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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 17h

Israel is still not allowing International Media back into Gaza, despite the Ceasefire

By Colleen Murrell, Dublin City University (The Conversation) – The world’s media are currently busy recording the tales of released Israeli hostages, freed Palestinian prisoners and their families after a ceasefire came into effect for the war in Gaza. But they are doing so while still being held at a distance from the centre of […]

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21h

This is so significant: a new comprehensive report detailing the myriad modalities of Canadian university complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

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Palestine at Canadian Universities: How institutional complicity in colonial genocide is maintained

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks to @stellamorgana.bsky.social & @jmchickson.bsky.social for including us in their collection.

Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 2d

Very pleased to see our article (with Yujing Tan & Shivant Jhagroe) on the GPE of Labour & platform capitalism, drawing on our study of migrant gig workers in multinational food delivery platforms in the Netherlands published with @gpejournal.bsky.social!

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 16d

Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
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Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)

The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 2d

De dag waarop iedereen altijd al tegen deze genocide was
@bramvermeul.bsky.social
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De dag waarop iedereen altijd al tegen deze genocide was

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James Hickson @jmchickson.bsky.social · 8d

Building on our workshop last year on The Global Politics of Precarity and Insecure Work, @stellamorgana.bsky.social and I are delighted to share a collection of 6 original commentary articles on this theme in @gpejournal.bsky.social

Read the full introduction here: doi.org/10.1332/2635...

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Brian Ulrich @brianjulrich.bsky.social · 16d

"The idea...is to retell the story of #Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of #labor instead of oil... 'The story of Oman’s history and of development is the story of living and working. You want to understand the Omani story? Follow the workers.'" - @crystalennis.bsky.social

Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)

The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...

www.jadaliyya.com

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 16d

Haven't read my book yet & want to know more? Check out my #NewTextsOutNow interview with @jadaliyya.bsky.social !
#newton
#millennialdreams #oman
www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46914

Crystal A. Ennis, Millennial Dreams in Oil Economies: Job Seeking and the Global Political Economy of Labour in Oman (New Texts Out Now)

The idea of this book is to retell the story of Oman’s modern economic development from the perspective of labor instead of oil—bringing in people from the margins of (global) political economy analys...

www.jadaliyya.com

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 20d

#OtD 25 Sep 2003 noted Palestinian intellectual Edward Said died. A founding father of postcolonial theory, he wrote extensively on the Middle East and Palestine, and how Western culture has been moulded by imperialism stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9791...

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 22d

Solidarity to our colleagues at Birzeit University, enduring repeated attacks by Israeli occupation forces.

If you haven't been, please pay attention.

#scholasticide

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Birzeit University Under Attack: Fifth Invasion Amid Ongoing Genocide and Scholasticide

At midnight of September 22, 2025, Israeli occupation forces once again stormed Birzeit University. Israeli Soldiers violently assaulted campus guards before raiding several university buildings, i…

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 24d

Canada has recognized Palestine. Finally. It feels like a tiny victory. But let's also put it in context. 140 other UN member states already recognize Palestine.

It is meaningful in Canadian FP terms & represents a shift. Canada has been more than a holdout, it has even been an obstacle at the UN.

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Sarah J. Martin @eatingpolitics.bsky.social · 27d

Yes!
I just spoke to a librarian and they are spending time trying to find fake citations - they are being given pages of fake references to find via inter-library loan
Again, digital asbestos - quick to produce, but so much cost and labour to clean-up.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 27d

Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25d

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28d

Nothing to add.

I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza.

"Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 28d

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and those who have canonized him.

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · 29d

Would love to hear it! Have you read Bailey and Mansouri's how to be anti AI in the 21st century?

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David Klion @davidklion.bsky.social · 29d

My column in the new issue of @thenation.com, in which I argue that liberals who are finally acknowledging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza must atone for nearly two years of complicity.

To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza

Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.

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Arang Keshavarzian @keshavarziana.bsky.social · Sep 15

I had the opportunity to review Elham Fakhro's excellent and highly timely book on the Abraham Accords. It sheds light on Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, the GCC, and the US at this current moment. merip.org/2025/09/the-...

The Limits of Protection and Profits—Five Years into the Abraham Accords - MERIP

On September 15, 2020, US President Donald Trump was joined at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign th...

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Ben O'Loughlin @benoloughlin.bsky.social · Sep 9

At the University of Valencia to explore AI and agency in politics, convened by Marco Guglielmo:

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · Sep 9

They bombed the Katara area in Doha. That area is a tourist spot, and always filled with families. I used to take my kid there every other day.
What is this rogue world

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Omar Cheta عمر شتا @omarcheta.bsky.social · Sep 4

*How Commerce Became Legal* is finally out with @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to all the friends and colleagues who helped along the way.

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(50% site-wide discount valid until September 8; 20% discount using code "CHETA20" after that)

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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · Jul 25

When the classroom is a tent and the dream is survival. In Gaza, students study by flashlight, under bombs, and through grief. This powerful essay by Taqwa al-Wawi honors their defiance and asks: how do you dream when your school no longer exists?

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When the Classroom Is a Tent and the Dream Is Survival

Palestine Square

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Iona Craig @ionacraig.com · Jul 22

This must stop.
Israel must stop this mass starvation.
Our lawmakers must do more.

“Since AFP was founded in August 1944, some of our journalists were killed in conflict, others were wounded or made prisoner, but there is no record of us ever having had to watch our colleagues starving to death.”

A statement from AFP news agency warning that Gaza journalists are dying from hunger.

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Crystal A. Ennis @crystalennis.bsky.social · Jul 15

Look what just arrived in the mail - Fabricating Homeland Security! Looking forward to reading this important work. Congrats Rhys ! @stanfordpress.bsky.social

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