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Inderjeet Parmar
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London Academic- Tracking the American Empire’s foreign policy establishment and its forging through wars and imperial international system building, and its crises; role of Trump and Trumpism in US and globally

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Inderjeet Parmar is a professor of international politics, and head of the Department of International Politics at City, University of London and an Honorary Research Fellow (Politics) at the University of Manchester. He is past president of British International Studies Association and Vice Chairman of the British International Studies Association, where he formerly served as Treasurer. He has been described as "an obligatory reference point on the history of social science, international relations and US foreign policy." .. more

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2h
"Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 4h
Disturbing details emerge about Paul Doyle:
“Paul Doyle, The Liverpool Rammer, was far from the family man he was said to be,
He followed and adored Nigel Farage and Andrew Tate on Twitter and also followed Elon Musk and was a MAGA and Trump supporter”. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Disturbing Paul Doyle twist that casts doubt on 'family man' claims
Before he carried out his atrocious Liverpool attack, Paul Doyle was reportedly well thought of by friends and neighbours. But his social media activity appears to show the "fantastic" family man in a...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
josepagliery.bsky.social Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 11h
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.

Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.

www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 11h
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.

Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.

www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12h
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 17h
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Detroit Students Fight To Save Classmates Kidnapped By ICE - PopularResistance.Org
Detroit, Illinois - A wave of anger and mobilization is sweeping through Detroit following the detention of two 16-year-old high school students and their families by Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 1d
Because the survivors of the “drug" boat attack were defenseless (unable to protect themselves or fight back) ordering their murder is a war crime under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Restoring the rule of law will require court-martialing, convicting & imprisoning those issuing such orders.

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Alon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 2d
Bigot. Did your Jewish ancestors who came to America, found a new home, opportunity and assimilated “import their society” or recreated “the terrors of their broken homelands?”
Would you dare say the same about Italian Americans? Irish Americans? You’d fit right in 1938 Nuremberg, on the German side

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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 5d
thewire.in/world/mamdan... -The mayor’s post-meeting statement –“pragmatic collaboration on housing and infrastructure” – is the sound of a potential critic being neutralised? @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
Trump, Mamdani, MTG, and the Concealment of an Emerging MAGA Revolt
Machiavelli warned that when a prince must choose between being loved and being feared, he should choose fear – but only if he can avoid being hated. Trump may soon be reminded that hatred is the one ...
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 11d
thewire.in/world/trumps... -imperial state does not tolerate threats to its core imperatives: global military dominance, resource control, and elite immunity. Trump’s purge of Greene is the state reasserting control through its chosen vessel. @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social
Trump’s MAGA Meltdown? The Epstein Files, MTG’s Defiance, and the Imperial Schism Splitting ‘America First’
The hardcore MAGA base faces a choice: double down on Trump’s personality cult, or reclaim “America First” as a working-class agenda.
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 12d
📢We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event "New dimensions, 50 years on"

👉🕐This online event is chaired by Inderjeet Parmar (@usempire.bsky.social) and revisits the first ever BISA conference, held in 1975.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12d
A Government of cowards.

Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.

They can't get away with this.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 13d
video.snapstream.net/Play/6NkUqyM... #CNN interview on global power elite swamp revealed in Epstein files, nascent fissures in MAGA energised by #MarjorieTaylorGreene @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @carinavandew.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 15d
www.change.org/p/oppose-ton... - over 5300 signatures- let’s push to 6K! @mybisa.bsky.social @usfp-ecpr.bsky.social @pscupdates.bsky.social @palaction.bsky.social @palestne4ever.bsky.social @palestinestudies.bsky.social @progintl.bsky.social @tricontinental.bsky.social @globalsouthshub.bsky.social
Sign the Petition
Oppose Tony Blair's appointment to Gaza administration
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19d
Predictable and predicted.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 21d
thewire.in/world/magas-... - two figures stand out as unlikely architects of a new Right Wing Order: Charlie Kirk and Michael Anton @martindbbrown.bsky.social @msenn.bsky.social @mjbayly.bsky.social @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social @charleskeener.bsky.social @thenation.com
MAGA’s Intellectuals: Kirk, Anton, and the Forging of Trump's America First Empire
Kirk and Anton's combined force has transformed the GOP: from Reagan's shining city on a hill to Trump's fortified bunker.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 27d
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A Shutdown, SNAP Cuts, and the Rising Tide of Anti-Trump Resistance
Networks that conjured up containment now script shutdowns, but the streets are erupting.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27d
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 28d
video.snapstream.net/Play/5Dm8ABP... - GOP waging open class war while Democrats offer little - showing legitimacy crisis of US parties - No Kings and other mass protest seems the only way forward for the ordinary people - @vanjackson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @premnsikka.bsky.social
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · 29d
thewire.in/world/donald... - Trillions of dollars were spent on the war, hundreds of thousands killed and displaced, a state was destroyed, and cultural artefacts looted. The effects reverberate in the region to this day. Would there have been an ISIS had it not been for the Iraq War?
Donald Rumsfeld: Upwardly Absorption into the Imperial Hubris of the American Foreign Policy Circle
Rumsfeld’s arrogance – his belief he could micromanage wars like a corporate turnaround – fuelled catastrophic failures.
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · Oct 31
🚨Upcoming event 🚨

'New dimensions, 50 years on: Reflections on continuity and change in global politics' revisiting the first ever BISA conference held in 1975 and looking backward & forward🌟

Free and open to all, sign up now! https://ow.ly/5EJ550XkMYK

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · Oct 31
Confected national "migration crisis" vs. real socio-economic one: "only 26% of people said immigration and asylum was one of the three most important issues facing their community... half the 52% who said it was one of the biggest problems facing the country as a whole" news.sky.com/story/manufa...
'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests
The cost of living, health, crime, and housing are much higher on people's lists of personal worries, a YouGov survey has suggested.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Oct 25
thewire.in/world/maga-t... - MAGA doctrine is institutionalised via a think tank ecosystem that aims at permanence in American and global life @aiannucci.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @johncusack.bsky.social @dhnexon.bsky.social @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social @graceblakeley.substack.com
MAGA Think Tanks Aim to Perpetuate a Trumpism Beyond Trump
This is an elite-driven project to reconstitute the intellectual foundations of the American state.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Oct 18
thewire.in/world/tony-b... This isn’t governance; it’s a neocolonial carve-up, echoing the British mandates that once fractured the region. @martindbbrown.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @heather-rolfe.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
Tony Blair and Trump's Gaza Mirage: A Messianic Delusion Unfit for Palestinian Futures
This isn’t governance; it’s a neocolonial carve-up, echoing the British mandates that once fractured the region.
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Oct 17
c.org/B7pFysm8Tt - petition reached almost 3000 signatures- Join global voices against neo-colonial rule of Gaza under imperial viceroy Blair- Pressure Trump administration to reject Blair who’s hated across Middle East!
We Can Make an Impact.
Oppose Tony Blair's appointment to Gaza administration
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · Oct 17
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No Kings Day: Show Up. Speak Out. Stand Together
Minute by minute, we are losing our democracy. What kind of leader turns half a nation against the other? What kind of government sends the National Guard to occupy American cities, while masked ICE a...
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Inderjeet Parmar @usempire.bsky.social · Oct 16
c.org/DxydSNBC2H - war criminal Tony Blair should be facing a war crimes tribunal not be considered for appointment to Trump’s proposed Gaza administration- almost at 2000 signatures now and gathering momentum- sign and repost! Thanks ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏻✊🏻
Sign the Petition
Oppose Tony Blair's appointment to Gaza administration
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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · Oct 16
Distinguishing between the Republican Party and Nazis is getting harder everyday. That Young Republicans group chat? Defended by Vance?

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Oct 13
Israeli leaders screamed their genocidal intent at the top of their lungs all the way through.

No crime in history has been so confessed to as it actually happened.

But almost all Western media outlets suppressed this.

Kudos to @scotnational.bsky.social for not being one of them.