Don’t miss this great opportunity! Nominate your students or yourself!

@lisahajjar.bsky.social’s non-obituary to for her childhood idol explains why “the end of Henry and me was a beginning of critical political consciousness.” We should all pay penance for our misspent youth as meaningfully as Lisa has through the body of her work. menasky

Henry and Me: Kissinger, a Non-Obituary

Now that Henry Kissinger is dead, the time is ripe to reveal my personal relationship with him. In 1969 when I was eight years old and for several years thereafter, Kissinger was my role model. Why, y...

“We worry that systematic displacement is passing as a humanitarian remedy. We must remember that at a minimum, forcibly displacing civilians is a human rights violation; at the extreme, systematic population transfer is a crime against humanity.” @lmourad.bsky.social@stephrschwartz.bsky.social

Opinion: In Gaza, civilian evacuation looks like forced displacement. That cannot be the way forward

We need to help Palestinians find safe passage as they flee Israeli bombardment in Gaza – but we must also ensure they have the right to return

Menasky Polisky responsiblestatecraft.org/political-sc...

PSA: We are being doxxed at Hunter and they are buying up the domain names of people who have signed statements. If you don’t own your domain name, go purchase the rights to it now, even if you don’t end up putting up the website. Yourfullname.com is the main site you need to secure 

Read Biden’s utter gibberish on Gaza in WaPo if you want. Totally disconnected from reality of Israel’s war on Gaza, deeply dishonest about US policy, and completely devoid of ideas. Insulting on all levels. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Joe Biden: The U.S. won’t back down from the challenge of Putin and Hamas

Our goal should not be simply to stop the war for today — it should be to end the war forever, break the cycle of violence and build something stronger in Gaza.

Wow, thank you so much!!

NBnickjbrumfield.bsky.socialNov 18, 2023 2:30am

Just finished @jillianschwedler.bsky.social's PROTESTING JORDAN. If you only read one book about Jordan, make it this one, which seamlessly weaves 150 years of Jordanian history into an intensely contemporary narrative of political contestation, economic inequality, and the international order.

Please consider signing this ceasefire statement by political scientists #polisky#menaskywww.polisciceasefire.org

this was incredible & you can watch Rashid Khalidi, Noura Erakat, Mohammed El-Kurd, et al. here.

But We Must Speak: On Palestine & The Mandates of Conscience

On Wednesday November 1st in Manhattan the Palestine Festival of Literature is staging a free, public event titled: But We Must Speak: On Palestine and the M...

Thank you NYT for saying what we have all been trying to get out there for decades

TNnytimes.comOct 28, 2023 7:29pm

Gaza residents say Israeli airstrikes come mostly without warning and hit indiscriminately, which makes them feel that death is imminent and inevitable. “You are not safe,” one resident said. “All places are targets, so you think of dying at any time.”

‘You Think of Dying at Any Time’

Gaza residents say Israeli airstrikes come mostly without warning and hit indiscriminately, leading to the feeling that death is imminent and inevitable.