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Opposing genocide, it would seem, is inconsistent with the values of some of the most “prestigious” private universities in the USA. They apparently care more about alumni donations and endowments than they do human rights. Take note. And plan your next conference elsewhere.

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“Vincent and Carpenter [say Harvard’s Magna Carta] is as relevant as ever at a time when Harvard is clashing with the Trump administration over how much authority the federal government should have over its leadership, admissions and activism on campus.”

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Today marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba—the violent catastrophe that started the expulsion, dispossession, displacement and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people by Israel. The Nakba is not a history lesson, the Nakba has not ended.

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Democrats: “Make this man our next nominee!”

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Who is the terrorist?

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This is where we are as a civilization.

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New Headline: “Centrist Voters Obstructing DNC Election Victories by Endorsing Bourgeois Platform in Time of Socioeconomic Flux”

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Thanks to @amyking.bsky.social for my new antifascist bling! ✊ . . Hey that rhymes …

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Very pleased to launch my new website with info about my publications, books and current projects. 👉 selenadaly.com

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How many of these ICE agents are Proud Boys? And how could we find out?

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Most of history is lost to us ... because it was written in cursive ... by a man.

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@jasonaw.bsky.social: Hey Jason, glad to be following your work here on BlueSky. You may be interested in this project that @amyking.bsky.social and I co-edited on the contemporary Italian far-right's street-level propaganda: @wmab-2018-2019.bsky.social.

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I'm pleased to announce the publication of my essay, "'Propaganda for Our Italy': Ruth Williams Ricci, Gendered Mobility, and Fascist Italy's African Empire, 1935-1941," in Gendering Fascism: Individual Actors, Concepts, and Transnational Connections (Brill, 2025). URL: brill.com/display/book...

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Italian speaking/reading friends: What words do you see written here?

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“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves” -- Matthew 7:15

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"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." — Donald Trump (channeling Napoleon Bonaparte) “When a constitution proves itself to be useless, the nation does not die – the constitution is altered.” — Adolf Hitler

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The latest episode of the @fshistory.bsky.social Book Talks series has been published on YouTube (see below). In this episode, I speak with Dr. Lisa Jacobson on her latest monograph, Intoxicating Pleasures: The Reinvention of Wine, Beer, and Whiskey after Prohibition (UC Press, 2024).

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We're live! If you're interested in the history of wine, beer, and whiskey in the post-Prohibition United States, come join our Zoom meeting with Dr. Lisa Jacobson! Registration URL: fresnostate.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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On this day in 1937, Italian Marxist philosopher, Antonio Gramsci, passed away from deteriorated health conditions associated with his many years in fascist prison. This poster, which quotes Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, appeared in Rome in December 2018.

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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the fall of Italian Fascism during World War II. I collected this poster in Rome's Centocelle neighborhood in April 2019, which commemorates what Italians refer to as "Liberation Day." Buona festa della liberazione a tutti! Ed abbasso il fascismo, oggi e sempre!

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This poster by the National Association of Italian Partisans commemorates the 74th anniversary of Italy's liberation from Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic and Nazi Germany's occupying Wehrmacht forces during the final months of World War II.

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This poster, which features the slogan "Today Just as Yesterday, (East) Rome Is Anti-Fascist," appeared in the alleyways of Rome's Prenestino-Centocelle neighborhood to promote a celebratory public march to Piazza delle Camelie on April 25th, 2019.

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A powerful call has just gone up on the website of the @aacu.org : “A Call for Constructive Engagement” signed by almost 200 college & university presidents (more sure to join), from community colleges to R1s! #academicsky #edusky @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

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New Yorkers! I’ll be speaking with @brianjgriffith.bsky.social at Columbia’s Italian Academy on the 80th anniversary of Italy’s liberation from Fascism. Come along for the Bella Ciao?

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See an exhibit of Italian neo-fascist posters and related artwork in the @fresnostatelibrary 3rd Floor Ellipse Gallery that was curated by #FresnoState European history faculty Dr. Brian J. Griffith (and ends this week). More info at: bit.ly/FS25-italian...

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For anyone interested in learning about the way in which wine, beer, and whiskey were intentionally transformed into symbols of the post-WWII American “good life,” come join Dr. Lisa Jacobson and I on Monday, April 28th on Zoom.

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"The symbols of today enable the reality of tomorrow. Notice the swastikas and the other signs of hate. Do not look away, and do not get used to them. Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so." — Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

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Fresno State students browsing the Where Monsters Are Born exhibition at the Fresno State Library in January 2025.

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The United States has so many intelligent, brilliant people. So why are the stupid clowns in charge?

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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

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“By the time many earlier fellow travelers woke up to fascist reality, it was too late to resist, except by martyrdom.” — George L. Mosse

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