Today the Boston City Council passed a resolution calling for a immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Here is my statement.

A question Gallup asked in 1961, about what has been remembered as one of the most iconic and effective protest movements in American history.

Entire life-worlds, ecologies, lineages are being annihilated in Gaza, Sudan, and Congo, while any semblance of sovereignty and self-determination is being eviscerated in Haiti. And to think, this is someone’s idea of civilization.

I suspect some of you view voting as a statement of your personal values, instead of a way to marginally improve the conditions for your everyday organizing work that could actually change the world

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If you have siblings that aren’t academics, I highly recommend taking every academic paper you’re writing & trying to explain it to them. It really helps to distill a concept to its essence. Sadly I just did this with my sister & her response was the one word we all dread: So?

The Haitians by Jean Casimir

We are working on a remembrance, but we cannot overstate the influence of #FredricJameson on Duke University Press. We have made his articles in our journals freely available through October 31. "Postmodernism" is our all-time bestselling book. ow.ly/kGvQ50TtqGz

Two months later and I did a thing, a thing that I am so incredibly proud of. I love being Haitian. I love our music. I love our culture. I love our history. I love our food. And I hope, if you read these words, after this, you love us a bit more too eater.com/2024/11/4/2428…

Gonna be so annoying and keep sharing this link eater.com/2024/11/4/2428…

The people who differ on strategy from you today may not be your enemies. Because this ballot won’t save Gaza in either direction. Our coalitions could. They are worth protecting, because we have work to do tomorrow. A lot of work.

#BlackHistoryMonth Day 15. “Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” —Zora Neale Hurston

The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. hrvd.me/ResearchFundin…

“Humanities degrees are useless” is propaganda that’s had the effect of convincing a whole generation that reading and critical thinking skills were unimportant. Now we’re reaping the results with mass illiteracy and a public eager to embrace conspiracy theories and fascism.

“ICE has nothing to do with Black people” meanwhile Haitians have some of the highest rates of criminalization among immigrants, they have the highest bonds, have the highest asylum denial rates & make up almost half of the families detained by ICE.

Loyola Marymount University’s Dept of AfAmStudies seeks a dedicated teacher-scholar with demonstrated or the potential of teaching excellence for 2025-2026. The position is for one-year and has a 3-3 course teaching load for the academic year. lmu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/…

The CUNY Graduate Center invites apps for 2 tenured or T-T faculty positions at the rank of Associate Professor. The primary appointment will be with the new discipline: Ph.D. & M.A. programs in Black, Race & Ethnic Studies. indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=9…