Caren Kaplan
@cajaka.bsky.social
Retired from teaching (UC Davis American Studies), still researching and writing on everyday militarism, visual culture, and atmospheric politics through a feminist lens. Happy to be back living in Oakland.
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Calling conquest "regime change," or massive civilian death "collateral damage," is using language as a weapon of war. Only, it's deployed on--against?--the home front. Every government does it, of course, but that doesn't mean we should fool ourselves about what's happening. 4/4
June 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Calling conquest "regime change," or massive civilian death "collateral damage," is using language as a weapon of war. Only, it's deployed on--against?--the home front. Every government does it, of course, but that doesn't mean we should fool ourselves about what's happening. 4/4
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News organizations shouldn't be using the term "regime change" except to quote an official using the term. It's euphemism for "conquer." The debate isn't about whether the U.S. will "pursue regime change in Iran"; it's whether the U.S. will attempt to conquer Iran. 1/
June 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
News organizations shouldn't be using the term "regime change" except to quote an official using the term. It's euphemism for "conquer." The debate isn't about whether the U.S. will "pursue regime change in Iran"; it's whether the U.S. will attempt to conquer Iran. 1/
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Trump’s “brilliant” #Iran strike is already falling apart. $6 billion in bombs dropped, stockpiles quietly moved, and now Trump is begging Xi to keep the oil flowing. The U.S. isn’t leading, it’s doing #Netanyahu’s muscle work. New piece up. #kakistocracy
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Operation Midnight Hammer: The $6 Billion Empty Hole
As Trump’s cartoonish Iran strike unravels, America stumbles from world leader to Netanyahu’s punch-drunk bouncer, while Xi Jinping waits for his next desperate phone call.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Trump’s “brilliant” #Iran strike is already falling apart. $6 billion in bombs dropped, stockpiles quietly moved, and now Trump is begging Xi to keep the oil flowing. The U.S. isn’t leading, it’s doing #Netanyahu’s muscle work. New piece up. #kakistocracy
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
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More than 1,000 ‘Hands Off’ anti-Trump protests hit US cities
April 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
More than 1,000 ‘Hands Off’ anti-Trump protests hit US cities
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1.2 million signatures in 24 hours (!!) if this isn't an indicator of why we so desperately need to organize and build across movements for migrant justice, abolition, and against US militarism, I don't know what will be. actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention
On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s ann...
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March 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
1.2 million signatures in 24 hours (!!) if this isn't an indicator of why we so desperately need to organize and build across movements for migrant justice, abolition, and against US militarism, I don't know what will be. actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
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Jewish Americans heavily took part in anti genocide protests over the last year and a half. Side by side with Palestinians and everyone else. The administration and their cohorts' claims that this is all anti Hamas action or being done in the name of fighting antisemitism is a lie and an insult
March 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Jewish Americans heavily took part in anti genocide protests over the last year and a half. Side by side with Palestinians and everyone else. The administration and their cohorts' claims that this is all anti Hamas action or being done in the name of fighting antisemitism is a lie and an insult
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some helpful reminders:
-not all jews support israel
-criticizing israel is not the same as being antisemitic
-being pro-palestine does not equal being pro-hamas
-arresting someone for being pro-palestine is a violation of the first amendment
-violating someone’s first amendment rights is bad
-not all jews support israel
-criticizing israel is not the same as being antisemitic
-being pro-palestine does not equal being pro-hamas
-arresting someone for being pro-palestine is a violation of the first amendment
-violating someone’s first amendment rights is bad
March 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
some helpful reminders:
-not all jews support israel
-criticizing israel is not the same as being antisemitic
-being pro-palestine does not equal being pro-hamas
-arresting someone for being pro-palestine is a violation of the first amendment
-violating someone’s first amendment rights is bad
-not all jews support israel
-criticizing israel is not the same as being antisemitic
-being pro-palestine does not equal being pro-hamas
-arresting someone for being pro-palestine is a violation of the first amendment
-violating someone’s first amendment rights is bad
Done. I wanted to hang in there for the sake of the conscientious reporters but I just can’t…
February 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Done. I wanted to hang in there for the sake of the conscientious reporters but I just can’t…
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I wrote an open access personal history of HASTAC.org (NSF calls us "the world's first and oldest academic social network"--older than Facebook!) Please share! 6 "Lessons" apply to any organization (#1: Learn from your detractors but don't let them stop you.") www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How to Lead an Academic Social Network | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
How to Lead an Academic Social Network - Volume 1
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February 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I wrote an open access personal history of HASTAC.org (NSF calls us "the world's first and oldest academic social network"--older than Facebook!) Please share! 6 "Lessons" apply to any organization (#1: Learn from your detractors but don't let them stop you.") www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Great piece by Zahra Ali socialtextjournal.org/periscope_ar...
Transnational Feminism from Iraq to Palestine – Social Text
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February 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Great piece by Zahra Ali socialtextjournal.org/periscope_ar...
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This Wall Street Journal video about the cost of military deportation flights is one of the wildest things I've seen in a while.
It cost $2.8 million—with 2 in-air refuelings!—to deport 104 people to India on February 4.
$27,000 per deported person.
www.wsj.com/video/analys...
It cost $2.8 million—with 2 in-air refuelings!—to deport 104 people to India on February 4.
$27,000 per deported person.
www.wsj.com/video/analys...
February 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This Wall Street Journal video about the cost of military deportation flights is one of the wildest things I've seen in a while.
It cost $2.8 million—with 2 in-air refuelings!—to deport 104 people to India on February 4.
$27,000 per deported person.
www.wsj.com/video/analys...
It cost $2.8 million—with 2 in-air refuelings!—to deport 104 people to India on February 4.
$27,000 per deported person.
www.wsj.com/video/analys...
Always bears repeating! youtu.be/zX9Ke_VXnIA?...
The National Lawyers Guild Presents....Shut The Fuck Up!!
YouTube video by Dani Hensley
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February 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Always bears repeating! youtu.be/zX9Ke_VXnIA?...
Petition to protest dismantling of Women’s and Gender Studies at Sonoma State U. chng.it/fgmVKg8rgZ
Save Sonoma State's WGS Department!
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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February 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Petition to protest dismantling of Women’s and Gender Studies at Sonoma State U. chng.it/fgmVKg8rgZ
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Our friends at @socialists.nyc have made this handy tool you can use to send at letter to NYU Langone demanding the hospital resume providing lifesaving healthcare to trans youth. #ProtectTransKids ⬇️
Demand NYU Langone Resume Life-saving Healthcare for Trans Youth
On January 29th, Donald Trump signed an illegal executive order that attempts to ban gender affirming care for youth under the age of 19, an attempt to detransition all trans children in the US. Despi...
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February 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Our friends at @socialists.nyc have made this handy tool you can use to send at letter to NYU Langone demanding the hospital resume providing lifesaving healthcare to trans youth. #ProtectTransKids ⬇️
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You say: they shutdown USAID.
You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country.
You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country.
February 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
You say: they shutdown USAID.
You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country.
You mean: they illegally broke in to a secure facility over a weekend, hijacked sensitive data on vulnerable people and US businesses, destroyed property Americans paid for, cut off resources for sick and hungry families, and fired Americans across the country.
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Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
Academic Freedom and Open Discourse - UNC Press Blog
For over 100 years UNC Press has championed the principles of academic freedom, open discourse, and the free exchange of ideas—values essential to a democratic society and the pursuit of knowledge. R...
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January 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Recently, UNC Press authors have had their US visas revoked and talks canceled.
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
For over 100 years, we have stood for academic freedom and open discourse, and continue to do so. Read more on the UNC Press Blog ⬇️
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Signal Boost: All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive
Let people know, download your own copies.
Don't let this digital book burn continue.
#Feds #Health #WHO #CDC #AMA #USPHS #FDA #NIH #NCHS #PCORI
Let people know, download your own copies.
Don't let this digital book burn continue.
#Feds #Health #WHO #CDC #AMA #USPHS #FDA #NIH #NCHS #PCORI
All U.S. federal government websites are already archived by the End of Term Web Archive
Here's all the information you might need. Official website: https://eotarchive.org/ Wikipedia:...
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January 31, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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Bravo to Sen. Alsobrooks for her question.
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule as Whites because their immune system is better than ours.” — RFK Jr
This is the deadlier version of the racist myth that Black people feel less pain, leading to denied pain meds.
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule as Whites because their immune system is better than ours.” — RFK Jr
This is the deadlier version of the racist myth that Black people feel less pain, leading to denied pain meds.
January 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Bravo to Sen. Alsobrooks for her question.
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule as Whites because their immune system is better than ours.” — RFK Jr
This is the deadlier version of the racist myth that Black people feel less pain, leading to denied pain meds.
“We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule as Whites because their immune system is better than ours.” — RFK Jr
This is the deadlier version of the racist myth that Black people feel less pain, leading to denied pain meds.
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