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Artist. Author of DRAWING BLOOD + coauthor of BROTHERS OF THE GUN (National Book Award Longlist). Words: NYT, NYRB, Rolling Stone 🇵🇷 مهووسة باللغة العربية

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    Jul 4

    A little over a year ago and I wrote a book about the Syrian revolution, war and ISIS. It was long listed for a National Book Award and remains my proudest artistic creation Go buy a copy

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    3 hours ago

    At least 300 Syrian refugees including children were forcibly deported from in the past two days. The Turkish authorities violate the international laws by forcing these civilians to return to a war zone and put their lives in risk. Stop deportation.

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    12 hours ago

    Poets are gathering tomorrow (Sunday) to protest in Puerto Rico. Join us/RT!

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    Jul 20

    is deporting Syrians especially in Istanbul city. Witnesses report that the Turkish police is insulting Syrian refugees and beating them in case they refuse deportation. This video shows a group of Syrian refugees and their hands are tied.

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    5 hours ago

    Turkey closes last of 6 border posts & pushes back massive numbers of Syrian refugees (2015), starts killing & injuring large numbers trying to cross (2016), stops registering those who cross (2017) & now apparently starts mass deportations from Istanbul

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    Jul 19

    Once it’s clear most Jews refuse to make Aliyah or become GOP-voting black hats, and in fact most Jews will continue to reside (quite loudly) on the US or European left or center-left, many members of the Trumpian or European Right base will probably take a darker turn...4/x

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    Jul 19

    Abolish the Electoral College.

    Analysis: Hillary Clinton got 2.9M more votes than Donald Trump in the 2016 election, but Trump comfortably prevailed in the Electoral College. It's possible in 2020 that he could win 5M fewer votes than his opponent…
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    Jul 20

    n r living in fear since the authorities’ campaign 2 deport those who failed 2 get the Refugee Temporary Protection ID, although most of the provinces r not issuing ones!so u r not allowed 2 get 1 & r being punished 4 that by being forced 2 go back 2 !

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    10 hours ago

    Nothing is more corrupt, morally & otherwise than instituted by PROMESA, which u voted for: An unelected board of Wall Street friendlies to rule 's budget, kill transparency & implement an extremist neoliberal agenda of austerity and privatized education

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    I’m in Puerto Rico in solidarity with my fellow Americans protesting the corruption that has been going on here for far too long. I share the people’s demand for the resignation of the governor and an end to the widespr…
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  10. 11 hours ago

    Case. In. Point.

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  11. 12 hours ago

    This racism is evident in people of all political backgrounds, in AKP or CHP. The worst part is that otherwise right-thinking Turkish people do so little to challenge it. Where were the condemnations of the anti-Syrian pogrom in Istanbul a few weeks ago?

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  12. 12 hours ago

    I think of all my Syrian friends in Turkey - brilliant, kind and generous people who went through hell and rebuilt their lives in a new place, through hard work, only to be met by unconscionable, unchallenged racism on every strata of society.

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  13. 12 hours ago

    In Istanbul, police are rounding up, jailing and deporting Syrians , including kids, back to a war zone, all for not having a residency permit (which Turkey been refusing Syrians for a while). No one better dare try and justify this.

    Here is one of the deported people, Amro Daaboul, sharing his story (English and Arabic)
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    13 hours ago

    Might be worth noting here that the firm Buttigieg used to work for, McKinsey & Co., has made a killing telling Puerto Rico to dismantle state services and screw over working class Puerto Ricans

    It’s time for Governor Rosselló to resign and allow the process of healing to begin. Now more than ever, Puerto Ricans deserve a leader they can trust. The people of Puerto Rico have my full support.
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    19 hours ago

    Tulsi Gabbard voted for PROMESA, which established the neocolonial fiscal control board that wrecked the island with austerity, and that Puerto Rican protesters are fighting against P.S. Bernie voted against - and denounced -PROMESA.

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    Join me in calling on all Democrats running for President to come here to Puerto Rico and show support for our fellow Americans here who are taking a stand against corruption. We must stand up against corruption, even when that…
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    21 hours ago

    Glenn Greenwald and David Miranda are effectively imprisoned in their home, leaving only under armed guard, fearing for their children's lives — the cost of exposing the biggest political scandal in Brazil's history, with its democracy on a knife's edge.

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    18 hours ago

    Around 300 Syrians have been forcibly returned to Syria from Turkey today. Among those are children.

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    16 hours ago

    🚨 Someone submitted pics 2 that show alleged cops getting dressed as protesters and later dropped off by a black SUV in San Juan to join demonstrations. Rumors of cops infiltrating the demonstrations have been circulating since the 1st day.

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    18 hours ago

    “ICE raids are taking place in sectors w/ immigrant populations, mainly Dominican communities. This is a reflection of the racist / trumpist policy on the US border. In times of chaos we have to also seed that in the PR we need, no human being is illegal.”

    Se están dando redadas de ICE en sectores de población inmigrante, principalmente dominicana. Esto responde a la política racista/trumpista en la frontera EEUU. En estos tiempos de rupturas tenemos que plantear también que en el PR que necesitamos ningún ser humano es ilegal.
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    19 hours ago

    The trauma of colonialism and corruption is passed on from generation to generation, no matter whether you're in Puerto Rico or abroad. All of us are fighting the same monsters.

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    Jul 19

    Today I was verbally assaulted in the grocery store by a white man who told me I was a lazy SOB and to go back to where I came from bc I had to many items in the express lane. My husband wasn’t there to defend me because he is on Active Duty serving the country I came from USA!

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