Leila
@leilashami.bsky.social
Co-author of 'Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War' Co-founder @fromtheperiphery.com & host of @syriapodcast.bsky.social Blogs at: https://leilashami.wordpress.com/
A Summer Reading List for Minneapolis 2026 antidotezine.com/2026/06/02/s...
A Summer Reading List for Minneapolis 2026 | Antidote Zine
We have found success in action here in Minneapolis—but, as ever, greater knowledge, initiative, wisdom, and imagination will serve us in ongoing and future ...
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@leilashami.bsky.social and I are joined by two compas from @thepeopleswant.bsky.social to talk internationalism from below, exile as a position of attack, and mutual aid www.patreon.com/posts/157879...
FTPP 17: Revolutions of Our Times | From The Periphery Media Collective
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Thank you Woodbine for hosting us to speak about "Revolutions of Our Times" 🙏 Listen to our latest interview here 👉 www.patreon.com/posts/48-rev...
#48: Revolutions of Our Times with The Peoples Want | Woodbine
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Really enjoyed this conversation on 'Revolution of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto' on @fromtheperiphery.com fromtheperiphery.com/2026/05/11/r...
Revolutions of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto
In this episode, israa’ and Leila are joined by two compas from The Peoples Want, Juls and Alaa, to talk about Revolutions of Our Times, an internationalist manifesto written by The Peoples Want. T…
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MUST-read interview with Syrian-British writer @leilashami.bsky.social of @thepeopleswant.bsky.social & Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kyselov on *true* internationalism, the trouble with campism & the Eurocentrism of much of the “anti-imperialist” left in the West radiofreesyria.com/internationa...
Internationalism Is Not a Luxury, but a Survival Mechanism - Radio Free Syria
A must-read interview with prominent Syrian writer Leila al-Shami and Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kyselov In Leila al-Shami's words: "We are undoubtedly heading towards a multipolar world order in w...
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For an end to campism, the Iran war, and the anti-imperialist washing of the Islamic Republic tempestmag.org/2026/05/for-...
For an end to campism, the Iran war, and the anti-imperialist washing of the Islamic Republic
Somayeh Rostampour argues that opponents of U.S.and Israeli aggression in Iran must move beyond the anti-imperialist washing of the Islamic Republic.
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Our guests were Benjamin from the Syndicate of Limousine Mountain, and @leilashami.bsky.social contributors to, "Revolutions of Our Times: An Internationalist Manifesto” @haymarketbooks.org by @thepeopleswant.bsky.social. www.patreon.com/posts/new-he... Keep us free at patreon.com/thisishell
NEW HELL! The People Want a Revolution | This Is Hell!
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Thurs: Join @thepeopleswant.bsky.social @jcwi-uk.bsky.social & the decolonial centre for in person Book launch 'Revolutions of Our Times: an internationalist manifesto" in London w/ @seemasyeda.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social @leilashami.bsky.social Hamidreza Vasheghanifarahani & Mohammed Einaiem 7/
Also a virtual book launch happening next week - with a focused discussion on current events in Iran, Lebanon and Syria. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
The Peoples Want@thepeopleswant.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe kindly invite you to our virtual book launch with @haymarketbooks on Tuesday, April 14th at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET. How can we build a new internationalism, based on the experiences of recent uprisings and popular power, at a time of generalized warfare? With members from Lebanon, Iran and Syria.
I'll be speaking at this event in London next week together with @ayoub.bsky.social and others ...
The Peoples Want@thepeopleswant.bsky.social · 4mo agoLondon, here we go⚡️ We are so thrilled to invite you for the UK launch of our internationalist manifesto “Revolutions of our Times” on Thursday, April 16 2026 at 6 PM at Pelican House, London. Registration link in bio 👆 Don’t miss it if you are around🔥 @haymarketbooks.org
Our internationalist manifesto 'Revolutions of Our Times' will be published in English by @haymarketbooks.org Available soon in US and UK bookstores. Stay tuned for more details on discussions about the manifesto and current world events with members of The Peoples Want network ...
New: transcript of a recent episode of Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, an interview with Syrian-American author and scholar Noor Ghazal Aswad. She talked to Leila about her book, Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams & Radical Social Movements fromtheperiphery.com/2026/02/20/s...
Searching for Solidarity w/Noor Ghazal Aswad (E8)
Leila is joined by US-based academic Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad to talk about her recent book ‘Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements’. This episode explores t…
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Damning report on the failures of the Syrian transitional government to ensure accountability and justice in wake of the coastal massacres last year www.newarab.com/investigatio...
How Syria’s performative coast massacre inquiry blocks justice
Evidence gathered in preliminary probes fell below acceptable standards. Can state-led investigative commissions and televised trials redress injustice?
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Two mutual aid initiatives to support in Lebanon as the country faces Israeli aggression and large numbers of people are displaced www.instagram.com/p/DVovwUojIY... www.chuffed.org/project/1719...
Leila speaks to Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad about her recent book ‘Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements’. Available for free on Patreon and all podcast apps @fromtheperiphery.com www.patreon.com/posts/stir-8...
STIR 8/Searching for Solidarity w/Noor Ghazal Aswad | From The Periphery Media Collective
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TIMEP's @justinsalhani.bsky.social and @syriapodcast.bsky.social's host @leilashami.bsky.social are joined by Razan Rashidi to discuss transitional justice in Syria and what's being done to hold perpetrators to account and achieve justice for victims. Tune in here: open.spotify.com/episode/3V3A...
Transitional Justice w/Razan Rashidi (E7)
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Justin Salhani@justinsalhani.bsky.social · 6mo agocohosted a podcast with the great Leila Shami. We spoke to Razan Rashidi from The Syria Campaign about a lot but particularly about how acts of justice build trust in the state and how without it a culture of impunity takes over that can spiral off into retaliatory violence and acts of vengeance.
Myself and Justin Salhani spoke with Razan Rashidi from The Syria Campaign about Transitional Justice Available for free on Patreon and all podcast apps www.patreon.com/posts/stir-7...
STIR 7/Transitional Justice w/Razan Rashidi | From The Periphery Media Collective
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An interview with @leilashami.bsky.social about notable events of the last year in post-Assad #Syria, the status of the government, regional and factional conflicts and also the new internationalist project, @thepeopleswant.bsky.social thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/12...
Preview our interview with @leilashami.bsky.social via our patreon (for $3 or more per month) with updates on the situation in Syria and insights into a new(ish) intervention into anti-authoritarian internationalism, @thepeopleswant.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/leila-...
Leila Al-Shami with Updates from Syria + The Peoples Want | The Final Straw Radio
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Syria: One year on after the fall of Assad On From the Periphery Podcast www.patreon.com/posts/145397...
If you want to hear my thoughts on Syria, the fall of Assad, and things that have developed since, I did this episode with two fellow members of the FTP collective. Do give it a listen, especially cause Karena and Leila are always so spot on. www.patreon.com/posts/145397...
FTPP 12: Syria One Year On (After the Fall of Assad) | From The Periphery Media Collective
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Many Shades of Campism: An Internationalist Critique portolan-journal.org?post=many-sh...
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Cedric, who I recently spoke to for @syriapodcast.bsky.social published a moving first hand testimony of the violent attacks in Sweida in July theamargi.com/posts/syria-...
Syria: A Testimony by a Foreigner Caught in the Suwayda Massacres
Photo Credits: Santiago Montag Between February 28 and July 22, 2025, the author was in the Suwayda province in Southern Syria, where his family, belonging to the Druze community, resides. He witnes...
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A wonderful initiative just launched bringing Sudanese voices to an English-speaking audience freesudangazette.com
Free Sudan Gazette
Free Sudan Gazette is an independent, open-source digital media platform providing news, research, investigations, and documentation of political, social, and cultural events about Sudanese people …
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"Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Latest episode of @syriapodcast.bsky.social on the July unrest in Sweida & massacres against the Druze community www.patreon.com/posts/140712...
STIR 6/ Unrest in Sweida, pt. 2 w/ Interstices-Fajawat | From The Periphery Media Collective
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