Alice Speri
@alicesperi.bsky.social
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“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
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November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”
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The list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims.
The 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead.
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The 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead.
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
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October 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims.
The 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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"Blistering opinion" is absolutely right. But this principled, outraged ruling is an entirely appropriate response to Trump's effort to imprison and deport people for their constitutionally protected speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students
Judge rules non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment
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September 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Blistering opinion" is absolutely right. But this principled, outraged ruling is an entirely appropriate response to Trump's effort to imprison and deport people for their constitutionally protected speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New from me: I spoke to some of the dozens of university professors facing Title VI investigations over their pro-Palestinian advocacy.
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The chilling effect of Title VI investigations: the professors accused of antisemitism
Exclusive: Andrea Brower quits Gonzaga University after the Civil Rights Act is used to challenge her pro-Gaza activism
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September 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
New from me: I spoke to some of the dozens of university professors facing Title VI investigations over their pro-Palestinian advocacy.
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"We’re going to need to politicize this fight".
My latest, on what's ahead for US universities.
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My latest, on what's ahead for US universities.
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‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault
The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight back
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August 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"We’re going to need to politicize this fight".
My latest, on what's ahead for US universities.
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My latest, on what's ahead for US universities.
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More than 115 scholars have condemned the cancellation of an academic journal dedicated to Palestine by a Harvard University publisher as “censorship”. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
We too condemned it.
Read Index CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/shad...
We too condemned it.
Read Index CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/shad...
Shadow of Gaza conflict hangs over education - Index on Censorship
Schools and universities in the war zone have been destroyed. Attempts to write about it have been silenced
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August 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
More than 115 scholars have condemned the cancellation of an academic journal dedicated to Palestine by a Harvard University publisher as “censorship”. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
We too condemned it.
Read Index CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/shad...
We too condemned it.
Read Index CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/shad...
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“Millions taking to streets, asking an end to genocide, beaten, arrested, held on counts of terrorism, while those wanted by ICC for war crimes are received, allowed to fly over European & western space. This is absurd. This is the end of the rule of law.”
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Recognising Palestinian state must not distract from ending Gaza mass deaths, UN expert says
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied territories, calls for practical actions and warns against distracting ‘attention from where it should be: the genocide’
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August 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Millions taking to streets, asking an end to genocide, beaten, arrested, held on counts of terrorism, while those wanted by ICC for war crimes are received, allowed to fly over European & western space. This is absurd. This is the end of the rule of law.”
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“The power is not just with the prime ministers or with the governments. The power is with us, and we can start choosing through our wallet.”
My interview with Francesca Albanese.
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My interview with Francesca Albanese.
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Recognising Palestinian state must not distract from ending Gaza mass deaths, UN expert says
Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied territories, calls for practical actions and warns against distracting ‘attention from where it should be: the genocide’
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“The power is not just with the prime ministers or with the governments. The power is with us, and we can start choosing through our wallet.”
My interview with Francesca Albanese.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
My interview with Francesca Albanese.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.
My latest.
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My latest.
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Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
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July 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
My latest.
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My latest, for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jewish organizers are increasingly confronting Trump: ‘The repression is growing, but so is the resistance’
As the administration continues to exploit antisemitism to arrest protesters and curb academic freedoms, more American Jews are saying ‘not in my name’
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June 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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BREAKING: ICE and private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to allow Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son for the first time, even after his wife flew them over 1,000 miles to visit.
We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.
We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.
May 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
BREAKING: ICE and private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to allow Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son for the first time, even after his wife flew them over 1,000 miles to visit.
We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.
We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.
Breaking: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed on administrative leave following reports of sexual abuse and retaliation by @dropsitenews.com and WSJ.
Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/karim-khan...
Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/karim-khan...
“Hiding Behind Atrocities”
As Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks a flurry of arrest warrants, ICC staff accuse him of using court cases to dodge sexual abuse allegations.
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May 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Breaking: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed on administrative leave following reports of sexual abuse and retaliation by @dropsitenews.com and WSJ.
Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/karim-khan...
Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/karim-khan...
Breaking: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed on administrative leave following reports of sexual abuse and retaliation by @dropsitenews.com and WSJ.
Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.
Read our story here ⬇️
Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.
Read our story here ⬇️
“Hiding Behind Atrocities”
As Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks a flurry of arrest warrants, ICC staff accuse him of using court cases to dodge sexual abuse allegations.
www.dropsitenews.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Breaking: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed on administrative leave following reports of sexual abuse and retaliation by @dropsitenews.com and WSJ.
Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.
Read our story here ⬇️
Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.
Read our story here ⬇️
“Hiding Behind Atrocities”
The ICC prosecutor's handling of serious sexual abuse allegations has plunged the court into a deep crisis at one of the most vulnerable moments in its history.
My investigation, for
@dropsitenews.com
The ICC prosecutor's handling of serious sexual abuse allegations has plunged the court into a deep crisis at one of the most vulnerable moments in its history.
My investigation, for
@dropsitenews.com
“Hiding Behind Atrocities”
As Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks a flurry of arrest warrants, ICC staff accuse him of using court cases to dodge sexual abuse allegations.
www.dropsitenews.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“Hiding Behind Atrocities”
The ICC prosecutor's handling of serious sexual abuse allegations has plunged the court into a deep crisis at one of the most vulnerable moments in its history.
My investigation, for
@dropsitenews.com
The ICC prosecutor's handling of serious sexual abuse allegations has plunged the court into a deep crisis at one of the most vulnerable moments in its history.
My investigation, for
@dropsitenews.com
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Must read by @alicesperi.bsky.social @theguardian.com about organized attacks on faculty research. @bletiecq.bsky.social quoted: “We are totally under attack...we’re like sitting ducks.” We need strength and solidarity. Keep doing the good work, and fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’re like sitting ducks’: the right’s ‘war on woke’ has a well-tested playbook to take down academics
The campaign against Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, has become a blueprint increasingly wielded against women and scholars of color
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February 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Must read by @alicesperi.bsky.social @theguardian.com about organized attacks on faculty research. @bletiecq.bsky.social quoted: “We are totally under attack...we’re like sitting ducks.” We need strength and solidarity. Keep doing the good work, and fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Exclusive: Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal.
New from me, for @theguardian.com
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New from me, for @theguardian.com
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Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal
Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’
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January 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Exclusive: Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal.
New from me, for @theguardian.com
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New from me, for @theguardian.com
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My take on all the Trump genuflection:
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
For @theguardian.com I wrote about how Gaza has split the academic field of genocide studies.
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
My take on all the Trump genuflection:
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
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A pair of reports published this month mark a significant contribution to the raging debate over how to characterize a war that has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians and decimated Gaza.
But the reports are unlikely to quell deep divisions in the academic field of Holocaust and genocide studies.
But the reports are unlikely to quell deep divisions in the academic field of Holocaust and genocide studies.
Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:13 PM
A pair of reports published this month mark a significant contribution to the raging debate over how to characterize a war that has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians and decimated Gaza.
But the reports are unlikely to quell deep divisions in the academic field of Holocaust and genocide studies.
But the reports are unlikely to quell deep divisions in the academic field of Holocaust and genocide studies.
What is genocide studies for?
Or as a student put it, "Do you only study genocide or do you also want to prevent it?"
My latest for The Guardian, on a field in crisis.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Or as a student put it, "Do you only study genocide or do you also want to prevent it?"
My latest for The Guardian, on a field in crisis.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:49 PM
What is genocide studies for?
Or as a student put it, "Do you only study genocide or do you also want to prevent it?"
My latest for The Guardian, on a field in crisis.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Or as a student put it, "Do you only study genocide or do you also want to prevent it?"
My latest for The Guardian, on a field in crisis.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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“For a lot of colleagues it's very difficult to accept that a nation of victims could commit genocide,” says @uungor.bsky.social. “But now that Israel is doing the killing, all of a sudden we’re not supposed to apply everything we learned about violence?”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:04 PM
“For a lot of colleagues it's very difficult to accept that a nation of victims could commit genocide,” says @uungor.bsky.social. “But now that Israel is doing the killing, all of a sudden we’re not supposed to apply everything we learned about violence?”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
For @theguardian.com I wrote about how Gaza has split the academic field of genocide studies.
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
For @theguardian.com I wrote about how Gaza has split the academic field of genocide studies.
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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In The Guardian, @alicesperi.bsky.social reports on Trump's planned attack on DEI policies.
Fear of future repercussions has prompted some campus leaders to cut back on DEI initiatives—even where no laws have been passed, notes @jeremycyoung.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Fear of future repercussions has prompted some campus leaders to cut back on DEI initiatives—even where no laws have been passed, notes @jeremycyoung.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already
As the president-elect and his allies plan a multi-pronged attack on DEI policies, companies and campuses are complying with threats even though they don’t have to
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 PM
In The Guardian, @alicesperi.bsky.social reports on Trump's planned attack on DEI policies.
Fear of future repercussions has prompted some campus leaders to cut back on DEI initiatives—even where no laws have been passed, notes @jeremycyoung.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Fear of future repercussions has prompted some campus leaders to cut back on DEI initiatives—even where no laws have been passed, notes @jeremycyoung.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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“Where life is precious, life is precious.” - Ruth Wilson Gilmore
And where it’s not, it’s not. The for-profit health care industry profits off denying care. Across the industry 1 in 7 claims are denied.
Our job isn’t to debate a murder, it’s to create a system where life is precious.
My latest:
And where it’s not, it’s not. The for-profit health care industry profits off denying care. Across the industry 1 in 7 claims are denied.
Our job isn’t to debate a murder, it’s to create a system where life is precious.
My latest:
What's a life worth?
On the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson
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December 5, 2024 at 2:14 PM
“Where life is precious, life is precious.” - Ruth Wilson Gilmore
And where it’s not, it’s not. The for-profit health care industry profits off denying care. Across the industry 1 in 7 claims are denied.
Our job isn’t to debate a murder, it’s to create a system where life is precious.
My latest:
And where it’s not, it’s not. The for-profit health care industry profits off denying care. Across the industry 1 in 7 claims are denied.
Our job isn’t to debate a murder, it’s to create a system where life is precious.
My latest:
“A university that doesn’t have a new building is still a university, it’s just a poor university. A university that has lawmakers banning ideas and restricting the actions of the administration is really not a university at all.”
@jeremycyoung.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
@jeremycyoung.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already
As the president-elect and his allies plan a multi-pronged attack on DEI policies, companies and campuses are complying with threats even though they don’t have to
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:58 PM
“A university that doesn’t have a new building is still a university, it’s just a poor university. A university that has lawmakers banning ideas and restricting the actions of the administration is really not a university at all.”
@jeremycyoung.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
@jeremycyoung.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...