Ora Szekely
@oraszekely.bsky.social
Political science professor | political violence and civil war in the Middle East | very pro-Rhode Island.
Apparently "Democracy Dies in Darkness" was just Bezos's mission statement.
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Apparently "Democracy Dies in Darkness" was just Bezos's mission statement.
The Stories from the Field podcast is now back with a second season!
So excited to publish Season 2 of the "Stories from the Field" podcast w @oraszekely.bsky.social. This season, we focus on research on civil war, from doing research in one’s home country to the special importance of research ethics in scholarship on armed conflict /1
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The Stories from the Field podcast is now back with a second season!
Rhode Island, write to your state senators about this ASAP:
Rhode Island deserves better judges than Michael McCaffrey - The Boston Globe
We should insist that our governor and legislators choose judicial nominees who believe in protecting civil rights, writes one former state senator and former leader at the US Department of Labor’s Wo...
www.bostonglobe.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Rhode Island, write to your state senators about this ASAP:
Hopeful thread.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Hopeful thread.
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Ok, I couldn't stop thinking about this. Apologies to the literally dozens of people I've lifted from... I want to do a fully credited version, but I'm sitting here sobbing and, well, maybe you'll feel some release, too.
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Ok, I couldn't stop thinking about this. Apologies to the literally dozens of people I've lifted from... I want to do a fully credited version, but I'm sitting here sobbing and, well, maybe you'll feel some release, too.
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Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Abolish and prosecute ICE. They did a murder in broad daylight today. Imagine what they're doing in the closed facilities we're somehow not even allowed to see.
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Some top-notch Rhode Island reporters to follow:
@tednesi.bsky.social
@iandonnis.bsky.social
@amandamilkovits.bsky.social
@fitzprov.bsky.social
@waveelection.bsky.social
@antoniafarzan.bsky.social
@steveahlquist.bsky.social
@tednesi.bsky.social
@iandonnis.bsky.social
@amandamilkovits.bsky.social
@fitzprov.bsky.social
@waveelection.bsky.social
@antoniafarzan.bsky.social
@steveahlquist.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Some top-notch Rhode Island reporters to follow:
@tednesi.bsky.social
@iandonnis.bsky.social
@amandamilkovits.bsky.social
@fitzprov.bsky.social
@waveelection.bsky.social
@antoniafarzan.bsky.social
@steveahlquist.bsky.social
@tednesi.bsky.social
@iandonnis.bsky.social
@amandamilkovits.bsky.social
@fitzprov.bsky.social
@waveelection.bsky.social
@antoniafarzan.bsky.social
@steveahlquist.bsky.social
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Please follow official updates and only share confirmed updates. This keeps us all safer.
www.brown.edu
www.brown.edu
Brown University
www.brown.edu
December 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Please follow official updates and only share confirmed updates. This keeps us all safer.
www.brown.edu
www.brown.edu
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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1/x For no particular reason, a thread of books to remind you that gender matters to international security. #polisky
@oraszekely.bsky.social, Jessica, and I wrote Insurgent Women to highlight the involvement of women in multiple conflicts.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Insurge...
@oraszekely.bsky.social, Jessica, and I wrote Insurgent Women to highlight the involvement of women in multiple conflicts.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Insurge...
Insurgent Women
press.georgetown.edu
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
1/x For no particular reason, a thread of books to remind you that gender matters to international security. #polisky
@oraszekely.bsky.social, Jessica, and I wrote Insurgent Women to highlight the involvement of women in multiple conflicts.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Insurge...
@oraszekely.bsky.social, Jessica, and I wrote Insurgent Women to highlight the involvement of women in multiple conflicts.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Insurge...
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
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A protest against ICE in the Park Avenue neighborhood appeared to provoke the federal agents to leave a roofing job site.
www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
ICE agents in the Park Ave neighborhood spark large-scale protest
The group shouted “shame” and "Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the ICE-led action drove a Border Patrol SUV away on four flat tires, which had been slashed.
www.wxxinews.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A protest against ICE in the Park Avenue neighborhood appeared to provoke the federal agents to leave a roofing job site.
www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2...
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6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
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Are there any civ-mil scholars who are not alarmed by this?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Sending the Guard to police DC citizens politicizes the military--just like using it and active duty troops against protesters and in immigration and counter cartel missions does.
This is no accident. It's part of a broader effort to transform the military into a partisan force.
This is no accident. It's part of a broader effort to transform the military into a partisan force.
NYT reporting today that the admin. is planning to use the U.S. military ag/ cartels. This has actually been in the works for awhile as I argued in this Foreign Affairs piece from April.
It's part of what I see as an effort to politicize the military and transform it into a partisan force. 1/
It's part of what I see as an effort to politicize the military and transform it into a partisan force. 1/
August 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Are there any civ-mil scholars who are not alarmed by this?
Anyone?
Anyone?
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Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
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During McCarthyism, they went after individuals to force their agenda, now they're going after entire institutions.
The Trump administration is doing everything they can to reverse all progress toward creating a higher education system assessable to all.
We must fight back.
#DefendHigherEd
The Trump administration is doing everything they can to reverse all progress toward creating a higher education system assessable to all.
We must fight back.
#DefendHigherEd
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
During McCarthyism, they went after individuals to force their agenda, now they're going after entire institutions.
The Trump administration is doing everything they can to reverse all progress toward creating a higher education system assessable to all.
We must fight back.
#DefendHigherEd
The Trump administration is doing everything they can to reverse all progress toward creating a higher education system assessable to all.
We must fight back.
#DefendHigherEd
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it is genuinely insane that we have just kind of acclimated to the fact that we have masked secret police now
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
it is genuinely insane that we have just kind of acclimated to the fact that we have masked secret police now
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Faceless government goon arrests public official for refusing to hand over a vulnerable person without a warrant.
Guess the country.
Guess the country.
June 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Faceless government goon arrests public official for refusing to hand over a vulnerable person without a warrant.
Guess the country.
Guess the country.
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Why, it contains no king.
June 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Why, it contains no king.
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This phone interview contains a detailed description of the wildest fucking shit I've ever heard on television news, hands down
'Never seen anything like it in my life': New Jersey congressman reacts to Newark mayor arrest
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This phone interview contains a detailed description of the wildest fucking shit I've ever heard on television news, hands down
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I don't generally give out life advice but one suggestion I have is to not take or remain in a job that requires you to hide your face from your fellow citizens in shame while you do your fucking nazi cosplay on behalf of a paste-brained tyrant
May 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I don't generally give out life advice but one suggestion I have is to not take or remain in a job that requires you to hide your face from your fellow citizens in shame while you do your fucking nazi cosplay on behalf of a paste-brained tyrant