Crystal A. Ennis
@crystalennis.bsky.social
academic & author writing about labour & development in global political economy
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Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)
The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...
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Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
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November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Allies and critics alike have bought into the narrative of Israel as a hub of high-tech military "innovation." But, as the scholar Rhys Machold explains in his new piece, this story obscures the true motor powering Israel's violence: Western backing.
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The Myth of Israeli Innovation
Israel has long relied on Western patrons for arms and backing—even as it has cast itself as a security “innovator” the West can’t afford to do without.
jewishcurrents.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Allies and critics alike have bought into the narrative of Israel as a hub of high-tech military "innovation." But, as the scholar Rhys Machold explains in his new piece, this story obscures the true motor powering Israel's violence: Western backing.
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
jewishcurrents.org/the-myth-of-...
CBC Fifth Estate investigates millions of dollars of Canadian tax deductible charitable donations funding the military occupation and illegal settlements.
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Investigating charities getting tax breaks for funding Palestinian displacement | Full episode
YouTube video by the fifth estate
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October 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
CBC Fifth Estate investigates millions of dollars of Canadian tax deductible charitable donations funding the military occupation and illegal settlements.
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Two years of genocide and the AP still starts its articles with “Israel said”
Israel continues to be given the right to narrate the genocide it is doing
Israel continues to be given the right to narrate the genocide it is doing
October 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Two years of genocide and the AP still starts its articles with “Israel said”
Israel continues to be given the right to narrate the genocide it is doing
Israel continues to be given the right to narrate the genocide it is doing
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Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Toronto 2026 | Summer Institute in Economic Geography
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October 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Pls share: Applications open for Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Toronto, 5-10 July 2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
Featuring: Lars Coenen, Karen Lai, Devika Narayan and Stefan Ouma
Early career economic geographers (broadly defined) are welcome to apply. Stipends available. www.econgeog.net/Toronto2026
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Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire
Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire
By Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University (The Conversation) – The world’s media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners and their families after a ceasefire came into effect for the war in Gaza. But they are doing so while still being held at a distance from the centre of […]
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October 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire
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This is so significant: a new comprehensive report detailing the myriad modalities of Canadian university complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is so significant: a new comprehensive report detailing the myriad modalities of Canadian university complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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Very pleased to see our article (with Yujing Tan & Shivant Jhagroe) on the GPE of Labour & platform capitalism, drawing on our study of migrant gig workers in multinational food delivery platforms in the Netherlands published with @gpejournal.bsky.social!
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October 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Very pleased to see our article (with Yujing Tan & Shivant Jhagroe) on the GPE of Labour & platform capitalism, drawing on our study of migrant gig workers in multinational food delivery platforms in the Netherlands published with @gpejournal.bsky.social!
doi.org/10.1332/2635...
doi.org/10.1332/2635...
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Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46914
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
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Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)
The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...
www.jadaliyya.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
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#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
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De dag waarop iedereen altijd al tegen deze genocide was
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De dag waarop iedereen altijd al tegen deze genocide was
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October 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
De dag waarop iedereen altijd al tegen deze genocide was
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Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social
Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...
Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...
October 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social
Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...
Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...
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"The idea...is to retell the story of #Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of #labor instead of oil... 'The story of Oman’s history and of development is the story of living and working. You want to understand the Omani story? Follow the workers.'" - @crystalennis.bsky.social
Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)
The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...
www.jadaliyya.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"The idea...is to retell the story of #Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of #labor instead of oil... 'The story of Oman’s history and of development is the story of living and working. You want to understand the Omani story? Follow the workers.'" - @crystalennis.bsky.social
Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46914
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46914
Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)
The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...
www.jadaliyya.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46914
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46914
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#OtD 25 Sep 2003 noted Palestinian intellectual Edward Said died. A founding father of postcolonial theory, he wrote extensively on the Middle East and Palestine, and how Western culture has been moulded by imperialism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9791...
September 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#OtD 25 Sep 2003 noted Palestinian intellectual Edward Said died. A founding father of postcolonial theory, he wrote extensively on the Middle East and Palestine, and how Western culture has been moulded by imperialism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9791...
Solidarity to our colleagues at Birzeit University, enduring repeated attacks by Israeli occupation forces.
If you haven't been, please pay attention.
#scholasticide
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If you haven't been, please pay attention.
#scholasticide
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Birzeit University Under Attack: Fifth Invasion Amid Ongoing Genocide and Scholasticide
At midnight of September 22, 2025, Israeli occupation forces once again stormed Birzeit University. Israeli Soldiers violently assaulted campus guards before raiding several university buildings, i…
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September 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Solidarity to our colleagues at Birzeit University, enduring repeated attacks by Israeli occupation forces.
If you haven't been, please pay attention.
#scholasticide
right2edu.birzeit.edu/birzeit-univ...
If you haven't been, please pay attention.
#scholasticide
right2edu.birzeit.edu/birzeit-univ...
Canada has recognized Palestine. Finally. It feels like a tiny victory. But let's also put it in context. 140 other UN member states already recognize Palestine.
It is meaningful in Canadian FP terms & represents a shift. Canada has been more than a holdout, it has even been an obstacle at the UN.
It is meaningful in Canadian FP terms & represents a shift. Canada has been more than a holdout, it has even been an obstacle at the UN.
September 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Canada has recognized Palestine. Finally. It feels like a tiny victory. But let's also put it in context. 140 other UN member states already recognize Palestine.
It is meaningful in Canadian FP terms & represents a shift. Canada has been more than a holdout, it has even been an obstacle at the UN.
It is meaningful in Canadian FP terms & represents a shift. Canada has been more than a holdout, it has even been an obstacle at the UN.
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Yes!
I just spoke to a librarian and they are spending time trying to find fake citations - they are being given pages of fake references to find via inter-library loan
Again, digital asbestos - quick to produce, but so much cost and labour to clean-up.
I just spoke to a librarian and they are spending time trying to find fake citations - they are being given pages of fake references to find via inter-library loan
Again, digital asbestos - quick to produce, but so much cost and labour to clean-up.
Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yes!
I just spoke to a librarian and they are spending time trying to find fake citations - they are being given pages of fake references to find via inter-library loan
Again, digital asbestos - quick to produce, but so much cost and labour to clean-up.
I just spoke to a librarian and they are spending time trying to find fake citations - they are being given pages of fake references to find via inter-library loan
Again, digital asbestos - quick to produce, but so much cost and labour to clean-up.
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Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
September 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Nothing to add.
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Nothing to add.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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My column in the new issue of @thenation.com, in which I argue that liberals who are finally acknowledging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza must atone for nearly two years of complicity.
To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza
Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My column in the new issue of @thenation.com, in which I argue that liberals who are finally acknowledging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza must atone for nearly two years of complicity.
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I had the opportunity to review Elham Fakhro's excellent and highly timely book on the Abraham Accords. It sheds light on Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, the GCC, and the US at this current moment. merip.org/2025/09/the-...
The Limits of Protection and Profits—Five Years into the Abraham Accords - MERIP
On September 15, 2020, US President Donald Trump was joined at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign th...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I had the opportunity to review Elham Fakhro's excellent and highly timely book on the Abraham Accords. It sheds light on Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, the GCC, and the US at this current moment. merip.org/2025/09/the-...
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At the University of Valencia to explore AI and agency in politics, convened by Marco Guglielmo:
September 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
At the University of Valencia to explore AI and agency in politics, convened by Marco Guglielmo:
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They bombed the Katara area in Doha. That area is a tourist spot, and always filled with families. I used to take my kid there every other day.
What is this rogue world
What is this rogue world
September 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
They bombed the Katara area in Doha. That area is a tourist spot, and always filled with families. I used to take my kid there every other day.
What is this rogue world
What is this rogue world
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*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.
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(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
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(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
September 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
www.sup.org/books/middle...
(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)