Max J. Joseph
@DeadmanMax
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Mostly words and pictures. Assyrians, patronage systems, transnationalism. PhD Political Science⏳
Chicago | London
Joined July 2009
To make people without histories, to make them without futures. To make them prisoners of the present.
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I'm the final boss.
Final Sentence is a Battle Royale typing game where players compete against each other, and one typo could be your last. Only the final writer survives.
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"Independent journalists" https://t.co/kfOWhDDHHq
My advice: Move to Idlib and teach your curriculum there 👍Issue solved?
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More incitement of hatred - this time against defenceless priests. The YPG/PYD have already arrested, beaten and even assassinated Assyrian leaders in Syria when it did not get what it wanted. My thoughts are with this priest. https://t.co/hTnQ104sEv
Syriac Orthodox Bishop of the Jazira and Euphrates Diocese, Bishop "Mor Maurice Amsih", continue to make hostile statements towards AANES administration, saying he will not accept anything other than the Julani curriculum
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Long thread from 2018 (!) detailing how these lies continue to find air on this platform, and how the same strategies are deployed against already vulnerable communities. All for political ideology and domination. https://t.co/iHPRPdFzaQ
THREAD The PYD have released a statement calling Assyrian clergy, school administrators, and ordinary residents who decried the school closures in Syria as "liars" serving the Syrian regime via these "commercial enterprises" which promote "Ba'athist totalitarian thought."
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Once again, PKK accounts spreading fake news and inciting hatred against already vulnerable communities of Christian Assyrian genocide survivors in Syria. Various church-administered schools choose to retain accredited government curricula (and were shut down for it again
Why are church-run schools so stubbornly clinging to the so-called "Al-Qaeda regime" curriculum? The reality is simple: Syriac schools in Hasake and Qamişlo profit handsomely from teaching these so-called “official” curricula. Financially, they benefit far more than they ever
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No major news networks covered Ashur's murder. Today in Le Figaro: 28 year old Algerian man was arrested in Italy in connection to it. "Madelin [his sister] told us that his brother had received threats: "He had received a photo showing him and me leaving the building.""
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Struggling to find baked beans that don't taste like birthday cake in the USA.
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Note to all peoples still begging for political help: stop legitimising systems that actively disempower you and look to empower yourselves outside of them.
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Assyrians will be increasingly framed as a scapegoat by Kurdish nationalists & Islamists for the failings of a KRG that is hemorrhaging people to emigration given unpaid salaries/no prospects. We already witnessed the attack during the Assyrian New Year parade earlier this year.
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Incitement to commit acts of terrorism against Assyrians in Iraq will only intensify if everyone keeps pretending that the Kurdistan Region is a stable and successful region, instead of confronting the reality that it's a corrupt autocracy governed by mafia families.
“Safe Haven”, Kurdistan Region will always be a threat to Assyrians, whether it’s land grabs, election interference, or political violence that has been going on since 2005 and continues to the present day, it’s time to stop calling the KRG a “safe haven” for Assyrian Christians.
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In terms of community-related work, there's a lot of waffle about 'the old generation' and 'the young generation'. None of it matters. The only things that matter: how good your ideas are and how much energy you invest in them.
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Just finished teaching my first two undergrad classes and can confirm teaching is fun and rewarding.
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A 45 year old, wheelchair-bound Assyrian man from Iraq named Ashur Sarnaya was on TikTok Live and talking about Christianity on his way home in Lyon, France, when an Islamist slit his throat with a machete outside his apartment block yesterday. Not sharing the video. No words.
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Yet, many still seem to speak for and about Assyrians and others across the region despite no language proficiency, trusted networks or political legitimacy - and still get taken seriously and showered with success.
Thank you @amberinzaman for the shout out (and mention of new book… coming in early 2026). Language is very useful, as we all agree, but relationships and knowledge equally or more so. Without the knowledge of the issue & trust of people, it’s impossible to get good work done.
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The perverse thing is that - despite the deluge of eulogies and moralising about political violence re: Charlie Kirk - a lot of people will quietly wish for more violence against their ideological opponents. These aren't reflective or healing moments; it will get worse.
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The UK government did not recognize the genocide against Yezidis, Assyrians and other minorities by ISIS in 2016, despite MPs voting for recognition. "Credible judicial processes" should determine it, according to David Cameron, the UK PM at the time: https://t.co/HLpVzeH8Bg 7
telegraph.co.uk
Peers accuse PM of 'morally indefensible’ equivocation in the face of genocide
🚨 NEW: The Government has concluded Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza
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Successive US admins have pumped billions of dollars into this failed outpost and all they have to show for it are two hereditary fiefdoms, limitless corruption, scores of killed/imprisoned opposition figures, politicians, journalists, and another genocide of Assyrians, Yazidis.
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