Archive - Shadows of Empire

Water Is Life: Gaza Great Minds and Grassroots Gaza Bring Drinking Water to GGM’s Summer Programs

This publication is dedicated to educating and building the hearts and minds of the new generation so they can rebuild Gaza beyond the genocide.

Published on Gaza Great Minds • 13 hrs ago

July 2026

Fitness Is Not a Fist: The Misreading at the Root of Our Endless Wars

Shadows of Empire — Welcome to our new series on where late-stage capitalism is taking us and what it’s costing.

Jul 31 • Dede Bell

Teacher-Librarian Begins Hosting a LIVE Repository of Valuable FREE Research Resources on Substack

NBCT English teacher and experienced librarian hosts a digital resource web page for researchers, journalists, writers, and curious sleuths.

Jul 28 • Dede Bell

From the Ruins, He Built a School: The Extraordinary Story of Ahmad Abu Riziq, Founder of Gaza Great Minds

A teacher. A father. A visionary. How one young man's refusal to surrender to despair became a lifeline for thousands of children in Gaza.

Published on Gaza Great Minds • Jul 27

DREAMS of GAZA's CHILDREN and the Kite RAISED at the Top of the World

Mostafa Salameh, Rising Dreams, Gaza Great Minds, and the Al Khair Foundation - Raising Dreams Up High for Gaza's Children

Published on Gaza Great Minds • Jul 27

Gaza Great Minds' Creative Writing Initiative Builds Voice and Opportunity for Gaza's Community

GGM provides a writing workshop for students which offers more than writing skills; it offers hope.

Published on Gaza Great Minds • Jul 27

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The Next Crime Scene: The Weapon Sudan's War Runs On

The fifth installment in our series on Sudan's War and Its Enablers — and the first of a strand tracing how modern wars weaponize sexual violence…

Jul 26 • Dede Bell

Zionism Exposed 2026: The Settler-Colonial Logic the West Won't Name

For 2 years, what to call Israel's conduct in Gaza was treated in Western capitals as a matter of opinion. No longer.

Jul 20 • Dede Bell

The MONSTERS Among US

Is Palantir as evil to its core as it looks to be? Are Palantir's intentions and visions as evil and dark as they seem?

Jul 19 • Dede Bell

The Peacemakers’ Paradox: The Governments Brokering Sudan’s Peace Are Arming Its War

- 4. The fourth installment in our series on Sudan’s War and Its Enablers

Jul 19 • Dede Bell

The Peacemakers’ Paradox: The Governments Brokering Sudan’s Peace Are Arming Its War

The fourth installment in our series on Sudan’s War and Its Enablers

Published on Manufacturing Dissent • Jul 19

The Other Ledger: Egypt's Drones, Russia's Red Sea Prize, and the Foreign Hands Behind Sudan's Army

- 3. From our series Sudan's War and Its Enablers, Installment 3

Jul 15 • Dede Bell

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