@jdcis
Teacher and writer focusing on political rhetoric, social movements, and immigration. Cultural studies, activism, media. Star Trek fan. Soccer watcher. Bad poetry writer. Novice gardener. Cat lover. Opinions mine. He/they
Check out my new article, “Brown and Down: Alienation and Resistance in Memoirs of Queer Undocumented Migrants.” Learn how undocumented activists and artists creatively resist dehumanization like the kind we are seeing now.
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I use this video in my class too when we study the Abolitionist movement.
they’ve even plowed tens of billions into a man-stealing operation so vast and unaccountable that it makes the fugitive slave act look like a modest and responsible use of federal power
Trump building a concentration camp for criminalized migrants on indigenous land in the middle of a key ecosystem that’s threatened by climate change & development tells you pretty much everything about the interconnected structures of oppression that drive his movement and our present system.
This is like the third story put out by the New York Times since Skrmetti rubbing transgender people's faces in it.
The paper got the ruling it asked for.
Largely agree with this take(tm)
This was not always the case (see, the U.S. left throughout much of the 20th c.) and is pretty much a function of the collapse of the USSR, suppression of left post 60s/70s, neoliberal culture, the NPIC, rise of the web/social media, etc, that helped fed a strain of horizontalism & lack of organiz.
Happy May Day
“We can bring to birth a new world
From the ashes of the old”
“Let's double down on our commitments to each other, to our principles, and to the pursuit of a better world. We have never needed each other as much as we do right now. So let's show up.”
From Movement Memos: Fascism Isn’t Coming — It’s Here. Now What?
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“…We have to figure out what is worth resurrecting and what is beyond redemption. What better place to contemplate this question than our temples of higher education?”
stevesalaita.com/no-resurrect...
“We’re long past the point where we should have dropped the notion of a sanctified campus, but now the very idea of the university is in question. Gaza has no universities left.…
stevesalaita.com/no-resurrect...
List of online actions for the National Day of Action for Higher Ed! Join one today!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events
Universities are under attack by the Trump administration. Stand up for your colleagues, students, and for the future of higher education. You are needed in this struggle.
Tomorrow April 17 is the National Day of Action for Higher Education. There is a bunch of in-person actions across the country and a list of virtual workshops/events for which you can register: www.dayofactionforhighered.org/events
The countdown for April 17 Day of Action for Higher Education is underway! Visit www.dayofactionforhighered.org to sign up for virtual events and to let us know what you're planning on your campus!
I’ve hit the age where all my jams are grocery store songs.
“And should we be surprised that, after such gruesome crimes have been committed in our name, fascism has found fertile ground here at home?“
Noura Erekat on how the fascist, imperial boomerang is coming back home. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
A thing I have been saying for the past couple years is that AI is labor devaluation scheme. There are very few areas in which capitalists are so perturbed by costs as in labor. The goal is to reduce labor cost to nothing. There are only a few ways to achieve this.
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
It tells the stories of some of the most important social justice movements in US history, focusing on their communication strategies and messaging. Histories as important now as ever.
I’m excited and honored to be a contributor.
Check out this new book “Rhetorical Histories of Social Movements in the U.S.” 📖
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