Archive - No Elegy Needed

My Syrian roots and why I want to talk about them

The talk of more war in the Middle East prompted me to finally wrestle my thoughts about my Syrian identity into words.

Jun 25 •

ICE Protests, Memphis xAi center disaster, Michigan pro-Palestine crackdown, and the Joe Rogan of the left?

Check out the video from my Substack live with Desmond of Independent Thought

Jun 13 •

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Independent Thought

56:21

Los Angeles is a sign of what's to come

A weaponized federal government has descended upon a community that is hurting, and is attacking their First Amendment rights in the process

Jun 10 •

May 2025

Hell must've frozen over, because I'm complimenting a billionaire for his massive land grabs in Appalachia

The Unreal Engine in my brain is breaking, because this post has positive things to say about a rich man buying land. I'm just as shocked as you are.

May 12 •

Bernie Sanders & AOC Draw 150,000+ People In Latest Rallies

Live recording from Mid-April of my conversation with Desmond from Independent Thought

May 8 •

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Independent Thought

50:13

April 2025

Make Lungs Black Again

Trump's war on coal miners continues

Apr 11 •

On the 15th anniversary of the UBB mine disaster, Trump and Musk are putting miners at risk

The Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster showed us that corporate greed leads to tragedy. Trump and Musk are enabling that to happen again.

Apr 4 •

'MAGA junkie' turns against Trump in my Appalachian hometown because of DOGE; Mocking her doesn't help our cause

Parkersburg, West Virginia is making national headlines due to MAGA people seeing the light because of DOGE cuts. We should be encouraging this.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

Bernie's rallies are so big because people hate corrupt corporate power

Bernie Sanders' populist message about powerful corporate corruption hasn't changed. That's what West Virginia liked about him.

Mar 22 •

Abolish red state-blue state labels

They're designed to cause division, and are the direct byproduct of the broken electoral college

Mar 20 •

Does Appalachia vote against its interests? Redux.

Get your Neosporin: this take will be hot and may cause blisters. The haters will need a cough drop because they're gonna be barkin'

Mar 15 •

Appalachia is fertile ground to build a new labor movement

Fire up the hot take machine. The haters will bark at this. But only because they know, in the back of their minds, I might just have a point.

Mar 8 •

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