Israel is constructing tunnels that Palestinians will be required to pass through in the heart of the West Bank, making large parts of the occupied territory accessible only to Israelis. The aim is to remove the Palestinian presence around Jerusalem. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...

An immigration judge within the Trump DOJ has denied bond to Rumeysa Ozturk, saying she’s a “danger and flight risk.” Her “crime” is cowriting an op-ed urging her school to follow student resolutions to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide & divest from companies tied to Israel.

Vichy on the Hudson: Rashid Khalidi on Coumbia www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"In effect, the universities ceded the ground to Israel and its supporters, allowing them to paint the protesters as antisemites calling for the murder of Jews – and conveniently distract attention from the actual genocide unfolding in Gaza." Adam Shatz on Columbia, liberals, spinelessness.

“We had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed,” National Security Advisor Waltz wrote. “Excellent,” VP Vance replied.

‘The threat that this is “only the beginning” is broadcast loud and clear, together with the desire for “total victory”, which they appear happy to equate with the annihilation of Gaza’s population.’ Selma Dabbagh on Israel’s renewed strikes on Gaza: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

Historical ethnography, use-value economies, the political consequences of public history: me interviewed by Christoph Brumann for our MPI house podcast about and around my book, Gleaning for Communism: The Soviet Socialist Household in Theory and Practice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xvI...

Thinking about this quote from Hayek for no reason

latest from me “Russian Late-Liberalism: Notes Hierarchy, Responsibility, and Legally Ownerless Dogs.” General Anthropology 31 (1–2): 19–22. doi.org/10.1111/gena....