American "Left" will inevitably have to reckon with the failure of its "feel-good" activism, which has failed to produce tangible results & in many cases, deradicalized committed individuals due to its lack of meaningful impact & unnecessarily placed people under state scrutiny

https://twitter.com/Gothamist/status/1905070829211451526

The era of academic-driven, bourgeois-style protests—where participants gain social capital from civil rights actions while avoiding state repression is over...

There’s a lot of misinformation floating around about this situation. Kafue River is the longest in Zambia, one of the largest tributaries of the Zambezi, & spans several provinces. The spill affected only a portion in Kitwe, & claiming the entire river is "dying" is misleading

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1901020609057886374

It would take decades for the entire river to deteriorate. Yes, shutting down Kitwe’s water supply is tragic, and the company responsible was clearly negligent. But let’s keep the discussion factual—this doesn’t mean the whole river is doomed.

Nietzsche isn’t a traditional geopolitical thinker, but his philosophy impacts power, ideology, and political struggle. His ideas influence everything from realism in international relations to critiques of liberal democracy, imperialism, and the psychology of political movements

https://twitter.com/fvckstration/status/1892000849867473088

How Nietzsche’s Philosophy Applies to Geopolitics:

The ceasefire is moving forward. Israel has allowed a surge of aid trucks into Gaza with food, water, fuel & electricity. Both Israel & Hamas played political theater, but in reality, they were always aligned—likely due to pressure from Trump & Qatar 🧵

https://twitter.com/fvckstration/status/1889451660570706358

Trump likely told Netanyahu to stall the ceasefire publicly until Hamas confirmed it, giving Israeli hardliners the illusion of resistance. That was Qatar’s cue to step in. The whole thing was optics—neither Trump nor Netanyahu ever seriously intended to derail it

And it is exactly why this policy will not happen. The geopolitical shift currently unfolding in the Middle East makes it clear that a full-scale ethnic cleansing of Gaza is not a viable option [THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF MY LONGEST THREADS EVER BUT BOOKMARK THIS ITS INSIGHTFUL] 🧵

https://twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/1889386628394651946

While hardliners in Israel, particularly Netanyahu’s extremist cabinet, have pushed for such a policy, the regional and global implications make it impossible for the U.S. and its allies to support it in practice

Rwanda is Africa’s Israel. Paul Kagame is Africa’s Netanyahu. The West props them both up. They both commit atrocities under the guise of self-defense. They both exploit past genocide to justify present-day war crimes. And they both do so with full international support 🧵 Rwanda is the poster child for African development, celebrated for its post-genocide recovery & lauded as a beacon of economic success. The seemingly stable nation has won the admiration of many international actors despite a grim reality: a systematic pattern of

oscar al-halabiye was a syrian trans woman, dancer, & resistance fighter in south lebanon whose life is a testament to resilience & love. her story is documented in the film Cinema Fouad (1993). here’s what i learned about her story after watching the documentary 🧵 oscar grew up in a poor family in aleppo, syria. from a young age, she loved wearing dresses and makeup, but her family disapproved, even locking her in the house. eventually, she ran away from home to find a sense of freedom because aleppo was too old fashioned

A thread on some interesting Liberian history you may not have heard about before:


Did you know that without Liberia, the US & it’s allies would not have been able to produce enough rubber to win WW2? Firestone established the worlds largest rubber plantation there, providing much of the raw material for the Allied war effort at the expense of forced labor.

🧵: We have all seen those viral posts “Don't forget Congo!" or "Congo is bleeding," accompanied by videos or pictures of Congolese people in an unknown, disclosed location, right? But do many of us ACTUALLY know what’s happening in DRC, especially the East? #CongoIsBleeding


“The causes of the conflict in Congo are not ethnic or genetic. It's not minerals. The holocaust in Congo is political:

Political conflict between DRC, Rwanda, Uganda & their Western allies (US, UK, France, Belgium, etc). Political problems demand political solutions” #FreeCongo