David Cisneros
jdcis.bsky.social
David Cisneros
@jdcis.bsky.social
Teacher and writer focusing on political rhetoric, social movements, and immigration. Cultural studies, activism, media. Star Trek fan. Soccer watcher. Bad poetry writer. Novice gardener. Cat lover. Opinions mine. He/they
Check out my new article, “Brown and Down: Alienation and Resistance in Memoirs of Queer Undocumented Migrants.” Learn how undocumented activists and artists creatively resist dehumanization like the kind we are seeing now.

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Brown and Down: Alienation and Resistance in Memoirs of Queer Undocumented Migrants
Abstract. This article analyzes several memoirs written by racialized, queer, and undocumented migrant activist artists to understand how they narrate the social and affective condition of being “alie...
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September 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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they’ve even plowed tens of billions into a man-stealing operation so vast and unaccountable that it makes the fugitive slave act look like a modest and responsible use of federal power
July 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Trump building a concentration camp for criminalized migrants on indigenous land in the middle of a key ecosystem that’s threatened by climate change & development tells you pretty much everything about the interconnected structures of oppression that drive his movement and our present system.
July 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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This is like the third story put out by the New York Times since Skrmetti rubbing transgender people's faces in it.

The paper got the ruling it asked for.
June 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Largely agree with this take(tm)
new youtube video! will the l.a. protests help or hurt trump politically? i say hurt! youtu.be/mOP_5IigrzE
Will the L.A. protests help Trump?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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June 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“We can bring to birth a new world
From the ashes of the old”
May 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Let's double down on our commitments to each other, to our principles, and to the pursuit of a better world. We have never needed each other as much as we do right now. So let's show up.”

From Movement Memos: Fascism Isn’t Coming — It’s Here. Now What?
truthout.org/series/movem...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“We’re long past the point where we should have dropped the notion of a sanctified campus, but now the very idea of the university is in question. Gaza has no universities left.…
stevesalaita.com/no-resurrect...
No Resurrection: The Life and Death of the Modern University - Steve Salaita
A transcript of comments delivered at Villanova University on April 14, 2025.
stevesalaita.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
List of online actions for the National Day of Action for Higher Ed! Join one today!

www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events
Events — A National Day of Action for Higher Ed
Organize your April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education action now! You can also register for a virtual action. See you April 17!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Tomorrow April 17 is the National Day of Action for Higher Education. There is a bunch of in-person actions across the country and a list of virtual workshops/events for which you can register: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events
Events — A National Day of Action for Higher Ed
Organize your April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education action now! You can also register for a virtual action. See you April 17!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The countdown for April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education is underway! Visit www.dayofactionforhighered.org to sign up for virtual events and to let us know what you're planning on your campus!
Events — A National Day of Action for Higher Ed
Organize your April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education action now! You can also register for a virtual action. See you April 17!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I’ve hit the age where all my jams are grocery store songs.
February 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“And should we be surprised that, after such gruesome crimes have been committed in our name, fascism has found fertile ground here at home?“

Noura Erekat on how the fascist, imperial boomerang is coming back home. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Boomerang Comes Back - Boston Review
How the U.S.-backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home—from Project Esther to violence at the border.
www.bostonreview.net
February 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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A thing I have been saying for the past couple years is that AI is labor devaluation scheme. There are very few areas in which capitalists are so perturbed by costs as in labor. The goal is to reduce labor cost to nothing. There are only a few ways to achieve this.
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Elon Musk’s A.I.-Fuelled War on Human Agency
Musk seeks not only to dismantle the federal government but to install his own technological vision of the future at its heart—techno-fascism by chatbot.
www.newyorker.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Check out this new book “Rhetorical Histories of Social Movements in the U.S.” 📖

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Rhetorical Histories of Social Movements in the U.S.
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February 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM