Rebecca Gordon (she/her/ella)
@rebeccagsf.bsky.social
Philosopher, knitter, spinner, newish weaver, 70s lesbian.
Her observations about South Africa resonate with me. My partner and I spent 3 months there at an anti-apartheid paper in 1990. It was the place most like the US of anywhere we'd been.
"It took a long time to understand that I was born into apartheid."
Yuli Novak, Executive Director of B'Tselem — the first major Israeli human rights organization to label Israel’s destruction of Gaza a genocide — speaks with @simonerzim.bsky.social about growing up under Israel’s apartheid regime.
Yuli Novak, Executive Director of B'Tselem — the first major Israeli human rights organization to label Israel’s destruction of Gaza a genocide — speaks with @simonerzim.bsky.social about growing up under Israel’s apartheid regime.
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Her observations about South Africa resonate with me. My partner and I spent 3 months there at an anti-apartheid paper in 1990. It was the place most like the US of anywhere we'd been.
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Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
I've got a new piece from Tomdispatch up at Common Dreams:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/lies...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/lies...
12 Years of Lies, Torture, Drones.... and Hope? | Common Dreams
I began writing for TomDispatch during Barack Obama’s somewhat disappointing second presidential term, observed with horror Trump’s first time around, slogged through the Biden years, and now find mys...
www.commondreams.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I've got a new piece from Tomdispatch up at Common Dreams:
www.commondreams.org/opinion/lies...
www.commondreams.org/opinion/lies...
If you want a good recent history and analysis of the destruction of Sudan, read this from Hammer and Hope:
hammerandhope.org/article/suda...
hammerandhope.org/article/suda...
In Sudan, the People’s Revolution Versus the Elite’s Counterrevolution
Elites profit off war at the expense of one of the most powerful movements for emancipation in the 21st century.
hammerandhope.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If you want a good recent history and analysis of the destruction of Sudan, read this from Hammer and Hope:
hammerandhope.org/article/suda...
hammerandhope.org/article/suda...
Sudan, the other genocide, and its unexpected lessons for the U.S. resistance to Trump. My latest from Tomdispatch:
www.laprogressive.com/foreign-poli...
www.laprogressive.com/foreign-poli...
Sudan, the Forgotten Genocide
While the Trump administration hasn’t exactly taken sides in Sudan’s civil war, that doesn’t mean there’s no blood on its hands.
www.laprogressive.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Sudan, the other genocide, and its unexpected lessons for the U.S. resistance to Trump. My latest from Tomdispatch:
www.laprogressive.com/foreign-poli...
www.laprogressive.com/foreign-poli...
NYT's Savage & Barnes get the key point: "The focus on the second strike and the nuances of the law of armed conflict could end up being a favor to the Trump administration." Even without second strikes, these attacks on civilian boats amount to murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
NYT's Savage & Barnes get the key point: "The focus on the second strike and the nuances of the law of armed conflict could end up being a favor to the Trump administration." Even without second strikes, these attacks on civilian boats amount to murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Clerical workers FTW! (*SS*ecretary Pete Hegseth. Very appropriate typo on his table tent at today's cabinet meeting.)
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Clerical workers FTW! (*SS*ecretary Pete Hegseth. Very appropriate typo on his table tent at today's cabinet meeting.)
This is amazing news. Now get it to low-income country where women have less access to testing and treatment!
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is amazing news. Now get it to low-income country where women have less access to testing and treatment!
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
The Guardian has a horrifying article on conditions at a privately-run ICE detention center in California.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
People held in ‘decrepit’ California ICE facility sue over ‘inhumane’ conditions
Lawsuit against US government alleges ‘life-threatening’ medical neglect and says residents frequently go hungry
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Guardian has a horrifying article on conditions at a privately-run ICE detention center in California.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
WTF, Democrats? If you fold now, you -- we -- got nothing out of 40 days of defiance.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
WTF, Democrats? If you fold now, you -- we -- got nothing out of 40 days of defiance.
New piece today from Tomdispatch.com on the incompetence -- inadvertent and strategic -- of the Trump administration:
tomdispatch.com/trump-is-bad...
tomdispatch.com/trump-is-bad...
Strategic Incompetence in the Age of Trump
I first heard the expression “strategic incompetence” in El Salvador in December 1993. Along with my partner and two friends, I’d been recruited to do some electoral training there. We were working wi...
tomdispatch.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New piece today from Tomdispatch.com on the incompetence -- inadvertent and strategic -- of the Trump administration:
tomdispatch.com/trump-is-bad...
tomdispatch.com/trump-is-bad...
Snyder is right; this is a dangerous precedent.
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Snyder is right; this is a dangerous precedent.
Yup. Pretty much what we expected. Racism is no longer something to hide.
asylum but only for racists apparently www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yup. Pretty much what we expected. Racism is no longer something to hide.
I've got a new, and angry, piece from Tomdispatch today. It's about the death of civil rights in this country, at the hands of white nationalism and its agents on the Supreme Court.
tomdispatch.com/going-backwa...
tomdispatch.com/going-backwa...
Going Backwards on Rights with Trump
Warning: dangers in the mirror are often closer than they may appear. In other words, the next few paragraphs may seem to be hyperbole but are, in fact, expressions of reality (animated by a cold
tomdispatch.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I've got a new, and angry, piece from Tomdispatch today. It's about the death of civil rights in this country, at the hands of white nationalism and its agents on the Supreme Court.
tomdispatch.com/going-backwa...
tomdispatch.com/going-backwa...
Better late than never.
Duterte was arrested in March by Philippine authorities on a warrant issued by the ICC. He is now being held at an ICC facility in the Netherlands.
ICC charges former Philippine President Duterte crimes against humanity
Duterte was arrested in March by Philippine authorities on a warrant issued by the ICC. He is now being held at an ICC facility in the Netherlands.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Better late than never.
Valarie was my union local's California Federation of Teachers representative. She's awesome! And totally right about Thiel.
“[Peter Thiel] is a threat to every single member of our community here in the Bay Area.” Listen to Valarie Bachelor of ACCE Oakland explain why we’re protesting outside of Peter Thiel’s Commonwealth Club lecture.
September 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Valarie was my union local's California Federation of Teachers representative. She's awesome! And totally right about Thiel.
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@karenattiah.bsky.social is a voice for the TRUTH!
September 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@karenattiah.bsky.social is a voice for the TRUTH!
Jamelle is right to be proud of this one. He's said exactly what had to be said: these white nationalists despise the founding ideas of this country, and would replace them with an American identity based on race. The supreme court has murdered the 4th & 14th amendments.
have to say that i liked this one quite a bit
wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america
September 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Jamelle is right to be proud of this one. He's said exactly what had to be said: these white nationalists despise the founding ideas of this country, and would replace them with an American identity based on race. The supreme court has murdered the 4th & 14th amendments.
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Trump is ending rule of law in America and the rules-based order around the world.
Always seemed to the central thrust of his project this time and it was has been far more successful than many are willing to admit now.
Always seemed to the central thrust of his project this time and it was has been far more successful than many are willing to admit now.
J. Sotomayor dissent: "The Government, and now the concurrence, has all but declared that all Latinos, U. S. citizens or not, who work low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time, taken away from work, and held until they provide proof of their legal status to the agents’ satisfaction."
September 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Trump is ending rule of law in America and the rules-based order around the world.
Always seemed to the central thrust of his project this time and it was has been far more successful than many are willing to admit now.
Always seemed to the central thrust of his project this time and it was has been far more successful than many are willing to admit now.
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FUCK ME DO NOT DESCRIBE TRUMP'S PLANS IN THE HEADLINES WITHOUT NOTING THEY ARE ILLEGAL.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
FUCK ME DO NOT DESCRIBE TRUMP'S PLANS IN THE HEADLINES WITHOUT NOTING THEY ARE ILLEGAL.
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This is such an outrageous not to mention idiotic lie. This whole charade would be a joke were it not also so dangerous.
Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."
August 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is such an outrageous not to mention idiotic lie. This whole charade would be a joke were it not also so dangerous.
Here's the money quote, calling for a general strike: "If the Trump administration continues on its course … the only force that could respond to that effectively is a labor movement that is willing to withhold its labor, and in a general way.”
An important and powerful interview! Everyone in #Academia, please take a moment to read this and reflect on strategies going foward! #DefendResearch #Action
“We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy. But the converse isn’t absolutely true. Higher ed alone cannot save democracy, but we’re a critical part.
We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
August 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Here's the money quote, calling for a general strike: "If the Trump administration continues on its course … the only force that could respond to that effectively is a labor movement that is willing to withhold its labor, and in a general way.”
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An important and powerful interview! Everyone in #Academia, please take a moment to read this and reflect on strategies going foward! #DefendResearch #Action
“We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy. But the converse isn’t absolutely true. Higher ed alone cannot save democracy, but we’re a critical part.
We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
We need a broader societal movement to save our country.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
AAUP President: “Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy”
More than a year into his presidency of the American Association of University Professors—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisector”...
www.insidehighered.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
An important and powerful interview! Everyone in #Academia, please take a moment to read this and reflect on strategies going foward! #DefendResearch #Action
I've got a new piece up from Tomdispatch. Here it is at the L.A. Progressive. There's also an oral version, which is surprisingly human-sounding. (In fact, it sounds a little like me. Odd.)
www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peac...
www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peac...
On Seeing the Future Too Clearly
Today, there’s a consensus in this country that the Vietnam War was more than a mistake; it was a decade-long exercise in overreach and overkill.
www.laprogressive.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I've got a new piece up from Tomdispatch. Here it is at the L.A. Progressive. There's also an oral version, which is surprisingly human-sounding. (In fact, it sounds a little like me. Odd.)
www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peac...
www.laprogressive.com/war-and-peac...