Simon Dawes
@simondawes2.bsky.social
Lecturer UVSQ, France. Journal Editor, Media Theory & French Cultural Studies.
#FreePalestine. #JeNeSuisPasCharlie
#FreePalestine. #JeNeSuisPasCharlie
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Last chance to register for the Media Theory at the Coach House Conference !
mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
CFP
Media Theory at the Coach House Inaugural Conference November 7-8, 2025 Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto “Media theory seems eclipsed by the ubiquity of its objects” (…
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June 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Last chance to register for the Media Theory at the Coach House Conference !
mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
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‘Given the size of Palestine Action and the breadth of support so far expressed for it, proscribing it could lead to a significant proportion of civil society being criminalised, including MPs, journalists and NGOs.’
New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Daniella Lock | Heavy Power
During a parliamentary debate on the Terrorism Bill in 2000, MPs asked whether the legislation could be used to...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
‘Given the size of Palestine Action and the breadth of support so far expressed for it, proscribing it could lead to a significant proportion of civil society being criminalised, including MPs, journalists and NGOs.’
New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
New on the blog: Daniella Lock on Palestine Action. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
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‘The LAPD trains with soldiers from the IDF, and you can see, in their response to the protesters, the same libidinal thrust of disproportionate force that’s turned against children throwing rocks at tanks in the West Bank.’
Anahid Nersessian on ICE in LA: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Anahid Nersessian on ICE in LA: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Anahid Nersessian | ICE’s War on Home
The protests that broke out last weekend in Los Angeles are at once an autonomous phenomenon and a continuation of the...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
‘The LAPD trains with soldiers from the IDF, and you can see, in their response to the protesters, the same libidinal thrust of disproportionate force that’s turned against children throwing rocks at tanks in the West Bank.’
Anahid Nersessian on ICE in LA: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Anahid Nersessian on ICE in LA: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Rabea Eghbariah on the "ongoing Nakba" - almost 80 years of apartheid and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
New article in The Guardian after his "controversial" article in the Columbia Law Review.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
columbialawreview.org/content/towa...
New article in The Guardian after his "controversial" article in the Columbia Law Review.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
columbialawreview.org/content/towa...
The two-state solution is a delusion | Rabea Eghbariah
Israel controls the lives of all Palestinians, without equal rights or equal representation: this is an entrenched one-state reality
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Rabea Eghbariah on the "ongoing Nakba" - almost 80 years of apartheid and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
New article in The Guardian after his "controversial" article in the Columbia Law Review.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
columbialawreview.org/content/towa...
New article in The Guardian after his "controversial" article in the Columbia Law Review.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
columbialawreview.org/content/towa...
Gideon Levy in Haaretz, a liberal Israeli newspaper, calling for full sanctions against Israel:
"... the pressure and the punishment must be directed at Israel in its entirety... In Israel, all of us are now Ben-Gvir and Smotrich. All of us."
archive.ph/6SiZV#select...
"... the pressure and the punishment must be directed at Israel in its entirety... In Israel, all of us are now Ben-Gvir and Smotrich. All of us."
archive.ph/6SiZV#select...
archive.ph
June 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Gideon Levy in Haaretz, a liberal Israeli newspaper, calling for full sanctions against Israel:
"... the pressure and the punishment must be directed at Israel in its entirety... In Israel, all of us are now Ben-Gvir and Smotrich. All of us."
archive.ph/6SiZV#select...
"... the pressure and the punishment must be directed at Israel in its entirety... In Israel, all of us are now Ben-Gvir and Smotrich. All of us."
archive.ph/6SiZV#select...
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The Israeli defense minister is openly threatening the life of GretaThunberg and other unarmed peace activists on an aid ship.
Where the f**k are the world’s leaders? The world’s media?
Where the f**k are the world’s leaders? The world’s media?
June 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Israeli defense minister is openly threatening the life of GretaThunberg and other unarmed peace activists on an aid ship.
Where the f**k are the world’s leaders? The world’s media?
Where the f**k are the world’s leaders? The world’s media?
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Join us for our inaugural conference! Here's the call for papers: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
May 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Join us for our inaugural conference! Here's the call for papers: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
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This is a must-read: The Trump administration's use of anti-semitism to attack immigrants and higher education mirrors plans by a group of Christian nationalists in the Heritage Foundation (which produced Project 2025). 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
The Group Behind Project 2025 Has a Plan to Crush the Pro-Palestinian Movement
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is a must-read: The Trump administration's use of anti-semitism to attack immigrants and higher education mirrors plans by a group of Christian nationalists in the Heritage Foundation (which produced Project 2025). 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/u...
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Inaugural conference!
Media Theory at the Coach House
November 7-8, 2025
Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford)
Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia)
Abstracts due: June 30.
CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
Media Theory at the Coach House
November 7-8, 2025
Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford)
Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia)
Abstracts due: June 30.
CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
CFP
Media Theory at the Coach House Inaugural Conference November 7-8, 2025 Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto “Media theory seems eclipsed by the ubiquity of its objects” (…
mediatheoryjournal.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Inaugural conference!
Media Theory at the Coach House
November 7-8, 2025
Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford)
Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia)
Abstracts due: June 30.
CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
Media Theory at the Coach House
November 7-8, 2025
Centre for Culture and Technology - University of Toronto
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Shane Denson (Stanford)
Dr. Alessandra Renzi (Concordia)
Abstracts due: June 30.
CFP: mediatheoryjournal.org/cfp/
...the federal government is undermining two fundamental principles of the American university: the right of academic departments to self-government and the freedom of members of the faculty to express their views...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The US government has sent Columbia University a ransom note | Sheldon Pollock
Like a mob boss, the government threatens to cut off two of the university’s fingers: academic freedom and faculty governance
www.theguardian.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
...the federal government is undermining two fundamental principles of the American university: the right of academic departments to self-government and the freedom of members of the faculty to express their views...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On the Trumpist agenda of “free speech except Palestine” and “free of DEI except Zionism”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How antisemitism avoided the fate of antiracism | Jeff Melnick and Jessie Lee Rubin
The promotion of Israel’s national narrative remains exempt from Trump’s wholesale attack on DEI
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On the Trumpist agenda of “free speech except Palestine” and “free of DEI except Zionism”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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'Elon Musk, Nazi salutes and the reactionary redefinition of fascism'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by #Identities co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social
www.identitiesjourna...
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by #Identities co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social
www.identitiesjourna...
March 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'Elon Musk, Nazi salutes and the reactionary redefinition of fascism'
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by #Identities co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social
www.identitiesjourna...
New on the #IdentitiesBlog, by #Identities co-editor @aaronwinter.bsky.social
www.identitiesjourna...
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"'disinformation' as a concept does not capture the true scale of Israel's war on truth. I propose the concept of "alethocide" (killing of truth) to fully capture deliberate, systemic lying in service of genocide" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #gazagenocide
Evidencing alethocide: Israel’s war on truth in Gaza
This paper examines Israel’s systematic deployment of disinformation during its war on Gaza since October 2023, introducing the concept of ‘alethocide’ – the systemic destruction of truth. Using a ...
www.tandfonline.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"'disinformation' as a concept does not capture the true scale of Israel's war on truth. I propose the concept of "alethocide" (killing of truth) to fully capture deliberate, systemic lying in service of genocide" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #gazagenocide
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UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese: "Settler colonialism is intimately, quintessentially genocidal, because it will result, sooner or later, in the annihilation of the indigenous people if it succeeds. Look at the United States..."
Incontrovertible.
Incontrovertible.
February 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese: "Settler colonialism is intimately, quintessentially genocidal, because it will result, sooner or later, in the annihilation of the indigenous people if it succeeds. Look at the United States..."
Incontrovertible.
Incontrovertible.
On "how model minority authoritarianism borrows a gloss of “multicultural” progressiveness to lend respectability to, and
animate, highly reactionary, anti-equality, right-wing politics"
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animate, highly reactionary, anti-equality, right-wing politics"
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Out now: my new article ‘Model Minority Authoritarianism: Social Mobility and the New Anti-Equality Agenda’ in South Atlantic Quarterly @dukepress.bsky.social (1/9) read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...
Model Minority Authoritarianism: Social Mobility and the New Anti-equality Agenda
This article puts forward a cultural‐political formation it terms “model minority authoritarianism.” The idea of the model minority has both been venerated as the virtuous face of immigration and/or n...
read.dukeupress.edu
February 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
On "how model minority authoritarianism borrows a gloss of “multicultural” progressiveness to lend respectability to, and
animate, highly reactionary, anti-equality, right-wing politics"
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animate, highly reactionary, anti-equality, right-wing politics"
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What is the significance of Arendt’s reflections for us, scholars in “the zone of interest” that is the Western academy?
As Arendt argued, "those who cherish values and hold fast to moral norms and standards are not reliable: we now know that moral norms and standards can be changed overnight..."
As Arendt argued, "those who cherish values and hold fast to moral norms and standards are not reliable: we now know that moral norms and standards can be changed overnight..."
Arendt, Gaza and Personal Responsibility Under Genocide (especially in the academy) -->
With many thanks to Critical Legal Thinking for republishing my article.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/03/a...
With many thanks to Critical Legal Thinking for republishing my article.
criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/03/a...
Arendt, Gaza and Personal Responsibility Under Genocide
In an essay crafted in 1964, “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” Hannah Arendt reflects on a set of moral issues concerning our capacity to
criticallegalthinking.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
What is the significance of Arendt’s reflections for us, scholars in “the zone of interest” that is the Western academy?
As Arendt argued, "those who cherish values and hold fast to moral norms and standards are not reliable: we now know that moral norms and standards can be changed overnight..."
As Arendt argued, "those who cherish values and hold fast to moral norms and standards are not reliable: we now know that moral norms and standards can be changed overnight..."