Resistance Studies Series

I'm still recovering from the highs of this panel. And so grateful for everyone who came out.

Standing room only. We laughed. We cursed. We (*ahem* I ) nearly cried.

For everyone who has supported me and @resistanceschool.bsky.social, thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. More soon.

#WeMove

#WeMove

🗣 #JusticeforJamalKhashoggi

Pivoting to the People: Karen Attiah, Mehdi Hasan & Olufemi Taiwo in Conversation @Busboys and Poets YouTube video by Busboys and Poets

Watch the conversation live here: www.youtube.com/live/dGvsCVV...

Happening now!

Pivoting to the People: @karenattiah.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @versharma.bsky.social and @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social are in conversation about the need to build platforms that serve the masses when institutions refuse or fail to do so.

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This Wed, Dec. 3rd 6 pm EST at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social :

Join me, @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @mehdirhasan.bsky.social of @zeteo.com, & @versharma.bsky.social formerly of @teenvogue.com -- as we discuss building power outside of institutions.

RSVP: www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...

Behind the scenes with Karen Attiah, founder of Resistance Studies Series.

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Contributions help fund scholarships, pay guest lecturers a fair fee, support operations, and keep these courses accessible to learners around the world: www.resistancesummerschool.com/donate

Last class of @resistanceschool.bsky.social Race, Media, and International Affairs 102 today and the finale was SO good.

If the phrase "meeting the moment" was a person, it would be Prof @karenattiah.bsky.social. What an absolute force she is.🔥

Forever grateful to have been part of this. #WeMove

Me on stage with Sam Barry at the glamour women of the year summit. Text says “Finally If you were face-to-face with the crown prince, what would you say, Karen?”

Photo of me with text : “I hope Jamal’s spirit stays with you for the rest of your life .. and haunts you”.

Mood.

I was asked in 2019 What I would say to Mohammed Bin Salman.

I said it then and I’ll say it again— I hope the spirit of Jamal Khashoggi haunts MBS for the rest of his life.

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The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country

My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.

Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

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New:

I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post.

And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”.

Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...

Resistance Studies Series founder Karen Attiah displays a book, "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future" by Jason Stanley, during one her classes.

Is it just us, or has every day this year felt like a bad Halloween experience: all tricks, no treats💀

We're trying to change that, serving nothing but treats of knowledge📚

If you'd like to treat us, every contribution helps build a freer, smarter future: www.resistancesummerschool.com/donate

Karen Attiah: My firing shows mainstream media still fails on race Attiah sat down with The Objective to discuss objectivity and Black representation at WaPo and mainstream media at large.

I say amen sister as I read this Q&A with @karenattiah.bsky.social. “Objectivity, in my opinion, tends to all too often be a shield for ignoring information and perspectives that are inconvenient.” — Karen Attiah

objectivejournalism.org/2025/10/qa-k...

@resistanceschool.bsky.social is an amazing follow and should be highly recommended to anyone choosing to be on the right side of history. 📚
#Resistance #Knowledge #Edcuation #Dialogue #Solidarity #Classroom #Community #Networking #Humanity #Truth #Commitment🫶🏻

Photo of a page from Erasing History: How fascists rewrite the past to control the future by Jason Stanley 3 Colonizing the Mind Education for colonial people must inevitably mean unrest and revolt; education, therefore, had to be limited and used to inculcate obedience and servility lest the whole colonial system be overthrown. —W. E. B. Du Bois, "The White Masters of the World"! The night of the sword and the bullet was followed by the chalk and the blackboard. The physical violence of the battlefield was followed by the psychological violence of the classroom. -Ngúgi wa Thiong'o, Decolonizing the Mind? When one group erases the history of another, the latter becomes significantly more vulnerable to domination and conquest. One of the clearest examples of this is the practice of modern colonialism. It is much easier for a colonial power to justify taking land when that land can be represented as lacking a history. When a group of people is represented as having no history, they are being denied any valid claim to the present. Colonialism is an ideal case, perhaps the clearest, for understanding how and why…

@resistanceschool.bsky.social 102 tonight was a conversation between Jason Stanley and @karenattiah.bsky.social. Going to be thinking about this class for a long time. The tension between leaving and staying, institutions and how they’re compromised, the necessity of trust. The power of the public.

They canceled my work on race and media.

So I built a @resistanceschool.bsky.social instead.

Now we are teaching over 600 students.

Week 2 of Race, Media and International Affairs starts today.

We move ✊🏾💪🏾

If you ever had an urge to take your anger in a positive direction, this is one way to do it and one of the better ones. You can what to do and how to do it/get started, from someone who is there right now and has paid a cost for it more than once.

This is late but you can attend @karenattiah.bsky.social class on race and media from the comfort of your own computer via her online offering. Great opportunity! Sign up for this semester has ended but keep it in mind for next time!! You can also support this work monetarily via the website as well

Behind the scenes of rehearsal for the fall session of Race, Media and International Affairs, for @resistanceschool.bsky.social !

We still have spots left: www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

Link to register still open 👀👀👀

Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.

It is clear that mainstream institutions and media organizations are running away from their mandates to talk about race, society and power.

I decided to build @resistanceschool.bsky.social as a way to work around the cowardice and censorship.

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

Sharpen those pencils! 🤓

The Washington Post Accused Me of “Gross Misconduct.” Here's My Response. This fight isn’t just about my job — it’s about who gets punished for telling the truth, and who gets protected for spreading hate and violence.

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post.

I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing.

Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

This is part of the reason I started @resistanceschool.bsky.social .. not only to get around the political repression around teaching about race.

But also to be free of AI colonization.

We need to get back to the essence of learning together in groups. With other humans!

Proud to be represented by @katiephang.bsky.social !!!