Liesl Schwabe

"If I had the choice between biscuits and Twitter, biscuits are going to win."
-Nikki Giovanni

[Grant @grantdminer]

Last week, I was expelled from @Columbia for protesting the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza. As president of @SW_Columbia , Columbia’s student workers union, I was also fired from my job. The Trump administration is pushing their narrative. Here’s the real story. 🧵

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Mr. President: Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, I have a better idea.

In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour. 

Let's steal those ideas.

[sarah schulman @sarahschulman3]

On campus today

[Noura Erakat @4noura]

My wish
Is to travel
To get to a hospital
And get prosthetic arms.
So I can hold a ball with my hands
So I can play.
So I can write.
So I can eat.

Mahmoud, 11 y/o, Gaza, February 2024

#Gaza #Genocide #Nakba

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

The world's largest climate and weather data archive is located in Asheville, NC.

Due to an historic climate disaster, its currently offline.

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

Edward Said passed away 21 years ago. He is much loved and missed.
I wrote this poem after him, after Out of Place, years ago.
It’s true today for me more than any time before.
We are always forced out of place but we will remain.
This is a photo of Edward that my dear friend Kathy shared with me. I’m not sure if it’s been shared before.
🍓🍓🍓

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

just leaving this here.

[Susan Bernofsky @translationista]

Hezbollah is not a place. Israel is bombing the country of Lebanon. Just FYI, @nytimes.

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Ta-Nehisi Coates is not concerned about the script sales, invitations from the White House, or his relationships with colleagues at The Atlantic and elsewhere. “I’m not worried,” he told @RyuSpeath. He felt an obligation to write about what he saw. https://t.co/ie8KnZquYh

[sarah hagi @KindaHagi]

wrong. the hottest girl i know is boycotting the nyt

[Jazmine Hughes @jazzedloon]

“What I suspect,” he told me, “is that American media in general thinks of itself as separate from the ends and goals of American power. And I don’t think that’s true.”
on our moral responsibility: https://t.co/Zq4h1xI7JB

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Israel is intentionally bombing the vicinity of hospitals and schools across South Lebanon, and critical roads leading to hospitals and medical facilities.

Israel is targeting civilian homes and infrastructure, not military targets.

These are blatant war crimes.

[Friendly Neighborhood Comrade @SpiritofLenin]

Drenched
A poem by Refaat Alareer

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

Today marks the birth of the fearless voice of truth, Dr. Refaat Alareer @itranslate123. His legacy of courage continues to inspire, and we remain committed to carrying forward his message.

We will tell his story, keep his memory alive, & uphold his ideals until our last breath.

[Yousef Aljamal 🪁 @YousefAljamal]

Happy birthday to Refaat. He turns 45 today.
September 23, 1979-2024
If I Must Die, You Must Live, To Tell My Story.

[Parul Sehgal @parul_sehgal]

"I'll keep working, and I'll keep writing, even if my office is just a corridor between the tents...because poetry is what keeps me alive. It's what protects me from going insane."

[Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine @ColumbiaSJP]

FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES: Professor Edward Said led a teach in about the first intifada, or uprising of the Palestinian people. Said stated “the Palestinian uprising is an alternative movement to the occupation”. Despite receiving bomb threats, the teach in continued.

[MOHAMMED𓂆 @Mo7mmd30]

We refuse to die. Tell them we’ll stay here🇵🇸❤️‍🩹💪🫂

[Dr Prital Patel 🍉 Prital.Bsky.social @prital_]

The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.
The first 14 pages are under 1 year olds.

[Ahmed Alnaouq @AlnaouqA]

My cousin Yasmin and her three children, all kids, were just murdered by Israel.

May they rest in peace.