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Happening now:
Port Workers & Communities For Palestine are at Maher Terminal in Elizabeth, NJ as part of an outreach campaign to truckers & longshoremen to get them to stop moving ZIM, a major Israeli shipping company carrying weapons & ammo used to commit genocide in Gaza.
Port Workers & Communities For Palestine are at Maher Terminal in Elizabeth, NJ as part of an outreach campaign to truckers & longshoremen to get them to stop moving ZIM, a major Israeli shipping company carrying weapons & ammo used to commit genocide in Gaza.
August 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Happening now:
Port Workers & Communities For Palestine are at Maher Terminal in Elizabeth, NJ as part of an outreach campaign to truckers & longshoremen to get them to stop moving ZIM, a major Israeli shipping company carrying weapons & ammo used to commit genocide in Gaza.
Port Workers & Communities For Palestine are at Maher Terminal in Elizabeth, NJ as part of an outreach campaign to truckers & longshoremen to get them to stop moving ZIM, a major Israeli shipping company carrying weapons & ammo used to commit genocide in Gaza.
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Has every New York mayoral candidate who vowed to go to Israel been forced to answer to the mountain of genocidal statements top Israeli officials have said in the past 20 months? The current, ongoing US tax-funded genocide of our times?
June 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Has every New York mayoral candidate who vowed to go to Israel been forced to answer to the mountain of genocidal statements top Israeli officials have said in the past 20 months? The current, ongoing US tax-funded genocide of our times?
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Trump told the entire 10 million population of Tehran to evacuate; said the US has "total control" of the skies over Iran; threatened to kill Iran's leader; and posted "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!"
And Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have not said a word yet.
And Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have not said a word yet.
Donald Trump and JD Vance are about to open up Iraq War 2.0, and Democratic leadership is just…nowhere to be seen?
June 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Trump told the entire 10 million population of Tehran to evacuate; said the US has "total control" of the skies over Iran; threatened to kill Iran's leader; and posted "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!"
And Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have not said a word yet.
And Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have not said a word yet.
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Its World Press Freedom Day
Israel has killed the most media workers in history - average of 13 journalists killed a month. Hossam, Jabr, Fatima, Hilma, Hamza, Hisham, Ismail, Rami, Fady, Ayet...
And spit on all the cowardly liberal media & zionist mouthpieces manufacturing consent for genocide.
Israel has killed the most media workers in history - average of 13 journalists killed a month. Hossam, Jabr, Fatima, Hilma, Hamza, Hisham, Ismail, Rami, Fady, Ayet...
And spit on all the cowardly liberal media & zionist mouthpieces manufacturing consent for genocide.
May 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Its World Press Freedom Day
Israel has killed the most media workers in history - average of 13 journalists killed a month. Hossam, Jabr, Fatima, Hilma, Hamza, Hisham, Ismail, Rami, Fady, Ayet...
And spit on all the cowardly liberal media & zionist mouthpieces manufacturing consent for genocide.
Israel has killed the most media workers in history - average of 13 journalists killed a month. Hossam, Jabr, Fatima, Hilma, Hamza, Hisham, Ismail, Rami, Fady, Ayet...
And spit on all the cowardly liberal media & zionist mouthpieces manufacturing consent for genocide.
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As part of a Palestine Studies cluster hire, Hunter College is honored to announce its search for two open-rank tenure-line professors, with an expected start date in Fall 2025, in Palestinian studies with one in the social sciences and the other in the humanities
Friends, the Palestinian Studies line is back up, and we are soliciting applications through Monday. Please apply and share in your networks! I wouldn't be promoting if I did not think Hunter is a great place to work.
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psc/erecruit...
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psc/erecruit...
Careers
Salary commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience.
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu
April 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
As part of a Palestine Studies cluster hire, Hunter College is honored to announce its search for two open-rank tenure-line professors, with an expected start date in Fall 2025, in Palestinian studies with one in the social sciences and the other in the humanities
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Prof. Khalidi: "Columbia barely merits the name of a university, since its teaching & scholarship on the Middle East, & soon much else, will...be vetted by a “senior vice provost for inclusive pedagogy”, in reality a senior vice provost for Israeli propaganda." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi
Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Prof. Khalidi: "Columbia barely merits the name of a university, since its teaching & scholarship on the Middle East, & soon much else, will...be vetted by a “senior vice provost for inclusive pedagogy”, in reality a senior vice provost for Israeli propaganda." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You cannot negotiate with terrorists. If the Ivies give in to any regime demands, the goal posts will move. If the massive ivy endowments aren’t deployed to preserve institutional integrity and academic freedom, what on earth are they for?
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Lorenzo Veracini, a leading voice in this field, has spent years examining how settler colonialism shapes political and social realities in Palestine. We met him to discuss the latest developments and explore how they reflect shifts within the Zionist project in Palestine ⬇
Lorenzo Vercanini on how Gaza war changed Zionist project
In depth: Lorenzo Veracini discusses Israel as a settler-colonial state in the context of its war on Gaza, and how it mirrors global Indigenous struggles.
www.newarab.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Lorenzo Veracini, a leading voice in this field, has spent years examining how settler colonialism shapes political and social realities in Palestine. We met him to discuss the latest developments and explore how they reflect shifts within the Zionist project in Palestine ⬇
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#tdih 1970: 1st mass work stoppage in 195-year history of U.S. Postal Service began with letter carriers' walkout in Brooklyn & Manhattan for better wages. Spread nationally.
Read @profblmkelley.bsky.social's "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class" ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/po...
Read @profblmkelley.bsky.social's "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class" ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/po...
March 18, 1970: Postal Workers Strike
The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the Postal Service began with a walkout of letter carriers in Brooklyn and Manhattan who were demanding better wages.
www.zinnedproject.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#tdih 1970: 1st mass work stoppage in 195-year history of U.S. Postal Service began with letter carriers' walkout in Brooklyn & Manhattan for better wages. Spread nationally.
Read @profblmkelley.bsky.social's "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class" ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/po...
Read @profblmkelley.bsky.social's "Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class" ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/po...
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“By these actions, by their willingness to scapegoat and vilify the pro-Palestine student movement, these institutions have invited their enemies in, becoming testing grounds for the authoritarianism that threatens our nation.”
truthout.org/articles/as-...
truthout.org/articles/as-...
As ICE Jails Palestinian Protester, Universities Must Commit to Academic Freedom
Universities may sow their own demise if they continue to aid the suppression of pro-Palestine campus movements.
truthout.org
March 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“By these actions, by their willingness to scapegoat and vilify the pro-Palestine student movement, these institutions have invited their enemies in, becoming testing grounds for the authoritarianism that threatens our nation.”
truthout.org/articles/as-...
truthout.org/articles/as-...
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BREAKING: We and @nyclu.org are joining Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil's legal team after ICE unlawfully arrested and detained him in retaliation for his political views.
We will see the Trump administration in court.
We will see the Trump administration in court.
March 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
BREAKING: We and @nyclu.org are joining Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil's legal team after ICE unlawfully arrested and detained him in retaliation for his political views.
We will see the Trump administration in court.
We will see the Trump administration in court.
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I know people are doing the whole "I bought a Tesla before he became fascist" thing.
That translates to me as "I ignored what he did to his Black workers, how he was spreading his seeds to *purify* civilization etc but now that Tesla's are no longer badges of honor I'm ashamed."
That translates to me as "I ignored what he did to his Black workers, how he was spreading his seeds to *purify* civilization etc but now that Tesla's are no longer badges of honor I'm ashamed."
March 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I know people are doing the whole "I bought a Tesla before he became fascist" thing.
That translates to me as "I ignored what he did to his Black workers, how he was spreading his seeds to *purify* civilization etc but now that Tesla's are no longer badges of honor I'm ashamed."
That translates to me as "I ignored what he did to his Black workers, how he was spreading his seeds to *purify* civilization etc but now that Tesla's are no longer badges of honor I'm ashamed."
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A Jewish man pulled up to another car, got out, and unloaded 17 bullets to try to kill two strangers because he thought they were Palestinian. The victims then blamed Arabs.
Where's the prime time coverage? The congressional hearings? The ADL?
Where's the prime time coverage? The congressional hearings? The ADL?
Jewish Man Allegedly Shot Two Israelis He Thought Were Palestinian in Confused Hate Crime Where Both Victim and Culprit Blamed Arabs
The shooting only underscores the vastly different ways US institutions have responded to reports of antisemitism versus anti-Palestinian or anti-Arab hate.
zeteo.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A Jewish man pulled up to another car, got out, and unloaded 17 bullets to try to kill two strangers because he thought they were Palestinian. The victims then blamed Arabs.
Where's the prime time coverage? The congressional hearings? The ADL?
Where's the prime time coverage? The congressional hearings? The ADL?
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The ceasefire according to Israel means they get to kill whoever they want whenever they want.
This is just today, so far.
This is just today, so far.
January 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The ceasefire according to Israel means they get to kill whoever they want whenever they want.
This is just today, so far.
This is just today, so far.
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"I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge—even wisdom. Like art."
Toni Morrison
#everynightapoem, against distraction.
Toni Morrison
#everynightapoem, against distraction.
January 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge—even wisdom. Like art."
Toni Morrison
#everynightapoem, against distraction.
Toni Morrison
#everynightapoem, against distraction.
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The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) says its speaker, who had been invited to participate at the European Palestinian Network Conference taking place in Copenhagen today, had his invitation revoked.
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Women, children among dead in Israeli attack on Gaza’s Jabalia school
Israel claims to have hit Hamas ‘command centre’ in the attack that killed several people, including women and children.
aje.io
January 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) says its speaker, who had been invited to participate at the European Palestinian Network Conference taking place in Copenhagen today, had his invitation revoked.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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Hend writes about Dec. 15, 2024: Her brother looks for food while she studies for an exam, a strike kills dozens in the street, a drone buzzes above, ululations from a wedding nearby, heavy rain drowns tents by midnight, a dichotomy of lives in Gaza.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
Gaza Diary: A Red Glow at Sunset
Palestine Square
www.palestine-studies.org
January 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Hend writes about Dec. 15, 2024: Her brother looks for food while she studies for an exam, a strike kills dozens in the street, a drone buzzes above, ululations from a wedding nearby, heavy rain drowns tents by midnight, a dichotomy of lives in Gaza.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
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I begin the new year with party poopers & old wall tales. Because: free Palestine!
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That Old Wall
Killjoy thoughts on a new year
substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I begin the new year with party poopers & old wall tales. Because: free Palestine!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Five journalists from Al-Quds Today, reporting near Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza, were killed by an Israeli airstrike despite their van being marked as press. One, Ayman al-Jadi, was waiting for his wife in labour. CPJ reports 141 journalists killed since October. #GazaUnderAttack
December 26, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Five journalists from Al-Quds Today, reporting near Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza, were killed by an Israeli airstrike despite their van being marked as press. One, Ayman al-Jadi, was waiting for his wife in labour. CPJ reports 141 journalists killed since October. #GazaUnderAttack
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Today we're sharing our Top 5 Articles of 2024. Check them out now if you haven't already! And, as always, please consider a donation to help support our work in the new year!
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December 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Today we're sharing our Top 5 Articles of 2024. Check them out now if you haven't already! And, as always, please consider a donation to help support our work in the new year!
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Details can be found here: www.instagram.com/p/DDx5jBwMJt...
December 20, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Details can be found here: www.instagram.com/p/DDx5jBwMJt...
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What does U.S. press coverage look like in a time of genocide? Our writers contextualize reported events and expose journalistic (mal)practices & how biases, no matter how subtle, manipulate readers' perceptions and understanding of the situation in Gaza.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
December 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
What does U.S. press coverage look like in a time of genocide? Our writers contextualize reported events and expose journalistic (mal)practices & how biases, no matter how subtle, manipulate readers' perceptions and understanding of the situation in Gaza.
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1656...
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Maybe you're in NYC for #AHA25 next month, or maybe you're just in town. Either way please join colleagues for this workshop, a talk by Esmat Elhalaby supporting the Sameer Project's work in Gaza. (pls share widely)
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/mui...
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/mui...
Muin Bseiso and the History of Anticolonialism in Gaza — Workshops 4 Gaza
Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (suggested donation $45USD). Step 2: Register for “Muin Bseiso and the History of Anticolonialism in Gaza” here . In this workshop, participants ...
www.workshops4gaza.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Maybe you're in NYC for #AHA25 next month, or maybe you're just in town. Either way please join colleagues for this workshop, a talk by Esmat Elhalaby supporting the Sameer Project's work in Gaza. (pls share widely)
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/mui...
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/mui...
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Regardless of where you stand on protesters whose speech makes some students uncomfortable, we must recognize this campaign against alleged campus antisemitism "is not instigated by Jewish undergrads who feel unsafe but by powerful orgs, US donors, & the Israeli state." www.aaup.org/article/mode...
Modeling the World We Seek
Published as a preview to the winter 2025 issue. The full issue will be published in February 2025. Additional accounts of recent crackdowns on campus protests appear in a series of blog posts organiz...
www.aaup.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Regardless of where you stand on protesters whose speech makes some students uncomfortable, we must recognize this campaign against alleged campus antisemitism "is not instigated by Jewish undergrads who feel unsafe but by powerful orgs, US donors, & the Israeli state." www.aaup.org/article/mode...