Zachary Levenson

2 min ago Timing of US-Israel attack on Iran bears symbolic meaning in Judaism Tal Shalev By Tal Shalev The timing of the US and Israeli attack on Iran bears symbolic meaning in Judaism. Ahead of the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, worshippers read the specific portion from the Old Testament, known as Zachor. The passage from the book of Deuteronomy commands the ancient Israelites to remember an unprovoked attack by the nation of Amalek and to eradicate the memory of Amalek once the Israelites are settled in their land. The passage is read publicly before Purim to fulfil the mitzvah of remembering Amalek as Israel’s achetypical enemy.

This is what CNN is publishing even before the Ellisons come in

Omg

Of course. I certainly understand that not everyone is in a position to do this! Thanks for laying the foundation…

"Defund the police" only lacks specificity to liberals who chanted it as a slogan in 2020 but didn't really mean it

More anticipatory compliance at Florida State. Kudos to @annaposbergh.bsky.social for choosing professional ethics over thinly veiled bigotry

Florida bill targeting unions could be unconstitutional, staff analysis warns Florida Sen. Jonathan Martin defends SB 1296 during its first committee stop (Feb. 11, 2026) A new proposal from Florida lawmakers that would make it

www.orlandoweekly.com/news/labor/f...

FL’s state legislature is currently working to pass SB 1296, which would require a majority of workers in a bargaining unit — not a majority of voters, but majority of workers— to vote yes.

Imagine if FL’s state elections proceeded this way. Not a single member of the senate would win a seat!

Florida Hands Down Sociology Curriculum to State Colleges The sociology curriculum is likely just the state’s first foray into course development; the Florida Department of Education is already working on a similar framework for American history classes.

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

New piece in @insidehighered.com on Florida’s attempt to impose a state-created syllabus and state-censored textbook on sociology classes at public colleges and universities

New piece in @insidehighered.com on Florida’s attempt to impose a state-created syllabus and state-censored textbook on sociology classes at public colleges and universities

WHO DECIDES WHAT WE TEACH? SOCIOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF CURRICULUM When a Florida Board of Governors work group produced a censored version of an Introduction to Sociology textbook, the United Faculty of Florida decided to step…

The webinar we organized through @unitedfacultyfl.bsky.social on Florida mandating censored, state-created textbooks on sociology faculty is now available for viewing – featuring folks from around the state, as well as former @asanews.bsky.social presidents Ruth Milkman and Aldon Morris

Red States’ Fascist Campaign Against Colleges and Professors Trump and his hench people get all the attention, but red-state governors and legislators are waging a largely under-the-radar war on liberal education.

This is an important round-up of Red States' going after higher education from @perrybaconjr.bsky.social featuring my recent interview with @grundrza.bsky.social on censorship in Florida.

Not only is that something annoying that liberals like to shout on social media, but it's also individualistic and unstrategic. Don't flee; fight it!

And a Hillsdale PhD at that

The person behind this was recommended to DeSantis by Larry Arnn so yes

It’s an online open-source textbook

Florida is replacing free inquiry with political indoctrination | Opinion Two professors of sociology at Florida International University write that top-down decisions on how and what they can teach do not represent the ideals of higher education.

Here's another one I co-authored in the @sun-sentinel.com

Commentary: Florida’s education commissioner just fired free thought Anastasios Kamoutsas’ removal of a sociology professor from a statewide committee is only the latest government attempt to limit the scope of education.

Here's an op/ed I co-authored in the @orlandosentinel.com

Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...

The @insidehighered.com piece is here:

What's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary Levenson A discussion about Florida's censorship of sociology and teaching under authoritarianism

There are two WLRN pieces, an Inside Higher Ed piece, and then a two-part interview I did with @victorerikray.bsky.social on this, first part here:

Absolutely. But the original post didn't suggest it's not an issue at universities; it stated that the screenshot directives were sent to all colleges yesterday. Universities didn't receive these directives; they received phone calls from the Board of Governors' staff ordering faculty to comply.

I ask myself that every day. He was my dissertation chair.

Because they live in Florida? 🤯

Clearly you’ve examined my syllabi 🤫

No, move to Florida and fight back!

Sign the Petition Keep Dr. Phillip Wiseley at FSW!

And here in Florida!

www.change.org/p/keep-dr-ph...

Can you explain what you mean?

Why? Some of us prefer to stay here and fight it

They are, and I teach sociology at a Florida university. But this screenshot is from a document that was sent to colleges only. They haven’t put these directives in writing for university professors, but they have threatened us if we don’t use their recommended textbook. Search for WLRN coverage.

None according to the Board of Governors. They instead bowdlerized an existing open source textbook, censoring entire chapters and are trying to force it on departments. They cut it down to less than 50 percent of the published version.