Silvana Toska

1. Look, there are basically just two ways to run the global oil market: petro-imperialism and petro-consumerism. Historically USA has embraced both, varying over time. The attack on #Venezuela is a return to naked petro-imperialism. Thread.

This sounds amazing -- how does one join?

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Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

علاء علي الاسفلت!!!!

Alaa is HOME and FREE!!!

buy genocide low, sell genocide high

CPJ calls for Anas Al-Sharif’s protection in face of Israeli smears - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, July 24, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely worried about the safety of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, who is being targeted by an Israeli military ...

Israel killed al-Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif & 3 other members of his reporting team today when they were in a marked press tent outside of al-Shifa Hospital.

Whoever was involved in this should be so very ashamed: "Student course evaluations that are collected on an anonymous basis at the end of each semester will be regularly reviewed to identify any reports of antisemitism, which will be promptly referred to OECR for appropriate action."

Want to get back at that prof who gave you an A- on an exam? Or maybe you don't think people of color or women should be professors?

Make up a story about antisemitism, plop it into an anonymous student evaluation, and watch as your prof's life is upturned faster than you can spell "fascism."

Stopping the starvation of Sudan would require military intervention, delivering a vast amount of food across contested space, and rebuilding a shattered state. That’s true of almost every forced famine the world has faced.

Stopping the imposed starvation of Gaza would require a phone call.

🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?

There is still time to apply to the MENA Methods Workshop, to be held in Amman, Jordan. Deadline is approaching fast: April 27 ! Good luck to all who apply.

Mabrouk, Dana!

Can’t wait to read it!!