Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu
@direnenserdar.bsky.social
Activist Public Scholar / Books: Öl Dediler Öldüm: Şehitlik Mitleri/ Yükseköğretimin Serbest Düşüşü: Özel Üniversiteler/
Social & Psychological Dimensions of Personal Debt/ Üniversitede Direniş Dayanışma: Yıkım, Sömürü ve Sivil Ölüm Rejimine Karşı Durmak
Social & Psychological Dimensions of Personal Debt/ Üniversitede Direniş Dayanışma: Yıkım, Sömürü ve Sivil Ölüm Rejimine Karşı Durmak
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“The faculty senate was neither involved in the discussion nor endorsed the decision to terminate graduate teaching instructor Mel Curth for being ‘arbitrary in the grading’ of a psychology paper that cited the Bible.”
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-facu... Faculty Senate’s resolution insists “OU Faculty Senate Executive Committee and Faculty Senate were neither solicited for input nor endorsed the decision of the administration on this matter.” Despite the OU Administration claiming they did.
Faculty Senate to consider stand against OU’s handling of grade dispute despite university claims
OU Faculty Senate aims to vote on a resolution to affirm the senate did not endorse the university’s termination of graduate teaching instructor Mel Curth in a virtual ballot.
www.oudaily.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
“The faculty senate was neither involved in the discussion nor endorsed the decision to terminate graduate teaching instructor Mel Curth for being ‘arbitrary in the grading’ of a psychology paper that cited the Bible.”
Yona Roseman İsrail ordusuna katılmayı reddeden bir genç. Diyor ki: "Doğduğum ülkenin ordusu, erinden generaline, bu zulümlerin baş failidir. Toplum da bu suçun ortağıdır. Bu acı gerçeği kabul ederek, önümdeki tek doğru seçeneğin reddetmek olduğu sonucuna vardım."
www.evrensel.net/yazi/98691/t...
www.evrensel.net/yazi/98691/t...
Tek seçenek reddetmek - Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu - Evrensel
Militarizmin, acımasızlığın ve utanmazlığın her gün ısrarla bütün dünyaya dayatıldığı günlerden geçiyoruz. Kelli felli ve yetkili kişiler, her gün hiç...
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February 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Yona Roseman İsrail ordusuna katılmayı reddeden bir genç. Diyor ki: "Doğduğum ülkenin ordusu, erinden generaline, bu zulümlerin baş failidir. Toplum da bu suçun ortağıdır. Bu acı gerçeği kabul ederek, önümdeki tek doğru seçeneğin reddetmek olduğu sonucuna vardım."
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Thousands on the streets of London calling for an end to Britain's suppprt for nuclear-armed Israel's occupation of Palestine.
January 31, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Thousands on the streets of London calling for an end to Britain's suppprt for nuclear-armed Israel's occupation of Palestine.
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"Instead of funding a domestic army which breaks the Constitution every day, we should be putting that money to help the people of our country get the healthcare that they need," Sen. Bernie Sanders said of ICE's $75 billion.
Senate GOP Rejects Sanders Amendment to Give ICE's Extra $75 Billion to Medicaid
"Instead of funding a domestic army which breaks the Constitution every day, we should be putting that money to help the people of our country get the healthcare that they need," said the progressive senator.
www.commondreams.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
"Instead of funding a domestic army which breaks the Constitution every day, we should be putting that money to help the people of our country get the healthcare that they need," Sen. Bernie Sanders said of ICE's $75 billion.
Peace Psychology webinar by Dr. German Cadenas
"Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset: The Role of Psychologists and the Public in Supporting the Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees” recorded on January 27, 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsg...
"Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset: The Role of Psychologists and the Public in Supporting the Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees” recorded on January 27, 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsg...
“Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset" German Cadenas
YouTube video by PeacePsychology48
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January 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Peace Psychology webinar by Dr. German Cadenas
"Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset: The Role of Psychologists and the Public in Supporting the Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees” recorded on January 27, 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsg...
"Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset: The Role of Psychologists and the Public in Supporting the Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees” recorded on January 27, 2026.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsg...
Dr. Nathan Geiger's talk: "Why don’t we realize that others (also) care about the planet? Pluralistic ignorance on climate change, its causes, and its correction"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxd...
APA Division 34 Webinar in Spring 2025 – 1st episode
YouTube video by APA Division 34 - SEPCP
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January 31, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Dr. Nathan Geiger's talk: "Why don’t we realize that others (also) care about the planet? Pluralistic ignorance on climate change, its causes, and its correction"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGxd...
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The families of two men from Trinidad killed in an October U.S. missile strike in the Caribbean are suing the Trump administration for wrongful death and extrajudicial killing.
Their lawyer, Baher Azmy, calls the strikes “cold-blooded murder.”
Their lawyer, Baher Azmy, calls the strikes “cold-blooded murder.”
January 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The families of two men from Trinidad killed in an October U.S. missile strike in the Caribbean are suing the Trump administration for wrongful death and extrajudicial killing.
Their lawyer, Baher Azmy, calls the strikes “cold-blooded murder.”
Their lawyer, Baher Azmy, calls the strikes “cold-blooded murder.”
Watch our Peace Psychology webinar by Professor German Cadenas from Rutgers University:
“Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset: The Role of #Psychologists and the Public in Supporting the Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsg...
“Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset: The Role of #Psychologists and the Public in Supporting the Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsg...
“Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset" German Cadenas
YouTube video by PeacePsychology48
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January 29, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Watch our Peace Psychology webinar by Professor German Cadenas from Rutgers University:
“Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset: The Role of #Psychologists and the Public in Supporting the Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsg...
“Upholding a Sanctuary Mindset: The Role of #Psychologists and the Public in Supporting the Wellbeing of Immigrants and Refugees”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrsg...
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Labour's plans to roll out live facial recognition across Britain is a disturbing attack on our civil liberties, right to privacy and individual freedoms, and leaves the door wide open to abuse.
This stride into full state surveillance must be resisted.
This stride into full state surveillance must be resisted.
Live facial recognition tech to be rolled out across Britain
LIVE facial recognition technology will be rolled out across the country under plans for the biggest overhaul in policing in nearly 200 years.MPs, unions and campaigners voiced civil liberty fears as ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Labour's plans to roll out live facial recognition across Britain is a disturbing attack on our civil liberties, right to privacy and individual freedoms, and leaves the door wide open to abuse.
This stride into full state surveillance must be resisted.
This stride into full state surveillance must be resisted.
Yuval Peleg henüz 18 yaşında. Dile getirdiği gerçekler Davos vb. forumlarda yer almasa da, barışa giden yolun militarizmi reddetmekten geçtiğini gösteriyor.
www.evrensel.net/yazi/98560/m...
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“Milli güvenlik” değil, barış - Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu - Evrensel
Dünyanın karşı karşıya olduğu tehlike artık çok daha açık. Bütün dünyayı bir sömürü nesnesi olarak görenler, ne istediklerini ve neler yapabileceklerini...
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January 26, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Yuval Peleg henüz 18 yaşında. Dile getirdiği gerçekler Davos vb. forumlarda yer almasa da, barışa giden yolun militarizmi reddetmekten geçtiğini gösteriyor.
www.evrensel.net/yazi/98560/m...
www.evrensel.net/yazi/98560/m...
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The censorship at Texas A&M is out of control. Classes have been cancelled & professors are being retaliated against for speaking out. It’s time to stand up.
Join the TAMU community to rally next Thursday!
Aggies for Academic Freedom!
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
Join the TAMU community to rally next Thursday!
Aggies for Academic Freedom!
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The censorship at Texas A&M is out of control. Classes have been cancelled & professors are being retaliated against for speaking out. It’s time to stand up.
Join the TAMU community to rally next Thursday!
Aggies for Academic Freedom!
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
Join the TAMU community to rally next Thursday!
Aggies for Academic Freedom!
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
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“Students and scholars shouldn’t have to live in fear that ICE agents could seize them from their homes merely for engaging in political expression. Today’s judgment makes emphatically clear that the administration’s campaign of intimidation must end.”
—Ramya Krishnan, @knightcolumbia.org
—Ramya Krishnan, @knightcolumbia.org
Judge warns Trump administration from changing plaintiffs immigration status in First Amendment case
A federal judge ruled that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, ...
apnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
“Students and scholars shouldn’t have to live in fear that ICE agents could seize them from their homes merely for engaging in political expression. Today’s judgment makes emphatically clear that the administration’s campaign of intimidation must end.”
—Ramya Krishnan, @knightcolumbia.org
—Ramya Krishnan, @knightcolumbia.org
I'm attending AFSC US-Palestine Activism's event, “Webinar - Reaching a Milestone: Surpassing 1,000 Apartheid-Free Communities” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/us-palestine...
Webinar - Reaching a Milestone: Surpassing 1,000 Apartheid-Free Communities · AFSC US-Palestine Activism
In December the growing Apartheid-Free movement marked a milestone when over 1000 communities pledged to become apartheid-free. These communities are working to cut ties with Israel’s apartheid regime...
www.mobilize.us
January 24, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I'm attending AFSC US-Palestine Activism's event, “Webinar - Reaching a Milestone: Surpassing 1,000 Apartheid-Free Communities” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/us-palestine...
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Ahead of tomorrow's international webinar, German trade unionist Ulrike Eifler writes about the impacts of increased military spending on societies and the need to grow the Europe-wide movement against war and militarism.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/welf...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/welf...
Welfare not warfare: how militarisation is hollowing out society
TO THE average person, militarisation means giving more money to the army and this destroys our society. And they are right.Every single euro spending for armament is missing for social justice, for g...
morningstaronline.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Ahead of tomorrow's international webinar, German trade unionist Ulrike Eifler writes about the impacts of increased military spending on societies and the need to grow the Europe-wide movement against war and militarism.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/welf...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/welf...
KHK rejimi üniversitelerde daha önce başarılamamış büyük tasfiyenin gerçekleştirilmesini sağladı. Özel üniversite patronları da işten çıkardıkları imzacıları KHK kapsamına aldırarak işe iade davalarına karşı bir duvar örmek olanağını kaçırmadılar.
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Suçları barış, mahkemeleri özel - Serdar M. Değirmencioğlu - Evrensel
Bugün 11 Ocak. Barış isteyen akademisyenlerin bir ağızdan, “Bu suça ortak olmayacağız!” dedikleri günün 10. yıl dönümü. Barış Akademisyenlerine son on yıl...
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January 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
KHK rejimi üniversitelerde daha önce başarılamamış büyük tasfiyenin gerçekleştirilmesini sağladı. Özel üniversite patronları da işten çıkardıkları imzacıları KHK kapsamına aldırarak işe iade davalarına karşı bir duvar örmek olanağını kaçırmadılar.
www.evrensel.net/yazi/98472/s...
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Wanted to share my diary with you, on visiting Minneapolis.
I came focused on cruelty: the killing of Renee Good. The agents leaving whatever their lives are to make others’ hell. The elites cheering it all on.
I came looking for what's wrong in America.
But what I found was actually what's right:
I came focused on cruelty: the killing of Renee Good. The agents leaving whatever their lives are to make others’ hell. The elites cheering it all on.
I came looking for what's wrong in America.
But what I found was actually what's right:
Trump's Assault on What's Right
Minneapolis mourns Renee Nicole Good, ICE’s immorality hits a new low, and the National Portrait Gallery quietly edits out Trump’s ugly past.
zeteo.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Wanted to share my diary with you, on visiting Minneapolis.
I came focused on cruelty: the killing of Renee Good. The agents leaving whatever their lives are to make others’ hell. The elites cheering it all on.
I came looking for what's wrong in America.
But what I found was actually what's right:
I came focused on cruelty: the killing of Renee Good. The agents leaving whatever their lives are to make others’ hell. The elites cheering it all on.
I came looking for what's wrong in America.
But what I found was actually what's right:
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In Britain and around the world, the movement against Trump's violent imperialism is growing.
From his disgraceful illegal attack on Venezuela to his threats against Cuba and other Latin American countries, we have a moral duty to organise and resist.
From his disgraceful illegal attack on Venezuela to his threats against Cuba and other Latin American countries, we have a moral duty to organise and resist.
Protesters across Britain demand end to government's complicity in US war machine
PEACE protesters joined demonstrations around the country this weekend, calling for an end to Britain’s complicity in the US war machine.Solidarity groups, campaigners and union leaders led rallies on...
morningstaronline.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
In Britain and around the world, the movement against Trump's violent imperialism is growing.
From his disgraceful illegal attack on Venezuela to his threats against Cuba and other Latin American countries, we have a moral duty to organise and resist.
From his disgraceful illegal attack on Venezuela to his threats against Cuba and other Latin American countries, we have a moral duty to organise and resist.
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"Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. A university that censors Plato—as well as other significant texts—abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, and the public trust."
— AAUP President Todd Wolfson
— AAUP President Todd Wolfson
AAUP President Todd Wolfson: An Institution That Censors Plato is Not a Serious Institution of Higher Learning
Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who is a cornerstone of Western thought because his work touches on race or ge...
www.aaup.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. A university that censors Plato—as well as other significant texts—abandons its obligation to truth, free inquiry, and the public trust."
— AAUP President Todd Wolfson
— AAUP President Todd Wolfson
