amir musanna

[amir musanna @amir0425]

Barbaric west is the best
Democratizing the world
People
need Freedom
West emaciates
One bomb at a time
schools, hospitals, and infrastructure with
people
dead
turned to rubble
West won
The Dead
Don't wear hijabs.

[Supriya Shrinate @SupriyaShrinate]

There is nothing that Arundhati Roy says here that I don’t agree with

“I know we are here today to talk about Mother Mary Comes To Me. But how can we end the day without talking about those beautiful cities – Tehran, Isfahan, and Beirut that are up in flames? In keeping with my Mother Mary’s spirit of candour and impoliteness, I would like to use this platform to say something about the unprovoked and illegal attack by the United States and Israel on Iran. It is, of course, a continuation of the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza. It’s the same old genocidaires using the same old playbook. Murdering women and children. Bombing hospitals. Carpet bombing cities. And then playing the victim.

But Iran is not Gaza. The theater of this new war could expand to consume the whole world. We are on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse. The same country that bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki could be readying itself to bomb one of the most ancient civilizations in the world.

There will be other occasions to speak of this in detail, so here, let me simply say that I stand with Iran. Unequivocally. Any regimes that need changing, including the US, Israel, and ours, need to be changed by the people, not by some bloated, lying, cheating, greedy, resource-grabbing, bomb-dropping imperial power and its allies who are trying to bully the whole world into submission.

Iran is standing up to them, while India cowers. I am ashamed of how gutless, how spineless our government has been. Long ago, we were a poor country of very poor people. But we had pride. We had dignity. Today, we are a rich country with very poor, unemployed people who are fed on a diet of hatred, poison, and falsehoods instead of real food. We have lost pride. We have lost dignity. We have lost courage. Except in our movies.

What sort of people are we whose elected government cannot stand up and condemn the US when it kidnaps and assassinates heads of state of other countries? Would we like that done to us? For our prime minister to have traveled to Israel and embraced Benjamin Netanyahu just days before he attacked Iran – what does it mean? For our government to sign a groveling trade deal with the US that literally sells our farmers and textile industry down the river, only days before the US Supreme Court declared Trump’s tariffs illegal – what does it mean? For us to now be given ‘permission’ to buy oil from Russia – what does it mean? What else do we need permission for? To go to the bathroom? To take a day off work? To visit our mothers?

Every day, US politicians, including Donald Trump, mock and demean us publicly. And our prime minister laughs his famous, vacuous laugh. And hugs on. At the height of the genocide in Gaza, the government of India sent thousands of poor Indian workers to Israel to replace expelled Palestinian workers. Today, while Israelis take shelter in bunkers, it is being reported that those Indian workers are not allowed into those shelters. What the hell does all this mean? Who has put us into this absolutely humiliating, shameless, disgusting place in the world?

Some of you will remember how we used to joke about that florid, overblown Chinese communist term, “Running Dog of Imperialism.” But right now, I’d say, it describes us well. Except, of course, in our twisted, toxic movies in which our celluloid heroes strut on, winning phantom war after war, dumb and over-muscled. Fueling our insatiable bloodlust with their gratuitous violence and their shit for brains.”

[amir musanna @amir0425]

Drew this last year during a workshop. Feels more and more relevant. Just put a 'common' sound to make if feel more omnipresent.

#animation

[amir musanna @amir0425]

another interesting tidbit is that since it was such a difficult movie to finance, Trasem shot scenes for the film in different countries while he was in those countries shooting ads. The film is called 'The Fall'.

[Vashi Nedomansky, ACE @vashikoo]

Presented by Spike Jonze and David Fincher, this Tarsem Singh film was self-financed, shot in 28 countries and took over four years to complete.

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

Every time the United States starts another war, this comes to mind

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

It has never been more important to understand the history of Iran. As the US and Israel step up their attacks, listen to our 26-part @EmpirePodUK mega series as we tell the story of this extraordinary country and the greatness of Persian civilisation from Persepolis to the Ayatollah's Revolution.
https://t.co/whGfh8bXc9

[Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear]

“This is how the right defends the rights of Iranian women: by celebrating the murder of 160 girls.”
This Spanish politician called out the hypocrisy in using feminist rhetoric to support the U.S. and Israeli bombing of Iran.

[amir musanna @amir0425]

The president of a country talking about how he's fixing Iran, Cuba, Venezuela but not a word about their own country and what do the citizens actually want is peak absurdism.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING

Spain’s MEP Irene Montero:

“No woman has ever been freed by American bombs or illegal aggression.

Not in Syria. Not in Iraq. Not in Lebanon. Not in Afghanistan.

And it will not happen in Iran either.

They hide behind women’s rights to justify their colonial wars.”

[Robin Monotti @robinmonotti]

JOHN LENNON:"I think our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends.. I think they're all insane. But I am liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. Don't you agree?"

[Séamus Malekafzali @Seamus_Malek]

Remember this headline when you start seeing reports or Instagram stories about an organic, spontaneous armed uprising in western Iran in the coming days.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

We have normalised such killings of young Muslim man by Hindutva goons in the name of cow.

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

This week, we need everyone to call their Senators and Congress members to say: No war with Iran! Two critical votes are happening in both chambers to stop Trump’s illegal, devastating war. Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927) to connect with your legislators to tell them to vote YES on the Iran War Powers Resolutions.

[Richard Medhurst @richimedhurst]

It's worth remembering that Hezbollah, Hamas, the IRGC -- none of these organizations existed 50 years ago.

It's almost as if they were created in response to something, but I just can't quite put my finger on it.

[S͎a͎l͎a͎d͎i͎n͎🇸🇴⚖️🕋✍️ @InaHassan3]

The assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei is the single greatest strategic blunder in modern US history.

By killing him, the US and Israel didn’t just eliminate a leader; they fulfilled a 1,400-year-old prophecy and created a martyr whose shadow will haunt the West for decades.

Consider the symbolism: Iran has NEVER had a martyred Supreme Leader. Khomeini died of natural causes.

For the Leader of the Islamic Republic to be martyred by the "US/Israel" is 1000% on brand. It transforms a political office into a sacred, eternal cause.

The timing is catastrophic. Khamenei was killed in Ramadan, the same holy month as Imam Ali, the first Imam of Shiism and the "Epitome of Justice."

To millions, this isn't a "strike", it’s a divine parallel. He died as Ali died: at the hands of an assassin during the month of fasting.

He was killed with his family. In the Shia psyche, this immediately mirrors the Martyrdom of Husayn at Karbala.

The narrative of the "oppressed" (Mazlum) vs the "oppressor" (Zalim) is now fully activated. This isn't just an Iranian tragedy; it’s a global Shia rallying cry.

The blowback is already unprecedented. We are seeing something rare: Shia-Sunni unity.

From Karachi to Baghdad to Lucknow, Sunnis are joining Shias in the streets. By targeting a religious authority of this stature, the US has unified the Ummah against a common "tyrant."

Trump’s "kill everyone" doctrine, dictated by Netanyahu, has backfired. They thought they were decapitating a regime.

Instead, they’ve given the Islamic Republic its most powerful symbol of legitimacy since 1979. You cannot kill an idea, especially one now bathed in the blood of "martyrdom."

The West is celebrating a "tactical success" while sleepwalking into a strategic nightmare.

The US just traded a predictable adversary for an unpredictable, divinely-inspired global insurgency. This isn't the end; it's the beginning of a much darker chapter.

[Richard Medhurst @richimedhurst]

Calling Iran a "regime" and the US an "administration" is the hallmark of a brainwashed and deeply unserious person.

[David Miller @Tracking_Power]

168 girls aged 7-12.

Victims of Operation Epstein Fury.

[Brethren of Purity @brethrenfpurity]

The Western propaganda wants to portray the Islamic philosophers, including those in Iran, as wild uneducated savages contra the civilized West. The truth is that they represent a centuries old tradition of philosophy and mysticism. This predates any modern political development.

[Congress @INCIndia]

Grave Breach of International Norms, Deafening Silence From New Delhi