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"May God be with You O House Steadfast in the South"

-Wadi' al Safi

[Bayt Al Fann @BaytAlFann]

For 1000 years, Arabic was the primary international language of commerce, scholarship & politics, much as English is today. Over the centuries, English adopted many words that were borrowed directly from Arabic

For Arabic Language Day, here are 20 words with Arabic origins…

[MESBAHYAZDI.IR @mesbahyazdi_ir]

در خانه خدا کسی آبرومندتر از سیدالشهدا سراغ نداریم.

[ق @amelamtn]

When they ask you what is happening in Yemen, tell them one side is insanely bent on destrying humanity,

& another is passionately fighting to preserve it.

Here is an Ansarallah revolutionary carrying his wounded comrade to safety for 2 mins + under sniper fire.

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"We must move in lines as compact as the viens of silver that lie at the roots of the Andes”

-José Martí

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When the US tried to negotiate an honorable withdrawal of Israel from south Lebanon, Pr. Hafez al Assad used to say: "They entered without negotiations & they will leave without negotiations."

Pr. Hafez al Assad: "This is a victory for the Lebanese, we own no part of it."

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"what allows you to resist is your conviction"

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From "The Sun Rises in the South"

Lebanese farmers and their ties to their land

"To whom are we gonna leave this land"

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Hassan Oliek (@AlakhbarNews ) tells of how the "moderate opposition" destroyed a Syrian air defense system on behalf of "Israel."

Imperialist powers aim to diminish military capabilities of sovereign nations enough to fight sectarian wars, not anti-imperialist ones.

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The end result of the "free" zone and its intended goals are encapsulated here

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A glaring example of the global caste system is how Chinese workers are brought in as a solution to the protesting Black factory workers and are paid more, and in US dollars also.

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Workers in the free zone are taxed (robbed) so much that if they buy food for the day they might end up with close to nothing.

Sometimes they don't get paid for weeks.

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THREAD: Understanding International "Post-colonial" Financial Capital

Former Jamaican Prime Minister Micheal Manley discusses the creation IMF and the predatory practices it unleashed on the people of Jamaica.

Life and Debt (2001) Dir. Stephanie Black

[Isa Blumi @IsaBlumi]

one reason creditors (via IMF tools) keep going after Argentina. It is mineral rich, its farm lands are best in the world and its population, once w/a bright future are now indebted and impoverished, ready for new era of exploitation. As I wrote, same empire targets Yemen

[Fereshta Abbasi @FereshtaAbbasi]

This guy- also a former colleague of mine, used to work in the same compound with me, where only US-funded projects were stationed. he definitely was getting paid from US aid and has been a member of the Taliban who revealed his identity now.
https://t.co/ak5jvzKzOr