Julie Skurski
@jskur.bsky.social
Historical anthropologist (U. Chicago), CUNY Graduate Center. Cuba, Venezuela, the greater Caribbean, the coloniality of power, racialization, African diaspora, African derived religious practices, the making of history, imperialism, and more.
Historian Greg Grandin on the drug wars and the Caribbean. tomdispatch.com/escalating-t...
tomdispatch.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Historian Greg Grandin on the drug wars and the Caribbean. tomdispatch.com/escalating-t...
Alejandro Velasco on war mongering in the Caribbean and Rubio's fixation on overthrowing the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes. www.democracynow.org/2025/10/27/u...
“Rubio’s Ideological Project”: What’s Driving Trump’s Campaign Against Venezuela?
The Trump administration has now killed at least 43 people in 10 strikes against so-called drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean. The threat of war against Venezuela and the surrounding region...
www.democracynow.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Alejandro Velasco on war mongering in the Caribbean and Rubio's fixation on overthrowing the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes. www.democracynow.org/2025/10/27/u...
Mamdani responds to the intensified Islamophobia he's facing, especially from the other candidates for Mayor. Powerful. www.facebook.com/reel/1870637...
2.4M views · 29K reactions | The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred...
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.....
www.facebook.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Mamdani responds to the intensified Islamophobia he's facing, especially from the other candidates for Mayor. Powerful. www.facebook.com/reel/1870637...
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Venezuelan María Corina Machado is personally courageous, but supportive of U.S. military intervention and of Netanyahu and Likud. Contradictory? substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Pro-War Nobel Peace Prize Winner is A Friend Of Netanyahu – Profile
Estimated reading time: 5 min
substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Nobel Peace Prize winner, Venezuelan María Corina Machado is personally courageous, but supportive of U.S. military intervention and of Netanyahu and Likud. Contradictory? substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
The expulsion of the Indian population from Uganda and its relevance for Zohran Mamdani: by Prof. Anneeth Kaur Hundle. scroll.in/article/1084...
Uganda, India and beyond: What Zohran Mamdani’s win reveals about the insecurities of expulsion
The New York mayoral candidate has been shaped by his Ugandan and Indian heritage and histories of anti-imperialist, racial and class struggle in Africa.
scroll.in
September 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The expulsion of the Indian population from Uganda and its relevance for Zohran Mamdani: by Prof. Anneeth Kaur Hundle. scroll.in/article/1084...
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BREAKING: Trump makes his first appearance at the US Open. There were audible boos and a few light claps.
Important to stress the stadium is at most 10% full and the start time has been pushed to 2:30pm ET.
Important to stress the stadium is at most 10% full and the start time has been pushed to 2:30pm ET.
September 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
BREAKING: Trump makes his first appearance at the US Open. There were audible boos and a few light claps.
Important to stress the stadium is at most 10% full and the start time has been pushed to 2:30pm ET.
Important to stress the stadium is at most 10% full and the start time has been pushed to 2:30pm ET.
Norway's sovereign fund divests from Israel, as the US props up its economy.
www.juancole.com/2025/08/geno...
www.juancole.com/2025/08/geno...
The price of genocide: How US Funding sustains an unraveling Israeli Economy
( Middle East Monitor ) - In an important step toward the economic isolation of Israel due to its genocide in Gaza, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global has decided to divest from yet more Israeli ...
www.juancole.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Norway's sovereign fund divests from Israel, as the US props up its economy.
www.juancole.com/2025/08/geno...
www.juancole.com/2025/08/geno...
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"They Kidnapped Me": L.A. Immigrant Rights Activist Recounts Violent Arrest by Masked Federal Agents
“They Kidnapped Me”: L.A. Immigrant Rights Activist Recounts Violent Arrest by Masked Federal Agents
Amanda Trebach, a member of the immigrant rights’ group Unión del Barrio and an ICU nurse, was monitoring ICE operations in the Los Angeles area when she was targeted and arrested herself. Video of...
www.democracynow.org
August 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"They Kidnapped Me": L.A. Immigrant Rights Activist Recounts Violent Arrest by Masked Federal Agents
The Maduro government in Venezuela has made threatening attacks on noted leftist intellectuals and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, accused of being allies of imperial interests and destablizers of the state. A statement of support by academics. www.laizquierdadiario.com.ve/Centenares-d...
Tribuna abierta / Comunicado. Centenares de académicos y activistas firman en defensa de los intelectuales atacados por el Gobierno de Maduro
Publicamos a continuación el Comunicado firmado por más de 800 personas y organizaciones sociales a nivel nacional e internacional en solidaridad y reconocimiento a miembros de la comunidad universita...
www.laizquierdadiario.com.ve
August 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Maduro government in Venezuela has made threatening attacks on noted leftist intellectuals and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, accused of being allies of imperial interests and destablizers of the state. A statement of support by academics. www.laizquierdadiario.com.ve/Centenares-d...
Rashid Khalidi decided that Columbia's capitulation to a Zionist definition of anti-semitism makes it impossible for him to teach Middle Eastern history there. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Rashid Khalidi decided that Columbia's capitulation to a Zionist definition of anti-semitism makes it impossible for him to teach Middle Eastern history there. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The NYT repeated unsubstantiated Israeli claims that Hamas stole aid supplies. theintercept.com/2025/07/30/n...
The New York Times Repeated Israeli Claims of Hamas Stealing Aid Without Evidence
Israel’s main justification for its starvation of Gaza was built on a lie. The New York Times repeated it for months.
theintercept.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The NYT repeated unsubstantiated Israeli claims that Hamas stole aid supplies. theintercept.com/2025/07/30/n...
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The civil/military distinction is eroding before our eyes, although I am obligated to mention that the military has been doing logistical assistance for the Border Patrol under every president dating back to the Bush administration. But this is the interior, and more closely entwined with ICE.
July 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The civil/military distinction is eroding before our eyes, although I am obligated to mention that the military has been doing logistical assistance for the Border Patrol under every president dating back to the Bush administration. But this is the interior, and more closely entwined with ICE.
The CEO of Doctors Without Borders: the famine was "utterly predictable." But now NYT, Obama and others act worried. www.instagram.com/reel/DMl90I8...
July 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
The CEO of Doctors Without Borders: the famine was "utterly predictable." But now NYT, Obama and others act worried. www.instagram.com/reel/DMl90I8...
Marvin Gaye's 1972 song "Save the Children" that asks Who really cares? is about Gaza now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELNL...
Marvin Gaye - Save the Children
YouTube video by love marvin
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July 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Marvin Gaye's 1972 song "Save the Children" that asks Who really cares? is about Gaza now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELNL...
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Senators are Van Hollen, Welch, Schatz, Murray, Kaine, Durbin, Merkley, Sanders, Warren, Smith, Baldwin, Markey, Warnock, Heinrich, Duckworth, Klobuchar, Hirono, Alsobrooks, Lujan, Ossoff, and Murphy. Both GA Senators and Baldwin from WI but no one else from a Trump 2024 state. No NY, NJ, or CA.
Families in Gaza are starving to death. Meanwhile, Trump & Netanyahu are using US taxpayer dollars to replace international aid orgs in Gaza with mercenaries — leading to even more deaths.
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
ENOUGH.
I led 20 Senators in calling on Trump to stop supporting this barbarity:
Senate Democrats urge U.S. to stop funding GHF, resume support for U.N. food distribution in Gaza as more starve
Senate Democrats told the secretary of state they have "grave concerns" about the U.S. role in financing GHF, the main group distributing aid in Gaza.
www.cbsnews.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Senators are Van Hollen, Welch, Schatz, Murray, Kaine, Durbin, Merkley, Sanders, Warren, Smith, Baldwin, Markey, Warnock, Heinrich, Duckworth, Klobuchar, Hirono, Alsobrooks, Lujan, Ossoff, and Murphy. Both GA Senators and Baldwin from WI but no one else from a Trump 2024 state. No NY, NJ, or CA.
I love the fusion of Venezuelan llanera and Appalachian bluegrass music of Larry and Joe and their social message. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kiN...
Larry & Joe - Hermano Migrante
YouTube video by Larry & Joe
www.youtube.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I love the fusion of Venezuelan llanera and Appalachian bluegrass music of Larry and Joe and their social message. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kiN...
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Glad to see this letter: blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-are-nyc-r...
The Blogs: We are NYC rabbis who support Zohran Mamdani – Here’s why
His platform reflects the Jewish call for justice and also offers a clear plan to address antisemitic violence. That's what real protection looks like
blogs.timesofisrael.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Glad to see this letter: blogs.timesofisrael.com/we-are-nyc-r...
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Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Columbia professor Marianne Hirsch on the university's capitulation to authoritarian demands. forward.com/opinion/7069...
There's a bleak historical explanation for why Columbia's capitulation to Trump is so concerning
Columbia University's concession to the Trump administration's demands for campus change invokes a long history of authoritarianism.
forward.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Columbia professor Marianne Hirsch on the university's capitulation to authoritarian demands. forward.com/opinion/7069...
We should see Steven Colbert as a public utility, now taken away. www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...
What the Cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Means
CBS and its parent company, Paramount, have set an end date for one of the last public pipelines to some version of the truth.
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We should see Steven Colbert as a public utility, now taken away. www.newyorker.com/culture/on-t...
CUNY Chancellor gives a weak defense of the university and free speech before the Congressional committee.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/15/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/15/c...
House Republicans Grill CUNY Chief on Campus Antisemitism Claims
Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez became the latest university chief facing hostile questioners, where his non-responses did little to satisfy House Republicans while they also infuriated the union rep...
www.thecity.nyc
July 17, 2025 at 3:48 AM
CUNY Chancellor gives a weak defense of the university and free speech before the Congressional committee.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/15/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/15/c...