Hussein Rashid, PhD
@husseinrashid.com
Culture Worker. Advocate. Consulant. Academic. Scholar of Muslims in the US, Muslims and US Popular Culture. Deep interest in Shi’i Justice theologies and Ismaili thought. Free range academic.
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If you’re in the NYC area, try going.
If you’re in the NYC area, try going.
January 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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If you’re in the NYC area, try going.
If you’re in the NYC area, try going.
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I drew a new flag for New York City. Enjoy.
January 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I drew a new flag for New York City. Enjoy.
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If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own - which it is - and render impassable with our bodies the corridors to the gas chamber. For if they come for you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.
― James Baldwin
― James Baldwin
January 11, 2026 at 1:38 AM
If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own - which it is - and render impassable with our bodies the corridors to the gas chamber. For if they come for you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.
― James Baldwin
― James Baldwin
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Abuser logic
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 11, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Abuser logic
Tonight, Jan. 9 at 6PM, @indvsblharlem.bsky.social hosting a vigil for #ReneeGood. Please join if you can. Adam Clayton Powell and 125th, in the plaza on the northeast corner.
January 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Tonight, Jan. 9 at 6PM, @indvsblharlem.bsky.social hosting a vigil for #ReneeGood. Please join if you can. Adam Clayton Powell and 125th, in the plaza on the northeast corner.
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"My memory stammers: but my soul is a witness." From James Baldwin's preface to Evidence of Things Not Seen.
January 9, 2026 at 3:06 AM
"My memory stammers: but my soul is a witness." From James Baldwin's preface to Evidence of Things Not Seen.
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One thing I really want people to understand is that the Black Panthers were meticulous in their knowledge of the law and opsec - not because they thought the law was awesome, not because they always followed it and never did civil disobedience (lol),
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
One thing I really want people to understand is that the Black Panthers were meticulous in their knowledge of the law and opsec - not because they thought the law was awesome, not because they always followed it and never did civil disobedience (lol),
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Crucially, it is EXTREMELY difficult and costly to occupy a place with a hostile population that doesn’t want you there.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Crucially, it is EXTREMELY difficult and costly to occupy a place with a hostile population that doesn’t want you there.
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When George Floyd was murdered, Dems decided to throw in their lot with the grassroots movement for racial justice. We know empirically that doing so played a serious role in Biden’s 2020 election win. Their lesson from this, however, was that activists actually have demands and must be shunned.
January 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
When George Floyd was murdered, Dems decided to throw in their lot with the grassroots movement for racial justice. We know empirically that doing so played a serious role in Biden’s 2020 election win. Their lesson from this, however, was that activists actually have demands and must be shunned.
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Coming to #AHA26? Historians 4 Palestine invite you to MAKE NOISE & TAKE UP SPACE!
1. Wear your kuffiyehs!
2. Read this H4P script during your panel!
3. Pick up HPAD flyers and have some conversations with your peers!
4. ATTEND THE BUSINESS MEETING on Saturday, 5:15pm. Bring a friend!
1. Wear your kuffiyehs!
2. Read this H4P script during your panel!
3. Pick up HPAD flyers and have some conversations with your peers!
4. ATTEND THE BUSINESS MEETING on Saturday, 5:15pm. Bring a friend!
January 8, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Coming to #AHA26? Historians 4 Palestine invite you to MAKE NOISE & TAKE UP SPACE!
1. Wear your kuffiyehs!
2. Read this H4P script during your panel!
3. Pick up HPAD flyers and have some conversations with your peers!
4. ATTEND THE BUSINESS MEETING on Saturday, 5:15pm. Bring a friend!
1. Wear your kuffiyehs!
2. Read this H4P script during your panel!
3. Pick up HPAD flyers and have some conversations with your peers!
4. ATTEND THE BUSINESS MEETING on Saturday, 5:15pm. Bring a friend!
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Skeet of the day…
Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Skeet of the day…
I taught LaGuardia for my religion and popular culture course, and assigned @nnedi.bsky.social post on africanfuturism as part of the reading. A student was so inspired they asked to do presentation on it. Worth your time to do the reading.
Please please please stop calling what I do afrofuturism. It is NOT. It is africanfuturism and the distinction MATTERS GODDAMMIT. I can't remain civil about this much longer and I shouldn't be expected to. 🤬
Even saddling The Space Cat with the afrofuturism label is diabolical.
Even saddling The Space Cat with the afrofuturism label is diabolical.
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I taught LaGuardia for my religion and popular culture course, and assigned @nnedi.bsky.social post on africanfuturism as part of the reading. A student was so inspired they asked to do presentation on it. Worth your time to do the reading.
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Given that the fascists defunded everything except the jackboots, this seems pretty straightforward
Defunding the police was always a good idea. The bipartisan rejection of it helped lead us to where we are now. Until we recognize its necessity, we will continue our downward spiral.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-conseq...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-conseq...
The Consequences of Rejecting "Defund the Police"
Political cowardice is paid for in blood.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Given that the fascists defunded everything except the jackboots, this seems pretty straightforward
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New Yorkers built a movement around the belief that every family should be able to afford a dignified life. Today, as Governor Kathy Hochul and I mark our commitment to universal childcare, we're proving that a movement of the people can transform how government serves the people.
January 8, 2026 at 4:32 PM
New Yorkers built a movement around the belief that every family should be able to afford a dignified life. Today, as Governor Kathy Hochul and I mark our commitment to universal childcare, we're proving that a movement of the people can transform how government serves the people.
Just read it. Great piece.
Logging back on briefly to encourage you to go read this issue of Pasts Imperfect, where I have an essay about the push to automate literacy in the contemporary academy and the relegation and subjection of literacy in Ancient Rome pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperf...
Pasts Imperfect (1.8.26)
This week, we are back from holiday break with a deep dive into the ethics, big business, and myth-peddling of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. Then, bees in ancient jawbones within t...
pasts-imperfect.ghost.io
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Just read it. Great piece.
Looks like @gregpak.net did it. He got Mayor Zohran here.
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Looks like @gregpak.net did it. He got Mayor Zohran here.
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Palestinian American activist Leqaa Kordia is the last Columbia University student abducted for standing for Palestinian freedom in custody. She has been in ICE detention for nearly 10 months for standing against Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza.
The last Columbia student protester in ICE detention: Leqaa Kordia on her 9 months in captivity
Leqaa Kordia has been held by ICE since her arrest in March 2025. Her attorneys say the White House is targeting the last remaining Columbia University protester in custody for her activism, using rac...
mondoweiss.net
January 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Palestinian American activist Leqaa Kordia is the last Columbia University student abducted for standing for Palestinian freedom in custody. She has been in ICE detention for nearly 10 months for standing against Israel’s brutal genocide in Gaza.
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That video shows a murder. Full stop.
I hope that folks have learned enough to know that the Nazis are going to kick into high gear with their propaganda.
Leftists need to be DISCIPLINED in messaging and action.
I hope that folks have learned enough to know that the Nazis are going to kick into high gear with their propaganda.
Leftists need to be DISCIPLINED in messaging and action.
January 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
That video shows a murder. Full stop.
I hope that folks have learned enough to know that the Nazis are going to kick into high gear with their propaganda.
Leftists need to be DISCIPLINED in messaging and action.
I hope that folks have learned enough to know that the Nazis are going to kick into high gear with their propaganda.
Leftists need to be DISCIPLINED in messaging and action.
This series is so good, and so prophetic, in every sense.
The final issue of 1/6: The Graphic Novel is out today! Five years ago #OTD an armed mob of Insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, egged on by Donald Trump, trying to overturn a free and fair election. Get the series (tinyurl.com/yf7jumfb) and help us share it (kck.st/4oMrho8)! #rememberonesix
January 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
This series is so good, and so prophetic, in every sense.
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I hold a radical position which says - and this might be controversial in my professional field, which is academia - armies should not attack universities.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
January 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I hold a radical position which says - and this might be controversial in my professional field, which is academia - armies should not attack universities.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
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What does it mean to archive during a livestreamed and unfolding genocide in Gaza?
How do we address the act of archiving as a productive and imaginative process that responds to destruction and erasure?
Join us on 21 January to discuss:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
How do we address the act of archiving as a productive and imaginative process that responds to destruction and erasure?
Join us on 21 January to discuss:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
Archiving Gaza in the Present: Art, Memory, Erasure
This event is a conversation around archiving and what it means to archive during a livestreamed and unfolding genocide in Gaza.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
What does it mean to archive during a livestreamed and unfolding genocide in Gaza?
How do we address the act of archiving as a productive and imaginative process that responds to destruction and erasure?
Join us on 21 January to discuss:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
How do we address the act of archiving as a productive and imaginative process that responds to destruction and erasure?
Join us on 21 January to discuss:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
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More humility should be the order of the day. No one really knows how anything will turn out. So you might as well try to do your best and importantly to take constructive action where you can. Nothing else is within your control.
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
More humility should be the order of the day. No one really knows how anything will turn out. So you might as well try to do your best and importantly to take constructive action where you can. Nothing else is within your control.
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"to the neoliberal university, a tenured professor is just some jerk taking up a valuable adjunct line"
(I regret that I didn't say lineS but what can you do)
contingentmagazine.org/2023/01/07/a...
(I regret that I didn't say lineS but what can you do)
contingentmagazine.org/2023/01/07/a...
January 6, 2026 at 11:39 PM
"to the neoliberal university, a tenured professor is just some jerk taking up a valuable adjunct line"
(I regret that I didn't say lineS but what can you do)
contingentmagazine.org/2023/01/07/a...
(I regret that I didn't say lineS but what can you do)
contingentmagazine.org/2023/01/07/a...