The ASAsin Manifesto is the outline of a politics of identity. It is a personal reflection on the current state of affairs in the US and in the world. Over the past years, our ability to think critically has been repeatedly put to the test. In the aftermath of violent strikes on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the world is experiencing the onset of a new era of permanent war against real and invented enemies of the American Empire. The media has bombarded us with propaganda and manipulated the emotions of the people, causing more hatred and perpetuating violence. I feel this is the moment to develop a new geopolitical aesthetic of opposition. This is a difficult enterprise: many of the most recognizable icons of dissent – Ghandi, Mandela, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Che – have been incorporated by an establishment that only honors rebels when they are dead or no longer a threat. The images in my work are by contrast unfamiliar, even perhaps disturbing. My work draws on my life as a refugee. My politics are personal and this is my story.