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New Chronicle of Higher Ed piece out: “Should Protests Be Allowed in the Classroom?” (spoiler: yes)

https://t.co/JXl2i9v0SG

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@AnnaLeptikon Forthcoming in 2027 from the HM book series

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@hofrench Is there any reporting on this?

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@thenation Politics is not about buddies or friends or "voices worthy of consideration per se." It is about building the alliances needed to achieve concrete aims.

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@Tyler_A_Harper Spot on, but raises a couple questions. First, re the role of admins (vs faculty) in cultivating the fantasy (at least some profs are, at minimum, more jaded). Second, re MSM as an alternative. It often appears frying pan to fire, with the Good Lib prob even more insiduous, no?

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@GregGrandin Can you elaborate or illustrate how the term "enlightenment" specifically applies?

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@sethharpesq https://t.co/NqsXOSB7sh

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@CollinRugg @KevinMNelsonUSA @ScooterCasterNY Yeah, listening to the concerns of a besieged community---much less the concerns of citizens---totally pathetic for a politician! Why isn't he pedosplaining like he should be?

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@MeghnadBose93 @DropSiteNews Boycott CU.

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@ggreenwald While they are low-hanging fruit because of their privilege, they might be taken to illustrate a more political-economic story---like the collapse of tourism---if read together with the other relevant NYT piece from today:

https://t.co/sLE3PWOOks

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@DanielDenvir Excellent. And an important corollary question: what cultural changes are needed to foster the broad and deep organizing needed for such a reorganization?

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🚨BREAKING: Palestinian-American Child Shot Dead, Two Others Shot and Wounded by Israeli Forces in Occupied West Bank

Omar Mohammad Rabea, a 14-year-old Palestinian with U.S. citizenship, was shot and killed on Sunday by Israeli forces near the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah. Two other Palestinian-American boys, aged 14 and 15, were also shot and wounded—one in the abdomen, the other in the thigh. Both were taken to a nearby clinic in the village of Abu Falah, PRCS told reporters.

The Israeli military acknowledged that its forces opened fire on three children who were standing near a road adjacent to the town. A video released by the military shows the teenagers appearing to throw an object. In a statement, the military claimed it had “identified three terrorists who were throwing rocks at a highway with civilian vehicles,” and that Israeli “fighters fired at the terrorists, killing one and wounding the other two.”

The military reportedly seized Omar’s body from the hospital and is still withholding it. WAFA also reports that Israeli forces delayed ambulance crews from reaching the scene.

The killing comes amid a sharp rise in settler and military violence across the West Bank. While the Biden administration had previously sanctioned a handful of violent settlers, those sanctions were rescinded by the Trump administration, which also recently approved the sale of over 20,000 U.S.-made assault rifles to Israel—a $24 million deal previously delayed over concerns the weapons could be used by extremist settlers.

The shooting took place a day after Palestinian Children’s Day. Ramallah and al-Bireh Governor Laila Ghannam said the targeting of the three children reflects an ongoing pattern and policy of Israeli state terror—killing Palestinian children and attempting to eradicate the Palestinian people. More than 200 children have been killed in the West Bank since October 2023. And in Gaza, Israel has killed more than 500 children in 20 days since resuming its genocidal assault on March 18, 2025.

Video 1: Footage of Rabea’s body transferred by the PRCS (via Al Qastal).
Video 2: Israeli military video shared at @idfonline (link in reply)

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@fshakir @BernieSanders Not exactly what you are looking for but bring the tour with AOC to Columbia and invite Mamdani. Make the connection between higher ed, the Palestinian exception and working class students making a better life for their families at prestige institutions.

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@AOC @SenSanders @BernieSanders Yes, please.

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Bernie and AOC should rally at Columbia against the repression.

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@AntonJaegermm Got it, thanks.

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@imraansiddiqi https://t.co/aS7utECJQx

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Bernie Sanders discusses how H-1B visas go to jobs like "teachers" and are widely exploited by India-focused IT outsourcing firms. Scorns Bill Gates lobbying for unlimited H-1Bs for Big Tech. This was over 17 years ago but could have been aired last week.

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@jensensuther Synopsis?