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mauraf.bsky.social
Writer/ethnographer/professor, author of “The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai” (DUP 2019) she/her/free Palestine 🍉 https://www.maurafinkelstein.com
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Kibbutzim are settlements inherent to Zionist state building. They are akin to military outposts that establish/patrol borders, engage in land theft/dispossession, & (through a racialized hierarchy) enforce white supremacy at the heart of Zionism, a Jewish supremacist project 1/

Settler colonies create supremacist societies which leads to a normalization of genocidal violence. This is not natural but instead naturalized by these societies & projected onto oppressed people as justification for violence & subjugation 1/

The Zionist entity has continuously lied about absolutely everything. Any thoughtful person would therefore conclude that the Zionist entity is & always will lie about absolutely everything. It is exhausting to live amongst thoughtless people (& yes, “thoughtless” is a euphemism)

College & university administrators - THIS is what student unsafety looks like: “I am worried about my future…The Israeli war on Gaza has destroyed the future of thousands of university students. The occupation has destroyed everything in Gaza.” electronicintifada.net/content/deva...

Happiest launch day to @reproutopia.bsky.social and their brilliant Enemy Feminisms, which is not just an incredibly valuable account of complicated and therefore often overlooked moments in feminist history, but a vital philosophical and analytical guide to thinking and moving anti-fascistly.

Just a reminder: If you do not support resistance, you have internalized the logics of white supremacy.

500 days of genocide. The only way forward is the complete dismantling of the Zionist entity and the eradication of Zionism. Free Palestine, from the river to the sea 🍉 www.aljazeera.com/program/news...

SCOOP: A group including Columbia alumni, professors & parents is trying to get students deported & arrested and urged people to tip off FBI. They’ve also disparaged Jewish protesters & tried to compile lists of JVP members. W/ @natashalennard.bsky.social theintercept.com/2025/02/15/c...

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The only path towards true justice & liberation is through the complete dismantling of all settler states, including both Israel & the United States. The foundation of both these entities is genocide, meaning their worldview is genocidal. Now folks are just saying the quiet parts out loud.

One of the world’s greatest book stores - I learned so much from Ahmed & Mahmoud & many of my books (which I couldn’t find in the US) are from their shop. Please amplify- telling Palestinian stories, esp from Palestinian perspectives, is one of the greatest threats to the Zionist entity.

The Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem was raided today, and its owners, Mahmoud and Ahmed Mona, were arrested. The bookstore is one of the premier Palestinian cultural institutions of East Jerusalem; Mahmoud Mona is among the most inspiring figures in the city. via @nirhasson.bsky.social

An absolute essential read - we all need to be having this conversation right now: proteanmag.com/2025/01/31/b...

Why isn’t this the biggest story rn??? Oh, of course 🤨 “Israeli troops were ordered to shoot and kill captive Israeli civilians on 7 October 2023, Israel’s then defence minister admitted this week.” electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-wi...

As an anti-Zionist Jew I have to tell you: Blame Biden and Harris for funding, arming, and backing a literal genocide Blame the white voters who placed Trump in power Blame Musk, Altman, Zuckerberg, Theil, and the rest of the fashy tech bros Don't blame Palestinians or anti-genocide activists.

1/ I’ve been called “Kapo” enough times to never use it as a slur but there is something so dark & wretched about Jewish people celebrating Trump (full stop) & his monstrous EOs

all eyes on Jenin, all eyes on the West Bank

🧧🐍🎊🏮 Happy #YearOfTheSnake! eSIMS are in more than ever. Help us raise money so people can stay connected. Update from @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social @thellpsx.bsky.social and me disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/01/29/c... #LunarNewYear

Now is a time we need to support each other in academia across disciplines, across universities: Those in fields not under attack, need to help those who are under attack Senior faculty need to support junior faculty Privileged faculty need to support marginalized faculty #academicsky

Wearing/posting this today for absolutely no reason 😶😶😶

1/For my novel(s), I've spent years researching how some targeted communities have coped under fascism and authoritarianism. What I've found consistently is the networks of assistance they developed to help each other survive. It was not perfect but it helped many manage until something broke.

Today, January 26, is the deadline for Phase 1 of the Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Agreement. What are 10 things you should know about the agreement? www.instagram.com/p/DFNrjB0JcH...

"But on a more technical level, the way it’s been written is so embarrassingly ignorant of basic human biology that it would be laughable if its effects weren’t so harmful." www.huffpost.com/entry/biolog...

“As the enormous Republican effort to legislate against and police trans people makes clear, it takes a huge amount of work, violence, and coercion to enforce gender conformity — it is our job to make that effort harder at every turn.” theintercept.com/2025/01/22/t...

📢New #PAG20 Critical Perspectives📢 @zeinmurib.bsky.social argues for the reconsideration of how gender is conceptualized and operationalized in political science in light of the increased legislative attacks on trans rights in the 🇺🇸. polisky gendersky https://buff.ly/4h8pWV8

Forcibly displaced Palestinians return to what’s left of their homes across Gaza after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes into effect. — in pictures aje.io/axybur

Feeling grateful to spend the weekend with Mohammed El-Kurd’s new book ❤️🙏🏼🍉

A reminder to everyone in the West - a ceasefire is just the beginning, the goal is liberation. Our work doesn't stop until Palestine is free, from the river to the sea.

RIP 2007 you would have loved this New-McCarthyism

"We feel that it is our responsibility as the largest North American organization of scholars of literature and language to protest and stand with our colleagues who are being murdered for their existence," said one organizer.