Ph.D. Psychology; Cognitive and Brain Sciences
California
Joined February 2012
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«Vivir no es solo respirar, es tener una causa por la cual luchar.» Pepe Mujica 📚
“The colonized mind is not merely traumatized, it is trained to internalize oppression and call it disorder.”
Dr. Frantz Fanon (psychiatrist & philosopher)
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قامه اولسه زما خپل وطنه
ما د حالاتو زیروبم سره تل
خپلو سندرو کې ستاغم ژړلې
چې د سکڼی ماښام ستائینې کیږی
ما دې په ښکلی مخ تورتم ژړلې
که تورو سترګو د چا فن لمسوؤ
توریو مې ستا د سترګو نم ژړلې
چا که ګلونه سحرونه ستائیل
وطنه ما دې پرهرونه ستائیل
قلندر مومند
Pashto Poetry
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.”
- Edward W. Said
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Video: Eight-year-old Noor Alam, who survived a Pakistani airstrike in Nangarhar, mourns his family, martyred within moments of the strike.
#TOLOnews_English
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A reminder of the Pahlavi legacy in Iran
“After crafting quiet Florida life, Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ must now face trial - Parviz Sabeti crafted an anonymous new life for his family – but now he faces a $225m lawsuit for atrocities committed in prisons in Tehran and elsewhere”
theguardian.com/world/2025/s…
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And yet, Steven Pinker is still a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, and his books are still on the shelves of Barnes & Noble.
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Hello Steven Pinker. Look what I just found. Is this you?
I just have a few questions.
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A hero. An inspiration. One of the few good American intellectuals.
RIP Dr. Parenti. Your legacy lives on through your students always!
Rest in peace, Michael Parenti.
Michael Parenti was one of the most important Marxist intellectuals of our time. A fearless critic of imperialism, capitalism, and liberal apologetics for power, he dedicated his life to exposing how empire actually works.
At a time when honesty came at a real cost, Parenti chose truth anyway. He spoke plainly, wrote accessibly, and never softened his analysis to appease elites. From dismantling Cold War propaganda to defending socialism against caricature, he armed generations with clarity, courage, and historical grounding.
His voice lives on in his books, lectures, and in everyone who learned to think critically because of him.
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Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92
He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family
“Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected
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Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, holder of a PhD from Harvard, as well as 42 honorary PhDs from numerous universities.
He's author of 34 books, and considered to be one of the smartest people alive today.
His commentary on China.🇨🇳👇
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Jeffrey Sachs: U.S. Attacks Venezuela & Kidnaps President Maduro
youtu.be/LhZuTOuwKGA
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"You will grow up, if you grow up at all, knowing you were born in an age when human rights had been abolished."
—Chris Hedges, Letter to the Children of Gaza
We have failed the children of Gaza!
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Bombing Venezuela while coordinating a genocide in Palestine while threatening to attack Iran (again) while destabillizing Somalia while carrying out a heist in the DRC...
US imperialism is the greatest threat to peace and security in our world today and it's not even close.
Followed in my dad’s footsteps. He was a university professor (Chemistry) & my first teacher who stressed critical thinking skills… 🥹💕
#teaching #academia #education
Afghans unfortunately are a highly traumatized population due to decades of destabilization.
The trauma shows up in behavior & lifestyle choices through maladaptive coping mechanisms.
Do the work now to heal.
Seek mental health services from professionals.
#MentalHealth 🧠
We live in a time where we’re constantly bombarded with technology.
Social media apps designed to keep us addicted for short hits of dopamine thus harming areas of the brain involved in:
-learning
-memory
-emotion regulation
-attention
Embrace time offline.
#mentalhealth 🧠