Author: Feyzi Ismail
Date: 15 April 2026
Type: Video
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Feyzi Ismail assesses Trump’s mafia-style approach to geopolitics and how we resist the drive to more war at Counterfire’s Revolution! weekender

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Feyzi Ismail

Feyzi Ismail teaches at Goldsmiths, University of London, and is active in UCU

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