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For some reason I can’t attach an image of the paragraph where he says “Trump spoke to leaders from two main Iranian Kurdish factions in Iraq - Masoud Barazani and Bafel Talabani” it appears to have been edited now

Incredible piece from Barak Ravid, who seems to think Barzani is Rojhelati and later on fails to distinguish between KDP/ PUK peshmerga and the SDF. You’ll never convince me the outlet that can’t write a paragraph isn’t using ai.
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@jamesstout.bsky.social I cant wait to get reading ❤️

Death and freedom in Iran. | James Stout Get more from James Stout on Patreon

I wrote a little bit about the long history of the US asking people to rise up in Iran and Kurdistan and then leaving them to die. www.patreon.com/posts/152084...

None of the rojhelati parties have significant us involvement. PJAK is sanctioned

Using that uniornically would really be something

They played it in desert storm iirc

Iran is bombing Rojhelati Kurdish forces inside southern Kurdistan. PAK and PDKI, and Komala bases inside Başur were hit with IRGC drone strikes today.

Love to see people getting the book

Photo of a book by James Stout called Against the State

It has arrived!

"Against the State is part memoir, part history, part journalism, and all together essential reading."
- Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social

Against The State - Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar & Rojava
- James Stout
@jamesstout.bsky.social

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We are going to find out, in the coming days and weeks, that someone has misused Rock the Casbah. I want to say right now that it’s the worst Clash song and Joe Strummer cried when they last used it as a soundtrack to bombing the Middle East.

This is not how you go about liberating people or building a democracy

Man, Heartbreaking. rest in peace

Believes

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I’m now hearing up to 80 students. I’m sure those kids will be presented as threats somehow, but they’re little children with hopes and dreams and people who loved them and they're the exact people who are used tokenisitically in demands for regime change.

Israel. Relieves in the power of assasination, but the Iranian state is a structure that so many benefit from and that so many more fear. Taking out one or several people won’t change that.

There was a general strike here last month. There’s genuine support for a change of regime here and all over Iran but you don’t get that with air strikes, all that brings is death.

Lives

Exactly this. I find the idea that life’s outside the USA can be sacrificed to distract from a domestic story repugnant. It’s an example of the navel gazing self centered politics that is somewhat responsible for where we are

Aaah thanks Jen

a road in Chin State leading to mountain ridge, low buildings at side. title: The Mountain People: An Update on Revolution in Chin State, 2025

1. This (recent) History Thread is about situation in Chin State, Burma (Myanmar) during 2025, based on my new Project Maje report "The Mountain People: An Update on Revolution in Chin State, 2025" www.projectmaje.org/chin_report_... #WhatsHappeningInChinState 🌄 #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 🌿

Outdoor access survey | James Stout Get more from James Stout on Patreon

I am trying to get back to doing a bit of guiding / consulting with folks on their outdoor plans because I am teaching less now and that has left me pretty broke. I also really love helping people get outdoors. I made a little poll to see what people are interested in www.patreon.com/posts/outdoo...

How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.

When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast.

They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...

Los therian llevan tiempo entre nosotros

*checks tracking*

Yay! My copy of Against the State by @jamesstout.bsky.social is currently in transit!

I think they pulled it off a tv appearance like 5 years ago 😂

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

NEW: Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils & paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

By @mckenziefunk.com @micarosenberg.bsky.social