Astrid M. Eckert πΊπ¦
@astridme.bsky.social
Historian of modern Germany, Europe, and the environment | author of West Germany and the Iron Curtain (OUP, 2019) + Zonenrandgebiet (Ch. Links, 2022) | Atlanta, Moabit | I wish I were in Greifswald
terror. pure terror.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paulβan hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
terror. pure terror.
Job at Emory: Associate or Full Professor in Native American and Indigenous Studies - due date Feb. 28
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February 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Job at Emory: Associate or Full Professor in Native American and Indigenous Studies - due date Feb. 28
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I still read Marx in high school.
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I still read Marx in high school.
I wish such a person would simply go to a casino in Las Vegas.
February 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I wish such a person would simply go to a casino in Las Vegas.
wow! I have been wondering about things like this.
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
wow! I have been wondering about things like this.
on a Friday afternoon, of course.
February 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
on a Friday afternoon, of course.
well, boo-hoo.
February 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
well, boo-hoo.
"We're using some of the marble since I've clearly lost mine."
February 2, 2026 at 11:11 PM
"We're using some of the marble since I've clearly lost mine."
"When I was a little boy, I used to repeat 'if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.' That is what I am doing."
January 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM
"When I was a little boy, I used to repeat 'if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.' That is what I am doing."
I realize y'all's attention is torn in all sorts of directions, but the war's still on. In Ukraine. Find a way to support. Here or elsewhere. Thanks!
Please chip in for winter warmth for the students at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv Uni! gofund.me/eba202aac
Donate to Winter Warmth for Kyiv University, organized by Victoria Somoff
In recent weeks, Russia has intensified attacks on Kyivβs civilian infrastructure, rβ¦ Victoria Somoff needs your support for Winter Warmth for Kyiv University
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January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I realize y'all's attention is torn in all sorts of directions, but the war's still on. In Ukraine. Find a way to support. Here or elsewhere. Thanks!
listen
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itβs dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 6:14 PM
listen
is there an option to listen online? - thanks
January 28, 2026 at 12:37 PM
is there an option to listen online? - thanks
I expect doctored resumΓ©s soon
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I expect doctored resumΓ©s soon
whoa
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
whoa
Reposted by Astrid M. Eckert πΊπ¦
The killings in Minneapolis didnβt come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
christinapagel.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:39 AM
The killings in Minneapolis didnβt come out of nowhere.
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration.
I lay it out in my latest post.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...
Take note of the protest _inside_ a TX detention center for the release of 5 yr.old Liam Conejo Ramos yesterday.
βThat children and their parents would risk retribution under these conditions to speak up is a testament both to how courageous they are and how abysmal the conditions of this place is,β he said.
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Take note of the protest _inside_ a TX detention center for the release of 5 yr.old Liam Conejo Ramos yesterday.
Worth listening to. βWhat ICE is doing, what the administration is pushing, is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country.β
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Is This Who Trump Meant by the βWorst of the Worstβ?
The columnist Jamelle Bouie argues that the Trump administrationβs immigration policy has more in common with ethnic cleansing than actual immigration enforcement.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Worth listening to. βWhat ICE is doing, what the administration is pushing, is not immigration enforcement. It has much more in common with ethnic cleansing, with trying to change the overall ethnic and racial mix of the country.β
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
very credible.
January 24, 2026 at 5:08 PM
very credible.
The ATL at its best! π€£
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The ATL at its best! π€£
na mensch, seit 1993 versuchen wir das schon :-)
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 PM
na mensch, seit 1993 versuchen wir das schon :-)
"The health of the American experiment rests far more on the integrity of any given American president than we realized."
January 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM
"The health of the American experiment rests far more on the integrity of any given American president than we realized."
Every now and then you need a good summary of how terrifying things have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Every now and then you need a good summary of how terrifying things have become. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...