Julia

Justice for Rümeysa Öztürk Dear Friends, Allies, and Supporters,

Legal fund for Rümeysa Öztürk:
chuffed.org/project/just...

That’s so cool!!

But I was thinking about how important it was for me to have such easy access to fabric and sewing supplies growing up and for so many others who couldn’t get to shops in the city and stuff and it was definitely upsetting. I guess Michael’s is going to be carrying fabric now though.

I got ribbon too! Unfortunately the one I went to didn’t have many buttons left. I’m going to try another one. I actually had a pine cone fabric in my cart and put it back! Maybe I need to return. Haha

I went yesterday to panic buy some fabric and other stuff and it was sad!

In Shocking Move, Columbia University Fires Union President One Day Before Contract Negotiations Begin, in Further Crackdown on Free Speech - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implem... In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers.

Columbia has expelled the president of @swcolumbia.bsky.social, a HELU member org, for participation in Palestine solidarity activism. This comes less than 24 hours before SWC's first bargaining session. We stand with SWC-UAW against this illegal interference in bargaining.
uaw.org/in-shocking-...

Letter to Columbia admin from Trump admin listing demands for them to continue a financial relationship with the govt

Letter to Columbia admin from Trump admin listing demands for them to continue a financial relationship with the govt

NEW letter to Columbia from Trump admin lists demands for “continued financial relationship” with the US government”:

—Suspend or expel students for Hamilton Hall protest
—“Time, place, and manner rules”
—Mask ban
—Address “anti-Zionist” discrimination
—Reform admissions
—MORE

Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year Sanctions for the Hamilton Hall occupation include expulsions and suspensions.

We condemn in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government.

This is absolute cowardice & capitulation to an administration hellbent on the destruction of American higher education.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/n...

🧵 IN SHOCKING MOVE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FIRES UNION PRESIDENT ONE DAY BEFORE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN, IN FURTHER CRACKDOWN ON FREE SPEECH

Palestinian Activist Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility With History of Deaths and Abuse Inspections have found repeated violations of federal standards at GEO Group’s Central Louisiana ICE Processing Facility.

New from @elizabethweill.bsky.social and me: The Louisiana ICE detention facility where immigration officials sent Mahmoud Khalil has a decades-long history of deaths and abuse, records show: theappeal.org/mahmoud-khal...

SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained "I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."

SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.

He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."

25 hours after Mahmoud Khalil was detained in a Columbia-owned apartment building — Khalil’s whereabouts are still unknown & Columbia has still not commented

Donate to The Simmons Project: Help Us Rebuild Our Lives, organized by Shayla Simmons On March 6th at 1:41 am, I got one of the worst calls of my life. The… Shayla Simmons needs your support for The Simmons Project: Help Us Rebuild Our Lives

Shayla has been one of my fav students over the last few years. Her family has suffered a devastating fire at their home. Please help if you can. Thank you 💛

I’m so sorry to hear this. Sending you all 💛💛

North and Central Gaza: Food, Water, Diapers + Milk, Medical Aid Translating Falasteen (Palestine), in collaboration with The Sameer Project, launched a fundraising campaign to support families in Gaza facing severe hardships. Our mission is to provide essential ai...

can spare? any amount is appreciated.

the link to donate is here: chuffed.org/project/help...

info for folx who prefer other methods:
paypal.me/mahertali (Paypal option, add a message, "North of Gaza aid")
account.venmo.com/u/Maher-Ali (Venmo option, add a message, "North of Gaza aid")

Lol related:

Teaching the Civil War & Reconstruction this semester so thinking about this a lot: FUCK every single white supremacist and moderate who put white & national reconciliation/restoration over the rights & lives of African Americans & justice & helped lay the foundations for getting us here now.

The End of Resistance History As the Biden administration is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte Rosen wonders: what was the liberal Hashtag-Resistance "Twitterstorian"? And, as a product of the first Trump term, what did commentato...

As Biden is swept into the dustbin, Charlotte E. Rosen wonders: what was the Resistance “Twitterstorian”?

Well-paid liberal “attack dogs” of democracy like Heather Cox Richardson proved to be all too willing to turn to Democratic Party apologia—especially on Gaza.

proteanmag.com/2025/01/20/t...

🚨BREAKING🚨

Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency

After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.

Wtf!

The Leaders of the African American Intellectual History Society Cannot Remain Silent About Palestine An open letter from writers, teachers, scholars, and activists.

Am I correct in my understanding that AAIHS has ignored/still not responded to this open letter and its requests? hammerandhope.org/article/pale...

Thank you!!!

Thank you so much!! And good luck—Sounds like you’ll have your own big accomplishment soon!! 🎉

If you read it and didn’t hate it, please let me know what you think! 🙃

Freedom's Currency – Penn Press The first comprehensive study of self-purchase in the United States from the American Revolution to the Civil WarEnslaved people lived in a world in which ev...

What a horrible year! At least I finally finished this thing though and got to celebrate with my friends. Definitely this year’s highlight.

Today is the last day of 2024 to get it 40% off with code PENN-HOLIDAY24! www.pennpress.org/978151282647...

Thanks to everyone who has purchased and read! ❤️

Grades are in! Now to prep a new course, finish an article, go on a research trip, and deal with my mom’s stuff for the next 3.5 weeks before next semester starts. 🫠 Happy winter break (down), everyone!!