James Robins
@jamesrobins.bsky.social
THE DREADNOUGHT www.thedreadnought.news
Amateur hack. Words also in New Republic, TLS, Verso, Vulture, etc
Amateur hack. Words also in New Republic, TLS, Verso, Vulture, etc
Pinned
James Robins
@jamesrobins.bsky.social
· Apr 29
"A searing indictment of the brutality and atrocities inflicted on the Palestinians of Gaza and the collaboration of powerful nations in their murder."
Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful is out in the US today! Hurry to your nearest (independent, preferably) bookstore.
Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful is out in the US today! Hurry to your nearest (independent, preferably) bookstore.
I was interviewed by the good comrades at @jacobinmag.bsky.social about Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful: Israel's Extermination of Gaza
As the Israeli assault in Gaza approaches the two-year mark, the extent of Israel’s crimes becomes clearer by the day.
So too does the complicity of other countries who have refused to uphold international law.
So too does the complicity of other countries who have refused to uphold international law.
How International Law Disintegrated in Gaza
As the Israeli assault in Gaza approaches the two-year mark, the extent of Israel’s crimes becomes clearer by the day. So too does the complicity of other countries who have refused to uphold international law.
jacobin.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was interviewed by the good comrades at @jacobinmag.bsky.social about Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful: Israel's Extermination of Gaza
"My bones ache from being stepped on, but I have to do it for my children."
'Maybe we'll eat sand'
What starvation is like
www.thedreadnought.news
August 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"My bones ache from being stepped on, but I have to do it for my children."
If anyone ever tells you 'Hamas could end this war today if they released the hostages' - send them this
A skeleton need not speak.
It only needs to present its bones to make you a liar.
On the myth of Israel’s ‘war aims’ and how the nightmare is sustained by lying:
It only needs to present its bones to make you a liar.
On the myth of Israel’s ‘war aims’ and how the nightmare is sustained by lying:
‘They won’t return for a hundred years’
The war depends on lying
www.thedreadnought.news
July 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If anyone ever tells you 'Hamas could end this war today if they released the hostages' - send them this
A skeleton need not speak.
It only needs to present its bones to make you a liar.
On the myth of Israel’s ‘war aims’ and how the nightmare is sustained by lying:
It only needs to present its bones to make you a liar.
On the myth of Israel’s ‘war aims’ and how the nightmare is sustained by lying:
‘They won’t return for a hundred years’
The war depends on lying
www.thedreadnought.news
July 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A skeleton need not speak.
It only needs to present its bones to make you a liar.
On the myth of Israel’s ‘war aims’ and how the nightmare is sustained by lying:
It only needs to present its bones to make you a liar.
On the myth of Israel’s ‘war aims’ and how the nightmare is sustained by lying:
The experience of the past twenty months has taught Israel’s politicians and its officers impunity: there is no action they could order that goes too far, no strategy they can dream up that might be too extreme.
Here is the plan for Gaza's annihilation
What 'voluntary emigration' really means
www.thedreadnought.news
July 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The experience of the past twenty months has taught Israel’s politicians and its officers impunity: there is no action they could order that goes too far, no strategy they can dream up that might be too extreme.
Here's my interview with @avasantina.bsky.social & @politicsjoe.bsky.social talking about Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful
Journalist deconstructs US/UK complicity in Gaza conflict | James Robins interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
www.youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Here's my interview with @avasantina.bsky.social & @politicsjoe.bsky.social talking about Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful
This “humanitarian” regime is not benevolent, nor the heartbroken sympathy of the world for a people on the brink of annihilation.
It is a new phase of that annihilation, an instrument of Israeli policy to dominate Gaza.
On the new aid plan, for @newrepublic.com
It is a new phase of that annihilation, an instrument of Israeli policy to dominate Gaza.
On the new aid plan, for @newrepublic.com
There Is Nothing “Humanitarian” About Israel’s New Gaza Aid Plan
Yes, Israel is letting some food into Gaza. But only so it can more efficiently brutalize its people.
newrepublic.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This “humanitarian” regime is not benevolent, nor the heartbroken sympathy of the world for a people on the brink of annihilation.
It is a new phase of that annihilation, an instrument of Israeli policy to dominate Gaza.
On the new aid plan, for @newrepublic.com
It is a new phase of that annihilation, an instrument of Israeli policy to dominate Gaza.
On the new aid plan, for @newrepublic.com
The bare rancour in Israeli rhetoric since it unilaterally broke the January ceasefire will only seem freshly terrifying to anyone who hasn’t been paying attention. This is not a “mask off” moment. The mask was never on.
This is not a ‘mask off’ moment
The mask was never on
www.thedreadnought.news
May 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The bare rancour in Israeli rhetoric since it unilaterally broke the January ceasefire will only seem freshly terrifying to anyone who hasn’t been paying attention. This is not a “mask off” moment. The mask was never on.
Reposted by James Robins
Review of new book "Six Minutes to Winter" by @marklynas.bsky.social:
"My generation of millennials was the first to spend their childhoods in relative innocence, largely free from warnings of nuclear apocalypse...The threat never went away."
"My generation of millennials was the first to spend their childhoods in relative innocence, largely free from warnings of nuclear apocalypse...The threat never went away."
Review | The threat of nuclear annihilation demands our immediate attention
In “Six Minutes to Winter,” Mark Lynas explores the lasting threat and true horror of nuclear weapons.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Review of new book "Six Minutes to Winter" by @marklynas.bsky.social:
"My generation of millennials was the first to spend their childhoods in relative innocence, largely free from warnings of nuclear apocalypse...The threat never went away."
"My generation of millennials was the first to spend their childhoods in relative innocence, largely free from warnings of nuclear apocalypse...The threat never went away."
Reposted by James Robins
Wonderful and expansive review of my book Six Minutes to Winter by @jamesrobins.bsky.social in the @washingtonpost.com. "Two options remain: deterrence or annihilation. How long do we have before the former gives way to the latter?" washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Review | The threat of nuclear annihilation demands our immediate attention
In “Six Minutes to Winter,” Mark Lynas explores the lasting threat and true horror of nuclear weapons.
washingtonpost.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wonderful and expansive review of my book Six Minutes to Winter by @jamesrobins.bsky.social in the @washingtonpost.com. "Two options remain: deterrence or annihilation. How long do we have before the former gives way to the latter?" washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
"Annihilation is unthinkable. It is not nearly as unthinkable as allowing our present suspension to continue...These weapons are the worst thing humans have made, the worst we could ever make."
My debut in the @washingtonpost.com on @marklynas.bsky.social's urgent new book
My debut in the @washingtonpost.com on @marklynas.bsky.social's urgent new book
Review | The threat of nuclear annihilation demands our immediate attention
In “Six Minutes to Winter,” Mark Lynas explores the lasting threat and true horror of nuclear weapons.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Annihilation is unthinkable. It is not nearly as unthinkable as allowing our present suspension to continue...These weapons are the worst thing humans have made, the worst we could ever make."
My debut in the @washingtonpost.com on @marklynas.bsky.social's urgent new book
My debut in the @washingtonpost.com on @marklynas.bsky.social's urgent new book
Seeing as we're all giving Douglas Murray a good kicking at the moment, I've unlocked my piece from last year on this twinky quisling, this bargain-bin Moseley, and his stupid, evil project
Douglas Murray vs the tall trees
“Did you ever in your puff see such a perfect perisher?”
www.thedreadnought.news
May 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Seeing as we're all giving Douglas Murray a good kicking at the moment, I've unlocked my piece from last year on this twinky quisling, this bargain-bin Moseley, and his stupid, evil project
"A searing indictment of the brutality and atrocities inflicted on the Palestinians of Gaza and the collaboration of powerful nations in their murder."
Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful is out in the US today! Hurry to your nearest (independent, preferably) bookstore.
Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful is out in the US today! Hurry to your nearest (independent, preferably) bookstore.
April 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"A searing indictment of the brutality and atrocities inflicted on the Palestinians of Gaza and the collaboration of powerful nations in their murder."
Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful is out in the US today! Hurry to your nearest (independent, preferably) bookstore.
Blowing Up Everything is Beautiful is out in the US today! Hurry to your nearest (independent, preferably) bookstore.
Reposted by James Robins
Even before Trump made his insane and annihilatory demand to kick Palestinians out of Gaza, the ceasefire was already headed for collapse.
This is how it happened -
This is how it happened -
Who killed the ceasefire?
What really happened
www.thedreadnought.news
April 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Even before Trump made his insane and annihilatory demand to kick Palestinians out of Gaza, the ceasefire was already headed for collapse.
This is how it happened -
This is how it happened -
Even before Trump made his insane and annihilatory demand to kick Palestinians out of Gaza, the ceasefire was already headed for collapse.
This is how it happened -
This is how it happened -
Who killed the ceasefire?
What really happened
www.thedreadnought.news
April 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Even before Trump made his insane and annihilatory demand to kick Palestinians out of Gaza, the ceasefire was already headed for collapse.
This is how it happened -
This is how it happened -
Why are the Democrats suddenly so mad?
Because Trump interfered with the imperatives of empire, and one of the core principles of the one-party consensus was broken: the duty to inflict massive violence at will, and to do so with your mouth shut.
Because Trump interfered with the imperatives of empire, and one of the core principles of the one-party consensus was broken: the duty to inflict massive violence at will, and to do so with your mouth shut.
This is what they're mad about?
Groupchat bombing and the imperatives of empire
www.thedreadnought.news
March 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Why are the Democrats suddenly so mad?
Because Trump interfered with the imperatives of empire, and one of the core principles of the one-party consensus was broken: the duty to inflict massive violence at will, and to do so with your mouth shut.
Because Trump interfered with the imperatives of empire, and one of the core principles of the one-party consensus was broken: the duty to inflict massive violence at will, and to do so with your mouth shut.
"History doesn’t need survivors. But the living strands are being cut. With them to the wind goes a tangible memory of the combat necessary to bring about the destruction of fascism."
On the passing of the last Battle of Britain veteran
On the passing of the last Battle of Britain veteran
A coda for the few
John Hemingway, 1919-2025
www.thedreadnought.news
March 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"History doesn’t need survivors. But the living strands are being cut. With them to the wind goes a tangible memory of the combat necessary to bring about the destruction of fascism."
On the passing of the last Battle of Britain veteran
On the passing of the last Battle of Britain veteran
Reposted by James Robins
The nightmare begins again. How did we get to this point?
BLOWING UP EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL: ISRAEL'S EXTERMINATION OF GAZA is now available for pre-order: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publi...
BLOWING UP EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL: ISRAEL'S EXTERMINATION OF GAZA is now available for pre-order: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publi...
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The nightmare begins again. How did we get to this point?
BLOWING UP EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL: ISRAEL'S EXTERMINATION OF GAZA is now available for pre-order: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publi...
BLOWING UP EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL: ISRAEL'S EXTERMINATION OF GAZA is now available for pre-order: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publi...
The nightmare begins again. How did we get to this point?
BLOWING UP EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL: ISRAEL'S EXTERMINATION OF GAZA is now available for pre-order: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publi...
BLOWING UP EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL: ISRAEL'S EXTERMINATION OF GAZA is now available for pre-order: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publi...
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The nightmare begins again. How did we get to this point?
BLOWING UP EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL: ISRAEL'S EXTERMINATION OF GAZA is now available for pre-order: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publi...
BLOWING UP EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL: ISRAEL'S EXTERMINATION OF GAZA is now available for pre-order: www.skyhorsepublishing.com/arcade-publi...
"The question needs to be turned around. Not 'Why did you stick to your guns?' but '"Why did you give up your guns so easily?'"
My latest on Tariq Ali's late career and tending the radical flame, for @thetls.bsky.social
My latest on Tariq Ali's late career and tending the radical flame, for @thetls.bsky.social
Tariq Ali laments the ‘decline of the street-fighting left’
Pally with Bertrand Russell and Mick Jagger, begging to get on the roof of a house in Hanoi to shoot at the final futile waves of Operation Rolling
www.the-tls.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"The question needs to be turned around. Not 'Why did you stick to your guns?' but '"Why did you give up your guns so easily?'"
My latest on Tariq Ali's late career and tending the radical flame, for @thetls.bsky.social
My latest on Tariq Ali's late career and tending the radical flame, for @thetls.bsky.social
They told you what they were doing while they did it.
Thrilled (and humbled) to announce my book on the Gaza nightmare will be out in April
Thrilled (and humbled) to announce my book on the Gaza nightmare will be out in April
February 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
They told you what they were doing while they did it.
Thrilled (and humbled) to announce my book on the Gaza nightmare will be out in April
Thrilled (and humbled) to announce my book on the Gaza nightmare will be out in April
reupping this for no particular reason and definitely not because it says something about the band of rubes who rule us
"You’re either in the circle, guarded behind the closed door, or you’re out there, a victim, somewhere in the wastes of America, or wherever, doing your dying uncompensated."
I wrote about Michael Clayton, a masterpiece with the gift of prophecy -
www.thedreadnought.news/p/a-fifty-bu...
I wrote about Michael Clayton, a masterpiece with the gift of prophecy -
www.thedreadnought.news/p/a-fifty-bu...
A fifty buck cab ride to nowhere
Michael Clayton, revisited
www.thedreadnought.news
January 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
reupping this for no particular reason and definitely not because it says something about the band of rubes who rule us
Reposted by James Robins
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
#SaveThePCC
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...
Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.
For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below;
you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...