@soumayamajdoub
/Neo-Khaldunian scholar in critical demography and environmental thought /Decolonial and eco-feminist, obviously /Scientific Advisor Just Transition /Climate Justice Advocate /Author of ‘Consuming Like Rabbits.The Persistent Myth of Overpopulation’
I think we should allow Trump to choose Iran’s next leader as long as the rest of us can choose America’s. Because it’s clearly far too important a job to be left in the hands of Americans.
"It’s hard to come up with any other explanation for the way the ruling class go into panic mode the moment there's any sign of mass mobilisation, and especially mass direct action, and usually try to distract attention by starting some kind of war."
- David Graeber
We remain remarkably, dangerously ignorant of such histories, treating every event as if it came out of the blue. Again and again our governments wade in, with their bombs and missiles and special forces, and congratulate themselves on their strategic brilliance, only to create further crisis.
This is a classic example of Imperial Blowback. Foreign powers, seeking to shape the world to their demands, destabilise and overthrow popular governments, with results that - sometimes many decades later - come back to bite them in the nethers.
This is what fuelled the revolutionary movement that overthrew him in 1979. Many of the revolutionaries cited the 1953 coup as their primary motivation. They wanted their country back. Instead they got another brutal, undemocratic regime, presided over by the ayatollahs.
Mosaddegh was a very popular prime minister, and his nationalisation policy was widely supported. But the loss of Britain's loot could not be tolerated. The US and UK reinstated the Shah, Reza Pahlavi, whose only means of sustaining his deeply unpopular regime was extreme cruelty and repression.
In 1953, at Churchill's instigation, and with his assistance, the CIA launched two coups against the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mosaddegh, the 2nd of which succeeded. Why? Because he rightly sought to nationalise Iran's oil supplies, which the UK was taking: seizing Iran's wealth.
I don't know how to clip a segment (sorry), but the bit I really want you to watch starts at 29'10". It's about the deep roots of the attack on Iran and why it's just as well Starmer is "no Winston Churchill". I'm surprised this aspect isn't more widely discussed. 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Rightly so! Good luck!
Who profits from an energy crisis in the wake of the war on Iran?
The 1%.
Thanks @nytimes.com @hclairebrown.bsky.social for covering our research.
Link to coverage: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/c...
Link to our article:www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Isranazis and the US are the curse of the Middle East
Care to disclose the calorie intake? 😁
I was born in an Iranian prison. My parents were held in their jails. My uncles lie in their mass graves. Nothing you can tell me about the crimes of the Iranian regime that I haven't lived in blood and bone. That doesn't mean I want my people bombed, maimed, killed, their homes in ruins. If your vision of liberation comes only through the destruction of innocent lives, then it's not freedom you're after. Sahar Delijani, Iranian author
I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds.
I support neither imperialism or dictatorship.
Sahar Delijani said it best:
We are - worldwide - terrorized by the Axis of Evil and their imperialist agenda. All my support to the beautiful people of Iran.
I’m truly sorry for you!!
Is this even real?? WTF?!
It’s the opposite I’m afraid, with all the s*** out there it’s really hard to concentrate on work…
Very unexpected. I’m curious to find out what the catch is…
What in the cerebral acrobatics is this??
Wait until you try pea protein 🤢
For all of us in Europe looking for a postdoc or professor position…good luck I guess?
Oh wow, I need this. Now!
Wie spreekt er voor de Aarde? In mijn nieuwe essay in @sampolmaandblad.bsky.social stel ik de vraag hoe diplomatie eruitziet als we ook rivieren, bossen, ecosystemen en toekomstige generaties vertegenwoordigen.
#CuerpoTerritorio #PlanetaryDiplomacy #Anthropocene
www.sampol.be/2026/01/wie-...
Mental acrobatics…
Amazing how the fear of people on the move is bigger than the fear of the immediate consequences of climate change…
It’s now time to exclude Israel from the UN. Articles 5 & 6 could be evoked. Even if it's vetoed by the Security Council, the General Assembly can vote to remove Israel. Such flagrant violations of international law & UN principles must stop. #UN #Israel #unrwa
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us.
The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
Not a surprise that things are not going well - wealth inequality is skyrocketing - 46 Swedes own more than what ca 80% of the Swedish population have.
You can die in peace. But not yet.