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Avoid the violence/nonviolence debate. It’s a trap. The only thing that matters is what actions lead to more justice and less harm. Inaction and complicity in the face of brutal oppression is the worst form of violence. Never forget it.

submitted 9 days ago • 137 comments

LA has one of the strongest and most robust mutual aid networks anywhere. mutualaidla.org

submitted 11 days ago • 7 comments

bsky.app/profile/chad... - specific places to support from a trusted person.

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"In the custodial state...the citizen enters the scene in a mode of resignation–a way of being held in perpetual custody–as the only guarantee of protection both from state power and by it." NEW from Debaditya Bhattacharya ctjournal.org/2025/05/29/w...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

The Palestinian town of Umm al-Fahm is on the frontlines of the struggle against Israeli state terror and genocide.

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas. 'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”

submitted 24 days ago • 77 comments

THIS. Every single word. Students are the reason why we do what we do.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Seeing a lot of confusion about the budget's provisions on trans care--it would strip Medicaid funds for trans care (which is awful enough) but it would NOT prohibit private insurers from providing coverage for trans care. It actually does something far more narrow and wonkier

submitted 28 days ago • 12 comments

happy for Khalil of course but i must say, "lawful permanent resident not charged with any crimes, imprisoned by president's stormtroopers for having forbidden opinions about US-abetted genocide, briefly allowed to touch his child" is a hell of a thing to find oneself feeling joy and relief about

submitted 28 days ago • 30 comments

Must-read material for SF scholars and fans here:

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Around 100.000 people have been demonstrating in The Hague against our government's stance towards, and complicity in, Israel's genocide in Gaza. This is huge for two reasons: (1) the largest demonstration in 20 yrs; (2) The Netherlands is traditionally pro-Israel. Picture: nos.nl/artikel/2567...

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments

We’ve updated our mission statement on our webpage in both English and Korean: dkscollective.com/dks-collecti...

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In this short piece, I refuse to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Gwangju Uprising. origins.osu.edu/read/gwangju...

submitted 34 days ago • 2 comments

LIVE NOW! Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry 🇵🇸 Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social , @noorhindi.bsky.social and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day. Stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHwV...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

“Today, on Nakba Day, … we attest that, by speaking truth to power, we work toward making state violence less possible everywhere, whether here on the campuses and streets of the United States or, more pressingly, in Gaza and all of Palestine.”

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A new report finds the bottom 60% of U.S. households—or two-thirds of the population—can't afford a “minimal quality of life": housing, health care, and other necessities. "Indicators like GDP and unemployment tell us the economy is thriving. But they don’t reflect the reality of most Americans."

submitted 36 days ago • 53 comments

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

submitted 37 days ago • 486 comments

Every book, 40% off, all month long! Browse new releases or long-time favorites at ucpress.edu and use promo code MAY40. ⁠ ⁠ Terms: For US & Canada orders. Sale ends May 31, 2025. Not applicable for pre-orders publishing beyond 90 days.

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Reminder: The application deadline for the Publication Mentoring Workshop is in one week, by May 9 at midnight EST. This workshop for graduate students and postdocs will be held on June 6, 2025. See the CFP for details and submission guidelines. Link to apply: forms.gle/fb6B2KMgnZGh...

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Log on! Sudan Solidarity Collective launched a fundraising workshop series called Workshops4Sudan. Ruth Wilson Gilmore will be giving the next Workshop on Monday, 5 May at 12 noon (EDT) entitled “the soviets and abolition.” www.sudansolidarity.com/events/the-s...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

NEW— Nearly 200 US college presidents affirm their schools as places where "faculty, students, and staff are free to exchange ideas and opinions…without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation." Signers include Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, UPenn, Brown, Tufts Notably absent: Columbia

submitted 58 days ago • 67 comments

This is how you do it.

submitted 59 days ago • 20 comments

Harvard will not comply. “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” — Harvard President Alan M. Garber www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

submitted 66 days ago • 19 comments

We will be holding a Publication Mentoring Workshop (invite only) for grads/postdocs in June 2025. Please see the CFP for details, eligibility and submission guidelines. Application due May 9 Midnight EST. Link to apply via google form: forms.gle/fb6B2KMgnZGh...

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

Across higher ed, “I have never seen a climate of fear like this in my life" Todd Wolfson & @chenjerai.bsky.social @aaup.bsky.social tell me. "But I’m seeing something else too... that fear is turning into anger & that anger is turning into action" Listen to our vital conversation @therealnews.com

submitted 68 days ago • 3 comments

Last fall, Blue Cross got hit with a $421 million verdict after jurors found it defrauded doctors. It was one of the biggest verdicts ever outside a class action - and it revealed the inner workings of how insurers block payments. My latest. www.propublica.org/article/blue...

submitted 68 days ago • 11 comments

Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.

submitted 69 days ago • 191 comments

I feel physically sick.

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

A must-watch film. If you’re interested in listening to women’s experience of state terrorism in Cold War South Korea, join us this Friday.

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

Major update: At least 50 ASU students have had their visas revoked in recent weeks. Some of them were due to graduate next month. Country-wide, an attorney I spoke with estimated 1,000 student visa revocations. For @azluminaria.bsky.social azluminaria.org/2025/04/07/a...

submitted 73 days ago • 9 comments

Breaking News: The Trump administration intends to block $510 million in federal contracts and grants for Brown University.

submitted 77 days ago • 112 comments

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma.... Absolutely perfect, and incisive, piece by Adam Shatz. How all universities, not just Columbia, are not just collaborating with Trump, but colluding with him.

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The Chronicle asked universities how they would respond if the Trump admin demanded that they: -Expel students -Remove control of a department from the faculty -Change student discipline policy The response? "No college or university... answered any of our questions." 😞 #academicsky #edusky

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

this morning friends, colleagues, and students recieved an email with the sad news that jonathan sterne passed away last night in his sleep. if you would like to reach out to carrie, you can do so at the heyjonandcarrie email that was previously distributed. (dm me if you dont have this)

submitted 90 days ago • 13 comments

My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...

submitted 91 days ago • 61 comments

Any and all of us can be disappeared by the regime. I hope that people really understand this. This is the time on the fascist clock we're currently on.

submitted 92 days ago • 22 comments

This not only terrorizes international scholars but will also have a tremendous impact on the research landscape. People will not be able to compete their dissertations, finish books, get tenure, etc all b/c they cannot risk travel. This is a huge blow to knowledge production as well as inhumane.

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

In Massachusetts, at Logan airport, immigration thugs stripped an innocent man naked, tortured him, and pressured him to give up his green card.

submitted 96 days ago • 36 comments

🚨Last week Helyeh Doutaghi, a scholar in international law, was barred from Yale and put on administrative leave: ‘The decision came three days after a news site powered by artificial intelligence, published a story calling her a member of a terrorist group.’ www.removepaywall.com/search?url=h...

submitted 99 days ago • 7 comments

My union @swcolumbia.bsky.social has created a resource to support international students who are experiencing increasingly higher risk of immigration enforcement. We have done this on our own time while the University has remained silent and complicit. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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The jailing of a Palestinian protester by ICE raises urgent concerns about universities’ role in suppressing pro-Palestine activism. Critics warn that by enabling such crackdowns, institutions risk undermining their own commitment to academic freedom.

submitted 101 days ago • 5 comments

Recommendation on this 8th of March: Why Palestine is a feminist issue-a reckoning with Western feminism in a time of genocide, by @nicolapratt.bsky.social @afafjabiri.bsky.social Ashjan Ajour, Hala Shoman @maryamaldossari.bsky.social & @saraababneh.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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