Maggie Dickinson

As a person who twice barely avoided getting kidnapped and sent to conversion therapy by my own family members it is very disheartening to hear that conversion therapy is still being discussed. Last i checked the only thing it converts is living kids to dead ones.

Literally welfare reform for public housing. Clinton opened this pandora's box in 1996 and this was always where it was headed - start with cash assistance and then use work requirements and time limits to gut every inch of the safety net.

International Sociological Association bars Israeli public institutions from membership over refusal to condemn genocide The suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society by the International Sociological Association marks a significant milestone in the international academic boycott of Israel.

"[T]he first major successful BDS campaign at an academic sociological association, as realized through the suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society."

"The struggle for a free Palestine continues, and we call on all scholars to join us."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Genocide

The only thing with a chance of defending higher ed is a network of organized faculty and staff.

We're the ones who actually believe in our mission. Most admin and trustees don't. Those who do are welcome, but they are rare.

It's only us. And a lot of us are already active. So if you're not, join!

Read this whole thread. The EO is a huge regressive step. And Brian's not wrong to be worried about this point in particular. The major theme of Trump II social policy is old-style Poor Law thinking, down to the indoor versus outdoor relief distinction.

[W4G] Life Funds for Gaza Scholars, writers, educators & artists -- stop sending funds to the orgs & institutions that continue to double down on their allegiance to the death machines of Zionism and empire. Send funds to support life in Gaza instead!  Resign and donate your membership fees Refuse to attend their conferences and donate

Academics, if you need a reason, in these urgent times, reminder that @workshops4gaza.bsky.social has set up a tab where you can redirect membership fees and conference costs from AHA, MLA, AWP & PEN to the Sameer Project, run by Palestinians open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...

The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.

The Orwellian myth at the heart of industrial agriculture?

That environmental destruction is actually conservation.

This must-read essay traces how productivism – the obsession with yield – fuels ecocide & colonialism, while failing to 'feed the world'.

📖 spectrejournal.com/the-enduring...

do it!

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Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

Red states tell colleges: Race and gender classes are out, civics in Lawmakers in Utah, Ohio and Florida have mandated classes on civics and Western civilization and cut classes on race and gender from graduation requirements

Actual indoctrination in the classroom. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

if any other country suddenly moved to expel half a million - HALF A MILLION - nonwhite immigrants, reporters would call that a crime against humanity. forced transfer of population falls under that designation; it's also one of the defining aspects of genocide. i'm incandescently angry over this.

I am remembering a moment when Congress was up in arms about plagiarism charges that were no where near as clear cut.

Withdrawing the incredibly successful pandemic social welfare programs is one of the less talked about facets of our descent into overt fascism.

There is no need for Medicaid work requirements because almost everyone who can work is working.
What we are getting instead is Medicaid work *reporting* requirements, where people lose coverage because of administrative burdens.

They are running the welfare reform playbook on SNAP - pushing funding onto the states adding work requirements. SNAP has become the safety net of last resort over the last 25 years and now they are shredding it while cutting $ for food banks. They are legislating hunger.

This student is so brave. And also - watch the faculty who cheer her on and those who squirm.

Here is a clip of the student's speech.

The Struggle for Food Sovereignty While Incarcerated Prison food has become a tool of carceral control.

“Feeding yourself is protection, but it’s also declaring sovereignty. And in a prison geography, declaring sovereignty is declaring war.”

Nylah Iqbal Muhammad on the struggle for food sovereignty while incarcerated in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social

hammerandhope.org/article/food...

Rutgers slams ‘chilling’ termination of about a dozen international students’ visas The university’s president offered a statement of support for international students and scholars.

At least 12 students at Rutgers have had their visas changed, revoking their residency without explanation. This is happening at universities across the county.

These revocations can lead to detention and deportation. This won't stop with students. This is a crisis.

www.nj.com/education/20...

Good.

Since our administration would not fight the Trump administration in court, the faculty had to assume the responsibility of doing so to protect academic freedom.

www.reuters.com/world/us/col...

UPDATE: Palestine Studies Search is back up! They could delay us and annoy us, but they could not keep us down.

Please apply, share with friends, cannot wait to meet our new colleagues.

hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/erecruit...

as ever, nothing israel does in gaza happens without American complicity. this is our genocide too, never forget it

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Hey @schumer.senate.gov - vote no on the GOP budget. As a constituent I am literally begging you.

This is really, really bad. Columbia made the mistake of thinking that placating the administration would spare them. Other universities made the mistake of thinking it would stop with Columbia. It won’t stop without disciplined pushback; it’s an existential question for American universities.

"Trump, McMahon, and Homan are looking for cowards that they can bully; for institutions whose first instinct is to apologize and comply rather than defending themselves and their students in the public square." YES. Helpful explainer of the seemingly random list of 60 colleges under investigation

Let's go Pittsburgh!!