  6. Jul 27

    and this can be role of the left, preparing for the reconstruction battle instead of focusing on microdynamics of a war...

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  7. Oct 18

    THIS THURSDAY & FRIDAY AT COLUMBIA: "SOUTH-SOUTH: INTELLECTUAL HISTORY ACROSS MIDDLE EAST & SOUTH ASIA, 1857-1948"

    20 retweets 19 likes
  8. Oct 18

    A very timely and necessary article by Bassam Haddad: The debate over Syria has reached a dead end

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  9. Oct 18

    So this happened. Turkey permits controlled cannabis production in 19 provinces.

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  10. Oct 18

    Worth revisiting this interview now: "The ‘War’ against Daech: a military strategy doomed to political failure"

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  11. Oct 17

    First chants of uprising in Homs were "Ppl demand the downfall of the governor" bc the govnr was behind the notorious plan & hated for it.

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  12. Oct 17

    They tried to do gentrify my city, Homs. Residents protested, were ignored. Canceled only after revolution protests.

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  13. Oct 17

    True, they will rebuild 5 star hotels atop destroyed cities, no refugees will return, yet they'll call it a success.

    The vast destruction in Syria is largely about gentrification. No one is trying to hide this anymore.
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  14. Oct 17

    On October 17th 1961, thousands of Algerians took to the streets of Paris, calling for Algerian independence. They were attacked by police.

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  15. Oct 17

    Does every article about Dylan nobel have to have 100 failed attempts to cleverly reference his songs in the piece.

  16. Oct 17

    We see reality of this civilization in the destroyed buildings & mass graves of Aleppo, brought to you by Western Civilization™ via Russia.

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  17. Oct 17

    Really sick Orientalist propaganda from Russia re Syria. "We represent 'civilization,' look at our orchestras and skyscrapers, they say."

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  18. Oct 17

    Ya, rly looking forward to the neoliberal tourist playground you're going to build atop the mass graves of Aleppo.

    today is a peaceful, modern, and thriving city. Ain't that a solution we're all looking for? ? ? |
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  19. Oct 17

    Syrian govt and Egyptian govt agree to coordinate to 'fight terrorism.' The epitome of counter-revolution. We are so far away from 2011.

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  20. Oct 17

    Syria govt security chief visits Egypt in 1st public visit in 5 years, agrees to coordinate to 'fight terrorism'

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