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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 @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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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

“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 31

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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 · 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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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.
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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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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jul 6

Moustafa Bayoumi: Many of us disregard how much has shifted in the last 20 months. But we are ignoring the collapse of the international system that has defined our lives for generations at our own collective peril.
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The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Moustafa Bayoumi

The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jul 3

In the 1st episode of MERIP's new pod, Jim Ryan interviews Mona Tajali about her article “Women and Politics in Post-Jina Iran” in MER 314: New Gender Frontlines. She discusses how feminist groups navigate repression at home and imperialist intervention from abroad.
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Episode 1: Mona Tajali

The MERIP Podcast · Episode

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jun 17

The new issue is out!
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314 - MERIP

Issue Editors: Sabiha Allouche, Fida Adely and Hesham Sallem MER issue 314, “New Gender Frontlines,” takes stock of the role gender plays in the present political moment—one of ongoing genocidal […]

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jun 12

Hey @secdef.govpeeps.us @secdef.govpeeps.us THIS is what a war fighting hero looks like. Harriet Tubman is the best of us. When you peer in the mirror, you will see a cowardly incompetent loser. Don't ever forget that you are pathetic. Your best quality is your hairdo. #HairdoHegseth

Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jun 11

"I collected ethnographic evidence—voice notes, text messages, emails and phone calls—from those enduring or witnessing reproductive violence...from the direct assaults on reproductive health and infrastructure to... sexual violence and its role in reproductive erasure."
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Israel’s War on Reproduction in Gaza - MERIP

Hala Shoman reports on reprocide as a tactic of eliminationist violence.

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Mark Fallon @markfallon.bsky.social · Jun 10

The UK government’s long-standing efforts to suppress details of its intelligence agencies’ involvement in the CIA's post-9/11 #torture program face a historic challenge this week, as two #Guantanamo Bay detainees bring claims before a secretive British court.

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UK faces legal challenge over role in CIA torture program

Two Guantanamo Bay detainees are challenging the UK government in a rare four-day hearing, accusing British intelligence of complicity in CIA-led torture at black sites following 9/11.

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jun 10

Craig Mokhiber, a steering committee member of the Gaza Tribunal, discusses the Declaration that came out of the Sarajevo meeting.
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The Sarajevo Declaration of the “Gaza Tribunal” w/ Craig Mokhiber

YouTube video by Jadaliyya

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Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jun 10

Lisa Hajjar @lisahajjar.bsky.social · Jun 3

Trump administration contends that Khalil, Öztürk, Suri, Chung, Kordia, and Mahdawi are so dangerous that the government must deport them for speech that is protected by the Constitution. Yet it also claims that “there is no basis for this Court to break new ground.”
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‘They’re Here to Detain Me’ | Rozina Ali

Mahmoud Khalil’s first court hearing was held in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday, March 12, a morning that teetered between sun and clouds. Friends,