The Pedagogy Lab & Center for Feminist Futures at UC Santa Barbara is seeking submissions for The Executive Dis/Order Project: Refusing Compliance. This project is looking for original art on executive power and its effects on democracy to build a visual archive of resistance to US suppression. /1

It would be an understatement to say 2025 so far has been difficult in the midst of political uncertainty and mounting assaults against our most vulnerable. Throughout this time, the Digital Collective has remained steadfast in our commitment to publish critical work and offers these pieces… /1

It is difficult to capture how the world was utterly transformed since October 7, 2023…This past summer, the Digital Collective joined those who encouraged a serious reflection on the violent administrative response to a wide range of student activism ... /1

"Seventy years ago today, Vito Marcantonio, the most left-wing congressman in US history, suffered a fatal heart attack. He had by then left office disappointed by McCarthyism and the failure of pro-worker and anti-racist legislative efforts." /1

The deadline has been extended until August 20!

Deadline tomorrow!

Looking for some reading material this weekend? Check out "Pushing Forward: 25 Years of Black AIDS Awareness," a microsyllabus by Aishah Scott. This piece focuses on how systemic marginalization intensified the AIDS crisis in Black communities. /1

Deadline is today!

The Abusable Past seeks contributions that speak to faculty and student experiences with teaching and learning during the Palestine solidarity protests of 2024. More information here: abusablepast.org/a-call-for-s...

Abusable Past is accepting submissions for a new forum exploring the essence and boundaries of radical history. We aim to understand the definition of radical history, who practices it, and the challenges they face.

The Abusable Past seeks contributions that speak to faculty and student experiences with teaching and learning during the Palestine solidarity protests of 2024. More information here: mtsacecachronicle.com/7839/world/u...

Check out "Detention Nation: US Empire and Immigrant Prisons – Tina Shull and Elliott Young in Conversation." Dr. Elliott Young is a Professor in the History Department at Lewis and Clark College. Dr. Tina Shull (she/her) is an Associate Professor and Director of Public History at UNC Charlotte.

In "Immigration and Mental Health Collide, Again," Jeremy Peschard analyzes how U.S. policies tend to conflate asylum-seekers with having mental illnesses, harkening back to eugenics logic of the late 19th c.

An essential piece from Dr. Charlotte Mertens this morning on the ways that colonialism informs and continues to shape contemporary sexual violence in the conflict of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). abusablepast.org/the-weapon-o...

February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Explore our new microsyllabus, "Pushing Forward: 25 Years of Black AIDS Awareness" from Dr. Aishah Scott which offers intersectional works from a variety of disciplines to commemorate the anniversary. abusablepast.org/pushing-forw...

Today on the The Abusable Past, Kat Fuller writes on misinformation and the devastating impact of residential school denialism in Canada. abusablepast.org/residential-...

Check out a new interview with activist Kipp Dawson AND explore a piece from Jessie Ramey and Catherine Evans on Dawson's papers at the University of Pittsburgh. The Radical History Review article is free to view for a limited time. abusablepast.org/challenging-...

Which side are you on? This morning, @ajbauer.bsky.social writes on the parallels between the Second Red Scare and the current "Palestine Scare" in higher education. abusablepast.org/the-myth-of-...

This morning we are excited to bring you a new Doing Radical History feature from @chrisapihlak.bsky.social! Chris tells us both a personal story and offers ideas about what social history can offer to trans studies. abusablepast.org/trans-social...

New CFP for Radical History Review: Radical Histories of Decolonization 👇

Unfortunately, we are experiencing technical difficulties with our website host. While we work to fix it, you may have difficulties accessing The Abusable Past. We will update as soon as we have this sorted out!

This morning we have a new piece from @esmat.bsky.social , covering the state of postcolonial studies in Israel and its effect on Palestinian liberation. "A Dying Postcolonialism" is up now. www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

Gen Z students are more likely than any previous generation to engage in climate activism. That's why we're finishing up our back to school week with teaching resources on environmental justice. Start with the microsyllabus from Danielle M. Purifoy. www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

As we dive into a new semester, reflect upon these commentaries on teaching from The Abusable Past. First up: "Not Caring, To Care: Radical Pedagogy During Covid-19" www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

For background on RICO as a tool to criminalize the left, and on the critical need for solidarity, check out my article in @abusablepast.bsky.social & @lpeproject.bsky.social www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

Unfortunately, our website is currently down. We are working on fixing the issue and will post an update once we are up and running again!

Gen Z students are more likely than any previous generation to engage in climate activism. That's why we're finishing up our back to school week with teaching resources on environmental justice. Start with the microsyllabus from Danielle M. Purifoy. www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

As we dive into a new semester, reflect upon these commentaries on teaching from The Abusable Past. First up: "Not Caring, To Care: Radical Pedagogy During Covid-19" www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

Teaching histories of Public Health this fall? We have microsyllabi for you! Plus some excellent accompanying articles covering epidemic disease, abortion, and trans studies. 🧵⬇️

Want to incorporate accessible pieces on contemporary popular culture in your syllabus this fall? We've got you covered. This article should interest fans of The Last of Us. 🇨🇱 www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

Want to incorporate accessible pieces on contemporary popular culture in your syllabus this fall? We've got you covered. This article should interest fans of The Last of Us. 🇨🇱 www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

Teaching histories of Public Health this fall? We have microsyllabi for you! Plus some excellent accompanying articles covering epidemic disease, abortion, and trans studies. 🧵⬇️

Looking for ways to use The Abusable Past in your classroom? This week, we'll be highlighting resources for teaching. Today, we have some great material to get your students to think critically about the campuses they inhabit. (See thread for more details 👇 )

For our first post, we’re excited to showcase the latest from @dnbrgr.bsky.social, a collaboration w/ the Law and Political Economy Project - a look into the long tradition of using RICO to suppress leftwing activists, including #stopcopcity protestors www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...

To welcome @abusablepast.bsky.social onto Bluesky, here's a post I wrote for them a few years ago about suburban racialized fear, the history of privacy, and the rise of Amazon Ring doorbells and other home surveillance devices.

Yes!! Everyone read Matt's important Abusable Past piece on ring doorbells and racialized suburban fear and then go get hyped about his forthcoming @dukepress.bsky.social book *Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York* www.dukeupress.edu/police-and-t...

@abusablepast.bsky.social is on here!! Follow for awesome posts like this new piece up from @dnbrgr.bsky.social that reveals the history of how RICO has been used to decimate left wing activism 👇🏽

Looking for ways to use The Abusable Past in your classroom? This week, we'll be highlighting resources for teaching. Today, we have some great material to get your students to think critically about the campuses they inhabit. (See thread for more details 👇 )

For our first post, we’re excited to showcase the latest from @dnbrgr.bsky.social, a collaboration w/ the Law and Political Economy Project - a look into the long tradition of using RICO to suppress leftwing activists, including #stopcopcity protestors www.radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast...