Marjane Satrapi’s Masterpiece Persepolis transformed the world’s Understanding of Iran

He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes. 5 months until the Midterms. #AccountabilityIsComing

HAPPENING NOW: @fightforthefuture.org is in Richmond, VA calling out @markwarner.bsky.social, democrat’s lead negotiator on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), demanding he stop working with republicans to give the Trump administration a blank check to spy on Americans without a warrant!

Today, a congresswoman lied to have CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin detained by Capitol Police. Why? To try to silence our work against U.S. wars in the Middle East and sanctions on Cuba.

Mustafa Barghouti explains that Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire 3,000 times, has killed 930 Palestinians, is still restricting the entry of aid, & is occupying 60% of Gaza (soon to be 70%) when the ceasefire agreement says they should be withdrawing.

The Trump administration sued four Democratic-led states – Oregon, Washington, Maine, and Massachusetts – Wednesday over the states’ refusal to grant undercover license plates to federal agents ashland.news/trump-admini...

I'm excited to contribute to "A Grand Tour: Travels in the South Caucasus," a class convened by the University of Chicago's Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures & the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus A great line up of sessions & teachers! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-to...

🍉 In TMR 57 • PALESTINE, Rebecca Ruth Gould provided an exclusive interview of award-winning Palestinian writer Nasser Abu Srour, finally free after 32 years in Israeli prisons. 🔗 https://bit.ly/prison-and-the-writer-interview-with-palestinian-nasser-abu-srour #TMR57Palestine #Palestine

The empire’s war on activism and journalism continues to escalate as the Trump administration targets left-wing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin for the crime of bringing humanitarian aid to Cuba. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/yet-anothe...

Congratulations to @libjuiceconnect.bsky.social and the editors and authors for this important new book on Palestinian libraries which I just received in the mail, appropriately a day before Nakba Day

"Crabapple is a time traveler, a necromancer and an unclassifiable genius. She beckons readers through a portal to an irresistible,lost world, one bound together by passion, solidarity, and a burning hunger for justice.“- @naomiaklein.bsky.social Preorder www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/646320...

I stand with students and faculty. SOU is critical for all of Rogue Valley.

Embroidery by Lujayn in Gaza based on a design from the West Bank. You can read about her tatreez work here rgould.substack.com/p/a-story-of... #gazalighthousecollective

People too often think of genocide just as mass killing. While that is a big part of it, the defining feature is that genocide is aimed at destroying the entire social structure. In that sense the D9 is the most pure instrument of genocide, it exists only to flatten the social structure of Palestine

Think about how little Washington is paying attention to this & then imagine if any other nation did it. Israel just kidnapped nearly 200 people from around the world in international waters near Greece. And it did what many are calling "piracy" all to defend its other crime: its blockade of Gaza.

Fantastic news, throwing phones away when the battery dies is quite ridiculous. We don't need super thin phones, we need phones we can repair.

The special services soldier appears not to have understood that insider betting on Polymarket and similar fora is reserved as a privilege for members of the president's family and immediate entourage. abcnews.com/US/doj-arres...

“I want students to be resilient. It's a very difficult time right now to have hope. But we must exercise our agency. We can't just be passive and let warmongers destroy everything on our planet. We must fight back. This is an existential fight.“ www.dailyuw.com/article/remo...

In 2011, I published “The Geography of Comparative Literature” as a scholarly article in The Journal of Literary Theory. A friend discovered this forgotten article recently and encouraged me to republish it in this abbreviated form, as much of the critique holds true today.

Grateful to all chapter authors for contributing to @balaghas.bsky.social’s effort to rethink literary theory beyond Eurocentric paradigms Colleagues in comp lit, translation, & global literary theory please DM or write to our distributor [email protected] if you’d like a reviewer copy

Proud of my mother Brenda Gould @451book.bsky.social who addressed Oregon Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov on Friday 3 April at his Medford Town Hall meeting and called on him to block US arms sales to Israel youtu.be/QDZiXzZCO48?...

Solidarity with Aria Fani, an excellent scholar of Persian and comparative literature.

"There is no justification for Congress to prioritize funding an unnecessary war while failing to invest in urgent domestic needs—like preventing millions of people from losing access to health care and food assistance." FAQ resource: Why Congress must block funding for war on Iran 👇

An online archive honoring the Palestinian scholars, teachers, and university researchers martyred in Gaza during the genocide rememberinggazascholars.org

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

I'm attending Health Care for All Oregon's event, “ASHLAND- No Kings Crowd Canvassing” - sign up now to join me! #hcao www.mobilize.us/hcao/event/9...

My talk on translating Palestine at The University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, where Palestine 🇵🇸 solidarity is alive and well. Great questions from an engaged audience! One of the few places in the US where a conversation like this is a possible in an institutional setting youtu.be/Gs1Gk0s51ys

President Trump is again trying to restrict our free press in a time we need it most – another foreign war. We’ll fight any attempts to restrict the truth from the American people. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/w...

A message for 🇪🇺President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and 🇩🇪Chancellor Merz: "You can't support those who set the world on fire and then blame the smoke caused by the fire." In an era where most of Europe's leaders are so spineless, Pedro Sanchez really stands out.

As the death toll climbs higher each day, we must remember: Those being killed are not statistics. They are real people who had loved ones. Who had hopes and dreams. Our leaders have a moral duty to stop this killing.

In my interview with Palestinian writer & former political prisoner Nasser Abu Srour I was struck by how closely his aesthetic aligns with Ghassan Kanafani: “Writers are obliged to reflect the reality in which they live. We don’t need symbolism or allegory. We need writing that conveys reality.”

As Security Council Stalls, There Are Other Ways to Stop US-Israeli War on Iran truthout.org/articles/as-...

Biden delivered the Country to Trump, disbelieving Gaza Death Statistics; they were Underestimates

You can now watch the whole interview on YouTube: m.youtube.com/watch?v=q5PI...

🚨The UN Sec. Gen. is refusing to defend Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese even as a fact check shows a disinformation campaign targeting her for comments she never made. France 24 reviewed a video of Albanese & reported she spoke of “a common enemy,” meaning “the system” that sustains a "pro...

Edward Said and the Task of the Intellectual Today | Rebecca Ruth Gould What does a new edition of Edward Said’s classic ‘Representations of the Intellectual’ reveal in the context of the crisis in Gaza? lareviewofbooks.org/article/edwa...

🚨 BREAKING | The whereabouts & health status of Palestinian resident of Paterson, NJ, Leqaa Kordia remain unconfirmed as of Sun. evening, her family & legal team say, following her emergency hospitalization on Fri. Kordia on Feb. 6 reportedly suffered a medical emergency—identified by a formerly...

NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure. Her whereabouts & health are now unknown. The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.

Storefronts across the Rogue Valley now display signs reading “no warrant, no entry” as more businesses train to become “Fourth Amendment workplaces” in response to increased federal immigration enforcement. Started by the Medford-based 1/2 ashland.news/no-warrant-n...

"Hope is the greatest threat to the oppressors." Marwan Barghouti as quoted by his son, Arab Barghouti #FreePalestine www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwkU...

This is the best podcast I have heard on the Iran uprising and massacres of 2026. I encourage everyone to listen to it. Chowra Makaremi @chowmak.bsky.social and Amir Ahmadi Arian say important things here which I have not heard so clearly stated elsewhere.

Zahra Najafi, a 30-year-old teacher, while pregnant, was shot and killed in her husband’s arms on January 8,2026 in #Mashhad during #IranProtests2026 🌹🖤 After 14 years of family opposition, they had finally married—only one year and five months ago💔 #Iran #IranMassacre