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Amin Parsa
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Lost track of what I teach. Resisting deskilling.
Missing Shiraz daily.
Here is a good essay capturing the voice of the Iranian grassroots left, caught between internal oppression, external imperialism and those whom the Syrian writers once labelled ‘the idiot anti-imps’.
We Refuse to be “Geopolitical Others”
The U.S-Israeli killing machine has now extended its reach to Iran—and it is with profound grief that we write these words. This latest escalation unfolds alongside the ongoing genocide in Gaza and th...
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July 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I am full of tears, fear. But mainly ashamed of my relative safety being away from my Shiraz. I am worried to my core for my brother’s safety who is a worker in a refinery far away from home. Working 05-19 everyday. Getting paid once in four months, if ever.
June 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I wrote a short text on, politics of vision, lethal targeting and Palestine and CLT were kind to publish it.
A really superb piece by Amin Parsa: 'The key to understanding the impact of advanced visual technology of targeting... requires acknowledging how the laws of war themselves produce an ‘order of visibility’ in order to legitimize lethal violence' criticallegalthinking.com/2025/06/09/t...
The Politics of Vision, Targeting, and Palestine
‘The whole history of Palestinian struggle has to do with the desire to be visible.’ Edward Said On the evening of March 3rd, 1991, Rodney King, a
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June 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
🍞🌹Long Live 1 May
زنده‌باد اول ماه می.
#زن-زندگی-آزادی
May 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Reposted by Amin Parsa
We invite members to sign this open letter, written by colleagues based at Edge Hill, and we express our full solidarity with the affected comrade.
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Public Letter against Edge Hill Dismissal
20 January 2025 Dr John Cater Vice Chancellor Edge Hill University United Kingdom Dear Dr Cater, We are a group of academic scholars, judges and legal experts. We write to appeal against Edge Hil...
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January 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The same regime of laws conditioning female public/private presence in Iran bans female performance as sole/lead singer. Last night in a caravanserai, Parastoo Ahmadi and her band performed “an imaginary concert” for an audience to come. Brave, beautiful, subtle, nonchalant, serene #زن-زندگی-آزادی
کنسرت کاروانسرا با صدای پرستو احمدی
YouTube video by Parastoo Ahmadi
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December 12, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Reposted by Amin Parsa
This year’s final issue of the Leiden Journal of International Law, with an ILT symposium on Global South methodologies starring: @dimitrivdm.bsky.social Juliana Santos de Carvalho, Cristina Blanco Vizarreta, Idriss Paul-Armand Fofana, W.L. Cheah, Abdelghany Sayed

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