Jake Romm

Against the Wound | Los Angeles Review of Books Jake Romm navigates artistic depictions of genocide and religious violence—some illuminating, others devoid of substance—from Renaissance Italy to modern-day Berlin, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no...

this piece for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social about Luca Giordano's "St. Michael", representations of empire, aerial bombing, and Gaza. my favorite thing I wrote this year

lareviewofbooks.org/article/agai...

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A nice win: PEN America has retracted their statement

pen.org/press-releas...

Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’

holy shit.

extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.

what a stain on HRW's reputation.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

On Jan. 20th, the @hindrajabfoundation.be
filed a request for prosecution in the US against Israeli "comedian" Guy Hochman for incitement to genocide

On Jan. 29th, @penamerica.bsky.social issued a press release condemning the cancellation of some of Hochman's inciting performances

Our response:

On Jan. 20th, the @hindrajabfoundation.be
filed a request for prosecution in the US against Israeli "comedian" Guy Hochman for incitement to genocide

On Jan. 29th, @penamerica.bsky.social issued a press release condemning the cancellation of some of Hochman's inciting performances

Our response:

Episode 11: Deconstructing the Law of War With Jake Romm

spoke with my favorite couple @shaabiranks.bsky.social and @seamus-malekafzali.com about international law, the so-called "war on terror," and the long shadow of colonial warfare for Turbulence

turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-11...

Episode 11: Deconstructing the Law of War With Jake Romm

spoke with my favorite couple @shaabiranks.bsky.social and @seamus-malekafzali.com about international law, the so-called "war on terror," and the long shadow of colonial warfare for Turbulence

turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-11...

Write about it a little more here as well if you’re interested bsky.app/profile/jake...

This reminded me of @jakeromm.bsky.social’s analysis of Israeli hasbara as fascist propaganda in his essay “Elements of Antisemitism” in @parapraxismag.bsky.social

www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/ele...

Here is a video of my full talk with Dror Dayan about the Hind Rajab Foundation, German complicity in the genocide, and the international legal order at the Rosa Luxemburg Conference this past weekend

[starting around 6:12:00]

www.youtube.com/embed/470xHH...

junge Welt – die linke Tageszeitung Die junge Welt ist eine linke, marxistisch orientierte, überregionale Tageszeitung mit einem hohen Anteil an Hintergrundberichten und umfassenden Analysen

I’ll be speaking at the Junge Welt Rosa Luxemburg Conference today at 3pm Berlin time: on international law, the genocide in Palestine, and the Hind Rajab Foundation

Live stream link here:
jungewelt.de/?lang=en

junge Welt – die linke Tageszeitung Die junge Welt ist eine linke, marxistisch orientierte, überregionale Tageszeitung mit einem hohen Anteil an Hintergrundberichten und umfassenden Analysen

I’ll be speaking at the Junge Welt Rosa Luxemburg Conference today at 3pm Berlin time: on international law, the genocide in Palestine, and the Hind Rajab Foundation

Live stream link here:
jungewelt.de/?lang=en

par @jakeromm.bsky.social

Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz

I'll also be speaking at the Rosa Luxemburg Conference in Berlin this weekend. Come through if you're in the city.

jungewelt.de/rlk/

Genozid in Palästina: Neue Weltordnung der Rechtlosigkeit Die Hind Rajab Foundation über den Charakter israelischer Kriegsverbrechen, den Kreislauf der Straffreiheit und die Diplomatie der Gewalt. Ein Gespräch mit Jake Romm • Foto: IMAGO/Anadolu Agency

I spoke with Susann Witt-Stahl for Junge Welt about the genocide in Palestine, international law, German complicity, the coming new world order, and the @hindrajabfoundation.be

www.jungewelt.de/artikel/5154...

"What we are seeing now from the Trump administration is a US empire increasingly willing to dispense with even the perfunctory legal legitimation that past presidents leaned on." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Why Trump’s Venezuela Attacks Matter So Much They signal a US empire increasingly willing to dispense with even the perfunctory legal legitimation that past presidents leaned on.

Link: www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Seems like a good time to revisit @jakeromm.bsky.social’s piece in @thenation.com from October:

favorite albums I listened to in 2025 (alphabetical order)

playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/03x...

favorite tracks I listened to for the first time in 2025 (no particular order)

playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Zu...

favorite tracks I listened to for the first time in 2025 (no particular order)

playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Zu...

Against the Wound | Los Angeles Review of Books Jake Romm navigates artistic depictions of genocide and religious violence—some illuminating, others devoid of substance—from Renaissance Italy to modern-day Berlin, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no...

lareviewofbooks.org/article/agai...

This by comrade @jakeromm.bsky.social is first thing that came to mind

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favorite albums I listened to in 2025 (alphabetical order)

playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/03x...

Extractive Frontiers: An Interview With Thea Riofrancos • Protean Magazine In this extensive, wide ranging interview, Laleh Khalili speaks with Thea Riofrancos about her new book Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, the political economy of lithium mining, the poss...

"Frontier names a duality where the place is important but the people are unimportant"
Two brilliant scholars @triofrancos.bsky.social@lalehkhalili.bsky.social in conversation, highly recommended!
proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...

Hello Romm-heads,

here is a thread of some things I wrote and said this year:

big things in the works for the upcoming year: in terms of writing, @proteanmag.com, and the HRF

Thanks to all the writers who I had the privilege to edit for Protean

Thanks to all the editors without whom my writing would be much worse

Thanks to all the Romm-heads 🫡