TEN MONTHS IN: The national debt is higher. The trade deficit is wider. The inflation rate has worsened. The unemployment rate is up.

this thread is unbelievable

Nice to see The Guardian @theguardian.com finally noticing that Matthew Goodwin is racist. Must’ve missed the memo when they ran his book promo in 2023. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... cf. @jdportes.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social

To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015 What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?

Sounds to me like someone could end this mess by just presenting him with a policy practically identical to Obamacare, but call it "Trumpcare" and tell him it is an AMAZING ADVANCE and GREAT CHANGE from the EVIL OBAMACARE

Yesterday I gave a talk on my book in the University of Barcelona.

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La primera resena en America Latina: "un libro muy revelador ... muchas de las observaciones del autor son agudas y clarificadoras" Miedo, refugio y venganza: el retorno del nacionalismo. Por Héctor Soto www.ex-ante.cl/miedo-refugi...

The latest ASEN newsletter is out now at mailchi.mp/asen/oct2025, with info on our #asen2026 conference, upcoming events, and recent publications :)

For those who have followed the fallout from the Filia conference: southallblacksisters.org.uk/news/sbs-sta...

Mi entrevista en @elperiodico.com "La gente no solo está desencantada y cansada. ¡Para empezar, no les importaban tanto estas cosas!”, apunta Umut Özkirimli, autor de ‘Cancelados’, investigador senior en @ibei.org y asociado en @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social" amp.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cu...

NEW: Riyadh’s comedy festival and video game investments are aimed at Saudis first — the “whitewashing” frame and Western outrage say more about us than them, writes @kshaheen.bsky.social in @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/spotlight/sa...

Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

We’ll be out in Barcelona, too, please add to your map! And Madrid also has a protest planned @demsabroad.bsky.social - if you’re in Barcelona, please join us to protest tyranny next Saturday. Noon, Plaça Sant Jaume. People of all nationalities & speaking any language welcome, bienvenido, Benvingut!

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is divided between its realists like, Mamdani and AOC, and fundamentalists who disagree over whether or not the DSA should continue to run and win with the Democratic Party. From Harold Meyerson: trib.al/OkUjgfd

jacobin.com/2025/10/pale... So much wisdom in this conversation: "without focusing on that broader working-class agenda & without focusing on winning over people who don’t already agree with you ... how [will you] build enough power to... change US policy toward Israel and the Middle East”

ICYMI: @umutozkirimli.bsky.social is working on a fourth edition of his seminal Theories of Nationalism and is crowdsourcing publications that should be covered in it. Do you know of any? Head to asen.ac.uk/theorieso... to submit them!

Do you know of any publications, including forthcoming publications, that would be relevant to an updated Theories of Nationalism? If you have any you would like to share, head on over to asen.ac.uk/theorieso...! 5/5

This is where you come in. While Umut’s core research is largely complete, he wants to ensure this edition is as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. ASEN is helping crowdsource as wide a base as possible of research, case studies, and perspectives from around the world. 4/5

Twenty-five years on, Umut is working on a revised and expanded fourth edition. The new edition will be a fully-fledged textbook with new features such as Key Concepts and Case Study boxes. 3/5

@umutozkirimli.bsky.social’s seminal work, Theories of Nationalism, has been a standard text for students of nationalism at all levels since its first edition in 2000. 2/5

A fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism? 1/5

Do you know of any publications, including forthcoming publications, that would be relevant to an updated Theories of Nationalism? If you have any you would like to share, head on over to asen.ac.uk/theorieso...! 5/5

This is where you come in. While Umut’s core research is largely complete, he wants to ensure this edition is as comprehensive and up-to-date as possible. ASEN is helping crowdsource as wide a base as possible of research, case studies, and perspectives from around the world. 4/5

Twenty-five years on, Umut is working on a revised and expanded fourth edition. The new edition will be a fully-fledged textbook with new features such as Key Concepts and Case Study boxes. 3/5

@umutozkirimli.bsky.social’s seminal work, Theories of Nationalism, has been a standard text for students of nationalism at all levels since its first edition in 2000. 2/5

A fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism? 1/5

Some unexpected but exciting news: after eight years away from the field, I am returning to nationalism studies. The first stop in what will be a three-book marathon is the fourth edition of Theories of Nationalism, forthcoming with @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social 1️⃣

Sickening. So much of the post-WW2 German political establishment and culture retained the depraved roots - and many of the individuals - that led to that war. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The opening event of the Barcelona Summer School 2025 is now available to stream online. "Protest in the Middle East" w/ Neil Ketchley, Monica Marks and Yezid Sayigh at CCCB @ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social www.cccb.org/en/multimedi...

Luca Can Özkirimli Larsson 18.03.2013 - 05.07.2018... 05.07.2025 💚

Halfway through, the Barcelona Summer School 2025 has already turned into a blast of ideas, debates, and late-night conversations, leaving everyone both exhausted and exhilarated for what's still to come. @iemed.bsky.social @ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social

"Syria's Morning After: Who Owns the Revolution" Public lecture by Fawaz Gerges (London School of Economics), with Yezid Sayigh (Carnegie Endowment for Intrenational Peace) Join us at 18:30. Free admission Venue: IEMed (Carrer de Girona, 20, L'Eixample, 08010 Barcelona)

Attended a very interesting discussion at Barcelona’s CCCB on Protest in the Middle East, featuring Fred Halliday winner Neil Ketchley, @monicamarks.bsky.social & @yezidsayigh.bsky.social. It’s the kickoff to Barcelona Summer School of Mediterranean & Middle East led by @umutozkirimli.bsky.social

With the right tag @fawazgerges.bsky.social

Let the brainstorming begin. With @FawazGerges in Barcelona. Join us tomorrow at CCCB www.cccb.org/en/activitie... @ibei.org @blanquerna.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social #BarcelonaMEDMENA

Here’s the exact address for the location (CCCB) on Google Maps. Thanks so much to @umutozkirimli.bsky.social for putting this together! maps.app.goo.gl/kv3xUQPteshc...

In Barcelona? You’re warmly welcome at a panel I’ll be on 6:30pm tomorrow (Monday) evening. It’s titled “The Future of the Middle East” & I’ll be speaking alongside the wonderful Neil Ketchley from Oxford & Carnegie’s @yezidsayigh.bsky.social. We’ll be doing Q&A too! Address below ⬇️

Part II of my reflections on the Women’s March on Washington 2017, or how the Right won. 🩷 Social justice battles unfold in the streets and at the ballot box, and precisely there, the Left has been stumbling. Subscribe to Partisan for free. umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/the-womens...

Part I of my trilogy on the Women’s March on Washington 2017, or how the Right won. 🩷 Behind the signs and chants was a deeper, more combustible question: what does it mean to be a woman, and who gets to decide? Subscribe to Partisan for free. umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/the-womens...

My new Substack, Partisan, post: "A Love Like No Others". 🔮 And then there’s the quiet, slow horror of realizing this is his life. Not a chapter. Not a detour. The whole story. You can subscribe to Partisan for free. umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/a-love-lik...

📢 Join us for the opening of the Barcelona Summer School of the Middle East & Mediterranean! 🗓 30 June 2025, 18:30–20:30 📍CCCB | Free Neil Ketchley, Yezid Sayigh & Monica Marks on protest & the future of MENA. More: cccb.org/en/activitie...

Stop teaching international law. Seriously. In a world where genocide gets standing ovations and civilian bombings earn diplomatic nods, it’s just fiction on the syllabus. If IR departments won’t drop it, students should boycott the classes—or call it what it is: academic fraud.

Stop teaching international law. Seriously. In a world where genocide gets standing ovations and civilian bombings earn diplomatic nods, it’s just fiction on the syllabus. If IR departments won’t drop it, students should boycott the classes—or call it what it is: academic fraud.

Professor @fawazgerges.bsky.social joined @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on @newlinesmag.bsky.social’s podcast to discuss his new book, The Great Betrayal: The Struggle for Freedom and Democracy in the #MiddleEast. 🎧 newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-... @lsemiddleeast.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PoliSky

My new Substack, Partisan post - this time on “Echoes Within”. Subscribe to Partisan for free. 🎹 "Because Echoes itself is precisely this: a patient, deliberate effort at connection, threading through all those parts we set aside in order to function." umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/echoes-wit...

“Here at the midpoint of the world, / in this salt, in this half-wave / I write my name.” Pablo Neruda bit.ly/BarcelonaSum... @monicamarks.bsky.social @yezidsayigh.bsky.social @solerlecha.bsky.social @laurentalfonso.bsky.social @iemed.bsky.social @catalunyaintl.bsky.social @ibei.org

Last chance to benefit from the early bird discount. Register on or before June 2, Monday, and get a 10%. ‼️ Special discount of 20% for IBEI and Blanquerna students and alumni. ‼️ Multiple discounts for participants taking more than one course. For more details, see: 🔗 bit.ly/BarcelonaSum...

Yet another highly personal piece, "Black" - dedicated to Eddie Vedder and @pearljam.com. Some songs have significance only fleetingly ... But suddenly, for reasons you can’t quite articulate, they become tethered to a specific sliver of your life. umutozkirimli.substack.com/p/black