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samar al-bulushi

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Political Anthropologist, Prof @UCIrvine, study militarism, geopolitics, East Africa, Red Sea, South-South relations & solidarities.
Long Beach, CA sup.org/books/title/?i… Joined February 2010
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I wrote about the Kenya protests, noting that US/NATO's growing reliance on Kenya to protect Western interests in Haiti, Somalia, AND the Red Sea (amidst the blockade led by Yemen's Houthi government) means that the US is likely to shield Ruto at all costs.jacobin.com/2024/07/kenya-…
jacobin.com The Global Stakes of Kenya’s Protests Protests in Kenya that began last month over higher taxes continue to rock the country. They have exposed the fissures running through its facade of stability, from its massive debts to the role it...
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South Africa is witnessing a coordinated campaign of xenophobic violence. There's an urgent need to support families fleeing their homes in the midst of armed right-wing attacks. Abahlali baseMjondolo & Congolese Solidarity Campaign are on the front lines: chuffed.org/project/stand-…
chuffed.org Support Migrants Facing Far-Right Xenophobia Terror in South Africa Right now, South Africa is witnessing a coordinated campaign of xenophobic violence — led by March and March, a Durban-based anti-migrant organisation aligned with the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP),...
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Read this on AFRICOM's deadly strike in Somalia last November. As @Jethro_Norman says, Trump's anti-Somali rhetoric..."gives a tacit green light to the military commanders that Somalis are now dehumanised. They’re being sent the message: ‘Go ahead, these lives don’t matter.’”
Mohamed Gabobe @Mohamed_Gabobe Jun 16
My latest joint investigation with @TownsendMark for The @guardian on the deadliest #US drone strike in #Somalia under the #Trump administration which killed 12 civilians, including 8 children. The #Americans also bombed a Quran school in the same attack.
theguardian.com/global-develop…
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Looking forward to this conversation in London next week!
PANEL EVENT: Securing The Future? War and Peace in a Warming World

Join us at London Climate Week with @samar42, Adrienne Buller, Adam Hanieh, @GuillaumeLong and Lorah Steichen.

🗓️ Fri 26 June

⏰ 6.30-8.30PM

📍 Science Gallery, London, SE1 9GU

🎟️ luma.com/ohafnco9
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