Nader Atassi
@naderatassi.bsky.social
Politics, economics, history, theory. تشاؤم العقل تفاؤل الإرادة
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43% of Democrats (52% of 18-29 voters) say foreign policy and Israel will play a role in their vote in the 2026 primaries. (81% say the economy and healthcare, of course.)
80% want to reduce support for Israel
74% want an arms embargo
72% say it's a genocide
65% want sanctions
80% want to reduce support for Israel
74% want an arms embargo
72% say it's a genocide
65% want sanctions
October 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
43% of Democrats (52% of 18-29 voters) say foreign policy and Israel will play a role in their vote in the 2026 primaries. (81% say the economy and healthcare, of course.)
80% want to reduce support for Israel
74% want an arms embargo
72% say it's a genocide
65% want sanctions
80% want to reduce support for Israel
74% want an arms embargo
72% say it's a genocide
65% want sanctions
Palestinians in Gaza are human beings entitled not only to life and security, but also to self-determination and political rights. Anyone who advocates for the militarized technocratic despotism that the Trump-Blair plan would put in place is rejecting all those basic premises.
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Palestinians in Gaza are human beings entitled not only to life and security, but also to self-determination and political rights. Anyone who advocates for the militarized technocratic despotism that the Trump-Blair plan would put in place is rejecting all those basic premises.
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Notice how in all int'l proposals for a "day after" in Gaza there is not even a pretense that Palestinians in Gaza should have a say in their own political future. No lip service even to self-determination or democratic rights.
November 19, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Notice how in all int'l proposals for a "day after" in Gaza there is not even a pretense that Palestinians in Gaza should have a say in their own political future. No lip service even to self-determination or democratic rights.
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As Netanyahu addresses the United Nations in New York City this morning, the world recoils in horror at the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
September 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
As Netanyahu addresses the United Nations in New York City this morning, the world recoils in horror at the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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And the world remains silent, almost 2 years into this horror
BREAKING: The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
UN food agency says its foods stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel's blockade
The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
And the world remains silent, almost 2 years into this horror
This new edited volume looks great. Chapters on energy history in colonial, anticolonial, and communist contexts. www.sup.org/books/politi...
Energy's History | Stanford University Press
Energy history is an approach to understanding the past that takes changes in the human exploitation of Earth's energies as its object of inquiry. This interdisciplinary field documents and analyzes h...
www.sup.org
April 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This new edited volume looks great. Chapters on energy history in colonial, anticolonial, and communist contexts. www.sup.org/books/politi...
Lots of rumors going around about Syria-Israel normalization. Israel has said it has no intention of ending Golan Heights occupation. US won’t push them either—Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over Golan in 2019. But no Syrian leader can capitulate on this issue & remain politically viable.
April 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Lots of rumors going around about Syria-Israel normalization. Israel has said it has no intention of ending Golan Heights occupation. US won’t push them either—Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over Golan in 2019. But no Syrian leader can capitulate on this issue & remain politically viable.
What could go wrong?
Turkey's Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat in a visit to Damascus calls for Turkish-Syrian economic integration modeled on NAFTA and EU www.enabbaladi.net/749553/%d8%a...
تركيا تنشد تكاملًا اقتصاديًا "قويًا" مع سوريا
تركيا تنشد تكاملًا اقتصاديًا مع سوريا.. إليك التفاصيل.
www.enabbaladi.net
April 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
What could go wrong?
Turkey's Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat in a visit to Damascus calls for Turkish-Syrian economic integration modeled on NAFTA and EU www.enabbaladi.net/749553/%d8%a...
تركيا تنشد تكاملًا اقتصاديًا "قويًا" مع سوريا
تركيا تنشد تكاملًا اقتصاديًا مع سوريا.. إليك التفاصيل.
www.enabbaladi.net
April 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Turkey's Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat in a visit to Damascus calls for Turkish-Syrian economic integration modeled on NAFTA and EU www.enabbaladi.net/749553/%d8%a...
This seems to have sent Lebanon into a spiral.
Reuters reporting that Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's $15m World Bank debt www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's World Bank debts, sources say
Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's debts to the World Bank, three people familiar with the matter said, paving the way for the approval of millions of dollars in grants for reconstruction and to support the country's paralysed public sector.
www.reuters.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This seems to have sent Lebanon into a spiral.
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I grew up with stories of the civil war. Many of those stories were connected to photos that hung on the walls of my dad's office or in his archives.
Here are a few
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
Here are a few
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
Lebanese Civil War began 50 years ago. Here’s how one photographer saw it
Award-winning photojournalist Claude Salhani documented his country’s war for nine years, until he had to turn away.
www.aljazeera.com
April 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I grew up with stories of the civil war. Many of those stories were connected to photos that hung on the walls of my dad's office or in his archives.
Here are a few
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
Here are a few
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
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Just returned from a trip to Syria. I visited the destroyed suburbs of Damascus - Jobar, Harasta, Arbeen, Douma, Yarmouk.
Nothing prepares you for the extent of the devastation - it goes on for miles.
If Syrians are to return home the sanctions must be lifted so that people can rebuild.
Nothing prepares you for the extent of the devastation - it goes on for miles.
If Syrians are to return home the sanctions must be lifted so that people can rebuild.
April 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just returned from a trip to Syria. I visited the destroyed suburbs of Damascus - Jobar, Harasta, Arbeen, Douma, Yarmouk.
Nothing prepares you for the extent of the devastation - it goes on for miles.
If Syrians are to return home the sanctions must be lifted so that people can rebuild.
Nothing prepares you for the extent of the devastation - it goes on for miles.
If Syrians are to return home the sanctions must be lifted so that people can rebuild.
Reuters reporting that Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's $15m World Bank debt www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's World Bank debts, sources say
Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's debts to the World Bank, three people familiar with the matter said, paving the way for the approval of millions of dollars in grants for reconstruction and to support the country's paralysed public sector.
www.reuters.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reuters reporting that Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria's $15m World Bank debt www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Katz keeps saying 'we will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon.' But what made southern Lebanon become southern Lebanon? www.dropsitenews.com/p/syria-occu...
Grassroots Resistance Builds Against Israeli Occupation of Southern Syria
Locals in southern Syria have begun taking up arms against an Israeli occupation of the region that began after the fall of the Assad regime.
www.dropsitenews.com
April 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Katz keeps saying 'we will not allow southern Syria to become southern Lebanon.' But what made southern Lebanon become southern Lebanon? www.dropsitenews.com/p/syria-occu...
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woke and DEI get removed, economy instantly crashes.
April 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
woke and DEI get removed, economy instantly crashes.
Syria's new constitutional declaration is said to be inspired by the 1950 Syrian Constitution. I wrote some belated thoughts on the different economic visions of these two documents and what that tells us. naderatassi.substack.com/p/the-spirit...
The Spirit of 1950?
Economic Aspects of Syria's New Constitutional Declaration
naderatassi.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Syria's new constitutional declaration is said to be inspired by the 1950 Syrian Constitution. I wrote some belated thoughts on the different economic visions of these two documents and what that tells us. naderatassi.substack.com/p/the-spirit...
Funny thing is this is probably what Israel fears most but due to their persistent aerial bombardments and aggressive expansionism in the south, they have all but guaranteed this outcome. www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-...
Turkey moves to take control of Syria’s strategic T4 air base: Sources
Ankara aims to use base to strike the Islamic State and deter Israeli aerial attacks in Syria, sources say
www.middleeasteye.net
April 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Funny thing is this is probably what Israel fears most but due to their persistent aerial bombardments and aggressive expansionism in the south, they have all but guaranteed this outcome. www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-...
Tariffs won't achieve any of their stated goals. Cheap imports didn't deindustrialize the US and they certainly won't reindustrialize it in two years. This is just Trump's personal dogma turned into disastrous policy, only consolation will be watching the rest of his party go down with the ship.
April 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Tariffs won't achieve any of their stated goals. Cheap imports didn't deindustrialize the US and they certainly won't reindustrialize it in two years. This is just Trump's personal dogma turned into disastrous policy, only consolation will be watching the rest of his party go down with the ship.
Welcome back protectionism starter pack
April 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Welcome back protectionism starter pack
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Keep The Meter Running: Ramadan Edition!
I hopped in a taxi with Kareem from Subway Takes and longtime cab driver Mouhamadou, who I went on hunger strike with in 2021 to win historic debt relief.
Here's an excerpt:
I hopped in a taxi with Kareem from Subway Takes and longtime cab driver Mouhamadou, who I went on hunger strike with in 2021 to win historic debt relief.
Here's an excerpt:
March 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Keep The Meter Running: Ramadan Edition!
I hopped in a taxi with Kareem from Subway Takes and longtime cab driver Mouhamadou, who I went on hunger strike with in 2021 to win historic debt relief.
Here's an excerpt:
I hopped in a taxi with Kareem from Subway Takes and longtime cab driver Mouhamadou, who I went on hunger strike with in 2021 to win historic debt relief.
Here's an excerpt:
Just got these, excited to read
March 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Just got these, excited to read