the willingness to say this out loud seems emblematic of what might be a major shift happening right now.
the emperor has no clothes (liberal rights-based order) but he has a big stick (security state) and he's going to use it
important to recognize for strategizing against it
professors need to forcefully condemn Columbia University for aiding the govt in effectively kidnapping a legal permanent resident for political speech. Either we fight for our students or we lose our universities
reading on theories of imperialism for my comps right now and HOW are there 3 important thinkers named Giovanni Arrighi, Arghiri Emmanuel, and Immanuel Wallerstein ??
UChicago president Paul Alivisatos just joined a law-suit against a federal government institute (NIH) citing the "adverse impacts on institutions of higher education"
quite a political stance from s/o who insisted the university must remain neutral on genocide & scholasticide
A historic day: Over a million Palestinians return to northern Gaza after the destruction of their homes and the failure of Israelโs attempts at forced displacement.
doing fieldwork as a shy personโข is weird because I have to just will myself to not be if I want to get anything done. like I have to just force myself to reach out to new people and start up conversations that I would never willingly do in my normal life
and even when trying my hardest it still makes me a worse researcher. like I'll leave an event having talked to interesting people only to realize I got none of their contact information and didn't even think to ask them most of the questions that were running thru my head
US apparently only has 2 diplos on Gaza. 1 quit. โI got so tired of writing about dead kids. Just constantly having to prove โฆ that these children actually died & then watching nothing happen ... We donโt have a policy on Palestine. We just do what the Israelis want us to doโ