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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7d

"Blistering opinion" is absolutely right. But this principled, outraged ruling is an entirely appropriate response to Trump's effort to imprison and deport people for their constitutionally protected speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Judge issues blistering opinion against Trump policy to deport pro-Palestinian students

Judge rules non-citizens have the same free speech rights as US citizens under the first amendment

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · 26d

New from me: I spoke to some of the dozens of university professors facing Title VI investigations over their pro-Palestinian advocacy.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The chilling effect of Title VI investigations: the professors accused of antisemitism

Exclusive: Andrea Brower quits Gonzaga University after the Civil Rights Act is used to challenge her pro-Gaza activism

www.theguardian.com

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Aug 23

"We’re going to need to politicize this fight".

My latest, on what's ahead for US universities.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault

The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight back

www.theguardian.com

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · Aug 14

More than 115 scholars have condemned the cancellation of an academic journal dedicated to Palestine by a Harvard University publisher as “censorship”. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We too condemned it.

Read Index CEO @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/shad...

Shadow of Gaza conflict hangs over education - Index on Censorship

Schools and universities in the war zone have been destroyed. Attempts to write about it have been silenced

www.indexoncensorship.org

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gpaulturner.bsky.social @gpaulturner.bsky.social · Aug 13

“Millions taking to streets, asking an end to genocide, beaten, arrested, held on counts of terrorism, while those wanted by ICC for war crimes are received, allowed to fly over European & western space. This is absurd. This is the end of the rule of law.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Recognising Palestinian state must not distract from ending Gaza mass deaths, UN expert says

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied territories, calls for practical actions and warns against distracting ‘attention from where it should be: the genocide’

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Aug 13

“The power is not just with the prime ministers or with the governments. The power is with us, and we can start choosing through our wallet.”

My interview with Francesca Albanese.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Recognising Palestinian state must not distract from ending Gaza mass deaths, UN expert says

Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur for the occupied territories, calls for practical actions and warns against distracting ‘attention from where it should be: the genocide’

www.theguardian.com

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Aug 12

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Israel has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza

The latest killings were targeted attacks on reporters covering the war in Gaza, according to the news network that employed them.

www.motherjones.com

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Jul 22

Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication.

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

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Jun 1

My latest, for @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Jewish organizers are increasingly confronting Trump: ‘The repression is growing, but so is the resistance’

As the administration continues to exploit antisemitism to arrest protesters and curb academic freedoms, more American Jews are saying ‘not in my name’

www.theguardian.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · May 21

BREAKING: ICE and private prison contractor GEO Group are refusing to allow Mahmoud Khalil to hold his newborn son for the first time, even after his wife flew them over 1,000 miles to visit.

We just asked a federal court to order ICE to grant Mahmoud's request for a contact visit with his family.

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · May 16

In an email to staff, Khan wrote he has been "fully cooperating" with the investigation, and that his decision is driven to his "commitment to the credibility" of the office.

"As I have often said: the victims are the true owners of our work. Our responsibility is to them."

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · May 16

In a statement, the court said "the Prosecutor communicated his decision to take leave until the end of the OIOS (UN Office of Internal Oversight Services) process".

My sources said he was forced to step down.

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · May 16

Breaking: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed on administrative leave following reports of sexual abuse and retaliation by @dropsitenews.com and WSJ.

Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.

www.dropsitenews.com/p/karim-khan...

“Hiding Behind Atrocities”

As Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks a flurry of arrest warrants, ICC staff accuse him of using court cases to dodge sexual abuse allegations.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · May 16

Breaking: ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed on administrative leave following reports of sexual abuse and retaliation by @dropsitenews.com and WSJ.

Earlier this week, the President of ASP, which oversees the court, called on Khan to resign, but he declined.

Read our story here ⬇️

“Hiding Behind Atrocities”

As Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks a flurry of arrest warrants, ICC staff accuse him of using court cases to dodge sexual abuse allegations.

www.dropsitenews.com

Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · May 11

“Hiding Behind Atrocities”

The ICC prosecutor's handling of serious sexual abuse allegations has plunged the court into a deep crisis at one of the most vulnerable moments in its history.

My investigation, for
@dropsitenews.com

“Hiding Behind Atrocities”

As Prosecutor Karim Khan seeks a flurry of arrest warrants, ICC staff accuse him of using court cases to dodge sexual abuse allegations.

www.dropsitenews.com

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Isaac Kamola @isaackamola.bsky.social · Feb 14

Must read by @alicesperi.bsky.social @theguardian.com about organized attacks on faculty research. @bletiecq.bsky.social quoted: “We are totally under attack...we’re like sitting ducks.” We need strength and solidarity. Keep doing the good work, and fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘We’re like sitting ducks’: the right’s ‘war on woke’ has a well-tested playbook to take down academics

The campaign against Claudine Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, has become a blueprint increasingly wielded against women and scholars of color

www.theguardian.com

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Jan 14

Exclusive: Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal.

New from me, for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal

Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’

www.theguardian.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Dec 20

My take on all the Trump genuflection:

Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.

Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.

Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Dec 20

For @theguardian.com I wrote about how Gaza has split the academic field of genocide studies.

As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”

My latest.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars

New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence

www.theguardian.com

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · Dec 20

A pair of reports published this month mark a significant contribution to the raging debate over how to characterize a war that has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians and decimated Gaza.

But the reports are unlikely to quell deep divisions in the academic field of Holocaust and genocide studies.

Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars

New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence

www.theguardian.com

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Dec 20

What is genocide studies for?

Or as a student put it, "Do you only study genocide or do you also want to prevent it?"

My latest for The Guardian, on a field in crisis.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars

New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence

www.theguardian.com

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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · Dec 20

“For a lot of colleagues it's very difficult to accept that a nation of victims could commit genocide,” says @uungor.bsky.social. “But now that Israel is doing the killing, all of a sudden we’re not supposed to apply everything we learned about violence?”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars

New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence

www.theguardian.com

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Dec 20

For @theguardian.com I wrote about how Gaza has split the academic field of genocide studies.

As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”

My latest.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars

New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence

www.theguardian.com

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Dec 6

In The Guardian, @alicesperi.bsky.social reports on Trump's planned attack on DEI policies.

Fear of future repercussions has prompted some campus leaders to cut back on DEI initiatives—even where no laws have been passed, notes @jeremycyoung.bsky.social.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already

As the president-elect and his allies plan a multi-pronged attack on DEI policies, companies and campuses are complying with threats even though they don’t have to

www.theguardian.com

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Read the book Starting Somewhere @jphillll.bsky.social · Dec 5

“Where life is precious, life is precious.” - Ruth Wilson Gilmore

And where it’s not, it’s not. The for-profit health care industry profits off denying care. Across the industry 1 in 7 claims are denied.

Our job isn’t to debate a murder, it’s to create a system where life is precious.

My latest:

What's a life worth?

On the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson

www.jphilll.com

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Alice Speri @alicesperi.bsky.social · Dec 5

“A university that doesn’t have a new building is still a university, it’s just a poor university. A university that has lawmakers banning ideas and restricting the actions of the administration is really not a university at all.”

@jeremycyoung.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already

As the president-elect and his allies plan a multi-pronged attack on DEI policies, companies and campuses are complying with threats even though they don’t have to

www.theguardian.com

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