Halil Kaya
@halilikaya.bsky.social
Vita sine libertate, nihil ✊🤘 Özgürlük olmadan hayat bir hiç | posts on politics, geopolitics, pol. history, art, & literature | Repost+Like+Follow≠Endorsement
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Antibes Seen from the Salis Gardens - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Antibes Seen from the Salis Gardens - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10297
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“We are nothing on earth if we are not first of all slaves to a cause — the cause of the people, the cause of justice and freedom.”
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.
🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥
#Fanon100
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.
🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥
#Fanon100
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“We are nothing on earth if we are not first of all slaves to a cause — the cause of the people, the cause of justice and freedom.”
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.
🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥
#Fanon100
— Frantz Fanon, who died on this day in 1961.
🚨 🎉 Keep a lookout: ROAPE’s special issue Fanon at 100 drops in the next 10 days 🚨 🔥
#Fanon100
"Trump’s 28-pt plan for Ukraine is much like his 20-pt plan for Gaza. Neither enforces int. law, protects the victims, or holds the perpetrators of colonial aggression & occ. accountable. Both punish the victims & reward the aggressors."
tempestmag.org/2025/11/oppo... @tempestcollective.bsky.social
tempestmag.org/2025/11/oppo... @tempestcollective.bsky.social
Oppose Trump’s surrender plan for Ukraine
The Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. statement in opposition to the Trump/Putin plan for Ukrainian surrender to Russian imperialism.
tempestmag.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Trump’s 28-pt plan for Ukraine is much like his 20-pt plan for Gaza. Neither enforces int. law, protects the victims, or holds the perpetrators of colonial aggression & occ. accountable. Both punish the victims & reward the aggressors."
tempestmag.org/2025/11/oppo... @tempestcollective.bsky.social
tempestmag.org/2025/11/oppo... @tempestcollective.bsky.social
yağmursuz bir gün daha… :(
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
yağmursuz bir gün daha… :(
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Fellow academics and cultural workers, please consider joining me and scholars like Robin Kelley, Angela Davis and Ruthie Gilmore in signing this important UAE boycott letter:
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
For a Cultural and Academic Boycott of the UAE – Spectre Journal
TAGATU3 call for a cultural and academic boycott of the UAE.
spectrejournal.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Fellow academics and cultural workers, please consider joining me and scholars like Robin Kelley, Angela Davis and Ruthie Gilmore in signing this important UAE boycott letter:
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
spectrejournal.com/for-a-cultur...
"John Rees on ...kind of party Your Party can be":
"So what co-operation btwn these forces cld mean is a dynamic, movement-rooted, broad party of the left that could sink real roots in the abandoned & neglected working-class communities in every part of the land."
www.counterfire.org/article/two-...
"So what co-operation btwn these forces cld mean is a dynamic, movement-rooted, broad party of the left that could sink real roots in the abandoned & neglected working-class communities in every part of the land."
www.counterfire.org/article/two-...
Two types of party
John Rees on the forms of political parties in the history of the labour movement and what kind of party Your Party can be
The Pandora’s Box of politics from which all evils fly is the alienation o...
www.counterfire.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"John Rees on ...kind of party Your Party can be":
"So what co-operation btwn these forces cld mean is a dynamic, movement-rooted, broad party of the left that could sink real roots in the abandoned & neglected working-class communities in every part of the land."
www.counterfire.org/article/two-...
"So what co-operation btwn these forces cld mean is a dynamic, movement-rooted, broad party of the left that could sink real roots in the abandoned & neglected working-class communities in every part of the land."
www.counterfire.org/article/two-...
"It's been 12 years since Rana Plaza. Why is Amazon still refusing to protect Bangladeshi garment workers?":
"Workers in Bangladesh know what “cheap” really costs. The minimum wage for garment workers is now $105 per month."
progressive.international/wire/2025-11... via @progintl.bsky.social
"Workers in Bangladesh know what “cheap” really costs. The minimum wage for garment workers is now $105 per month."
progressive.international/wire/2025-11... via @progintl.bsky.social
It’s been 12 years since Rana Plaza. Why is Amazon still refusing to protect Bangladeshi garment workers?
Nazma Akter condemns Amazon for its continued refusal to sign the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety.
progressive.international
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"It's been 12 years since Rana Plaza. Why is Amazon still refusing to protect Bangladeshi garment workers?":
"Workers in Bangladesh know what “cheap” really costs. The minimum wage for garment workers is now $105 per month."
progressive.international/wire/2025-11... via @progintl.bsky.social
"Workers in Bangladesh know what “cheap” really costs. The minimum wage for garment workers is now $105 per month."
progressive.international/wire/2025-11... via @progintl.bsky.social
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I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Aphrodite diagonally
📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual
📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Aphrodite diagonally
📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual
📷 James Yang (Alone)
#monochrome #bnwphoto #noiretblanc #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #minimalphotography #blackandwhitephotography #dark #noir #portrait #sensualart #sensual #conceptual
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Wheat Field - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wheat Field - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14504
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Wild! Ppl throw away 80% of items purchased on Black Friday after few uses
Black Friday deliveries also generate 429,000 tonnes of emissions
Black Friday is built on exploited retail workers, migrant warehouse workers, garment workers in Bangladesh, forced labour in Congo
Community > capitalism!!
Black Friday deliveries also generate 429,000 tonnes of emissions
Black Friday is built on exploited retail workers, migrant warehouse workers, garment workers in Bangladesh, forced labour in Congo
Community > capitalism!!
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Wild! Ppl throw away 80% of items purchased on Black Friday after few uses
Black Friday deliveries also generate 429,000 tonnes of emissions
Black Friday is built on exploited retail workers, migrant warehouse workers, garment workers in Bangladesh, forced labour in Congo
Community > capitalism!!
Black Friday deliveries also generate 429,000 tonnes of emissions
Black Friday is built on exploited retail workers, migrant warehouse workers, garment workers in Bangladesh, forced labour in Congo
Community > capitalism!!
must-read
"...if #China does not want to buy anything from us in trade, then how can we trade with China?"
www.ft.com/content/f294...
#capitalism #Europe
"...if #China does not want to buy anything from us in trade, then how can we trade with China?"
www.ft.com/content/f294...
#capitalism #Europe
China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
must-read
"...if #China does not want to buy anything from us in trade, then how can we trade with China?"
www.ft.com/content/f294...
#capitalism #Europe
"...if #China does not want to buy anything from us in trade, then how can we trade with China?"
www.ft.com/content/f294...
#capitalism #Europe
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Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
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UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
At least 67 Palestinian children killed in Gaza since ‘ceasefire’ began: UN
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
UNICEF says baby girl among several children killed this week as Israel carried out a wave of bombings despite truce.
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The Saturday Mothers have won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Campaigning category! The group were awarded for their dedicated peaceful human rights movement which has run for the last 30 years in #Turkey: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
Awards 2025 campaigning winner The Saturday Mothers - Index on Censorship
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers are the winners of Index on Censorship’s 2025 Freedom of Expression Awards in campaigning
www.indexoncensorship.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Saturday Mothers have won the 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in the Campaigning category! The group were awarded for their dedicated peaceful human rights movement which has run for the last 30 years in #Turkey: www.indexoncensorship.org/awards-2025-...
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ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal, with an editorial: Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice 🔥 🔥 🔥
Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice - ROAPE
ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
ROAPE’s Reginald Cline-Cole introduces Volume 55 Issue 185 of the journal, with an editorial: Revisiting cracks and crises in capitalism’s edifice 🔥 🔥 🔥
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Israel’s entire inventory of combat capable aircraft comes from the U.S.; Israel’s attack and transport helicopters are also all of U.S. origin.
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Israel’s entire inventory of combat capable aircraft comes from the U.S.; Israel’s attack and transport helicopters are also all of U.S. origin.
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Apply now — Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”, deadline 20 December 2025 antipodeonline.org/2025/11/13/a...
Apply now—Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis” - Antipode Online
Toronto, Ontario, Canadathe traditional territory of the Huron Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit June 1st – 5th, 2026 The contemporary global landscape is increasingly defined by w...
antipodeonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Apply now — Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice, “Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis”, deadline 20 December 2025 antipodeonline.org/2025/11/13/a...
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Since Oct. 7, 2023, the U.S. has spent over $9.65 billion on military activities in Yemen, Iran, and the wider region.
Including military aid to Israel, the U.S. has spent over $31 billion on the post-10/7 wars.
Including military aid to Israel, the U.S. has spent over $31 billion on the post-10/7 wars.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Since Oct. 7, 2023, the U.S. has spent over $9.65 billion on military activities in Yemen, Iran, and the wider region.
Including military aid to Israel, the U.S. has spent over $31 billion on the post-10/7 wars.
Including military aid to Israel, the U.S. has spent over $31 billion on the post-10/7 wars.
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I wrote this essay in the current Sudan issue of Transition Magazine titled "The Politics of Hunger" which argues that the current hunger crisis has been decades in the making. It begins with Nimeiri and looks at US engagement over the decades.
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
The Politics of Hunger in Sudan – Transition Magazine
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I wrote this essay in the current Sudan issue of Transition Magazine titled "The Politics of Hunger" which argues that the current hunger crisis has been decades in the making. It begins with Nimeiri and looks at US engagement over the decades.
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
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I wrote this piece for @antipodeonline.bsky.social on street names as anticolonial traces, looking at Lusaka's map as a cartography of solidarity. Though these solidarities are less vivid today, I suggest these traces continue to hold revolutionary potential
antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
Intervention—“Cairo Road” - Antipode Online
Sara Salem, London School of Economics and Political Science Growing up in Lusaka, Zambia, I distinctly remember Cairo Road, one of Lusaka’s main thoroughfares named after the city my father was from....
antipodeonline.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I wrote this piece for @antipodeonline.bsky.social on street names as anticolonial traces, looking at Lusaka's map as a cartography of solidarity. Though these solidarities are less vivid today, I suggest these traces continue to hold revolutionary potential
antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
antipodeonline.org/2025/11/06/c...
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Last Wednesday, Palestinians in Deir el-Balah held a mass funeral for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned by the Israeli military after months of being held. Today, Palestinians continue to hold funerals for dozens more loved ones, many showing evidence of torture and execution.
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Last Wednesday, Palestinians in Deir el-Balah held a mass funeral for 54 unidentified Palestinians whose bodies were returned by the Israeli military after months of being held. Today, Palestinians continue to hold funerals for dozens more loved ones, many showing evidence of torture and execution.
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Filistin Eylem Komitesi, İsrail'in Gazze ablukasına karşı yola çıkan yardım gemisi Madleen’in alıkonulmasına ve İsrail’e askeri malzeme taşıyan VELA gemisinin Mersin’e gelişine karşı bugün 19.30’da Taksim Tünel Meydanı’nda eylem çağrısı yaptı.
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June 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Filistin Eylem Komitesi, İsrail'in Gazze ablukasına karşı yola çıkan yardım gemisi Madleen’in alıkonulmasına ve İsrail’e askeri malzeme taşıyan VELA gemisinin Mersin’e gelişine karşı bugün 19.30’da Taksim Tünel Meydanı’nda eylem çağrısı yaptı.
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➡️ tinyurl.com/bdmm6ymt