Co-author of 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War', Pluto Press Co-founder @FromPeriphery @LeilaShami@spore.social https://xitter.cf/t.co/9sxEKMyZW8
Joined June 2015
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"Anti-war politics acquires meaning through simultaneous resistance to external aggression and domestic authoritarianism, rather than through protecting one side in the name of opposing the other." By ROJA Collective
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"It was great to be back on The Lede with @FaisalAlYafai to discuss who should tell the story of Syria, the country's post-revolutionary struggles and my upcoming book The Blood Between Us: linktr.ee/theledepodcast"
In this episode, israa’ and Leila are joined by Juls and Alaa, to talk about Revolutions of Our Times, an internationalist manifesto written by The Peoples Want and published by @haymarketbooks
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Members of #ThePeoplesWant talk Internationalism from below, lessons from recent decades of uprisings around the world, their manifesto recently published in English by @haymarketbooks & organizing against Empire from the peripheries to the centers
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ALT book cover of “Revolutions of our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto from The Peoples Want” plus “TFSR 5-17-26 | Revolutionary Lessons and Internationalism from Below (with The Peoples Want)”
For an end to campism, the Iran war, and the anti-imperialist washing of the Islamic Republic
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Robin has a new book coming out on Syria! 'The Blood Between Us: Syria After the Fall of Assad'
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MUST-read interview with Syrian-British writer @LeilaShami of The Peoples Want & Ukrainian activist @oleks_kyselov on the trouble with campism, the Eurocentrism of much of the “anti-imperialist” left in the West, and what *true* internationalism requires
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Tues 14 April a virtual book launch of 'Revolutions of our times' by The Peoples Want.
With speakers from Iran, Syria & Lebanon it will be a focused discussion about current events in the region & internationalism from below
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For those in London there will be an event at Pelican House on Thurs 16 April.
I will be one of the speakers and hope to see you there!
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New: transcript of a recent episode of Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, an interview with Syrian-American author and scholar @noorghazalaswad .
We talked about her book, Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams & Radical Social Movements
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Damning report on the failures of the Syrian transitional government to ensure accountability and justice in wake of the coastal massacres last year
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Two mutual aid initiatives in Lebanon to support as the country faces Israeli aggression and many people are displaced
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From the Periphery Podcast: The weekend that set the Middle East on fire
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Still waiting for justice. Still waiting for an end to impunity.
Was a pleasure to speak to @noorghazalaswad about her recent book ‘Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements’.
Latest STIR episode available for free on Patreon and all podcast apps
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Our executive director Razan Rashidi spoke about transitional justice with @LeilaShami and @JustinSalhani at Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution Podcast! Listen to the episode fromtheperiphery.com/syria-t…
Myself and Justin Salhani were joined by Razan Rashidi from @TheSyriaCmpgn to talk about Transitional Justice.
Available for free on Patreon and all podcast apps.
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Preview our interview with @LeilaShami via our patreon (for $3 or more per month) with updates on the situation in Syria and insights into a new(ish) intervention into anti-authoritarian internationalism, #ThePeoplesWant
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Syria: One year on after the fall of Assad
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