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Dr. Debra Shushan is a Middle East and US foreign policy expert. A senior resident affiliate at Georgetown's Center for Jewish Civilization, she’s taught at top colleges and directed Israel-Palestine policy & advocacy at Jewish non-profits. Yale PhD.
Activist, organizer. Author of Chop Wood Carry Water Daily Actions. Political content creator. @jesscraven101 on all socials.
Public servant running for U.S. Senate because it shouldn't be THIS hard to get by. Michigan born and raised. Girl Dad. Doctor.
Author of ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR | Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, former Senior Policy Advisor to the Vice President of the United States | amifieldsmeyer.com
Haaretz columnist. Author of TABLETS SHATTERED. Contributor to NYT, NYRB, The Guardian and elsewhere. Member of the Dissent editorial board.
Daniel Levy is the President of the U.S./Middle East Project and a former Israeli negotiator with the Palestinians at Taba under Prime Minister Ehud Barak and at Oslo B under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
The Left Hook is a thoroughly opinionated and biased intellectual playground for people who enjoy political, cultural, and religious hot takes without corporate censorship and nonsense centrism.
Queer sci-fi author writing The Hinge & The Near Field—essays on how democracy bends, fiction on where it lands. Now: Rewiring the Republic—43 repairs, mild to wild. COO @ Blue Amp Media. Co-host, The Daily Whatever Show. Gay AF \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08
Blue Amp Media (BAM) is a pro-democracy media network delivering sharp analysis, accountability journalism, and culture-forward commentary—while amplifying new voices. Founded by Cliff Schecter with David Shuster.
Combat Vet. Anti-oligarchy. Pro-human. I do news, interviews & thoughts. Research fueled by coffee. https://ko-fi.com/angrymalevet Support Mary Peltola https://act.link/gi-Q1AJyV?refcode=am854
Author, teacher, public and political activist, the founder and Co Chair of All its Citizens party, marathon runner, the Former Speaker of the knesset
Writer, musician, foreign policy analyst.
I write and rant about stuff.
Middle East Institute Senior Fellow | International Peace Institute | Yale Peace Fellow | Political Analysis | Security Analysis | Risk Management | Crisis Response and Lead. What I write here is my own views. https://mei.edu/person/jaser-abumousa/
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Answering your Middle East questions before you ask. Saudi dissident, human rights activist, and international geopolitical analyst. KSU alum and Master of Public Affairs student at the UMN Humphrey School. https://www.venmo.com/u/LionWajeeh
Josh Paul is co-founder of A New Policy. He resigned from the State Department in October 2023 over U.S. complicity in Gaza. He previously held roles in Iraq, the West Bank, the Pentagon, and as a Congressional staffer.
A writer, director & peace activist from Tel-Aviv, living in NYC. Shortly after Oct 7, Tamar co-founded Israelis For Peace to mobilize for a ceasefire & hostage deal, an end to the occupation & a shared Israeli-Palestinian future.
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