Alex Foley

Foley

Alex Foley is an educator and painter living in Brighton, UK. They have a research background in molecular biology of health and disease. They currently work on preserving fragile digital materials related to mass death atrocities in the MENA region.

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Don’t bury Gaza while its people live

By reducing Gaza to its just its destruction, pro-Palestinian messaging risks reinforcing despair over people's resistance & resilience, writes Alex Foley.

13 May, 2026

Trump and Hegseth American nutter-o-cracy gets Iran sanity check

Far from calculated strategy, the US' war on Iran exposed disarray, ideological extremism, and the erosion of its global credibility, writes Alex Foley.

17 April, 2026

Mamdani’s revolution: How New York has broken the political mold

Against all odds, Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory signals a new era in US politics—& a reckoning for the establishment, writes Alex Foley.

06 November, 2025