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Lisa Hajjar

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Sociologist of law and conflict. I write about torture, war crimes, military courts and occupations. Ask me about Guantánamo.

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Lisa Hajjar is an American sociologist. She is a professor and department chair at the University of California, Santa Barbara sociology department, and a co-editor and contributor at the online magazine Jadaliyya. .. more

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Dec 2

My book covers Guantánamo as the bipartisan forever debacle, domestic and transnational battles over torture, how the executive excess of our present was institutionalized, and much more.
On sale now 30% off with code HOLIDAY30.

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The War in Court by Lisa Hajjar - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Exceptionally good analysis by Mouin Rabbani.

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Hamas Responds to Trump

The Palestinian movement appears to have, for the moment, successfully thrown the ball back into the US-Israeli court.

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 6d

“By cloaking naked power in the trappings of the law, the Trump administration, like the Bush administration before it, channels objections to its behavior into sterile disputes about who has the best lawyers—a dispute that no one really expects to resolve.”

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Aug 30

Do you ever write titles of articles or books in American English? For the love of grammar, "is" is a verb and ALL verbs are capitalized in titles. DO NOT LOWER CASE "IS" IN TITLES!!!!!!

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Mary Geddry @magixarc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Farmers bankrupt, firefighters raided, allies betrayed, the #CDC emptied and #Trump still finds time to order himself a Navy boat parade. #ukraine #Gaza #uspolitics
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The Self-Sabotage Doctrine

Trump’s America torches its farmers, raids its firefighters, abandons its allies, and still finds time for a Navy boat parade.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Aug 24

What is it called when government owns the means of production again?

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Aug 12

Omar Bartov and I discuss the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land with Jonathan Hafetz on his podcast Law on Film. It speaks volumes about anti-Palestinian racism that it is impossible to stream or buy the film in the United States.
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No Other Land (2024) (Palestinian-Israeli) (Guests: Omer Bartov & Lisa Hajjar) - Law on Film

No Other Land (2024) is the Oscar-winning documentary that shows the brutal destruction of a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. Recorded between 2019 to 2023, the film tells the story of...

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Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies @ucsbkalfou.bsky.social · Jul 31

Got a project in mind for our special issue on ethnic studies+student activism? Apply to our workshop, Oct 11, to get feedback on your ideas and connect with others on the dreams and struggles embedded in this work. Space is limited; apply soon!

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jul 25

Engineering Destruction conference July 29 - 31. Here is the program schedule and Zoom link. All panels will be streamed with simultaneous translation in Arabic, English, and Spanish.
Please share!
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Engineering Destruction: Militarization and the War Economy

The conference sheds light on militarization and its rapid expansion and global impact, particularly in light of the brutal genocide perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people, which has ext...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jul 25

This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.

This is horrifying beyond words.

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Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jul 23

The conference will be hybrid at Birzeit and through Zoom, with simultaneous interpretation available in Arabic, English, and Spanish.

Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jul 23

Engineering Destruction: Militarization and the War Economy

29-31 July online and at Birzeit

This conference is organized by the Ibrahim Abu Lughod Institute of International Studies, Arab Council for the Social Sciences, Security in Context, and the National Pedagogical University in Colombia

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jul 22

Scholars fear that the the capitulation of universities is hurting an entire field of study at the time when it’s most needed. Thea Abu El-Haj warned that the special issue’s cancellation also sets a dangerous precedent...“it’s not going to stop with Palestine.”

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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

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jul 22

Afeef Nessouli and Steven Thrasher won a Pulitzer Global Reporting Grant to write a series of stories for the Intercept. This is their first story with reporting by Afeef who was the only American journalist in Gaza--he spent nine weeks there as a medical volunteer.

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Our Reporter Got Into Gaza. He Witnessed a Famine of Israel’s Making.

The people of Gaza face starvation under the joint U.S.-Israeli food distribution system run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · Mar 30

“Because, according to Secretary Hegseth, those future military officers are children and must be treated as such. These children wearing uniforms, leading other members of the military, will no longer be allowed to read books that might challenge their minds.”

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Infantilizing the Military

Hegseth is now purging military libraries

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Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · Apr 7

‘The demand is that to be safe from persecution, you must pluck out your eyes. Instead of ejecting Gaza from domestic politics, Israel’s allies have brought the war home.’

This week’s column

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Politicians want to normalise what’s happening in Gaza. Our moral outrage won’t let that happen | Nesrine Malik

The more shocking the carnage becomes, the more people are punished for speaking out. This just makes it clear how much is really at stake, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · Apr 8

Israel’s revised registration process for international NGOs aiding Palestinians creates a chilling effect against criticism and accountability, writes @eitandi.bsky.social

He has experienced the effect firsthand:
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New Israeli Guidelines Threaten to Eliminate Humanitarian Action in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Almost Entirely

A revised registration process for international NGOs aiding Palestinians creates a chilling effect against criticism and accountability.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 11

The conservative activist Christopher Rufo has become an influential voice in the ear of the Trump administration as it turns his strategy into a crackdown on higher education.

Listen to our interview with Rufo on today's episode of "The Daily."

The Conservative Activist Pushing Trump to Attack U.S. Colleges

Christopher Rufo has helped inspire Republican messaging and bills on hot-button issues.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Apr 16

Whew! Sen Chuck Grassley’s town hall should be a wake-up call for Trump & Republicans.

Voters want Kilmar García brought home — and they’re pissed Trump’s thumbing his nose at a Supreme Court ruling. This isn’t “tough on crime,” it’s lawless, un-American trash — and folks know it.

This is Iowa!

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Apr 19

Hey, John Roberts? The White House liaison to DHS is saying that you have no understanding of law and its proper function and role.

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poison taught by these institutions, which has infected even so-called conservative lawyers and judges with the same anti-Constitutional, anti-American, immoral ideologies over decades and decades.
Law must be moderated by the virtues, including individual responsibility and wisdom. Its practitioners must have mastery over these virtues in order to properly execute the laws for a free and self governing people.
That imperative was long ago abandoned by our educat onal institutions. The judges in law courts today, including the majority in the nation's Highest Court, telegraph with these decisions that they have no understanding of law and its proper function and role.
President Trump is the first leader who has actually meaningfully attempted to reverse this destructive trajectory, and done so with the gravitas of executive power that will be sure to have a lasting impact for years to come.
* johnny maga @ @ _johnnymaga • 1h
As usual, Alito and Thomas are the only two Justices you can count on to uphold the integrity of our
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