Jess A. Goldberg 🇵🇸
@jessagoldberg.bsky.social
Abolitionist | anti-imperialist | academic
PhD in American Literature
Black Studies, Queer Studies, Carceral Studies
they/them 🏳️⚧️ | my views, not employer's |
book:
https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917890/abolition-time/
PhD in American Literature
Black Studies, Queer Studies, Carceral Studies
they/them 🏳️⚧️ | my views, not employer's |
book:
https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917890/abolition-time/
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Today is the 1-yr anniversary of my book's publication date! *Abolition Time* was released by @uminnpress.bsky.social on Dec 10, 2024 ✨
If you'd like to write a review of the book and want to know how to acquire a copy, feel free to reach out! I may be able to point you to a journal!
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If you'd like to write a review of the book and want to know how to acquire a copy, feel free to reach out! I may be able to point you to a journal!
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so about the relationship between the state and capital
“Moderna’s CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: ‘You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market.’ Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials
Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
so about the relationship between the state and capital
Don't let the liberals squash this moment like they have every recent anti-carceral movement by turning "Abolish ICE" into "Defund ICE" into "ICE needs better training" resulting in rehabilitation PR and ultimately increased funding for "reforms."
It's "Abolish ICE" loud and clear, no qualifiers.
It's "Abolish ICE" loud and clear, no qualifiers.
January 27, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Don't let the liberals squash this moment like they have every recent anti-carceral movement by turning "Abolish ICE" into "Defund ICE" into "ICE needs better training" resulting in rehabilitation PR and ultimately increased funding for "reforms."
It's "Abolish ICE" loud and clear, no qualifiers.
It's "Abolish ICE" loud and clear, no qualifiers.
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Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
US citizen says ICE removed him from his Minnesota home in his underwear after warrantless search
Federal immigration agents have detained a U.S. citizen in Minnesota at gunpoint without a warrant. That's according to ChongLy “Scott” Thao, who says agents forced open his door, entered with guns drawn and led him outside in his underwear in freezing conditions.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press.
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I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”
Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
Taught my first week of classes and just submitted my tenure dossier. I would now like to sleep for 12 hours.
January 16, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Taught my first week of classes and just submitted my tenure dossier. I would now like to sleep for 12 hours.
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It's not lost on me that an intended side effect of doing this is putting children of color behind in their educations.
Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It's not lost on me that an intended side effect of doing this is putting children of color behind in their educations.
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I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.
You could be next.
You could be next.
🌲 Evergreen reminder that some organizing conversations are best had in-person, and definitely not on social media, especially Facebook, and especially discussions of specific tactics 💕
January 10, 2026 at 4:12 AM
🌲 Evergreen reminder that some organizing conversations are best had in-person, and definitely not on social media, especially Facebook, and especially discussions of specific tactics 💕
So MLA just gives platforms to Zionists who wrote about how the pro-Palestine movement is anti-Semitic, huh? Cool, cool.
Anyway, some of us are gonna talk about BDS stuff in a roundtable at 12. I'll probably just yell & sound irritable but I am sure my colleagues will have very smart things to say.
Anyway, some of us are gonna talk about BDS stuff in a roundtable at 12. I'll probably just yell & sound irritable but I am sure my colleagues will have very smart things to say.
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
So MLA just gives platforms to Zionists who wrote about how the pro-Palestine movement is anti-Semitic, huh? Cool, cool.
Anyway, some of us are gonna talk about BDS stuff in a roundtable at 12. I'll probably just yell & sound irritable but I am sure my colleagues will have very smart things to say.
Anyway, some of us are gonna talk about BDS stuff in a roundtable at 12. I'll probably just yell & sound irritable but I am sure my colleagues will have very smart things to say.
"The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope...is firmly convinced that even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he is victorious." -Walter Benjamin
Remember this is typical IDF behavior in Palestine, and that white folks made desecrating the bodies of lynching victims a ritual
Remember this is typical IDF behavior in Palestine, and that white folks made desecrating the bodies of lynching victims a ritual
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
"The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope...is firmly convinced that even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he is victorious." -Walter Benjamin
Remember this is typical IDF behavior in Palestine, and that white folks made desecrating the bodies of lynching victims a ritual
Remember this is typical IDF behavior in Palestine, and that white folks made desecrating the bodies of lynching victims a ritual
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A local rapid response group I work with is desperately trying to raise $5K tonight to get immediate legal representation for a group member who is facing deportation. It is crucial that these funds be raised by tomorrow. These are organizers I trust.
Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A local rapid response group I work with is desperately trying to raise $5K tonight to get immediate legal representation for a group member who is facing deportation. It is crucial that these funds be raised by tomorrow. These are organizers I trust.
Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
Venmo for donations: @geebees5818
What you're seeing in that video of ICE murdering a woman in broad daylight (I'm not sharing it) is a tactic that the police have been using against Black people and their comrades for over a century. Down to the "it was self-defense b/c she was trying to run us over" script.
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
What you're seeing in that video of ICE murdering a woman in broad daylight (I'm not sharing it) is a tactic that the police have been using against Black people and their comrades for over a century. Down to the "it was self-defense b/c she was trying to run us over" script.
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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We’ve seen this in Chicago. Now we’re seeing it across the country.
ICE is a lawless secret police force and must be abolished. This is fucking horrific.
ICE is a lawless secret police force and must be abolished. This is fucking horrific.
Absolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times."
Bovino was there.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
January 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
We’ve seen this in Chicago. Now we’re seeing it across the country.
ICE is a lawless secret police force and must be abolished. This is fucking horrific.
ICE is a lawless secret police force and must be abolished. This is fucking horrific.
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This is horrifying and reprehensible AND shit like this happens extremely often to trans lawyers, witnesses, and parties
Actual exchange from court today:
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
January 6, 2026 at 12:57 AM
This is horrifying and reprehensible AND shit like this happens extremely often to trans lawyers, witnesses, and parties
I'm feeling very powerless knowing that there is no anti-imperialist movement or even opposition party in the US with the teeth necessary to stop this. But still we organize and we fight. Because those of us in the Imperial Core have no right to despair or to fold our hands in resignation.
January 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I'm feeling very powerless knowing that there is no anti-imperialist movement or even opposition party in the US with the teeth necessary to stop this. But still we organize and we fight. Because those of us in the Imperial Core have no right to despair or to fold our hands in resignation.
They really said "we're gonna bomb Venezuela for oil" and went ahead and did it. It's Bush-Cheney without the performance. Just straight up, bald-faced evil.
Repeating til I'm blue in the face that the US is the Evil Empire we should all root against.
Solidarity with the people of Venezuela.
Repeating til I'm blue in the face that the US is the Evil Empire we should all root against.
Solidarity with the people of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
They really said "we're gonna bomb Venezuela for oil" and went ahead and did it. It's Bush-Cheney without the performance. Just straight up, bald-faced evil.
Repeating til I'm blue in the face that the US is the Evil Empire we should all root against.
Solidarity with the people of Venezuela.
Repeating til I'm blue in the face that the US is the Evil Empire we should all root against.
Solidarity with the people of Venezuela.
Here's to a more robust politics of collective refusal in 2026 ✊
December 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Here's to a more robust politics of collective refusal in 2026 ✊
Since finishing grad school and taking my first contingent 4/4 teaching job, December has consistently been my biggest writing time. It's nearly impossible for me to find time to write during the semester, so it happens during "breaks," and Dec/Jan has become my most productive research season.
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Since finishing grad school and taking my first contingent 4/4 teaching job, December has consistently been my biggest writing time. It's nearly impossible for me to find time to write during the semester, so it happens during "breaks," and Dec/Jan has become my most productive research season.
Reason number 437 that Newsome sucks, actually.
The only thing going for him is that he's a straight white man running as a Democrat who can do a decent "Tough Guy" performance on social media. He is the definition of all style and no substance but his style is literally just white masculinity.
The only thing going for him is that he's a straight white man running as a Democrat who can do a decent "Tough Guy" performance on social media. He is the definition of all style and no substance but his style is literally just white masculinity.
By the way, Gavin Newsom is apparently raising money to fight AGAINST the billionaire tax. So thoughtful of him to come to their aid at this particular time in history,
December 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reason number 437 that Newsome sucks, actually.
The only thing going for him is that he's a straight white man running as a Democrat who can do a decent "Tough Guy" performance on social media. He is the definition of all style and no substance but his style is literally just white masculinity.
The only thing going for him is that he's a straight white man running as a Democrat who can do a decent "Tough Guy" performance on social media. He is the definition of all style and no substance but his style is literally just white masculinity.
I sighed. "I really do have trouble not being able to figure out if what you've painted is about to be day or night."
Ruth rolled toward me [...] "It's not going to be day or night, Jess. It's always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them."
-Stone Butch Blues, ch 24
Ruth rolled toward me [...] "It's not going to be day or night, Jess. It's always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them."
-Stone Butch Blues, ch 24
December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I sighed. "I really do have trouble not being able to figure out if what you've painted is about to be day or night."
Ruth rolled toward me [...] "It's not going to be day or night, Jess. It's always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them."
-Stone Butch Blues, ch 24
Ruth rolled toward me [...] "It's not going to be day or night, Jess. It's always going to be that moment of infinite possibility that connects them."
-Stone Butch Blues, ch 24
When I was a grad student and struggled to articulate the distinction between feminist theory and queer theory, i thought it was a failure of mine.
Now as Director of a Gender & Women's Studies program even more immersed in the field, I lean into that "struggle" as itself being the point.
Now as Director of a Gender & Women's Studies program even more immersed in the field, I lean into that "struggle" as itself being the point.
December 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When I was a grad student and struggled to articulate the distinction between feminist theory and queer theory, i thought it was a failure of mine.
Now as Director of a Gender & Women's Studies program even more immersed in the field, I lean into that "struggle" as itself being the point.
Now as Director of a Gender & Women's Studies program even more immersed in the field, I lean into that "struggle" as itself being the point.
Everything about this entire saga is and has been incredibly infuriating, and also very triggering. I was removed from a teaching position b/c right-wingers didn't like my social media posts back in 2020. The landscape is worse now.
www.koco.com/article/sama...
www.koco.com/article/sama...
Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.
www.koco.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Everything about this entire saga is and has been incredibly infuriating, and also very triggering. I was removed from a teaching position b/c right-wingers didn't like my social media posts back in 2020. The landscape is worse now.
www.koco.com/article/sama...
www.koco.com/article/sama...
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We are now accepting both applications for Travel Grants for the 2026 Conference and donations to the Travel Grant Fund pool for distribution.
If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit our C19 Zeffy page:
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