Alex Lubin
@a-lubin.bsky.social
Professor of African American Studies and History working in central PA. Author of Never-Ending War on Terror (UC Press); Geographies of Liberation: The Making of an Afro Arab Political Imaginary (UNC Press); etc.
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The so-called 'Left' in this country is now just the polite wing of empire, doing the Right’s dirty work in inclusive language. If Zohran terrifies them, it’s because even a whisper of downwardly redistributive justice threatens their whole rotten consensus. :<>
July 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The so-called 'Left' in this country is now just the polite wing of empire, doing the Right’s dirty work in inclusive language. If Zohran terrifies them, it’s because even a whisper of downwardly redistributive justice threatens their whole rotten consensus. :<>
It seems to me that state-sponsored abductions, or extraordinary renditions, ought to be at the top of our list of contemporary outrages and existential threats. Nobody, regardless of citizenship status, should not be detained and disappeared to torture facilities or third parties.
April 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It seems to me that state-sponsored abductions, or extraordinary renditions, ought to be at the top of our list of contemporary outrages and existential threats. Nobody, regardless of citizenship status, should not be detained and disappeared to torture facilities or third parties.
The submission portal for the 2025 ASA conference in San Juan, PR is now open. theasa.net
January 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The submission portal for the 2025 ASA conference in San Juan, PR is now open. theasa.net
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Andrew Ross is an incredible teacher and generous mentor who never turns down a request to stand alongside students seeking justice, regardless of consequence.
Would that we were all so brave.
Would that we were all so brave.
I largely went to NYU American Studies bc of Andrew Ross, and tho he wasn’t my formal diss advisor, he has been my closest mentor & guide from that dept for a decade. He’s an intellectual & moral beacon for what it means to be a professor & I couldn’t be more proud of him.
December 12, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Andrew Ross is an incredible teacher and generous mentor who never turns down a request to stand alongside students seeking justice, regardless of consequence.
Would that we were all so brave.
Would that we were all so brave.
brittle paper has named Duse Mohamed Ali’s novel, Ere Roosevelt Came to their 100 Notable African Books of 2024 list.
December 11, 2024 at 1:13 PM
brittle paper has named Duse Mohamed Ali’s novel, Ere Roosevelt Came to their 100 Notable African Books of 2024 list.
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You know I already knew theoretically and historically that liberalism is contradictory with itself, but I’ve never seen a live example like the Biden admin, champions of the rule of law as a bulwark against fascism, going down in flames to defend a fascist regime’s genocidal war crime spree
November 22, 2024 at 3:31 PM
You know I already knew theoretically and historically that liberalism is contradictory with itself, but I’ve never seen a live example like the Biden admin, champions of the rule of law as a bulwark against fascism, going down in flames to defend a fascist regime’s genocidal war crime spree
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Can’t we agree that the US should follow its own laws with regard to US weapons use and humanitarian aid? Shouldn’t these laws apply in every case, including in the case of our weapons transfers to Israel?
November 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Can’t we agree that the US should follow its own laws with regard to US weapons use and humanitarian aid? Shouldn’t these laws apply in every case, including in the case of our weapons transfers to Israel?
George Harrison is my favorite post-Beatles, Beatle.
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
George Harrison is my favorite post-Beatles, Beatle.
Next year’s ASA conference in Puerto Rico will focus on “Late-Stage American Empire.” Official CFP coming soon.
November 18, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Next year’s ASA conference in Puerto Rico will focus on “Late-Stage American Empire.” Official CFP coming soon.
Looking forward to the American Studies Association meeting this week in Charm City. Who else will be there?
November 13, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Looking forward to the American Studies Association meeting this week in Charm City. Who else will be there?
Trying out this new platform in the hope that we might find virtual community that is not merely metadata for state surveillance and oligarchic democracy. Interested in a free Palestine.
November 12, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Trying out this new platform in the hope that we might find virtual community that is not merely metadata for state surveillance and oligarchic democracy. Interested in a free Palestine.