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Idrees Ahmad
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Director of Journalism, University of Essex; Associate Editor, New Lines Magazine; Contributing Editor, LA Review of Books; Bylines: New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Policy, The Observer, Washington Post.
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · Nov 29
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 9d
Argentina cut a deal with China that undercuts American soybean farmers already crushed by Trump’s tariffs.

Now Trump wants send $20 billion of YOUR tax dollars to bail out his political ally in Argentina.

America First? More like Trump first.
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 11d
When my grandfather died in 2004, I was 11. At his home in Nijmegen I found a battered briefcase, unopened for years. Inside: photos, consular forms and letters — a history of falling empire, colonial decoupling and rising nationalism that marked those who lived it.

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Caught Between States as an Empire Dissolved
A Dutch-Indonesian family’s documents from the mid-20th century reveal a painful story of separation and an administrative nightmare that prefigures today’s xenophobic politics
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 20d
My friend, @idreesahmad.bsky.social, wrote about about Tony Judt's proposal for a well-defended Palestinian state as the only durable solution. (Judt's position was misrepresented by Jonathan Freedland in an essay for NYRB).

www.thenation.com/article/arch...
The NYRB Is Rewriting Tony Judt’s Stance on Israel
Judt called for a just resolution to the conflict, not the preservation of a “Jewish State.”
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26d
A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Sep 11
Not comprehending how the same @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social who interviewed me wrote this. I support the instinct to turn down the volume. But you can't simultaneously warn that we're the brink of authoritarianism while valorizing one of authoritarianism's most influential architects and supporters.
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
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Ronan Leo Tynan @ronanleotynan.bsky.social · Aug 25
Why Arab dictators betray the Palestinians and do nothing serious to stop the genocide even suppressing protests against Israel in their own countries #SaudiArabia #UAE #Egypt @idreesahmad.bsky.social @marcnelsonart.bsky.social @petertatchell.bsky.social

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Why Arab leaders aren't helping the Palestinians in Gaza
As the world watches, they see a number of powerful governments virtually on the sidelines.
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Ronan Leo Tynan @ronanleotynan.bsky.social · Aug 23
Urgent - Gaza Censorship

Aid workers accuse NGOs of 'whitewashing' Israel's Gaza war. Int journalists banned as the Israelis also allowed by NGOs to submit to censorship like #IRC which refused to comment on complicity in report #GazaStarving
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Aid workers accuse NGOs of 'whitewashing' Israel's Gaza war – DW – 08/22/2025
Several international NGOs have limited their language and advocacy on the topic of Gaza, a DW investigation found. They fear that Israel might otherwise refuse them permits to operate in the Palestin...
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · Aug 21
Zionists and German xenophobes make for natural allies. United in the hatred of immigrants and the defence of genocide.
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · Aug 21
A German who describes ethnic cleaning as "liberation" and hates immigrants. It's like we've taken a time machine back to the 1930s.
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · Aug 21
Nazi swine have learned nothing from their history so it's understandable that they should compare the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with "liberation".
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · Aug 21
Nazi swine have learned nothing from their history so it's understandable that they should compare the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with "liberation". You people with your irrepressible genocidal instincts are beyond redemption.
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · Aug 21
Nazi swine have learned nothing from their history so its understandable that they should compare the ethnic cleansing of Palestine with "liberation".
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · Aug 21
On this day in 2013, Bashar al Assad launched the biggest chemical attack of the 21st century, killing over 1,400, including 426 children. I wrote for @newlinesmag.bsky.social a detailed account of what happened that day and the impact this event had globally. newlinesmag.com/review/the-d...
The Day the World Stood Still
On August 21, 2013 the Syrian regime launched the biggest chemical attack of the 21st century. It was a seismic event whose repercussions are still being felt. This is an account of what happened that...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 3
NEW: 90,000 people protesting against the genocide in Gaza have shut down Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Neil Abrams @neilabrams.bsky.social · Jul 30
In my latest, I examine Bret Stephens’s silly attempt to deny Israel’s genocide. More revealing than the incompetence and bad faith on display is his motive for writing it in the first place—a motive he does not divulge lest he trash his own credibility in the process. 🧵
The Fix: Genocide Denial in the NYT
A New York Times writer dabbled in genocide denial. It did not go well.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Jul 26
“One in three Gazans goes multiple days without eating, the World Food Programme said this week. Malnourished mothers can no longer produce milk to breastfeed their children, the injured are unable to heal and hospitals have run out of nutritional supplements to treat gaunt babies.”
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · Jul 26
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation www.ft.com/content/e5d7...
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Jul 24
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.

Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · Jul 23
If the videos and photos of emaciated bodies and corpses coming out of Gaza were in black and white, what would they remind you of?
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Jul 20
🚨 Medics across the Gaza strip have sounded simultaneous ambulance sirens in an SOS distress call about the escalating famine and resulting collapse of the remaining healthcare system:
Sahat English Sahat @sahatenglish Follow Ambulance sirens are sounding simultaneously across the #Gaza Strip in a coordinated distress signal, highlighting the escalating famine and the collapse of the healthcare system. (Source: IG: mohammed_fayq) The world is about to witness the mass death of thousands due to an Israeli-induced famine. This catastrophe could be stopped immediately by the @UNRWA. The Israeli occupation has turned food into a lethal weapon against indigenous Palestinians. #GazaGenocide #GazaFamine #GazaGenocide #GazaFamine [photo of medics in scrubs standing together in a line] 4:26 AM • 7/20/25 • 79K Views
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · Jul 16
I posted this on LinkedIn at the same time and it got removed for "terrorism"??? bsky.app/profile/sall...
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Fadah Jassem / فداء جاسم @fadahjassem.bsky.social · Jul 14
Israel continues to target the same ports on Yemen’s Hodeidah coast. It's been over a year since the first strikes on these ports.

Despite significant damage to piers, visual evidence suggests the Houthis' fuel supply lines from the ports are still active

www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
What effect have Israeli strikes had on Houthi Red Sea attacks? | The National
As Yemeni ports held by the rebels were hit again earlier this month, The National examines satellite imagery to gauge the damage
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · May 21
3 Books Incarcerated Writers Recommend All Students Read
3 Books Incarcerated Writers Recommend All Students Read
What are books to read in prison? Here are three that touch on racism, love and meaning — and they're recommended by incarcerated writers.
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Apostolis Fotiadis @balkanizator.bsky.social · Jul 14
For years Frontex gathered data and automatically passed it unlawfully to Europol. With @stavinoha.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we investigated how this dragnet scooped up thousands of people, migrants and EU activists.
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · Jul 8
From @idreesahmad.bsky.social's new must-read @newlinesmag.bsky.social essay (full text at newlinesmag.com/argument/bey...)
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · Jul 8
"The politicians and journalists who were hitherto untroubled by the industrial-scale killing of Gazans suddenly discovered a faith in the sanctity of life, and their imaginations took flight."

Beyond Glastonbury’s Gaza Controversy by @idreesahmad.bsky.social.

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Beyond Glastonbury’s Gaza Controversy
Chants against the Israeli military led by the punk-rap duo Bob Vylan have drawn outrage, but the underlying story is one of mounting horror at the war from artists and the public
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