#imperialviolence — Public Fediverse posts

Gaza’s per-capita income has collapsed 83 percent to 58 cents a day, UNCTAD reports, the worst economic collapse on record, with reconstruction needs now at $71.5 billion. This week’s roundup carries rent, medication, and evacuation costs for campaigns that have sat underfunded for days, waiting on people who can’t afford to lose them. Move what you can today; share what you can’t fund.

@mutualaid @mutualaid #palestine #gaza #mutualaid #genocide #politics #poverty #healthcare #mentalhealth #solidarity #fedihelp #socialmedia #press #activism #fediverse #imperialviolence

https://mutualaidspace.org/mutual-aid-request-roundup-1-oct-2026/

"When did the so-called West first begin to lose standing in the eyes of the rest of the world? Why is the British #media class positioned so uniquely close to power, so delusional, and so compromised over #Gaza? Will China replace America, in the coming century, as the new hegemonic power? Has it already?"

Novara welcomes #PankajMishra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFhqOtY6Q8c
#Palestine #imperialism #imperialViolence #geopolitics #WesternMedia #mediaCriticism

"Despite the extent to which successive regimes and militiamen have monopolized the solidarity discourse, anticolonial sentiment in #Iraq remains strong; almost every Iraqi sees the latest US–Israeli war as another crusade to crush the region’s rightful resistance to imperial hegemony."

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/07/09/baghdad-the-illusion-of-peace/
https://archive.ph/4K3d6
#IraqiPolitics #Iran #warOnIran #MiddleEastWar #resistanceAxis #imperialViolence

Owen Jones welcomes historian Paul Rogers

"The American Imperial Moment is Over"

(here's hoping...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ucoGhwxCs
#Iran #warOnIran #USpol #imperialism #imperialViolence #geopolitics

"We are permitted to debate the timing and process of attacking #Iran, but never its legitimacy, morality, or legality. It is simply taken for granted by leaders of both parties, and of course the vast bulk of #USmedia, that it is the US’s divine right to bomb and sanction any country at any time for any alleged crimes we, unilaterally, determined it committed." - #AdamJohnson

https://www.columnblog.com/p/we-really-dont-have-to-attack-trumps
#warOnIran #USpol #BlueMAGA #TheEvilOfTwoLessers #media #imperialViolence

"[T]oday’s landscape is one in which the United States, still holding fast to its position at the top of the global order, remains powerful enough to break things but is increasingly unable to stabilize the aftermath of its rampage. Instead, the very force that claimed to guarantee the system has become the principal accelerant of its unraveling."

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/object-lessons/
#Iran #IranWar #warOnIran #geopolitics #internationalLaw #USpol #régimeChangeWars #imperialViolence

#Venezuela Loses Badly Needed Doctors Because of #Trump’s #Cuba Crackdown

"The US push to choke off revenue flowing into Havana’s coffers is leaving countless people in poorer parts of Caracas and beyond without access to care."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/trump-s-crackdown-on-cuban-doctors-leaves-venezuelans-without-healthcare
https://archive.ph/xDOk5
#warOnCuba #SanctionsOnCuba #USpol #economicWarfare #health #healthCare #CubanDoctors #imperialViolence

"What do Cubans really think about the United States right now? To find out, the filmmaker and comedian Jeff Seal went to #Cuba and asked them."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/opinion/cuba-government-us-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.5gue.7r5gON-oZ96x&smid=url-share
#CubanEmbargo #CubanOilEmbargo #SanctionsOnCuba #USpol #Trump #imperialViolence #sanctionsKill

#BostonReview |The #WarOnIran: A Conversation

Four scholars on the consequences of U.S. and Israeli aggression, reactions from #Iran and the #IranianDiaspora, and the warped analysis that pervades #USmedia.

w/ Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Manijeh Moradian, and Naghmeh Sohrabi

moderated by Alex Shams

transcription and video replay: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-war-on-iran-a-conversation/
#MiddleEast #USpol #IranianPolitics #imperialViolence #IranWar #IranWarCoverage

#BostonReview Virtual Event

The War on #Iran: A Conversation

"Alex Shams moderates a conversation with four distinguished scholars of #IranianPolitics—Peyman Jafari, Ali Kadivar, Manijeh Moradian, and Naghmeh Sohrabi—about the unprovoked U.S.-Israeli #warOnIran, reactions to the war from inside Iran and within the #IranianDiaspora..."

replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYpHjmPRZL4
#IranWar #MiddleEast #USpol #Israel #imperialViolence

The MERIP Roundtable on the #IranWar

Pt 1

w/ James Ryan, Ida Nikou, Arang Keshavarzian, Sean L. Yom

https://www.merip.org/2026/03/the-merip-podcast-episode-18-the-merip-roundtable-on-the-iran-war-part-i/

Pt 2

w/ James Ryan, Naghmeh Sohrabi, Toby Jones, Kaveh Ehsani

https://www.merip.org/2026/03/the-merip-podcast-episode-19-the-merip-roundtable-on-the-iran-war-part-ii/
#Iran #warOnIran #MiddleEast #régimeChangeWars #imperialViolence

"What is at stake in this confrontation is the future of the entire region [...] Arab political elites have been so thoroughly subordinated that they stood idly by, or even aided and abetted, as #Israel slaughtered Palestinians by the tens of thousands, which gives some sense of what they hope to accomplish in #Iran."

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/iran-united-states-israel-trump-netanyahu-war-games/
#IranWar #warOnIran #MiddleEast #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy #régimeChangeWars #imperialViolence

"Adam Shatz is joined by Robert Malley and Esfandyar Batmanghelidj to discuss the chaos of #Trump’s #Iran strategy, whether the United States and #Israel are aligned in their objectives for the region, and what Iran’s future might look like if Trump decides to bring the conflict to an end in the near term."

https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/what-next-in-iran
#IranWar #warOnIran #MiddleEast #USpol #USforeignPolicy #USMiddleEastPolicy #régimeChangeWars #imperialViolence

'I see some Iranians in the diaspora doing the “Y.M.C.A.” Trump dance while their country burns. I dread opening X or any social media, which I do every morning anyway, just to see fellow Iranians applaud Donald Trump’s war on their country, deny atrocities, or even blame the regime for the missiles landing on their compatriots’ heads. Yes, I, too, am a self-hating Persian in those moments.'

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/iran-united-states-war-2026-diaspora-hooman-majd/
#Iran #IranWar #warOnIran #USpol #imperialViolence #régimeChangeWars

"I was in solitary confinement for three months. During this time I was not allowed to read or write or watch TV or listen to the radio. [...] For three months, my body was covered in bruises, contusions, and fractures from the torture..."

Journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, famous for flinging his shoes at #GeorgeWBush in protest, reflects on the #IraqWar and its legacy

https://thebaffler.com/latest/a-human-experience-bell
#Iraq #GulfWarII #MiddleEast #régimeChangeWars #imperialViolence

Join us for the next talk in our RTG 2571 “Empires” Ringvorlesung, Temporality of Imperial Violence.

🗓️ 6 November 2025, 18:00–20:00, HS 1015 (KG I).

Professor Elahe Haschemi Yekani (HU Berlin): “Archival Poetics: Containing Affects of Un/Belonging in British Memorial Culture.” Language: English. Bring your questions—discussion welcome.
@empires @unifreiburg @dfg_public @mehlera @jabunna @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @HistoMartin @teresa_mayer @ElenLeFoll @sociology @politicalscience

#empires #imperialviolence #slowviolence #colonialism #postcolonial #decolonial #powerdynamics #histodons #history #academicmastodon #histodon #empire #literarystudies

🔔 Mark your calendars! Our lecture series “Temporality of Imperial Violence” is scheduled for this Winter Term 2025/26 at the University of Freiburg.

🗓️ Every Thursday, leading scholars from around the world will examine how imperial violence unfolds, persists, and is remembered across time and space. From slow violence to sudden rupture, we’ll explore the temporal logics of empire in diverse historical contexts.
📍 All sessions are open to the public. Join us for critical conversations and fresh perspectives!
📄 Full programme in the flyer below.

#empires #imperialviolence #slowviolence #colonialism #postcolonial #decolonial #powerdynamics #histodons #history #academicmastodon
@empires @unifreiburg @mehlera @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @histodons @dfg_public @politicalscience

#Historians would also argue that the #Vietnam War served as a defining — if not redefining — moment in the history of U.S. party #politics. At the time, there was perhaps no bigger player in sculpting modern #conservatism than William F. Buckley, who in a 1968 column advocated the use of #NuclearBombs in Vietnam. In 1969, President Richard #Nixon nearly heeded that recommendation.

Pictured, William F. Buckley in Vietnam, 1969.
Credit: Stars and Stripes.

#UShistory #USImperialism #VietnamWar #USWarOnVietnam #AmericanHistory #AsianMastodon #WarSurvivorsForPeace #VietnamWarSurvivors #LearnYourColonialHistory #USWarmongers #USATerrorism #USpol #HistoryInPhotos #historical #ImperialViolence