Helena Cobban

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Helena Cobban

Helena Cobban

@helenacobban

Writer on world affairs. Formerly at CSM & Al-Hayat, now at https://t.co/f8v8M306Wq & Substack. Pres., @JustWorldEd. Fuller bio & bibliog at Wikipedia. Grandma. Quaker

Washington DC, etc. Katılım Kasım 2008
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susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى
susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى@susanabulhawa·
I had another chat with the amazing @RaniaKhalek. Somehow, we fit in discussions on all of the following: Palestine, 3rd party candidates, @NYCMayor, fireworks, dogs, genocide, @TuckerCarlson, cultural boycott, @972mag, @m7mdkurd, the BNC, Lebanon, Sayyid Ali Khamenei's funeral, colonial divide-and-conquer, why Israelis mispronounce the semitic H as "kh," what Iran is teaching the world, especially the Global Majority, and more.... youtube.com/watch?v=0hMfmX…
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Electronic Intifada
Electronic Intifada@intifada·
Millions of people in Iran showed up to the multi-city funeral procession for their assassinated head of state, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. @HelenaCobban and @AliAbunimah discuss how this indicates the strength of the Iranian government and the support it has domestically and internationally.
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Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna@RoKhanna·
Israeli settlers, brandishing American made M4s, detained me & other Americans on my trip to Palestine. When the IDF arrived, they sided with the settlers & continued our detention. They made a huge mistake. You will be hearing more soon. nytimes.com/2026/07/11/us/…
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Sulaiman Ahmed
Sulaiman Ahmed@ShaykhSulaiman·
JUST IN: IRAN DELIVERS 160 TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO VENEZUELA
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Electronic Intifada
Electronic Intifada@intifada·
Last month, Trump was eager to sign a ceasefire with Iran because, as @HelenaCobban explains, "the petroleum reserves were going down, global prices of everything were starting to go up." The threat of a financial crisis remains, so why is Trump reneging now?
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Ryan Grim
Ryan Grim@ryangrim·
This is another violation of the MOU Trump struck with Iran
Treasury Department@USTreasury

Today, following Iran’s resumption of attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned an Iranian financial facilitator who has effectively institutionalized large‑scale embezzlement within the Iranian regime, diverting publicly funded wealth offshore. OFAC today also targeted key Iranian exchange houses that move billions of dollars annually on behalf of sanctioned Iranian banks.

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Helena Cobban@helenacobban·
So, basically an early version of Israel’s tactic of publicly displayed cruelty..
ArchaeoHistories@histories_arch

The aftermath of Third Servile War Spartacus's rebellion produced one of the most deliberately theatrical acts of mass terror in the ancient world, and the man who ordered it was not primarily a soldier but Rome's richest citizen: Marcus Licinius Crassus, who had taken command of the Roman forces after earlier commanders suffered humiliating defeats against the slave army. Crassus defeated Spartacus in pitched battle in southern Italy in 71 BC, likely killing Spartacus himself in the fighting, though his body was never positively identified among the dead. The rebellion that had lasted nearly two years, ranged across much of the Italian peninsula, and inflicted multiple catastrophic defeats on Roman armies was over. The practical question of what to do with the approximately 6,000 surviving rebels who had been captured presented Crassus with an opportunity that he evidently decided to use for maximum political and psychological effect. He ordered them all crucified along Via Appia, Rome's most important and heavily traveled road, running approximately 350 miles from the city of Capua, near where the rebellion had begun, to Rome itself. The crosses were deliberately spaced so that the bodies were visible as a continuous line along the road's entire length ancient sources suggest approximately one cross every 40m, creating an unbroken corridor that every traveler between Capua and Rome would be forced to walk through for as long as the bodies remained. Ancient sources indicate that the bodies were left on the crosses and not permitted to be taken down, remaining visible along the road for a period of months. The message was not addressed to potential foreign enemies. It was addressed to the approximately two to four million enslaved people living within Roman Italy a population that Spartacus had demonstrated, to Rome's considerable alarm, was capable of organized military resistance at a genuinely threatening scale. The 350-mile line of crosses was Rome's answer to that demonstration. #archaeohistories

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Marwa Osman || مروة عثمان
Marwa Osman || مروة عثمان@Marwa__Osman·
The USA has 800 military bases across 80 countries. Do you know how many the country with the next highest number has? 145 bases across 42 countries. And that would be the UK. So, no. These military bases are not to "protect" Americans. They are there to dominate the world through military power. If a military base on the territory of one of the 80 countries hosting U.S. forces is used to launch attacks against a sovereign state, it is entirely foreseeable that the targeted state will view that base as a legitimate military objective and respond accordingly. The people of countries hosting such bases should be asking why their governments allowed their territory to be used to wage war on another nation, often without meaningful public consent. Accountability begins with those who initiated or facilitated the attack, not with those who retaliated. Watching some Arab governments, and citizens (!), condemn Iran for striking military installations that were clearly used to launch attacks against it is remarkable. If those bases were indeed used in military operations against Iran, then presenting the response as an "unprovoked attack" ignores the sequence of events. So spare everyone the selective outrage. If you're unwilling to acknowledge cause and effect, or the role your own governments may have played, your criticism rings hollow.
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BDS movement
BDS movement@BDSmovement·
To mark 21 years of the BDS movement here is just a sampling of the remarkable BDS impacts achieved in the first half of 2026 — proof that organizing strategically and acting collectively can bring us closer to ending Israel's genocide and dismantling its regime of settler-colonial apartheid against Palestinians. Find even more impacts here: loom.ly/Uby_XbY
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asad abukhalil أسعد أبو خليل
asad abukhalil أسعد أبو خليل@asadabukhalil·
تشييع خامنئي في النجف: "الشرق الأوسط" وصفت الحشد ب"الآلاف". "نيويورك تايمز" وصفته بمئات الآلاف فيما ال"واشنطن بوست" ذكرت مليونيْ مُشيِّع. مع ان "الشرق الأوسط" بحكم إدارتها من لبنانيّين مُطيعين معروفة بالرصانة…في البروباغاندا.
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Aaron Maté
Aaron Maté@aaronjmate·
“It has also allowed the denial of food and medical relief to innocent Palestinians in Gaza, fueling a perception around the world that Israel is indifferent to the suffering of civilians.” Memo to Rahm: you’re treating a genocidal state as a PR problem. It’s a moral problem. One that helped cost Democrats the last election. Continuing to avoid the immorality of that position will risk costing the next one too.
Rahm Emanuel@RahmEmanuel

Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government have led Israel into a dead end. For too long, the United States has confused being a strong ally with being a silent one. A blank check has come without expectations, accountability, or consequences. That approach has allowed Prime Minister Netanyahu to ignore America's concerns over settlements, expand a regional war, and believe there would be no strategic cost. It has also allowed the denial of food and medical relief to innocent Palestinians in Gaza, fueling a perception around the world that Israel is indifferent to the suffering of civilians. That is not good for Israel. It is not good for America. And it is not a path to peace. The strongest alliances are built on honesty, shared values, and the willingness to tell each other hard truths. It's time for a fundamentally new approach to the U.S.-Israel relationship—one that advances Israel's security, Palestinian’s right to self-determination, and the Arab world’s desire for regional stability.

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Jehad Abusalim
Jehad Abusalim@JehadAbusalim·
Defended my dissertation today. Officially done. 🎓
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Ryan Rozbiani
Ryan Rozbiani@RyanRozbiani·
Key Iranian Railway to China U.S. Bombed RESTORED in 13 Hours That is IMPRESSIVE CEO of Railways: Thanks to the efforts of the company's engineers, less than 13 hours after the American enemy's attack on the railway line in Mashhad, one of the lines was rebuilt and returned to service. 🔸The second line will also be restored within a few hours. 🔸Train traffic has now resumed on the restored line.
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