Samyak S
@samyakshree.bsky.social
international law academic | Marxism, Third World, Anti-Imperialism | he/him
Reposted by Samyak S
My review of Seth Harp’s The Fort Bragg Cartel, and thinking about the US special operators and their ties to drugs: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Laleh Khalili · Guns, Money and Opium
There is an undeniable symmetry between surges in drug use in the US and the country’s covert operations overseas. The...
www.lrb.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 4:54 PM
My review of Seth Harp’s The Fort Bragg Cartel, and thinking about the US special operators and their ties to drugs: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Reposted by Samyak S
It’s been predictable but still fascinating to witness the Final Form of these folks just being an evolution into the exact people they did a Revolutionary War to get away from
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It’s been predictable but still fascinating to witness the Final Form of these folks just being an evolution into the exact people they did a Revolutionary War to get away from
Reposted by Samyak S
Over 850 days since international journalists allowed into Gaza.
Over 250 Palestinian journalists killed in that same time.
No United Nations fact-finding or International Criminal Court investigators given access.
Judges, prosecutors, UN experts and Palestinian NGOs are instead sanctioned.
Over 250 Palestinian journalists killed in that same time.
No United Nations fact-finding or International Criminal Court investigators given access.
Judges, prosecutors, UN experts and Palestinian NGOs are instead sanctioned.
The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It’s time to change course
As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.
By Amos Brison
www.972mag.com/gaza-foreign...
As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.
By Amos Brison
www.972mag.com/gaza-foreign...
The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed
As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s foreign media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. It's time to change course.
www.972mag.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Over 850 days since international journalists allowed into Gaza.
Over 250 Palestinian journalists killed in that same time.
No United Nations fact-finding or International Criminal Court investigators given access.
Judges, prosecutors, UN experts and Palestinian NGOs are instead sanctioned.
Over 250 Palestinian journalists killed in that same time.
No United Nations fact-finding or International Criminal Court investigators given access.
Judges, prosecutors, UN experts and Palestinian NGOs are instead sanctioned.
Reposted by Samyak S
Very important point by Dirk Moses (shortened by me):
"Germany’s fixation on the Nazi regime locks actors into a catastrophic binary of absolute innocence and absolute evil.
Coming to terms with the Nazi past can't mean adopting its categorization of the world by simply inverting the value signs."
"Germany’s fixation on the Nazi regime locks actors into a catastrophic binary of absolute innocence and absolute evil.
Coming to terms with the Nazi past can't mean adopting its categorization of the world by simply inverting the value signs."
I answer critics of “Education after Gaza” here.
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
February 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Very important point by Dirk Moses (shortened by me):
"Germany’s fixation on the Nazi regime locks actors into a catastrophic binary of absolute innocence and absolute evil.
Coming to terms with the Nazi past can't mean adopting its categorization of the world by simply inverting the value signs."
"Germany’s fixation on the Nazi regime locks actors into a catastrophic binary of absolute innocence and absolute evil.
Coming to terms with the Nazi past can't mean adopting its categorization of the world by simply inverting the value signs."
Reposted by Samyak S
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
Reposted by Samyak S
In today’s episode, @nhold.bsky.social returns to discuss how deportation is unjustifiable state violence no matter one’s immigration status or citizenship, and how that violence is naturalized when demands are framed around who or what is “legal”
on.soundcloud.com/HjCstFKypwOY...
on.soundcloud.com/HjCstFKypwOY...
Deportation Is State Violence w/ Nate Holdren (Unlocked)
This episode was originally released December 1st for Death Panel patrons and is being unlocked today for the first time. To support the show and help make episodes like this one possible, become a pa
soundcloud.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
In today’s episode, @nhold.bsky.social returns to discuss how deportation is unjustifiable state violence no matter one’s immigration status or citizenship, and how that violence is naturalized when demands are framed around who or what is “legal”
on.soundcloud.com/HjCstFKypwOY...
on.soundcloud.com/HjCstFKypwOY...
Reposted by Samyak S
As always the British fuck the people they colonised, ethnically cleansed, displaced, and abandoned, but this time for the even more pathetic reason that Starmer wants to lick Trump boots.
www.ft.com/content/9c6d...
www.ft.com/content/9c6d...
Talks with US over Chagos Islands deal have reopened, confirms Keir Starmer
London raises subject with Washington after stinging criticism from Trump
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:50 AM
As always the British fuck the people they colonised, ethnically cleansed, displaced, and abandoned, but this time for the even more pathetic reason that Starmer wants to lick Trump boots.
www.ft.com/content/9c6d...
www.ft.com/content/9c6d...
Reposted by Samyak S
Does a “reform” further empower your enemies or take power and resources away from them? Some of you need to sit with this question.
January 27, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Does a “reform” further empower your enemies or take power and resources away from them? Some of you need to sit with this question.
Reposted by Samyak S
An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas on Saturday, with around 1,000 immigrants detained in the facility — many of them children — chanting “Libertad” and “Let us go,” according to an attorney who witnessed the event.
Immigrant Children Lead Uprising at Texas Detention Center
The immigrant jail, where many children are detained, has “horrible” conditions, including “putrid” drinking water.
truthout.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas on Saturday, with around 1,000 immigrants detained in the facility — many of them children — chanting “Libertad” and “Let us go,” according to an attorney who witnessed the event.
Reposted by Samyak S
At @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, @michael-macher.bsky.social examines the bipartisan origins of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Enforcement Regime | Michael Macher
Trump's immigration crackdown marks a dramatic change in the domestic security apparatus, yet its origins lie in a longstanding bipartisan consensus.
www.phenomenalworld.org
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
At @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, @michael-macher.bsky.social examines the bipartisan origins of Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Reposted by Samyak S
Just a week ago, Shaat was celebrating his marriage
“We don’t have much time for joy,” he wrote, but “thank god, who allowed us to have our wedding party.”
“Today, I return once again to my work and national duty in the field of journalism,” he said.
“We don’t have much time for joy,” he wrote, but “thank god, who allowed us to have our wedding party.”
“Today, I return once again to my work and national duty in the field of journalism,” he said.
Israel killed three Palestinian journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, including a freelance cameraman who contributed to CBS News. The network's president, Tom Cibrowski, let staff know at a meeting this morning, noting that Abdul Raouf Shaat had just been married. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
Israel kills 3 journalists in Gaza, including CBS News contributor
The journalists were killed Wednesday in a strike on their car in central Gaza. Israel’s military said it struck “several suspects” who were operating a drone.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Just a week ago, Shaat was celebrating his marriage
“We don’t have much time for joy,” he wrote, but “thank god, who allowed us to have our wedding party.”
“Today, I return once again to my work and national duty in the field of journalism,” he said.
“We don’t have much time for joy,” he wrote, but “thank god, who allowed us to have our wedding party.”
“Today, I return once again to my work and national duty in the field of journalism,” he said.
Reposted by Samyak S
Re: Trump seizure of Venezuelan oil and its sale via traders Vitol and Trafigura means that the money goes into a Qatari bank account and out of the hand of Venezuela’s creditors. Vitol and Trafigura have been big donors to Trump. So, the oil capture benefits *some* capitalists, but not others.
January 19, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Re: Trump seizure of Venezuelan oil and its sale via traders Vitol and Trafigura means that the money goes into a Qatari bank account and out of the hand of Venezuela’s creditors. Vitol and Trafigura have been big donors to Trump. So, the oil capture benefits *some* capitalists, but not others.
Reposted by Samyak S
Central bank independence and financial market reaction appear to be two more supposed liberal bulwarks against fascism which have, shockingly, failed.
January 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Central bank independence and financial market reaction appear to be two more supposed liberal bulwarks against fascism which have, shockingly, failed.
Reposted by Samyak S
My theory on this is that X isn't just an informational safe space / bubble for political / media elites - it's a *moral* bubble as well.
Journalists and politicians are basically losing any moral reaction to child abuse because they now digitally reside inside an app that creates that abuse
Journalists and politicians are basically losing any moral reaction to child abuse because they now digitally reside inside an app that creates that abuse
In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?
January 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
My theory on this is that X isn't just an informational safe space / bubble for political / media elites - it's a *moral* bubble as well.
Journalists and politicians are basically losing any moral reaction to child abuse because they now digitally reside inside an app that creates that abuse
Journalists and politicians are basically losing any moral reaction to child abuse because they now digitally reside inside an app that creates that abuse
Reposted by Samyak S
Glad to see people noticing that the work of violence workers is, in fact, political violence.
January 11, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Glad to see people noticing that the work of violence workers is, in fact, political violence.
Reposted by Samyak S
Don’t engage with Zionists on social media. Don’t give air to the bots to breathe: www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-al...
Netanyahu, allies using armies of bots to influence social media discourse – report
Accounts run from foreign countries said to like and share posts by PM, other politicians within seconds, even though videos they're sharing take minutes to actually watch
www.timesofisrael.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Don’t engage with Zionists on social media. Don’t give air to the bots to breathe: www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-al...
Reposted by Samyak S
If you think the elections in November are going to fix this you are delusional. Every year, regardless of leadership, ICE’s budget went up, every year our borders became more violent. This is an escalation yes, but a chapter of a much longer novel.
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
If you think the elections in November are going to fix this you are delusional. Every year, regardless of leadership, ICE’s budget went up, every year our borders became more violent. This is an escalation yes, but a chapter of a much longer novel.
Reposted by Samyak S
The respectability policing that goes on after cops or federal agents (who are also cops, y'all) kill someone is always unbearable. Dissecting the actions of the victim, putting them on trial when they cannot defend themselves, declaring they should have done this or that. Did they deserve to die?!
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The respectability policing that goes on after cops or federal agents (who are also cops, y'all) kill someone is always unbearable. Dissecting the actions of the victim, putting them on trial when they cannot defend themselves, declaring they should have done this or that. Did they deserve to die?!
Reposted by Samyak S
it is sort of interesting watching Europe try to thread the needle of “Greenland belongs to its people” and “well it actually belongs to Denmark”
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 AM
it is sort of interesting watching Europe try to thread the needle of “Greenland belongs to its people” and “well it actually belongs to Denmark”
Reposted by Samyak S
“Make sure you run the next imperialist coup by congress first,” is not actually a good response to this
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
“Make sure you run the next imperialist coup by congress first,” is not actually a good response to this
Reposted by Samyak S
How you manufacture consent.
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 2:17 PM
How you manufacture consent.
Reposted by Samyak S
Just a reminder that the Confederacy had big plans to expand into Central and South America. Some of its traitors fled to Cuba and elsewhere after losing. White supremacy has always been transnational
Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
January 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Just a reminder that the Confederacy had big plans to expand into Central and South America. Some of its traitors fled to Cuba and elsewhere after losing. White supremacy has always been transnational
Reposted by Samyak S
European states/govs are not failing to condemn US actions in Venezuela because they love Trump, or are US 'vassals' or colonies.
They are imperialist powers in an imperialist system! Whilst they DO align with the US, it's not like defending peripheral sovereignty is their imperative otherwise.
They are imperialist powers in an imperialist system! Whilst they DO align with the US, it's not like defending peripheral sovereignty is their imperative otherwise.
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 AM
European states/govs are not failing to condemn US actions in Venezuela because they love Trump, or are US 'vassals' or colonies.
They are imperialist powers in an imperialist system! Whilst they DO align with the US, it's not like defending peripheral sovereignty is their imperative otherwise.
They are imperialist powers in an imperialist system! Whilst they DO align with the US, it's not like defending peripheral sovereignty is their imperative otherwise.
Reposted by Samyak S
Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
Reposted by Samyak S
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.