Rebecca Glade
@rmglade.bsky.social
Historian of protest, political claim making, and state crackdowns. Student of Sudans and Horn of Africa. Visiting Researcher at Makerere University. New Orleanian.
This is absolutely true. It also intersects with the enshittification of social media-during the 2018/19 revolution in Sudan, people could see how many people were on the street even when other media refused to cover it. Now we think it isn't there because we don't see our community going out online
'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
This is absolutely true. It also intersects with the enshittification of social media-during the 2018/19 revolution in Sudan, people could see how many people were on the street even when other media refused to cover it. Now we think it isn't there because we don't see our community going out online
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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Discworld QOTD, from Mort
January 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Mort
Today at tv time, my nephew earnestly asked his parents if he could watch "the show with a gargoyle and dragon, and they're both good, and they're both friends." Turns out this show does not (yet) exist. TV producers, you have your task. We're waiting.
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Today at tv time, my nephew earnestly asked his parents if he could watch "the show with a gargoyle and dragon, and they're both good, and they're both friends." Turns out this show does not (yet) exist. TV producers, you have your task. We're waiting.
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The article's author wants the AHA "to defend the interests of the profession."
I concur, but those interests aren't only or predominantly professors' paychecks and comfort levels. Rather's, the profession's interests center our ethical obligations to society, as historians.
I concur, but those interests aren't only or predominantly professors' paychecks and comfort levels. Rather's, the profession's interests center our ethical obligations to society, as historians.
January 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The article's author wants the AHA "to defend the interests of the profession."
I concur, but those interests aren't only or predominantly professors' paychecks and comfort levels. Rather's, the profession's interests center our ethical obligations to society, as historians.
I concur, but those interests aren't only or predominantly professors' paychecks and comfort levels. Rather's, the profession's interests center our ethical obligations to society, as historians.
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1000 days ago we woke up to my then 3 year old asking me if I could turn that horrible sound (of gunshots and explosions) off, because it’s scary. My heart goes out to everyone, especially those parenting while surviving this war in Sudan and elsewhere. May it all end inshallah. Everywhere.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
1000 days ago we woke up to my then 3 year old asking me if I could turn that horrible sound (of gunshots and explosions) off, because it’s scary. My heart goes out to everyone, especially those parenting while surviving this war in Sudan and elsewhere. May it all end inshallah. Everywhere.
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Tomorrow marks the 7th anniversary of Sudan's December revolution, before it was superseded by another war that separated and scattered millions of people across countless countries and worlds. Will slowly be posting readings on the uprising here, focusing first on those by Sudanese 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tomorrow marks the 7th anniversary of Sudan's December revolution, before it was superseded by another war that separated and scattered millions of people across countless countries and worlds. Will slowly be posting readings on the uprising here, focusing first on those by Sudanese 🧵
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You guys really need to develop the capacity of simultaneously holding the truth that the colonialist occupation and genocide of Palestine is unacceptable AND violent antisemitism is real
Both are true
Both are true
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You guys really need to develop the capacity of simultaneously holding the truth that the colonialist occupation and genocide of Palestine is unacceptable AND violent antisemitism is real
Both are true
Both are true
The revival issue of the Makerere Historical Journal is out! It has been an honor working with the rest of the editorial team to publish this issue and revive a historic East African journal.
Makerere Historical Journal (MHJ)
Peer-reviewed research journal on Ugandan and Eastern African history, archaeology, and heritage. Established in 1975 at Makerere University.
journals.mak.ac.ug
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The revival issue of the Makerere Historical Journal is out! It has been an honor working with the rest of the editorial team to publish this issue and revive a historic East African journal.
This article profiles how impressive Khartoum residents are in rebuilding their homes together, as a community. I'm struck by the injustice of it though
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
Sudan’s People Are Rebuilding Their Capital Without Government Help
U.S. aid has evaporated. Government promises remain unfulfilled. But Khartoum's residents are making their neighborhoods livable again, with or without institutional backing.
nextcity.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This article profiles how impressive Khartoum residents are in rebuilding their homes together, as a community. I'm struck by the injustice of it though
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
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I am thrilled to have published this piece with Atar Magazine.
"in the midst of a counter-revolutionary war in which all armed parties target civilians, pathways for education are being systemically eliminated for the general population..."
"in the midst of a counter-revolutionary war in which all armed parties target civilians, pathways for education are being systemically eliminated for the general population..."
Education Denied: How War and Inequality Have Weaponised Education Access Against the Next Generation - أتر
The war is systemically eliminating pathways for education, normalising a future where learning becomes a privilege of the few. Education in Sudan has been not only an essential service but a means of...
atarnetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I am thrilled to have published this piece with Atar Magazine.
"in the midst of a counter-revolutionary war in which all armed parties target civilians, pathways for education are being systemically eliminated for the general population..."
"in the midst of a counter-revolutionary war in which all armed parties target civilians, pathways for education are being systemically eliminated for the general population..."
What an embarrassing interview. Choosing to interview a British NGO director rather than someone specialized in Sudan. THEN editing out almost all mention of the revolution, popular demands for civilian government, and ERRs and Sudanese mutual aid. Bad choices by Harris, and bad framing by Miliband
The Worst Humanitarian Crisis in the World Is Going Mostly Ignored
And things are only going to get worse as U.S. aid lags.
slate.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
What an embarrassing interview. Choosing to interview a British NGO director rather than someone specialized in Sudan. THEN editing out almost all mention of the revolution, popular demands for civilian government, and ERRs and Sudanese mutual aid. Bad choices by Harris, and bad framing by Miliband
I am thrilled to have published this piece with Atar Magazine.
"in the midst of a counter-revolutionary war in which all armed parties target civilians, pathways for education are being systemically eliminated for the general population..."
"in the midst of a counter-revolutionary war in which all armed parties target civilians, pathways for education are being systemically eliminated for the general population..."
Education Denied: How War and Inequality Have Weaponised Education Access Against the Next Generation - أتر
The war is systemically eliminating pathways for education, normalising a future where learning becomes a privilege of the few. Education in Sudan has been not only an essential service but a means of...
atarnetwork.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I am thrilled to have published this piece with Atar Magazine.
"in the midst of a counter-revolutionary war in which all armed parties target civilians, pathways for education are being systemically eliminated for the general population..."
"in the midst of a counter-revolutionary war in which all armed parties target civilians, pathways for education are being systemically eliminated for the general population..."
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Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reminder: Every time you shop at an independent bookstore, Jeff Bezos loses a little bit of power.
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Some people really make me wish their liberation was not bound up with mine. But like, you deserve to be free, but I wish you would stop being a turd.
October 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Some people really make me wish their liberation was not bound up with mine. But like, you deserve to be free, but I wish you would stop being a turd.
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During each of the previous assaults on Gaza, Sudanese women brought their gold - their only asset and means for security - to send aid to the people of Palestine. Do not dishonor my people by using Sudan's suffering as a zionist shield.
October 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
During each of the previous assaults on Gaza, Sudanese women brought their gold - their only asset and means for security - to send aid to the people of Palestine. Do not dishonor my people by using Sudan's suffering as a zionist shield.
and she seems very very upset...
lol we’re both guilty
October 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
and she seems very very upset...
This is important. During famines in Sudan in the 1980s, rural dwellers would leave their land in moments of food unavailability (from systematic dispossession followed by crop failures) and take up exploitatively low wage jobs in cities in order to get food, creating essentially a slave economy.
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is important. During famines in Sudan in the 1980s, rural dwellers would leave their land in moments of food unavailability (from systematic dispossession followed by crop failures) and take up exploitatively low wage jobs in cities in order to get food, creating essentially a slave economy.
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With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
October 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
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🧵 Thread of resources on various aspects of Sudanese history/archival attempts (loosely defined). Will be slowly adding to this throughout the week, focusing on the labour of individuals/smaller scale attempts rather than larger grant-funded institutional ones. Feel free to add.
October 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🧵 Thread of resources on various aspects of Sudanese history/archival attempts (loosely defined). Will be slowly adding to this throughout the week, focusing on the labour of individuals/smaller scale attempts rather than larger grant-funded institutional ones. Feel free to add.
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Simply do not vote for the bloke with the Nazi tats. I'm drunk and think people should not pretend this is a difficult choice politically. No Nazis.
October 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Simply do not vote for the bloke with the Nazi tats. I'm drunk and think people should not pretend this is a difficult choice politically. No Nazis.
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The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective
Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
sudansolidarity.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
All the commentary about humor being effective in fighting fascism is true, but one thing I think Americans sometimes miss is that protesting *should* be fun and contain joy...
I will always look back fondly on the guy in Khartoum who attended anti-coup protests in 2021 in full spiderman costume.
I will always look back fondly on the guy in Khartoum who attended anti-coup protests in 2021 in full spiderman costume.
This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses
so yes, this does do something actually
so yes, this does do something actually
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
All the commentary about humor being effective in fighting fascism is true, but one thing I think Americans sometimes miss is that protesting *should* be fun and contain joy...
I will always look back fondly on the guy in Khartoum who attended anti-coup protests in 2021 in full spiderman costume.
I will always look back fondly on the guy in Khartoum who attended anti-coup protests in 2021 in full spiderman costume.
Look, the Nobel Peace Prize has *never* been the arbiter of good works. Maria Corina Machado takes her place among Abiy Ahmed, Henry Kissinger, and Theodore Roosevelt. That good people sometimes get awarded it is just proof that a broken clock is correct twice a day.
October 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Look, the Nobel Peace Prize has *never* been the arbiter of good works. Maria Corina Machado takes her place among Abiy Ahmed, Henry Kissinger, and Theodore Roosevelt. That good people sometimes get awarded it is just proof that a broken clock is correct twice a day.
I've said it before and will say it again: people who use endnotes have something to hide and should not be trusted.
Endnotes are never acceptable, and this is one of my most strongly-held writing beliefs.
October 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I've said it before and will say it again: people who use endnotes have something to hide and should not be trusted.