CFP for theory folks in the southeast (and beyond) — University of Memphis is hosting the inaugural Southern Symposium for Political Thought in early March. Abstracts due October 1. memphis.edu/polisci/sspt/

Israel is like the 51st state on an expanding frontier.

Coates describes how his Palestinian guide is prohibited from accessing water or walking down certain roads where he lives, and the morning show host asks if he’d considered what Palestinians have to done to deserve that. Despicable doesn’t begin to describe this.

A reminder as US colleges weaponize student "feelings" of unsafety: At LEAST 9,839 Palestinian students have been killed by Israel and all of Gaza's 12 universities have been destroyed by Israeli attacks. When we talk about safety, THIS is what we should be talking about.

Before Ta-Nehisi Coates, there was Jack O’Dell and Jesse Jackson, who went to Palestine in the 1970s and clearly saw its connections to a long history of anti-racism. This has been going on for a very long time. From Climin’ Jacob’s Ladder, my book with Jack.

"We have become subjects in a morbid experiment. New weapons are being tested, studied, and perfected on lives deemed expendable, with the approval of the most powerful democracies in the West." Joelle M. Abi-Rached writes from a besieged Beirut bostonreview.net/articles/the-v…

“A labor movement that places class struggle and anti-imperialism ahead of deference to Washington’s international designs will not come into being unless workers, both within and outside the AFL-CIO, build it themselves.” Much-needed history of the AFL-CIA.

Agreed. But if you're outraged at how Ta-Nehisi Coates is being treated you should see what universities have been doing to faculty and students who are less famous for the past year.

so it *is* possible to say no to the IOF! did you guys know this Joe Biden Kamala Harris

One year ago today, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum broke the marathon world record in 2:00:35 at the Chicago Marathon. R.I.P. 🕊️

We (Historic.ly) interview Jeff for the podcast (will be out shortly) and I really liked this book. Lots of stuff just pulled together shows the scale of the AFL-CIA(O)'s involvement.

The true and dirty history of the AFL-CIA. An interview with Jeff Schuhrke, who knows it all. hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-sordid-h…

CfP: July 2025 Workshop on Walter Benjamin's Theory of Fascism, organized and hosted through Emory University (US) and KU Leuven (Belgium). Submit & share widely! (Deadline: 1/6/25) docs.google.com/document/d/1OA…

Messages from Jabalia: The last road to safety was blocked. People sieged inside Jabalia camp are being slaughtered family after family

Israel is the biggest recipient of U.S. military aid in history, getting $251.2bn since 1959 from the US. According to the Cost of War report by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, the U.S. has spent at least $22.76 billion on military

Open access Journal of Holy Land and Palestine special issue on Racial Capitalism and Palestine euppublishing.com/toc/hlps/curre…

Lol I spent last week in class deconstructing how their take on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity is Eurocentric, ahistorical, and wrong 💅🏽 😂

Tomorrow, Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard faces three misdemeanor charges for protecting students who were protesting the Gaza genocide. Of 10 defendants, her charges are most punitive. Please sign this letter demanding that all charges be dropped. bit.ly/WilloughbyHera…

Tired of these “single issue” narratives when the issue is imperialism 😵‍💫 if you don’t care about imperialism you don’t care about 👉🏾 racism, exploitation, the environment, xenophobia, or justice at all. Just shut up.