“If they vote for Harris in November, what will that say to the people of Gaza — that they’d held their noses while people died?” nytimes.com/2024/08/10/opi…

American liberal feminism is the worst version of liberal feminism

Co-editing "The Oxford Handbook of International Law and the Americas" has, certainly, been a labor of love! After some years in the making, my own chapter on "The United Nations and the Americas" is now out advanced copy online.

When is this nightmare going to end?

When somebody asks how my research is going

Edward Said over 20 years ago responding to Zionist logic.

I am an eyewitness to genocide in Gaza. Israel is committing genocide. While our leaders remain impotent to act in any meaningful way. We demand an immediate lifting of the blockade of humanitarian aid. And an immediate two way arms embargo. Compliance with the

Loved these two interventions in the latest issue of NLR! One on the works of the great critical geographer Brett Christophers, and the other on the resilience of the American hegemony

The refreshing moral clarity of Michael Barenboim, in simple and compelling terms.

What the media hides. This is just like the government of Rwanda distributing machetes to Hutus so they could massacre Tutsis. Limiting the right to bear arms to one ethnic group is just more proof of the apartheid nature of the Zionist occupation of Palestine.

It’s not complicated. And there is only one side. It’s the side that cannot and does not accept that there can be any reason to shred children into pieces. That’s it!

It’s really quite extraordinary that anyone can be talking or writing about anything else but the fact that a whole people is being destroyed before our eyes

CFP for American Association of Geographers 2025! Mikael Omstedt (UBC) and I are organizing a series of paper sessions and a panel discussion on the "historical geographies of capitalism." Details below.

Très heureux de vous annoncer la parution de notre ouvrage 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘎𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴. editionsbdl.com/produit/sociol… Je vous en parle un petit peu…🧵

Words can't capture aspects of the horror of Palestinian life during the current starvation campaign by Isr. Nor do words alone adequately provide a vision for a better future for Palestinians & the world. ➡️Illustrations from my newest report: ohchr.org/sites/default/… 🧵 /1

"Gaza est sans doute le plus gros scandale historique et dont plus personne ne parle dans ce pays. C’est le silence, c’est la chape de plomb." Nous sommes d'accord, Dominique de Villepin ! Avec Salah Hamouri à la fête de l'humanité

Doing an interview with the extraordinary young poet Batool Abu Akleen (Modern Poetry in Translation's new poet-in-residence) over WhatsApp, and I asked her to say something about where she is now. Will share the whole interview soon.

There is a long history of combining explosives and "exotic devices" in an attempt to eliminate individuals. I would be happy to write a short story on this. Any takers? The Conversation, RUSI, Lawfare, History Today? apnews.com/article/lebano…

Just heard the sad news that Mahmoud Mohameodou, the Professor of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute passed away. I worked with him for a few months and despite his insanely busy schedule, he'd always make sure to check on me! great loss!

Literally devastated to hear that my dearest friend and brother Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou passed away this morning at the age of 56, after a long battle with illness. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_M… 🕯️ Mahmoud was an intellectual mogul, a profoundly ethical human being, beloved by