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Crystal A. Ennis
@crystalennis.bsky.social
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academic & author writing about labour & development in global political economy 🇨🇦🇴🇲🇳🇱 https://www.crystalennis.com/
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · Mar 12
Millennial Dreams is here! Here, I write a little about the contents.
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#MENAsky #Oman #GulfStudies #Labour #GPE
Millennial Dreams is here!
I’m very pleased to announce the publication of my book, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman, with Cambridge University Press. After some...
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James Hickson @jmchickson.bsky.social · 1d
Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social

Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...
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Brian Ulrich @brianjulrich.bsky.social · 9d
"The idea...is to retell the story of #Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of #labor instead of oil... 'The story of Oman’s history and of development is the story of living and working. You want to understand the Omani story? Follow the workers.'" - @crystalennis.bsky.social
Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)
The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 9d
Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
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Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)
The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13d
#OtD 25 Sep 2003 noted Palestinian intellectual Edward Said died. A founding father of postcolonial theory, he wrote extensively on the Middle East and Palestine, and how Western culture has been moulded by imperialism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9791...
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 15d
Solidarity to our colleagues at Birzeit University, enduring repeated attacks by Israeli occupation forces.

If you haven't been, please pay attention.

#scholasticide

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Birzeit University Under Attack: Fifth Invasion Amid Ongoing Genocide and Scholasticide
At midnight of September 22, 2025, Israeli occupation forces once again stormed Birzeit University. Israeli Soldiers violently assaulted campus guards before raiding several university buildings, i…
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 17d
Canada has recognized Palestine. Finally. It feels like a tiny victory. But let's also put it in context. 140 other UN member states already recognize Palestine.

It is meaningful in Canadian FP terms & represents a shift. Canada has been more than a holdout, it has even been an obstacle at the UN.
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Sarah J. Martin @eatingpolitics.bsky.social · 20d
Yes!
I just spoke to a librarian and they are spending time trying to find fake citations - they are being given pages of fake references to find via inter-library loan
Again, digital asbestos - quick to produce, but so much cost and labour to clean-up.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 20d
Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18d
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21d
Nothing to add.
I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza. "Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21d
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and those who have canonized him.

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 22d
Would love to hear it! Have you read Bailey and Mansouri's how to be anti AI in the 21st century?
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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 22d
My column in the new issue of @thenation.com, in which I argue that liberals who are finally acknowledging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza must atone for nearly two years of complicity.
To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza
Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.
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Arang Keshavarzian @keshavarziana.bsky.social · 23d
I had the opportunity to review Elham Fakhro's excellent and highly timely book on the Abraham Accords. It sheds light on Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, the GCC, and the US at this current moment. merip.org/2025/09/the-...
The Limits of Protection and Profits—Five Years into the Abraham Accords - MERIP
On September 15, 2020, US President Donald Trump was joined at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign th...
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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · 29d
At the University of Valencia to explore AI and agency in politics, convened by Marco Guglielmo:
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 29d
They bombed the Katara area in Doha. That area is a tourist spot, and always filled with families. I used to take my kid there every other day.
What is this rogue world
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Omar Cheta عمر شتا @omarcheta.bsky.social · Sep 4
*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.

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(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)
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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · Jul 25
When the classroom is a tent and the dream is survival. In Gaza, students study by flashlight, under bombs, and through grief. This powerful essay by Taqwa al-Wawi honors their defiance and asks: how do you dream when your school no longer exists?

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When the Classroom Is a Tent and the Dream Is Survival
Palestine Square
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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Jul 22
This must stop.
Israel must stop this mass starvation.
Our lawmakers must do more.

“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, some of our journalists were killed in conflict, others were wounded or made prisoner, but there is no record of us ever having had to watch our colleagues starving to death.”
A statement from AFP news agency warning that Gaza journalists are dying from hunger.
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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · Jul 15
Look what just arrived in the mail - Fabricating Homeland Security! Looking forward to reading this important work. Congrats Rhys ! @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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Matt DiGiuseppe @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social · Jul 4
🤖 New Pre-Print: Ad Machina: Partisanship and Support for Delegating Government Decisions to Autonomous Algorithms

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Tama Leaver @tamaleaver.bsky.social · Jul 1
Of course it is:

Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…
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Dr Ladan Rahbari @ladanrahbari.bsky.social · Jun 19
The masks are coming off: human values and international law seem to count for nothing anymore. This was already evident when the world did nothing to stop the genocide in Gaza. As you read this, Israel is still killing civilians who are already displaced & starving.
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Je kunt tegelijk tegen ayatollahs en tegen Netanyahu zijn
Zelfs wie het Iraanse regime haat en meedeed aan de Mahsa Amini-protesten, ziet de Israëlische bombardementen als een externe aanval die gestopt moet worden, schrijft Ladan Rahbari. Al zijn er altijd enkele royalisten die de aanval toejuichen.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Jun 19
"As a commentator on Iran, write confidently and on behalf of all Iranians, even if you have never been to Iran or speak Persian. You are a bona fide Iran expert if you are white, male, and have an assistant who can tweet in Persian on your behalf."
How to Write About Iran: A Guide for Journalists, Analysts, and Policymakers
Whether you are working from your DC office or your home in LA or New York, here’s all you need to know to become an expert on Iran. 1. Always refe...
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FNV Vakbond @fnv.bsky.social · Jun 12
Ook wij sluiten zondag 13.00 uur weer aan bij dit initiatief van @oxfamnovib.bsky.social en @amnestynl.bsky.social en eisen actie van dit kabinet.
Help mee, doe je roodste outfit aan en trek een #RodeLijn voor alle burgers, journalisten, zorg- en hulpverleners die zijn omgekomen en vermoord in Gaza.
Kopspandoek Rode Lijn voor Gaza met daarachter tienduizenden mensen en vooraan onder andere een FNV-vlag. FNV ledenparlementslid Sara Galli en FNV interim-voorzitter Dick Koerselman achter het kopspandoek op het Malieveld in Den Haag, op de achtergrond de torens war de ministeries zitten. De tekst van het kopspandoek Wij trekken een rode lijn voor Gaza is zichtbaar in zijn geheel.
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Asha @ashatenbroeke.bsky.social · Jun 14
The people united will never be defeated! ✊ En daarom gaan we zondag massaal naar Den Haag om tegen onze regering te zeggen: trek NU die rode lijn en stop de genocide in Gaza. Als je kunt, kom alsjeblieft. ✊❤️🇵🇸

(Ook als je je niet hebt aangemeld, ben je heel welkom om 13 uur op het Malieveld ❤️)
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