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dylan saba

@shaabiranks.bsky.social
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‘a net whose fibres pass imperceptibly beneath the world’ // lawyer, writer, third worldist // views my own

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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
turbulencepod.substack.com/p/october-7-...
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October 7 Did Not Take Place
Reflections on the anniversary of Tufan al Aqsa
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Turbulence podcast
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
First of two turbulence podcast episodes with @shaabiranks.bsky.social. prepare yourselves and listen up turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-42...
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Episode 42: Dollar Imperialism w/ Nathan Tankus
With Nathan Tankus
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For those of you who are fans of @shaabiranks.bsky.social's Turbulence podcast, i just recorded for over 3 hours with him. First episode on imperialism, second episode on colonialism (and settler-colonialism). Comes out September 22nd and 24th. Like 24 sources cited. turbulencepod.substack.com
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Turbulence Podcast | Substack
A podcast about the end of the American empire, or the end of the world—whichever comes first. Click to read Turbulence Podcast, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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Kai Bosworth @kaibosworth.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I went on the Turbulence Pod with Dylan Saba. We're talking about what we can learn from data center populism, my incessant attempts to periodize climate politics in the 2010s, and my favorite Lefebvre quote. turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-40...
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Episode 40: Counter-Space and the Data Center Revolt w/ Kai Bosworth
With Kai Bosworth
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is a great piece from Dylan Saba. For those who recoil at its implications, the challenge is constructing a narrative for defeating fascism that connects the "promise" of America to a final, and full, rejection of Settler Colonialism. proteanmag.com/2026/07/27/t...
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The Enemies of 1776 • Protean Magazine
In "The Enemies of 1776", Dylan Saba traces the long history of the US's genocidal wars and pacification operations in the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, to the War in Vietnam, to the Israeli-U...
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I wrote about America’s enemies, across 250 years and 1000 days of genocide proteanmag.com/2026/07/27/t...
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The Enemies of 1776 • Protean Magazine
In "The Enemies of 1776", Dylan Saba traces the long history of the US's genocidal wars and pacification operations in the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, to the War in Vietnam, to the Israeli-U...
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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 28/07/2026
In “The Enemies of 1776,” Dylan Saba marks the nation's 250th by examining the long continuity in the U.S.’s genocidal wars on the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, the Philippines, and Vietnam to the Israeli-U.S. genocide in Gaza. proteanmag.com/2026/07/27/t...
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The Enemies of 1776 • Protean Magazine
In "The Enemies of 1776", Dylan Saba traces the long history of the US's genocidal wars and pacification operations in the global frontier—from the Indian Wars, to the War in Vietnam, to the Israeli-U...
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James Brandt @jamesbrandt.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"This current arrangement is far from stable, and the turn toward nakedly corrupt transactionalism is less a new paradigm of power than a form of crisis looting at the level of the state."
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Today, Dylan Saba (@shaabiranks.bsky.social) argues that the overt gangsterfication of US foreign policy marks the culmination of a dangerous transformation in the nature of American hegemony.
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The Shakedown
The overt gangsterfication of US foreign policy, formalized through the so-called
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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Together with the terrific @azohra.bsky.social, we curated this symposium on IL and the current moment: lpeproject.org/blog/somethi.... Features wise contributions by @wanshucong.bsky.social @jbentonheath.bsky.social @shaabiranks.bsky.social @richardjoyce.bsky.social & Sarah Sherman-Stokes
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Something Old and Something New: International Law Under Trump 2.0
The United States’ turn toward naked coercion and transactional deal-making represents both a genuine departure from its commitment to the liberal international legal order and the culmination of that...
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Samar Al-Bulushi @samar42.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Grateful for the chance to be in dialogue on this topic!
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
EPISODE 8: THE SCRAMBLE FOR SOMALIA Samar Al-Bulushi (@samar42.bsky.social) joins us to discuss Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, US intervention in the Horn of Africa, and why the Red Sea corridor has become such a hotspot in the rapidly shifting global order. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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Episode 8: The Scramble For Somalia
With Samar Al-Bulushi
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
EPISODE 7: BLACK INTERNATIONALISM Adom Getachew joins us to discuss self-determination, pan-Africanism, and the life and thought of Marcus Garvey. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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Episode 7: Black Internationalism
With Adom Getachew
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
EPISODE 6: LEBANON AND THE PARTY OF GOD @raniaakhalek.bsky.social joins us to discuss the history of Hezbollah, Lebanon’s struggle for sovereignty in the face of US interference and Israeli aggression, and the country’s current political dilemmas. turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-5-...
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Episode 6: Lebanon and the Party of God
With Rania Khalek
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
BONUS: DIRTY LAUNDRY We discuss the death of Yasser Abu Shabab, Netanyahu’s corruption charges, the upcoming Houthi invasion of the Golan Heights, Hegseth’s double tap, and Trump’s racist tirade against Somalis. turbulencepod.substack.com/p/bonus-dirt...
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BONUS: Dirty Laundry
News Roundup
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
EPISODE 5: THE AXIS OF RESISTANCE Our friend Rob Ashlar joins us to discuss the myths and realities of the Axis of Resistance, Iranian grand strategy, and the unifying power of the Palestinian cause. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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Episode 5: The Axis of Resistance
With Rob Ashlar
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
BONUS: THE BRAZILIAN BUNGLER In our latest news of the week bonus episode, we discuss Jair Bolsonaro’s failed attempt to escape from house arrest, former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz’s sensational book tour, and the Trump-Mamdani White House summit. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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BONUS: The Brazilian Bungler
News Roundup
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
BONUS: BORED OF PEACE In our latest news of the week bonus episode, we discuss the McDonald’s Summit, the Donroe Doctrine, Mohammad bin Salman at the White House, and the United Nations Security Council formally endorsing Trump’s Gaza plan. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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BONUS: Bored of Peace
News Roundup
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
EPISODE 4: SUDAN IN THE WORLD-SYSTEM Our friend Hassan joins us to discuss the devastating civil war in Sudan, the geopolitical strategy of the United Arab Emirates, and US counter-rationality as a hegemon in decline. substack.com/@turbulencep...
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Episode 4: Sudan in the World-System
With Hassan
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
BONUS: MAMDANI MADNESS We discuss Kazakhstan joining the Abraham Accords, the absurd failure of Saudi Arabia’s Neom, Jolani’s White House visit, and offer a critical assessment of the Mamdani mayoral victory, exclusively for paid subscribers. turbulencepod.substack.com/p/bonus-mamd...
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BONUS: Mamdani Madness
News Roundup
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
EPISODE 3: BLACK AUGUST, BLACK SEPTEMBER Orisanmi Burton joins us to discuss the legacy of Assata Shakur, the prison as a form of warfare, and transnational solidarity between Black and Palestinian revolutionary struggles. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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Episode 3: Black August, Black September
With Orisanmi Burton
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
EPISODE 2: THE PALESTINE-MEXICO BORDER Alexander Aviña joins us to discuss Israel’s Cold War involvement in Latin America, the invention of “narcoterrorism,” and the potential for solidarity between the pro-Palestine and anti-ICE movements. turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-2-...
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Episode 2: The Palestine-Mexico Border
With Alexander Aviña
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
EPISODE 1: YEMEN’S SOLIDARITY BLOCKADE @lalehkhalili.bsky.social joins us to discuss Ansarallah’s naval blockade in support of Palestine, the politics and history of the commodities trade in the Arabian Peninsula, and "counter-logistical" strategies of resistance. open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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Episode 1: Yemen's Solidarity Blockade
With Laleh Khalili
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We’re up and running, folks. Episode thread 🧵 turbulencepod.substack.com/subscribe
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Subscribe to Turbulence Podcast
A podcast about the end of the American empire, or the end of the world—whichever comes first. Click to read Turbulence Podcast, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
It’ll go live once we publish our first episode! For now if you subscribe via substack you’ll be notified when we launch
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Introducing Turbulence, a new podcast from Séamus Malekafzali, Dylan Saba, and M Ceniza. Dropping October 28. Subscribe today: turbulencepod.substack.com Trailer by @seamus-malekafzali.com
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Hello Bluesky community—I’m not very active here, but I wanted to share a new project that I’ve been working on with @seamus-malekafzali.com and M Ceniza. It’s a podcast, Turbulence, about the end of the liberal international order. Tap in: turbulencepod.substack.com
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
PMC guy after receiving compliment: that’s why they pay me the medium bucks
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Palestine Legal @palestinelegal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
"Universities did everything in their power to suppress the student movement: suspending people, firing professors, banning clubs— Capitulation doesn’t work. The Trump admin is still fleecing them for millions of dollars," said our staff atty Dylan on a panel at @netrootsnation.bsky.social.
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Mark Krotov @markkrotov.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
@shaabiranks.bsky.social, March 2024: "The aim of this strategy is to achieve by starvation what could not be achieved by military force." www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Aid Wars | Dylan Saba
As Israel’s ground operation in Gaza nears its close, the next major struggle is coming into view. The battle over the provision of essential humanitarian aid, already so brutal over the past few mont...
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
For the @parapraxismag.bsky.social resistance issue I wrote about the lines of flight forged by some of the most important revolutionaries of our time. Among other things, this piece is my perspective on Black-Palestinian solidarity www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/fug...
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Fugitive Solidarities — Parapraxis
On Kanafani, Shakur, Jackson, and Sinwar Dylan Saba
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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The liberal international order is collapsing. This piece argues that post–October 7 geopolitics reveals a shift from imperial hypocrisy to imperial candor: multilateralism is dead and force is the new lingua franca. By @shaabiranks.bsky.social in @nplusonemag.com buff.ly/vvsoyNy
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Wave of Domination | Dylan Saba
The Trump Administration’s reliance on ICE underscores a transformation toward a domestic politics of domination that mirrors its lawlessness abroad. Just as Trump felt no obligation toward any kind…
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Total PMC victory
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The liberal international order is dead. My latest: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Wave of Domination | Dylan Saba
The Trump Administration’s reliance on ICE underscores a transformation toward a domestic politics of domination that mirrors its lawlessness abroad. Just as Trump felt no obligation toward any kind o...
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parapraxismag.bsky.social @parapraxismag.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Announcing Issue 06: Resistance, now available for pre-order. Essays by Fady Joudah, Jamieson Webster, Dylan Saba, Yasmin El-Riafe, Ussama Makdisi, Mary Turfah, Hannah Proctor, & more. For full TOC: www.parapraxismagazine.com/magazine To pre-order: www.parapraxismagazine.com/store/p/para...
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
As a woke PMC third worldist one of my favorite pastimes is perpetuating language and frameworks that alienate the white working class
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I’d be happy to, feel free to email me dylanfsaba@gmail.com
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I promise to never have a podcast
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Will the Applebee’s 2 for 20 meal exist under socialism?
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Do y’all fuck with simple stuff or complicated stuff more?
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Jake Romm @jakeromm.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Thread of pictures from the Algerian Sahara
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
The bird flu? That sure sounds like something a bird would do! 🤣
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Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
One way to know that Zionism is a racial project is in the amount of anti-Palestinian racism that exists! That did not exist 100 years ago, Zionism made that, through a logic of race
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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
In a new On the Nose episode, @maricohen.bsky.social, Alex Kane, @emmasaltzberg.bsky.social, and @shaabiranks.bsky.social discuss the incoming Trump administration's likely escalation of the campaign to silence the anti-genocide movement. jewishcurrents.org/preparing-fo...
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Preparing for Trump’s Repression
Mari Cohen and Alex Kane speak with Emma Saltzberg and Dylan Saba on the coming crackdowns on pro-Palestine organizing.
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Reminder that it’s actually totally possible to be fans of either AOC or Pelosi without resorting to put-downs or toxic comments about the other 🙄
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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Wanted to do a trend forecast for 2025 but the only thing I could think of for “in” was war so I stopped
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