shaun
@saintshaun.bsky.social
likes movies and reading books, mainly novels and political theory. currently learning English and French.
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@saintshaun.bsky.social
· Oct 15
Donate to A Little Help to Keep a Roof Over My Head, organized by Saint S
I’m facing homelessness soon after losing my cleaning job a few months ago. Since th… Saint S needs your support for A Little Help to Keep a Roof Over My Head
www.gofundme.com
please help or share if you can. barely ate for days and im currently homeless as well.
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Here's a quick episode on what the upcoming class on Lebanon (starting Jan 2026) is about and how you can register
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Here's a quick episode on what the upcoming class on Lebanon (starting Jan 2026) is about and how you can register
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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Listen. Lebanon is complicated. Like really complicated. But if you have any hope of understanding it's history and politics, its by attending elia's masterclass. I've followed his writings for over 10 years and he has one the most insightful, resourced, and intersectional understandings out there.
Here's a quick episode on what the upcoming class on Lebanon (starting Jan 2026) is about and how you can register
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Listen. Lebanon is complicated. Like really complicated. But if you have any hope of understanding it's history and politics, its by attending elia's masterclass. I've followed his writings for over 10 years and he has one the most insightful, resourced, and intersectional understandings out there.
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Cover art by Sara Qaed
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Cover art by Sara Qaed
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Our handbook has a page on the publisher site :)
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
www.bloomsbury.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Our handbook has a page on the publisher site :)
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
(Available open access! Dont mind the price!)
www.bloomsbury.com/us/ib-tauris...
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A friend of mine and his family's home were destroyed by Israel exactly one year ago today. They are still displaced to this day. He set up this fundraiser to be able to cover basic essentials. Please please support him.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...
Donate to Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War, organized by Elise Hagan
Dear angels of hope and kind souls.
My name is Ali from Lebanon. My family and I lo… Elise Hagan needs your support for Help Us Rebuild Our Home After War
www.gofundme.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A friend of mine and his family's home were destroyed by Israel exactly one year ago today. They are still displaced to this day. He set up this fundraiser to be able to cover basic essentials. Please please support him.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-re...
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I rly need ppl who are simping hard for Mamdani AND those who are bashing those who are simping to accept one thing: revolution will never come from the top. It's not about the person, its the structures.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I rly need ppl who are simping hard for Mamdani AND those who are bashing those who are simping to accept one thing: revolution will never come from the top. It's not about the person, its the structures.
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New video out now! I talk about the many different (though often intertwined) crises in Lebanon at the moment.
youtu.be/dFBE7NeDKdA
youtu.be/dFBE7NeDKdA
The Multi-Level Crises of Lebanon
YouTube video by Politically Depressed
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New video out now! I talk about the many different (though often intertwined) crises in Lebanon at the moment.
youtu.be/dFBE7NeDKdA
youtu.be/dFBE7NeDKdA
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i am once again thinking about my favorite ever excerpt from our yiddish textbook
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
i am once again thinking about my favorite ever excerpt from our yiddish textbook
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Long-ish read but super essential. The inability for the Western Left to stand in solidarity with the Syrian Revolution presents a rupture that is still widening. There needs to be a reckoning if we're ever to build a real, tangible internationalism.
spectrejournal.com/rethinking-t...
spectrejournal.com/rethinking-t...
Rethinking the Syrian Revolution – Spectre Journal
Robert Francis challenges the exclusive geopolitical focus fueling skepticism on the Western left towards the Syrian Revolution, arguing for an anti-imperialism built on solidarity.
spectrejournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Long-ish read but super essential. The inability for the Western Left to stand in solidarity with the Syrian Revolution presents a rupture that is still widening. There needs to be a reckoning if we're ever to build a real, tangible internationalism.
spectrejournal.com/rethinking-t...
spectrejournal.com/rethinking-t...
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Hey y'all, will soon start an online class on Lebanese history and politics.
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hey y'all, will soon start an online class on Lebanese history and politics.
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
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New article out now with @smokegatherer.bsky.social and Nasir Almasri on the Palestinian movement and demobilization. We look at the protests of 2021, the unity intifada, and their aftermath on the structure of the movement. Hopefully the 1st of a few articles on this topic
doi.org/10.3167/cont...
doi.org/10.3167/cont...
November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New article out now with @smokegatherer.bsky.social and Nasir Almasri on the Palestinian movement and demobilization. We look at the protests of 2021, the unity intifada, and their aftermath on the structure of the movement. Hopefully the 1st of a few articles on this topic
doi.org/10.3167/cont...
doi.org/10.3167/cont...
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Great article on @intrrgum.bsky.social about how engaging in precarious jobs impacts migrant labourers.
interregnum.ghost.io/from-the-gro...
interregnum.ghost.io/from-the-gro...
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Great article on @intrrgum.bsky.social about how engaging in precarious jobs impacts migrant labourers.
interregnum.ghost.io/from-the-gro...
interregnum.ghost.io/from-the-gro...
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Familiarize yourself with the term Campist. This is basically what a lot of us mean when we talk sht about Tankies. It's a rly dangerous way of thinking that honestly is setting us back so much from actually combatting fascism, imperialism, capitalism, etc.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campism
Campism - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Familiarize yourself with the term Campist. This is basically what a lot of us mean when we talk sht about Tankies. It's a rly dangerous way of thinking that honestly is setting us back so much from actually combatting fascism, imperialism, capitalism, etc.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campism
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The new issue of the Made in China Journal is out! This time we explore what it means to come of age in China today, at a moment when the paths to adulthood are increasingly uncertain, yet the pressure to succeed remains relentless. Download the whole issue at madeinchinajournal.com/2025/10/27/b...
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The new issue of the Made in China Journal is out! This time we explore what it means to come of age in China today, at a moment when the paths to adulthood are increasingly uncertain, yet the pressure to succeed remains relentless. Download the whole issue at madeinchinajournal.com/2025/10/27/b...
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🚨 The @unesco.org just released volumes 9, 10, 11 of its monumental “General History of Africa”, a massive project launched 60 years ago with a clear goal: to tell the history of Africa from an African perspective. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨 The @unesco.org just released volumes 9, 10, 11 of its monumental “General History of Africa”, a massive project launched 60 years ago with a clear goal: to tell the history of Africa from an African perspective. www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
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The siege of al-Fasher in Sudan by the RSF militia has been on-going for 18 months now. Famine has set. People are suffering. If the city falls, untold atrocities will unfold. The resistance committee of al-Fasher wrote a statement 2 days ago. I read it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wJU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wJU...
A Letter from a Besieged People
YouTube video by Politically Depressed
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The siege of al-Fasher in Sudan by the RSF militia has been on-going for 18 months now. Famine has set. People are suffering. If the city falls, untold atrocities will unfold. The resistance committee of al-Fasher wrote a statement 2 days ago. I read it out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wJU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wJU...
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- Local sources indicate food has completely run out in Elfashir "after [...] RSF completed its encirclement of the city with the earthen barriers."
- SAF airstrikes reported in Nyala, South Darfur (green).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- SAF airstrikes reported in Nyala, South Darfur (green).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
- Local sources indicate food has completely run out in Elfashir "after [...] RSF completed its encirclement of the city with the earthen barriers."
- SAF airstrikes reported in Nyala, South Darfur (green).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- SAF airstrikes reported in Nyala, South Darfur (green).
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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I made this video 4 days ago.
As of today, Elfashir has completely run out of food, and the earthen barriers RSF have been building around the city are now complete.
Oh, and RSF drones struck a town in Khartoum State and another in Northern State.
In case anyone gaf.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
As of today, Elfashir has completely run out of food, and the earthen barriers RSF have been building around the city are now complete.
Oh, and RSF drones struck a town in Khartoum State and another in Northern State.
In case anyone gaf.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
@bsonblast.bsky.social with a weekly report on the state of Sudan.
I’m so glad she’s doing this, because mainstream media doesn’t seem to give a fuck 🫠 people need to know!
I’m so glad she’s doing this, because mainstream media doesn’t seem to give a fuck 🫠 people need to know!
October 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I made this video 4 days ago.
As of today, Elfashir has completely run out of food, and the earthen barriers RSF have been building around the city are now complete.
Oh, and RSF drones struck a town in Khartoum State and another in Northern State.
In case anyone gaf.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
As of today, Elfashir has completely run out of food, and the earthen barriers RSF have been building around the city are now complete.
Oh, and RSF drones struck a town in Khartoum State and another in Northern State.
In case anyone gaf.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
please help or share if you can. barely ate for days and im currently homeless as well.
www.gofundme.com/f/57q2f-a-li...
www.gofundme.com/f/57q2f-a-li...
Donate to A Little Help to Keep a Roof Over My Head, organized by Saint S
I’m facing homelessness soon after losing my cleaning job a few months ago. Since th… Saint S needs your support for A Little Help to Keep a Roof Over My Head
www.gofundme.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
please help or share if you can. barely ate for days and im currently homeless as well.
www.gofundme.com/f/57q2f-a-li...
www.gofundme.com/f/57q2f-a-li...
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Yangyang Cheng is one of them most astute, insightful, and sensitive writers chronicling the political, cultural, and technological life of China today. I am so honored that she took the time to read and review these two novels by Fang Fang.
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Yangyang Cheng is one of them most astute, insightful, and sensitive writers chronicling the political, cultural, and technological life of China today. I am so honored that she took the time to read and review these two novels by Fang Fang.
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...
chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...
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At 83, Tova Moradi fled the Taliban with the help of Israelis. From her new home in Canada, she recounts her story of forced marriage and a lifetime of hiding to Freshta Jalalzai, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Little-Known Story of Afghanistan’s Last Jew
Tova Moradi, who was forced to flee Kabul, recalls her religious roots, a girlhood interrupted and the love she still carries
newlinesmag.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
At 83, Tova Moradi fled the Taliban with the help of Israelis. From her new home in Canada, she recounts her story of forced marriage and a lifetime of hiding to Freshta Jalalzai, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Christian nationalists are not against state control. They are pro-authoritarianism and censorship, and habitually promote and implement anti-liberty policies in power. They simply don't like any state that isn't run by them or people like them. Don't ever believe their rhetoric.
I get that you are correct but I can't wrap my mind around it.
Xian nationalists are anti-state control. Why on earth would they like another state's dictator?
Are they REALLY going with- "but Putin belongs to the Russian Orthodox church so it's cool"
Xian nationalists are anti-state control. Why on earth would they like another state's dictator?
Are they REALLY going with- "but Putin belongs to the Russian Orthodox church so it's cool"
October 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Christian nationalists are not against state control. They are pro-authoritarianism and censorship, and habitually promote and implement anti-liberty policies in power. They simply don't like any state that isn't run by them or people like them. Don't ever believe their rhetoric.
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Michelle King on two accessible new books on Taiwan that, fittingly, treat its history as of great interest for its own sake lareviewofbooks.org/article/one-... ...read the essay along w/this lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-de... & this lareviewofbooks.org/article/move... work well as a Taiwan trilogy
One Island, Many Histories | Los Angeles Review of Books
Michelle T. King reviews Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison’s “Revolutionary Taiwan” and Anna Beth Keim’s “Heaven Does Not Block All Roads.”
lareviewofbooks.org
August 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Michelle King on two accessible new books on Taiwan that, fittingly, treat its history as of great interest for its own sake lareviewofbooks.org/article/one-... ...read the essay along w/this lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-de... & this lareviewofbooks.org/article/move... work well as a Taiwan trilogy