Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
@drkpopupconvos.bsky.social
Surveillance studies. Audio Enthusiast. Nature. Tea. Punk Anarchism.
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Today’s climate of repression recalls that of McCarthyism & the height of the anti-communist Red Scare in the 1950s, but leading scholars of McCarthyism & political repression say that the attacks on higher ed, free speech, & political repression we’re seeing today are “worse” & “much broader.”
‘Worse’ than McCarthyism: Trump’s war on higher education, free speech, and political dissent
We asked three leading scholars of McCarthyism and political repression in the US how Donald Trump’s war on higher education, free speech, and political dissent compares to the 1950s anti-Communist Re...
therealnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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@profgalloway.com
Hey Scott. Hello from Upstate New York. Thanks for the great episode of Prof G with Gary Stevenson. More of that conversation please. Ps. Love the photos of the pups.
Hey Scott. Hello from Upstate New York. Thanks for the great episode of Prof G with Gary Stevenson. More of that conversation please. Ps. Love the photos of the pups.
April 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@profgalloway.com
Hey Scott. Hello from Upstate New York. Thanks for the great episode of Prof G with Gary Stevenson. More of that conversation please. Ps. Love the photos of the pups.
Hey Scott. Hello from Upstate New York. Thanks for the great episode of Prof G with Gary Stevenson. More of that conversation please. Ps. Love the photos of the pups.
This. Now more than ever. Vote.
If you’re in Wisconsin, vote today for Susan Crawford. There are also two special elections in Florida’s 1st and 6th districts. Let’s show Elon our country isn’t for sale.
April 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This. Now more than ever. Vote.
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
If you think it’ll stop at Columbia and Harvard, you’re wrong. If you think it won’t go beyond universities to infiltrate all schools, you’re wrong. If you think it won’t demand compliance at media, medical, and non-profit organizations, you’re wrong. Fascism is here. Fight it.
April 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If you think it’ll stop at Columbia and Harvard, you’re wrong. If you think it won’t go beyond universities to infiltrate all schools, you’re wrong. If you think it won’t demand compliance at media, medical, and non-profit organizations, you’re wrong. Fascism is here. Fight it.
Great seminar.
Séminaire | “It’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl”
📺 Le cycle Girls' studies se poursuit avec une séance "S’approprier les teen series : les adolescentes face aux séries télévisées", en compagnie de @helenebreda.bsky.social et Julien Bourgier
🗓️ jeu. 27 mars, à 16h
👉 shorturl.at/NB38b
📺 Le cycle Girls' studies se poursuit avec une séance "S’approprier les teen series : les adolescentes face aux séries télévisées", en compagnie de @helenebreda.bsky.social et Julien Bourgier
🗓️ jeu. 27 mars, à 16h
👉 shorturl.at/NB38b
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Great seminar.
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful.
When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.
Know the truth.
When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.
Know the truth.
March 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
When oligarchs talk of “personal liberties and free markets” they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful.
When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.
Know the truth.
When oligarchs speak of “freedom,” what they actually seek is freedom from accountability.
Know the truth.
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
For over 80 years, Voice of America delivered news to countries—many under authoritarian rule—where reliable information was scarce. Now, those broadcasts, once a vital tool for promoting democracy and transparency, are fading away.
March 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
For over 80 years, Voice of America delivered news to countries—many under authoritarian rule—where reliable information was scarce. Now, those broadcasts, once a vital tool for promoting democracy and transparency, are fading away.
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Good to see faculty at Columbia not kowtowing, through their public scholarship...
event website: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
event website: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
This is good but why is it written by six individual faculty and not by the presidents of 400 US universities
Columbia Law School has perhaps the strongest public law faculty in the country. This is what they think of the recent Title VI demand letter sent to their university: balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
Balkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is good but why is it written by six individual faculty and not by the presidents of 400 US universities
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Mike has been a friend of mine since we were young reporters at the @washingtonpost.com in the 1980s. He brims with talent, integrity and commitment to the truth. This is exactly what I expected and he had hoped he could stave off, which is a trash move by trash people. Throw them out.
March 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
Former President of my current University. I’ve never felt so much fear in University spaces in my 25 year career. As an 80s kid, it feels at least a little bit like how I imagined people might feel (and behave) in Soviet Russia.
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Former President of my current University. I’ve never felt so much fear in University spaces in my 25 year career. As an 80s kid, it feels at least a little bit like how I imagined people might feel (and behave) in Soviet Russia.
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This isn’t about Tren de Aragua; it’s about the ability to declare anyone an enemy at will, including journalists.
March 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This.
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
Orban calls the Hungarians who oppose having a dictator a "shadow army". As if they were his enemy. This is what a dictator does.
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
Orbán vows crackdown on ‘shadow army’ of political opponents
The Hungarian leader also repeated his opposition to EU membership for Ukraine.
www.politico.eu
March 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Orban calls the Hungarians who oppose having a dictator a "shadow army". As if they were his enemy. This is what a dictator does.
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
From my twenty something daughter “What is happening Mum- the world is upside down- it’s an occupation.” Cue one of my old vinyls - REM “Welcome to The Occupation.” Put this on repeat. Do not stop.
March 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
From my twenty something daughter “What is happening Mum- the world is upside down- it’s an occupation.” Cue one of my old vinyls - REM “Welcome to The Occupation.” Put this on repeat. Do not stop.
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.
March 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The library and the post office are the only two systems we have that circulate things widely and to everyone, no matter who they are or what they believe. The library is the only one that, for now, is not forced to pay for itself at point of sale. Attacks on IMLS are attacks on every one of us.
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451
March 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
Columbia fired our union president the day before we start bargaining—less than a week after allowing ICE to abduct our coworker. Join us tomorrow to make sure they can hear us from the bargaining table!
March 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Columbia fired our union president the day before we start bargaining—less than a week after allowing ICE to abduct our coworker. Join us tomorrow to make sure they can hear us from the bargaining table!
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“This International Women’s Day, let’s build and strengthen the relationships we’ll need to face what’s ahead—together.”
action.womensmarch.com/calendars/in...
action.womensmarch.com/calendars/in...
March 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
March 4th: Nationwide day of protests! Over 90 events added so far, and our team is working hard to get more up as quickly as possible.
Find a March 4th demonstration at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social #March4thForDemocracy #ImpeachTrump
Find a March 4th demonstration at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social #March4thForDemocracy #ImpeachTrump
March 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
March 4th: Nationwide day of protests! Over 90 events added so far, and our team is working hard to get more up as quickly as possible.
Find a March 4th demonstration at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social #March4thForDemocracy #ImpeachTrump
Find a March 4th demonstration at www.FiftyFifty.one.
#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne @polrev.bsky.social #March4thForDemocracy #ImpeachTrump
Let’s go. Please - he needs to resign
BREAKING: This is the lieutenant governor of New York calling for Mayor Eric Adams to resign.
This is a bfd
#ByeFelicia
This is a bfd
#ByeFelicia
February 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Let’s go. Please - he needs to resign
Reposted by Professor Caroline Kaltefleiter
BREAKING: This is the lieutenant governor of New York calling for Mayor Eric Adams to resign.
This is a bfd
#ByeFelicia
This is a bfd
#ByeFelicia
February 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
BREAKING: This is the lieutenant governor of New York calling for Mayor Eric Adams to resign.
This is a bfd
#ByeFelicia
This is a bfd
#ByeFelicia
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February 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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