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amandla @tjAmandla Oct 5, 2025

For the first time, I'm writing about being forced to leave the US for my Palestine writing and activism.

ICE, Palantir, and Google were involved. My university @Cornell remains silent.

It's been a disorienting ordeal, but I stand by what I did.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

www.theguardian.com I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s... I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson

amandla @tjAmandla 7h

Fergie Chambers has his day in court:

“We have been focused on the most pertinent issue of the moment, whether that at different times has been racial justice in the United States, indigenous rights, environmental issues, or, in the case of 2023, the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”

My latest for @MiddleEastEye

middleeasteye.net/news/fergie-ch…

www.middleeasteye.net Fergie Chambers tells Spanish court Gaza is 'moral question of our time' American activist defends himself in court for the first time since being detained in July following a US extradition request

amandla @tjAmandla 1d

Almost halfway there, and that's down to every one of you who has given or shared. Momodou (@MomodouTaal) and I aren't going anywhere. Despite Cornell's behaviour, we're finishing what we started. Thank you.

Momodou ✊🏿 Verified account @MomodouTaal 1d

We’re almost halfway to our fundraising goal! The solidarity so far has been incredible.

Amandla (@tjAmandla) and I are determined to finish our PhDs despite losing our university funding.

Please consider donating or sharing. chuffed.org/project/200834…
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amandla @tjAmandla Oct 26

I look at French, Russian and now growing US influence within the countries that make up the Alliance of Sahel States (Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger) for @tribunemagazine

"By kicking the French out, the AES may appear to have decolonised their war; alongside their Russian allies, they have so far failed to decolonise the way it is fought."

tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/coup-b…

tribunemag.co.uk France’s African Shadow With France in revolt, its former colonies are too. In West Africa’s ‘coup belt’, leaders talk of sovereignty but neocolonialism is proving hard to avoid.

amandla @tjAmandla Oct 23

The Sahel states threw out France, brought in Russia, and are now courting Washington. For @tribunemagazine, I ask whether the Alliance of Sahel States has escaped neocolonialism or just changed landlords. 🧵
 tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/coup-b…

tribunemag.co.uk France’s African Shadow With France in revolt, its former colonies are too. In West Africa’s ‘coup belt’, leaders talk of sovereignty but neocolonialism is proving hard to avoid.

amandla

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