Ayman Makarem
@aymanmak.bsky.social
Anarcho-anxious. Writer and Video Essayist from Beirut.
Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/@Pol_Dep
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Ayman Makarem
@aymanmak.bsky.social
· Oct 8
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Campist leftist politics is uniquely vile towards exiled communities, from Syrians to Venezuelans. The moment these groups fail to perform “correctly” in unfolding political crises, their identity is stripped away & replaced with smears.
Such accusations are so predictable at this point.
Such accusations are so predictable at this point.
January 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Campist leftist politics is uniquely vile towards exiled communities, from Syrians to Venezuelans. The moment these groups fail to perform “correctly” in unfolding political crises, their identity is stripped away & replaced with smears.
Such accusations are so predictable at this point.
Such accusations are so predictable at this point.
And just as Benjamin said 80 years ago, fascism is the aestheticization of politics.
One of Trump's objectives in the assault on Venezuela was to post a photograph of Nicolás Maduro in chains—echoing the photographs of those abducted by ICE.
Rather than offering improvements in anyone's economic conditions, he peddles the vicarious thrill of identifying with jailers and torturers.
Rather than offering improvements in anyone's economic conditions, he peddles the vicarious thrill of identifying with jailers and torturers.
US President Trump has posted a photo on his Truth Social account showing President Nicolas Maduro on board the US warship USS Iwo Jima after the leader's capture following strikes on Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
And just as Benjamin said 80 years ago, fascism is the aestheticization of politics.
Mobsters. Its a press conference with mobsters. Mobsters with obscene power.
January 3, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Mobsters. Its a press conference with mobsters. Mobsters with obscene power.
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Video shows Saudi-backed forces advancing towards the Yemeni city of Mukalla, seizing new areas in Hadramout.
The push comes amid escalating clashes with the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC), as rival forces battle for control across southern Yemen.
The push comes amid escalating clashes with the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC), as rival forces battle for control across southern Yemen.
January 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Video shows Saudi-backed forces advancing towards the Yemeni city of Mukalla, seizing new areas in Hadramout.
The push comes amid escalating clashes with the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC), as rival forces battle for control across southern Yemen.
The push comes amid escalating clashes with the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC), as rival forces battle for control across southern Yemen.
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the complete plundering of venezuela is beginning, i cannot believe this
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
the complete plundering of venezuela is beginning, i cannot believe this
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Who needs CBS when Reuters can do state propaganda just as well?
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Who needs CBS when Reuters can do state propaganda just as well?
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marco rubio is such a dumb bitch
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
marco rubio is such a dumb bitch
"Whose gonna be running Venezuela exactly?"
Trump proceeds to immediately talk about oil.
Trump proceeds to immediately talk about oil.
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
"Whose gonna be running Venezuela exactly?"
Trump proceeds to immediately talk about oil.
Trump proceeds to immediately talk about oil.
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As the world mourns the loss of Mohammad Bakri, The New Arab remembers his profound impact on Palestinian cinema and the legacy of resistance he leaves behind ⬇️
Mohammad Bakri: A tribute to the titan of Palestinian cinema
As the world mourns the loss of Mohammad Bakri, The New Arab remembers his profound impact on Palestinian cinema and the legacy of resistance he leaves behind
www.newarab.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 AM
As the world mourns the loss of Mohammad Bakri, The New Arab remembers his profound impact on Palestinian cinema and the legacy of resistance he leaves behind ⬇️
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Today's quick update [Dec 31]:
- RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) shelling resumes on the city of Dilling, South Kordofan (red); prelim reports indicate civilian deaths and casualties.
- RSF drone strike on Alsamasim area between Dilling and Kadugli (blue).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) shelling resumes on the city of Dilling, South Kordofan (red); prelim reports indicate civilian deaths and casualties.
- RSF drone strike on Alsamasim area between Dilling and Kadugli (blue).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
January 1, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Today's quick update [Dec 31]:
- RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) shelling resumes on the city of Dilling, South Kordofan (red); prelim reports indicate civilian deaths and casualties.
- RSF drone strike on Alsamasim area between Dilling and Kadugli (blue).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- RSF/SPLM-N (Alhilu) shelling resumes on the city of Dilling, South Kordofan (red); prelim reports indicate civilian deaths and casualties.
- RSF drone strike on Alsamasim area between Dilling and Kadugli (blue).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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Please say “ethnic cleansing” when posting this stuff because that’s what they’re broadcasting. They’re broadcasting plans to engage in ethnic cleansing.
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
![@DHSgov on X: The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.
[Image of a beach] America after 100 million deportations](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreiccvipzc5mayvbrzoo3cxhkp2iayuhphh4grk6lziqajuk7d2leee@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Please say “ethnic cleansing” when posting this stuff because that’s what they’re broadcasting. They’re broadcasting plans to engage in ethnic cleansing.
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Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Writes Netanyahu Strongly Worded Check
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Today's quick update [Dec 27]:
- Sudan Doctors Network: over 200 people killed on ethnic grounds by RSF in Ambro, Abu Gamra and Serba, North Darfur (red).
- RSF attack reported on Aldankoj, North Kordofan (blue).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Sudan Doctors Network: over 200 people killed on ethnic grounds by RSF in Ambro, Abu Gamra and Serba, North Darfur (red).
- RSF attack reported on Aldankoj, North Kordofan (blue).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
December 28, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Today's quick update [Dec 27]:
- Sudan Doctors Network: over 200 people killed on ethnic grounds by RSF in Ambro, Abu Gamra and Serba, North Darfur (red).
- RSF attack reported on Aldankoj, North Kordofan (blue).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Sudan Doctors Network: over 200 people killed on ethnic grounds by RSF in Ambro, Abu Gamra and Serba, North Darfur (red).
- RSF attack reported on Aldankoj, North Kordofan (blue).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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And to be clear, I’ve repeated for the past several years been clear in my work and been vocal in my videos repeatedly that Zionism is a ideology that requires the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and Israel is a settler colonial project attempting a genocide.
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
And to be clear, I’ve repeated for the past several years been clear in my work and been vocal in my videos repeatedly that Zionism is a ideology that requires the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and Israel is a settler colonial project attempting a genocide.
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The metaphors are getting ripe.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The metaphors are getting ripe.
Two videos in one. I review my youtube channel over 2025 and thoughts moving forward for next year. AND. I review this very funny Lebanese boycott McDonalds that opened up last year. Come for one, stay for both.
youtu.be/dpMFJTSEd8k
youtu.be/dpMFJTSEd8k
Channel Review 2025
YouTube video by Politically Depressed
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Two videos in one. I review my youtube channel over 2025 and thoughts moving forward for next year. AND. I review this very funny Lebanese boycott McDonalds that opened up last year. Come for one, stay for both.
youtu.be/dpMFJTSEd8k
youtu.be/dpMFJTSEd8k
take no pleasure in being the one to do this, but theres a pretty big active boycott against stranger things (nd netflix in general) nd its v disheartening to see comrades break it nd ignore it (esp in light of one of its stars rabid zionism).
There’s some real good & cool stuff in Stranger Things Season 5, but I can’t help but feel like it wastes so much time. It feels like 5 hours of story spread out over 10 hours. I desperately don’t need 2 scenes per episode of Netflix-mandated verbal exposition for those watching while vacuuming.
December 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
take no pleasure in being the one to do this, but theres a pretty big active boycott against stranger things (nd netflix in general) nd its v disheartening to see comrades break it nd ignore it (esp in light of one of its stars rabid zionism).
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Alaa is here! Wonderful Christmas news
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Alaa is here! Wonderful Christmas news
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I see some people talking about the anti-AI crusade going too far and I just...... This is not a Twitter cancelation campaign we are fighting a war with the richest and most powerful people who have ever existed, who've sunk the GDP of a nation into poisoning Black
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
December 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I see some people talking about the anti-AI crusade going too far and I just...... This is not a Twitter cancelation campaign we are fighting a war with the richest and most powerful people who have ever existed, who've sunk the GDP of a nation into poisoning Black
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Israel jets over Lebanon, drones over Beirut. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Israel jets over Lebanon, drones over Beirut. Merry Christmas!
I need yall to know that this is still the best essay written about the current German mind. You won't get it anywhere else and really speaks to the heart (or should I say, subconscious) of rising German racism and die-hard support for Israel.
I just read this yesterday and it just blows my mind that hating Germany isn't just the common sense position lol.
German Redemption Theology
Jerusalem, 18 March 2008.
criticalmuslim.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I need yall to know that this is still the best essay written about the current German mind. You won't get it anywhere else and really speaks to the heart (or should I say, subconscious) of rising German racism and die-hard support for Israel.
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Almost as shocking as the normalization of the Gazan genocide: the criminalization of dissent to that genocide throughout Europe and the US.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard
Two other people held on suspicion of criminal damage after protest at insurance company’s offices
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Almost as shocking as the normalization of the Gazan genocide: the criminalization of dissent to that genocide throughout Europe and the US.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
damn i couldnt hve written it better. this was def my experience with chomsky. its a hard thing to break out of too.
The fact that Chomsky is an intro into left-wing politics for so many is itself really very problematic, because he essentially politicises people into proto-campist positions
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
damn i couldnt hve written it better. this was def my experience with chomsky. its a hard thing to break out of too.