Wishing the happiest of holidays, in spite of everything, to you and yours – and, to the people of the world, a season of joy, solidarity, and solace, built on a just and lasting peace.

In times such as these, amid the rumors of war, the wretched realities of techno-fascism, and the crisis tendencies of late capitalism, I find myself returning to the dual imperatives articulated by Antonio Gramsci in an Italian prison: pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will.

Finally, I am striving to play my own little part in the struggles of our time: organizing with friends, neighbors, and fellow knowledge workers; confronting the ongoing offensive against the foreign-born, the Black and brown, and the poor and working classes; and building parallel structures…

For another, I have been invited by the American Council on Judaism to teach a class on the topic of Judaism in Times of Fascism. This is an eight-week course in theory and practice, and is open to people of all backgrounds, regardless of identity or ability to pay.

I am also happy to report that I will be returning to the classroom this spring semester to teach two new courses of my own design. For one, I have been appointed Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University, where I will be teaching a course on Comparative Immigration Studies.

Second, I've been hard at work on another book proposal of my own. Resistance: Field Notes from the Frontlines, 2016-Present follows the origins and evolution of America’s anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, and anti-fascist movements in the age of Trumpism.

First, I am pleased to announce that the long-awaited anthology of my late father’s unpublished works (which I co-edited) has landed a book deal from Bloomsbury. Titled Historical Epistemology, the book features never-before-seen writing on a variety of themes.