Sometimes we focus a lot on the negatives (and there are many) but god I would have loved this when I first started learning Arabic

A good addition to this critical work by Stephen Devereux at from @ids.ac.uk

www.ids.ac.uk/publications...

This could be a new Co-operative + Labour style merger, but socialists and greens,

Can’t see how else we win.

In Britain, I continue to think that the only way forward is if Jeremy Corbyn launches a new party, just to give it some basic momentum, and a few defections from the remaining left of the party, with a broad alliance from the start with the greens if not a combined new party

There’s also a direct causal line from the Iraq war to this exact moment. Utterly mad

We can put aside any points about HTS or their plans for Syria etc.

What this underscores is just the hypocrisy of “proscribing” organisations

What we know is aid — in its current form — isn’t helping to end crises. They keep growing. The US-led system functions to, at best, contain emergencies and exert influence, warding off other actors.

USAID attacks are bad, but let’s not pretend the old system was on the side of the angels.

Humanitarianism started as a collection of amateurs, often socialist as much as religious. Over time, it became increasingly reliant on donor states predominantly in the global north. Inevitably, this meant it become an expression of political power rather than humanity.