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Ayman Makarem

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Anarcho-anxious. Writer and Video Essayist from Beirut. A.k.a Politically Depressed. My Youtube: www.youtube.com/@pol_dep My Patreon: www.patreon.com/poldep

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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 11h
A young man was killed in Southern Lebanon while harvesting olives by an unexploded Israeli bomb. This used to happen a lot after the 2006 war as well. The wide-spread, indiscriminate bombing - a staple of the Israeli aggression - continues to maim and kill in Lebanon and Gaza.
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 17h
Edgar Jilou, an officer cadet in the Internal Security Forces, was killed Monday morning when unexploded ordnance left over from the Israeli aggression detonated as he worked in an agricultural field in the southern town of Ain Ebel. 🧵
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ofc if you want to watch it without ads, its available on my Patreon for all tier members (starting at $3 a month). www.patreon.com/PolDep/posts...
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Zionism From The Standpoint of its Victims? | Politically Depressed
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ive decided to repost my very first video essay on my own channel (was originally uploaded onto another). I'm still very proud of it and consider it probably my best (in terms of analysis and references). Check it out if you havn't seen it already! youtu.be/dFkODgFsBSg
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Zionism From The Standpoint of its Victims
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 09/10/2026
The Lebanese Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition held a solidarity protest on Friday at Samir Kassir Square in downtown Beirut, calling for the release of journalists from Egypt’s Matsda2sh platform. youtube.com/shorts/GUQKU...
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بيروت تتضامن مع صحافيي «متصدقش» | Beirut stands in solidarity with Matsda2sh journalists
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You can make this exact point by quoting any number of writers instead of the genocide apologist and covid-denying conspiracy theorist Max Blumenthal.
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 07/10/2026
Wednesday, October 7, 2026: Three year since the start of the Israeli genocide.
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 06/10/2026
The eviction of María del Carmen Abascal from the home where she had lived for over 70 years sparked a wave of protests over Spain's housing crisis. After Parliament blocked two government decrees meant to ease the problem, Prime Minister Sanchez dissolved it and called early elections for Nov 29.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 04/10/2026
Sunday, October 4, 2026: The Houthis surround the city of Taiz as Rashad al-Alimi, head of the Presidential Leadership Council, announces the launch of military operations against them. Meanwhile, Brazil’s presidential election gets underway. youtube.com/shorts/USOpl...
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حدث اليوم - الأحد 4 تشرين الأول 2026 | Daily Cut - Sunday, October 4, 2026
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Constantly dissapointed by ppl like this. Also is it not know that "Zionism is Racism" was passed by the UN general assembly back in 1975 (revoked years later after a massive Isr/Us campaign). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 - Wikipedia
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Do you know what is the ONLY state in the world that has never declared its borders?
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 02/10/2026
Student protests are spreading across France, with a wave of Gen Z anger over worsening conditions in schools. But instead of addressing their concerns, the government has turned to the police. What’s happening?
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
genocide joe
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
for any liberal that tries to argue that Biden was better on restraining Israel, just ask them if they know what his floating dock was used for.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Israeli attacks sever parts of water network in Lebanon's Mansouri - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Israeli attacks sever parts of water network in Lebanon's Mansouri
<article data-history-node-id="448527" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-sever-parts-water-network-lebanons-mansouri" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-attacks-sever-parts-water-network-lebanons-mansouri" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli attacks sever parts of water network in Lebanon's Mansouri</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Lebanon’s National News Agency reported on Tuesday that ongoing Israeli attacks on the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri&nbsp;have destroyed homes and water wells and severed parts of its water network.</p> <p>Israel also attacked&nbsp;Hadatha, Barashit, and Bani Hayyan in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/Xp9VBvAslyU
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The Leftist Manosphere and Identity Politics
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lot of really bad discourse on 'woke' and identity politics these days. I ofc do a big intervention in my latest video essay, but wanna give a huge shout out to @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for writing this banger (which ofc I review in the video).
Cover of a book. Elite Capture, How the Powerful Took Over Identity politics (and everything else) by Olufemi O. Taiwo. The cover graphics has a hand plucking the dot from the letter i in Elite and a quote by Robin D G Kelley reading "Olufemi O taiwo is a thinker on fire"
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In short, fuck joe biden and fuck anyone simping for him. can't wait for that old piece of shit to die.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joe Biden is a genocide-enabling religious fanatic whose devout Zionism allowed him to continuously supply Israel with weapons while they committed a live-streamed genocide in the already besieged Gaza strip.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
genocide joe enabled the killing of 10s of thousands in gaza.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just released a new Patreon-exclusive video about my 3-week trip to Lebanon. Paid members of all tiers can access it now. If you know me from my video essays, and want to see a more personal side of me, become a paid member to watch this video - and others! www.patreon.com/AymanMak/pos...
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My Trip To Lebanon, My Home | Ayman Makarem
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just released a new Patreon-exclusive video about my 3-week trip to Lebanon. Paid members of all tiers can access it now. If you know me from my video essays, and want to see a more personal side of me, become a paid member to watch this video - and others! www.patreon.com/AymanMak/pos...
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My Trip To Lebanon, My Home | Ayman Makarem
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mcc @dryad.technology · 25/09/2026
Why is billionaire-owned media suddenly coming all at once with pieces against drinking fluids. What is this manufacturing consent for. Is it building toward something. Should I be afraid
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You don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit. @washingtonpost.com‬
Is asking someone to leave the beverages at home for an interview as fussy as reminding a lady to wear pantyhose or a gentleman to ask before lighting a cigarette?

We assembled a team of Post staffers across the newsroom — and commenters — to find out:
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I opened this up. 6 hours!? Video essayists have gone mad. But now, here I am, 2 days later, 4 hours in, and its very good. It's very thorough and, like any good video essay, expands in scope and breadth as it goes on. Highly recommend (but do watch it in parts).
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Regular reminder, if you appreciate my video essays then consider becoming a member of my Patreon. You also get membership perks - exclusive videos, ad free viewing, and a shout out in my videos. If you want more intersectional decolonial leftist analysis, give me money. www.patreon.com/c/AymanMak
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My Youtube Channel is doing exceptional well since the release of my last video on the Leftist Manosphere. However, one video is not moving. Which is a shame, cause I think its my best, and most relevant to the urgency I feel at the current moment as a Lebanese. Do check it out. youtu.be/Dkcwc0XfvTk
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The Long War on Lebanon
YouTube video by Politically Depressed
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lowest tier start at about $3 a month and goes up to $20 a month. Support your local queer leftist Lebanese writer today!
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My Youtube Channel is doing exceptional well since the release of my last video on the Leftist Manosphere. However, one video is not moving. Which is a shame, cause I think its my best, and most relevant to the urgency I feel at the current moment as a Lebanese. Do check it out. youtu.be/Dkcwc0XfvTk
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The Long War on Lebanon
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Regular reminder, if you appreciate my video essays then consider becoming a member of my Patreon. You also get membership perks - exclusive videos, ad free viewing, and a shout out in my videos. If you want more intersectional decolonial leftist analysis, give me money. www.patreon.com/c/AymanMak
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Basically, if I can sum it up in a sentence: there exists an online ecosystem - of predominantely cishet men producers and consumers - that posit leftist identifications but, in their rejection of identity politics, exhibit gross anti-intersectionalist attitudes, which makes their analysis weak af.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I've honestly been fascinated by analysis that seeks to (re)examine the categories of left and right. But not being an academic I find a lot of it very hard to process/understand. I read some Maurizio Lazaratto not too long ago and found it rly interesting (but again parts are wholly inaccessible).
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's less that 'these are representatives of the left', but that they are accepted within what is colloquially understood as the left, esp online - and that is itself a problem. www.patreon.com/AymanMak/pos...
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The Leftist Manosphere and Identity Politics - Transcript | Ayman Makarem
Intro  On April 19, 2019, the internet bore witness to what was dubbed by some as ‘the debate of the century’, a battle between two intellec
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the video (will send the transcript as well). I'm not a scholar and so my methodology is ofc a bit different. I def acknowledge the awkwardness of the term 'leftist' matched with a lot of these faces - something I acknowledge in the video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9V...
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The Leftist Manosphere and Identity Politics
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 21/09/2026
Only a few days after the anniversary of the pager operation in Beirut, the New York Times Games app decided to use the word “pager” as the solution to the day’s Wordle, a puzzle game played daily by around 10 million people worldwide.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I dont see how your reading horeshoe theory into what im describing tbh. If you do want know what im on about I did a whole video essay on it. But it doesnt really feel like something you'd want to earnestly engage with based on this short exchange.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Have you not noticed the rise of toxic masculinity and misogyny within leftist online spaces? Or the acceptance of such figures (even fascists like Carlson) because of their stances re Israel or Trump? There is def something happening nd Im not just being sensational with the title.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As I said in my latest, non-men can also participate in the Leftist Manosphere. As bell hooks used to say 'Patriarchy has no gender'.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just added a new membership tier: Espresso Depresso (3$ a month). This is a new lowest tier meant to make my Patreon more accessible to more people. Become a member today and get access to Patreon-only videos and more! www.patreon.com/c/AymanMak
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just added a new membership tier: Espresso Depresso (3$ a month). This is a new lowest tier meant to make my Patreon more accessible to more people. Become a member today and get access to Patreon-only videos and more! www.patreon.com/c/AymanMak
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This video of mine from last year is having a bit of a revival. Maybe cause of my new (successful) video essay. Or maybe cause the fascist AfD party won pretty big in recent elections in Germany. Watch it if you havn't yet! youtu.be/DrxKR3UjJwk
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A Clockwork Orange and the Myth of German De-Nazification
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS — Israeli occupation forces are shelling the outskirts of the town of Beit Jinn in the western countryside of Damascus, Syria, with heavy artillery.
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of the few things I regret I didnt mention in the video essay is how rampant bullying is as a tactic within the leftist manosphere. It's very immature, self-serving, and cruel -- all things a healthy left must do without. youtu.be/Xp9VBvAslyU
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The Leftist Manosphere and Identity Politics
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isobel @gynoid74.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026
Aymans video essays are so good, please watch.
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Excellent!! youtube.com/watch?v=Xp9V...
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The Leftist Manosphere and Identity Politics
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of the few things I regret I didnt mention in the video essay is how rampant bullying is as a tactic within the leftist manosphere. It's very immature, self-serving, and cruel -- all things a healthy left must do without. youtu.be/Xp9VBvAslyU
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The Leftist Manosphere and Identity Politics
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Ayman Makarem @aymanmak.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just released the transcript for my latest video essay (which is doing shockingly well - at 250k views in just 4 days). Anyway, transcript is open for all on my Patreon. It's 13.5k words, but if you prefer text, its all there (you lose out on my impressions though). www.patreon.com/AymanMak/pos...
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The Leftist Manosphere and Identity Politics - Transcript | Ayman Makarem
Intro  On April 19, 2019, the internet bore witness to what was dubbed by some as ‘the debate of the century’, a battle between two intellec
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Watched this earlier - it's solid! - and followed it up with Ayman's shorter one about political burnout. Now I'm having a lot of Thoughts about links I had not previously made between psych abolition, anti-imperialism, and vicarious trauma as a chilling effect m.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Dz...
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Political Burnout and Psychic Numbing
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