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I read this when it came out on @truthout.org and remain gutted. Dante got nothing on a global shrug at scholasticide, ecoside, genocide.
Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millennia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage truthout.org/articles/isr...
Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millennia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage truthout.org/articles/isr...
Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millennia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage
When Israel targets Palestinian seed banks, it’s not just destroying buildings. It’s attacking the future itself.
truthout.org
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I read this when it came out on @truthout.org and remain gutted. Dante got nothing on a global shrug at scholasticide, ecoside, genocide.
Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millennia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage truthout.org/articles/isr...
Israel’s Attacks on Seed Banks Destroy Millennia of Palestinian Cultural Heritage truthout.org/articles/isr...
Big win for Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine.
Pitt Palestine club can resume activities, judge rules
Students for Justice in Palestine at Pitt sued the university over a suspension. They may now resume activities, as the U.S. District Court case continues.
www.publicsource.org
August 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Big win for Pitt Students for Justice in Palestine.
Not the first time 'let it burn' was literal - so much stupidity and harm.
Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire
Veteran firefighters worried a DHS raid on the Bear Gulch fire in Washington could make it more difficult to find contractor crews.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Not the first time 'let it burn' was literal - so much stupidity and harm.
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Rather than simply talking about horrible responses to the flooding in Texas, let's share some vetted and trusted avenues for support, and donate if we can. Hands Off Central TX is raising funds and resources for mutual aid including housing, food, transportation (gas), and medical needs.
Hands Off Central TX
www.handsoffcentraltx.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rather than simply talking about horrible responses to the flooding in Texas, let's share some vetted and trusted avenues for support, and donate if we can. Hands Off Central TX is raising funds and resources for mutual aid including housing, food, transportation (gas), and medical needs.
The protests have continued all week.
Yes, Nebraska.
Who does Trump preps his fast food?
Yes, Nebraska.
Who does Trump preps his fast food?
Omaha, Nebraska erupts in protest as ICE arrests 80 workers at meat-packing plant www.courthousenews.com/ice-arrests-...
ICE arrests at Omaha meatpacking plant unnerve city
Eighty people were detained at a meatpacking plant in Omaha Tuesday.
www.courthousenews.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The protests have continued all week.
Yes, Nebraska.
Who does Trump preps his fast food?
Yes, Nebraska.
Who does Trump preps his fast food?
Well, SCOTUS that is one way to be during Pride 🏳️🌈
June 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Well, SCOTUS that is one way to be during Pride 🏳️🌈
This is the year for every single higher education institution to make THIS book their read of the year. Admins, start reading it now.
breakout groups should consider: Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd, Can't Pay, Won't Pay by Astra Taylor.
other recs?
breakout groups should consider: Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd, Can't Pay, Won't Pay by Astra Taylor.
other recs?
May 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is the year for every single higher education institution to make THIS book their read of the year. Admins, start reading it now.
breakout groups should consider: Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd, Can't Pay, Won't Pay by Astra Taylor.
other recs?
breakout groups should consider: Perfect Victims by Mohammed El-Kurd, Can't Pay, Won't Pay by Astra Taylor.
other recs?
So grateful for this session today. The Fire this time with Ezekiel Dixon-Romàn and Jerry Rosiek.
Please join us. As adrienne marie brown reminds us, none of us is leaving this (imperialist fascism on steroids) at the same time, but no one is leaaving alone.
Come, gather, join.
Please join us. As adrienne marie brown reminds us, none of us is leaving this (imperialist fascism on steroids) at the same time, but no one is leaaving alone.
Come, gather, join.
April 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
So grateful for this session today. The Fire this time with Ezekiel Dixon-Romàn and Jerry Rosiek.
Please join us. As adrienne marie brown reminds us, none of us is leaving this (imperialist fascism on steroids) at the same time, but no one is leaaving alone.
Come, gather, join.
Please join us. As adrienne marie brown reminds us, none of us is leaving this (imperialist fascism on steroids) at the same time, but no one is leaaving alone.
Come, gather, join.
Tomorrow, PIttsburgh, Schenley Plaza, Film screening to follow!
April 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Tomorrow, PIttsburgh, Schenley Plaza, Film screening to follow!
Writing is hard going tonight. Deadline looming....
But, I have the opening sentence nailed.
Inspiritation for a strong openine: Prince
But, I have the opening sentence nailed.
Inspiritation for a strong openine: Prince
a black and white photo of prince with the words `` this prince '' written next to him .
ALT: a black and white photo of prince with the words `` this prince '' written next to him .
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Writing is hard going tonight. Deadline looming....
But, I have the opening sentence nailed.
Inspiritation for a strong openine: Prince
But, I have the opening sentence nailed.
Inspiritation for a strong openine: Prince
learn, archive and protect
I know we are exhausted from the no really this meets the textbook definition of fascism conversation, but exhibit G.
There is a way to resist this both from inside museums and from outside by collectively choosing to learn, archive, and protect the knowledge they want to erase.
There is a way to resist this both from inside museums and from outside by collectively choosing to learn, archive, and protect the knowledge they want to erase.
Trump targets 'improper ideology' at Smithsonian museums in new executive order
The order states that Vice President JD Vance will be in charge of efforts to prohibit federal funding for Smithsonian programs that are not in line with the administration's goals.
www.nbcnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
learn, archive and protect
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“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
March 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.”
― Toni Morrison
― Toni Morrison
Crackling with truth and incisiveness. Thank you @hfdavis.bsky.social
electronicintifada.net/content/univ...
electronicintifada.net/content/univ...
Universities buckle to authoritarian demands
Accepting government orders is a losing strategy.
electronicintifada.net
March 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Crackling with truth and incisiveness. Thank you @hfdavis.bsky.social
electronicintifada.net/content/univ...
electronicintifada.net/content/univ...
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In 1940 the immigration courts were moved to the Department of Justice, whose main job is fighting crime and criminals. That transfer implied that immigrants were dangerous people—invaders, Trump now says—from whom the country needed protection.
The Insidious Doctrine Fueling the Case Against Mahmoud Khalil - Boston Review
How a century of immigration law has evaded constitutional rights.
www.bostonreview.net
March 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In 1940 the immigration courts were moved to the Department of Justice, whose main job is fighting crime and criminals. That transfer implied that immigrants were dangerous people—invaders, Trump now says—from whom the country needed protection.
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For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
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"As protests and support efforts for Khalil continue, we should all uplift demands for his freedom."
They Came for Mahmoud Khalil in the Night, and They Will Come for Us, Too
We must treat attacks on our communities as an effort to silence every voice of dissent, because those are the stakes.
truthout.org
March 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"As protests and support efforts for Khalil continue, we should all uplift demands for his freedom."
I am confused, not really, when my public university asks to give IT a donation.
Let me know when the contract with the union-busting law firm of Ballad Spahr ends and how those monies are directed to the most vulnerable.
Let me know when the contract with the union-busting law firm of Ballad Spahr ends and how those monies are directed to the most vulnerable.
February 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I am confused, not really, when my public university asks to give IT a donation.
Let me know when the contract with the union-busting law firm of Ballad Spahr ends and how those monies are directed to the most vulnerable.
Let me know when the contract with the union-busting law firm of Ballad Spahr ends and how those monies are directed to the most vulnerable.
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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
February 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years
The decision by a group of people, no matter how few, to
commit themselves to this collective and protracted struggle and to reject “on the go” politics, shapes everything that follows.
Grace Lee Boggs
commit themselves to this collective and protracted struggle and to reject “on the go” politics, shapes everything that follows.
Grace Lee Boggs
February 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The decision by a group of people, no matter how few, to
commit themselves to this collective and protracted struggle and to reject “on the go” politics, shapes everything that follows.
Grace Lee Boggs
commit themselves to this collective and protracted struggle and to reject “on the go” politics, shapes everything that follows.
Grace Lee Boggs
hmmm....that standing up and looming in a white dress just isn't landing in the same for Taylor Swift tonight.
February 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
hmmm....that standing up and looming in a white dress just isn't landing in the same for Taylor Swift tonight.
Gwynne Wilcox has been a lawyer for workers' right her entire career.
Trump's firing of her was a deliberate attempt to stall the NRLB from any hearings ro decisions. Cowardice embodied.
I am trying everyday to refuse distraction that leads to lack of action
Trump's firing of her was a deliberate attempt to stall the NRLB from any hearings ro decisions. Cowardice embodied.
I am trying everyday to refuse distraction that leads to lack of action
February 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Gwynne Wilcox has been a lawyer for workers' right her entire career.
Trump's firing of her was a deliberate attempt to stall the NRLB from any hearings ro decisions. Cowardice embodied.
I am trying everyday to refuse distraction that leads to lack of action
Trump's firing of her was a deliberate attempt to stall the NRLB from any hearings ro decisions. Cowardice embodied.
I am trying everyday to refuse distraction that leads to lack of action
Higher ed, you are behind but now is when you join organizing for teachers and kids terrified from ICE raids
February 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Higher ed, you are behind but now is when you join organizing for teachers and kids terrified from ICE raids