عمو حسام
@3arabawy.substack.com
In a dictatorship, independent journalism, by default, becomes a form of activism, and the spread of information is essentially an act of agitation.
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New podcast episode, where I reflect on @tgpeterson.bsky.social's book
How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency
French Pacification, Colonial Defeat, the Afterlife of Empire
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December 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
New podcast episode, where I reflect on @tgpeterson.bsky.social's book
Abolition as a Future We Build @haymarketbooks.org @rayacheson.bsky.social
Abolition as a Future We Build
A Review of Abolishing State Violence
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December 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Abolition as a Future We Build @haymarketbooks.org @rayacheson.bsky.social
Tomorrow, Thursday, I'm publishing a longread, where I reflect on Ray Acheson's book, published by @haymarketbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Tomorrow, Thursday, I'm publishing a longread, where I reflect on Ray Acheson's book, published by @haymarketbooks.org
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Israel Approves Major Gas Export Deal with Egypt
Egypt Security Sector Report
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December 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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🎧 A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages @haymarketbooks.org @rayacheson.bsky.social
A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages
Reflections on Ray Acheson’s vision for an abolitionist future
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December 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
🎧 A World Beyond Bombs, Borders, and Cages @haymarketbooks.org @rayacheson.bsky.social
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#OtD 18 Dec 1943 Milan fascist leader, Aldo Resega, was assassinated near his home by the Italian resistance. Part of the blackshirt squads of the 20s, Resega also fought in Mussolini's brutal imperial campaign in East Africa. More info, plus map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1113...
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
#OtD 18 Dec 1943 Milan fascist leader, Aldo Resega, was assassinated near his home by the Italian resistance. Part of the blackshirt squads of the 20s, Resega also fought in Mussolini's brutal imperial campaign in East Africa. More info, plus map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1113...
The Gavel and the Gun
The Gavel and the Gun
How Egypt's state was forged between courtrooms and barracks
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The Gavel and the Gun
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#OtD 17 Dec 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi, a young street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, set himself on fire in protest against the seizure of his goods by police. The next day, protests began which toppled the governmentt. The Arab Spring had begun stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8871...
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 17 Dec 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi, a young street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, set himself on fire in protest against the seizure of his goods by police. The next day, protests began which toppled the governmentt. The Arab Spring had begun stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8871...
🎧 New podcast episode dropping on Saturday @haymarketbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🎧 New podcast episode dropping on Saturday @haymarketbooks.org
Coming up this Thursday
December 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Coming up this Thursday
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PayPal's Jan 2026 update merges your income data (Hyperwallet) with your spending history to build a 'Financial Identity Graph'. They know what you earn AND what you buy. Purge your connected merchants now before the data starts flowing.
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
PayPal's Jan 2026 update merges your income data (Hyperwallet) with your spending history to build a 'Financial Identity Graph'. They know what you earn AND what you buy. Purge your connected merchants now before the data starts flowing.
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From Poultry Empires to Propaganda Tours: Militarization Creeps into Every Corner
Egypt Security Sector Report
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December 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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The Weight of Staatsräson @versobooks.bsky.social
The Weight of Staatsräson
How remembrance became a boundary in today’s Germany
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December 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The Weight of Staatsräson @versobooks.bsky.social
My review
Cairo Securitized
The City as a Laboratory of Freedom
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December 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My review
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The Democratic establishment committed a genocide and hasn’t had a truly democratic primary in over a decade. It’s filled with extremists. But Jeremiah likes those extremists, so he pretends Hasan Piker is the problem.
December 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The Democratic establishment committed a genocide and hasn’t had a truly democratic primary in over a decade. It’s filled with extremists. But Jeremiah likes those extremists, so he pretends Hasan Piker is the problem.
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#OtD 9 Dec 1987 the First Intifada of Palestinians against Israeli occupation began with a general strike, refusal to pay taxes, a boycott of Israeli institutions and riots which lasted until the early 1990s. Learn more in these books: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#OtD 9 Dec 1987 the First Intifada of Palestinians against Israeli occupation began with a general strike, refusal to pay taxes, a boycott of Israeli institutions and riots which lasted until the early 1990s. Learn more in these books: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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#OtD 9 Dec 1947 the Rawagede massacre was carried out by Dutch colonial troops in Indonesia, who executed 431 people: nearly every male aged over 15 in the village of Rawagede (now Balongsari). None of the killers were prosecuted stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1088...
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#OtD 9 Dec 1947 the Rawagede massacre was carried out by Dutch colonial troops in Indonesia, who executed 431 people: nearly every male aged over 15 in the village of Rawagede (now Balongsari). None of the killers were prosecuted stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1088...
And big warm hugs to the fabulous comrades at Haymarket Books <3
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
And big warm hugs to the fabulous comrades at Haymarket Books <3
My podcast is now available on Audible
3arabawy Podcast
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. The nexus of military, money, and the state 3arabawy.substack.com Hossam el-Hamalawy...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My podcast is now available on Audible
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Defense Showcase, Intelligence Controls, Mounting Economic Strain
Egypt Security Sector Report
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December 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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review coming up next week
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
review coming up next week
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#OtD 7 Dec 2006 27,000 textile factory workers went on wildcat strike in El-Mahalla, Egypt, kicking off a massive strike wave across the entire country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1069...
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#OtD 7 Dec 2006 27,000 textile factory workers went on wildcat strike in El-Mahalla, Egypt, kicking off a massive strike wave across the entire country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1069...
🎧 The Strikers Who Lit the Fuse
The Strikers Who Lit the Fuse
On Hesham Fouad’s powerful book about the workers who sparked a revolution
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December 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🎧 The Strikers Who Lit the Fuse