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Steve Salaita
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Here's a long essay analyzing the recent emergence of rightwing critics of Israel. I argue that it is a bad idea for the Palestine solidarity movement in North America to seek any kind of alliance with those critics or to validate the ideologies they represent.

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Palestine Solidarity in the Age of Reaction - Steve Salaita
Should people involved with the Palestine solidarity movement in North America, traditionally leftist in orientation, seek alliances with the political right?
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January 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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Daily bombings, hundreds of thousands of people living in tents, cell phones brought in by the entity instead of medicine and food exploding in people's hands, approval of another fucking infrastructure of settler colonial genocide, and Palestinians continue to support each others' survival.
from Sameer Project X: THIRD winter in a row iN GENOCIDE! Donate now: https://chuffed.org/project/149178-sameer-project-x-mass-displacement-campaign Let that sink in. Palestinians in Gaza’s body are malnourished, their immunity is low, they’re exhausted and they’re entering their third winter in genocide. This is happening with no adequate shelter for 1.47 million people, barely any tents and tarps coming in and zero caravans or building materials have entered. Disaster is an understatement for what’s about to come and even though it feels like a drop in the ocean, the Translating Falasteen ( @translatingpal ) x Sameer continues the Yalla Na’merha (let’s build it) campaign. We can’t shelter a million and a half people but for around $350, your donations can provide a waterproof tent for 7-8 people! Despair is a luxury that Palestinians in Gaza don’t have. This is why we need to rise and do whatever we can to end this genocide and for aid to come in. Disruption and direct action are crucial during this time. Simultaneously we ask you to continue to provide material support to Palestinians in Gaza. Donate today to the Return Home Campaign: https://chuffed.org/project/149178-sameer-project-x-mass-displacement-campaign Other ways to donate include: http://paypal.me/mahertali (Paypal option, please make sure to add a message saying "Winter") http://account.venmo.com/u/Maher-Ali (Venmo option, please make sure to add a message saying "Winter")
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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It's a little depressing how the bodies in Gaza haven't even been buried and US national socialists are already back to positioning Palestine as a faraway irrelevant cause (except when useful to build credibility for their celebrity politicians)
stevesalaita.bsky.social Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social · Nov 20
Do you get annoyed when uncompromising anti-Zionism is dismissed as "purity politics"? If so, you might find this short essay worth a read:

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Palestine and the Politics of Purity - Steve Salaita
Accusing anti-Zionists of “purity politics” is a lazy rhetorical evasion.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Right on schedule!
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Do you get annoyed when uncompromising anti-Zionism is dismissed as "purity politics"? If so, you might find this short essay worth a read:

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Palestine and the Politics of Purity - Steve Salaita
Accusing anti-Zionists of “purity politics” is a lazy rhetorical evasion.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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"One looks at the United States right now and wonders, What democracy? Which law? Where free speech? Whose human rights? If these existential treats can’t be located in the metropole, then we certainly won’t find them anywhere on the periphery."

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Palestine and the Making of a New New World - Steve Salaita
The liberation of Palestine is, above all, a world-building project.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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It's so hard to get through autumn or spring without layering lol.
October 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Please read this amazing essay by my dear friend Saher Safi, who discusses his childhood in Bureij Refugee Camp, Gaza, and the pain of now witnessing genocide. Saher worked for months on this essay, which was a difficult process for him. He ended up producing some exceptionally powerful writing.
I came to UK from Gaza seeking hope. Instead, I found complicity
After a lifetime under Israeli siege and shelling in Gaza, Saher Safi built a life of his own. He expected Israel’s cruelty, but not the UK’s indifference.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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today in about 15 minutes!
September 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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ALERT!!! Casey Goonan is entering DAY TWO of their hunger strike at Santa Rita in solidarity with T. Hoxha, who has entered critical condition 🚨🚨🚨🚨
U.S. political prisoner Casey Goonan enters day two of their hunger strike at Santa Rita in solidarity with U.K. Filton 24 prisoner T. Hoxha.
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The only thing that raises massive alarms for liberals is the left.
August 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Keep giving 'em hell Zoe!
August 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Powerful letter by our Chairperson Zoë Lawlor @zazafl.bsky.social in yesterday's Irish Examiner. We need immediate sanctions on apartheid Israel to protect Palestinians from its genocide. #EndIsraeliImpunity #GazaGenocide
August 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Don't give your money to NGOs, politicians, or online pundits. Please donate instead directly to Gaza. Below is a link to the Sameer Project's South Gaza Campaign, which urgently needs support:

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South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water
**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**
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July 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Please help if you can. No one should have to endure this.
June 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Thanks so much for the kind words! I'm really happy that you've connected with the book.
June 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Gaza is the slaughterhouse // my latest report for @intifada.bsky.social electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-b...
Gaza is the slaughterhouse
Israel's engineered humanitarian catastrophe a "central tool" of extermination.
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May 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Here's a short essay about what it means to be caring and careful amid the turn to fascism in the United States:
Care and Carefulness in Today's United States - Steve Salaita
A short reflection on what the line “be careful” means in today’s dark political environment.
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May 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Chicago: this is TOMORROW, 4/29! Don't miss it
commonnotions.bsky.social Common Notions Press @commonnotions.bsky.social · Apr 25
Co-author of WHY WE FEAR AI, @hagenblix.bsky.social, will be at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday 4/29. In conversation with @m.sappir.net.
white and green graphic with the cover of why we fear ai announcing an event at pilsen community books 4/29.
April 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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It's a pretty boring spot. Happy to see you on here.
April 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Here is another longform essay dealing with Zionist genocide and higher education that I hope you will find useful: "The Meaning of Honesty in Academe"
The Meaning of Honesty in Academe - Steve Salaita
A transcript of the 2025 James Baldwin Memorial Lecture at UMass-Amherst, delivered on April 16.
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April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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New essay:

No Resurrection: The Life and Death of the Modern University
No Resurrection: The Life and Death of the Modern University - Steve Salaita
A transcript of comments delivered at Villanova University on April 14, 2025.
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April 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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This Monday at Villanova University.
April 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM