International graduate workers shouldn’t be forced to return to campus by the possibility of losing their funding for a semester or a year. It’s not a luxury most workers can afford. The Georgetown University admin needs to #ComeToTheTable and bargain with Georgetown Alliance of Graduate Employees for a solution.

In a historic win, UC has agreed to rehire the 41 graduate student-workers UCSC fired for demanding a #COLA. This incredible victory is thanks to months of organizing by workers and coalition partners across the state. Make no mistake: when workers fight, they win. #1U

On Ritual, Mourning, and Funerals during the #COVID19 Pandemic

“We are still trying to manage this important transition . . . to carry out the cultural practices of transitioning somebody from the world of the living to the world of the dead.” Roy Grinker speaks with AngieLeventisLourgos of Chicago Tribune about Rituals in the Making

Long Thread - Racist Tenure Denial at Georgetown University. - بھڑاس thehoya.com/professor-reco…

I just wrote this piece for the New York Times. Please read and share with your friends and followers. My Child Asks: ‘Can Israel Destroy Our Building in the Dark?' by: Refaat Alareer nytimes.com/2021/05/13/opi…

GAGE statement of solidarity with the people of Palestine. Please read and also check out the thread and links below for more information, for Palestinian voices, for educational resources, and ways to stand in solidarity. #SaveSheikhJarrah #SavePalestine

The USA doesn’t have free health care, nor free education, but still, 3.8 BILLION USD of the tax money Americans pay every year, goes to support the Israeli army fighting Palestinian civilians.. Is that where you want your tax to go US people? #GazaUnderAttack

The fight for Black lives and the fight for Palestinian liberation are interconnected. We oppose our money going to fund militarized policing, occupation, and systems of violent oppression and trauma. We are anti-war. We are anti-occupation. And we are anti-apartheid. Period.

From the NPC: DSA unequivocally condemns the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians everywhere, including the dispossession (aka illegal “evictions”) of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah... (1/3) dsausa.org/statements/dsa…

30000 near Karameh. Close to the Allenby Bridge. This is historic in Jordan, and speaks to the intensified refusal of both Palestinians and Jordanians of the post-Black September 'Hashemite contract.' x.com/WaelElayyan1/s…

Live now! Holding Palestinian Ground: Lessons from #Gaza to #SheikhJarrah Click to join: fb.watch/5utOuTp_ZG/

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"Friends who have always been silent on Palestine are speaking out for the first time and politicians like New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang are being forced to publicly walk back their unwavering support of Israel amid vocal criticism." via Slate

Gratitude to all those scholars who quietly worked to push this through. This is a historic document for MESA.

"We affirm that health is a universal human right, including for the Palestinian people, and that the time for silence has long passed. Silence, from this point forward, is complicity." scientificamerican.com/article/as-hea…

Check out Jam3a: A Virtual MENA Workspace member Timothy Y. Loh, PhD's fantastic critique of the "framework of equivalence" between cochlear implants and sign language, drawing on research from Jordan: somatosphere.net/2021/not-just-…

Last year, Facebook launched a new Care reaction amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But what does it mean to care in a digital space and in a time of mourning? “Care by Emoji” by Tariq Adely (Tariq Adely | طارق عديلي) and Devin Proctor of Elon University. ow.ly/2fOf50FmbKg