this piece for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social about Luca Giordano's "St. Michael", representations of empire, aerial bombing, and Gaza. my favorite thing I wrote this year lareviewofbooks.org/article/agai...

A nice win: PEN America has retracted their statement pen.org/press-releas...

holy shit. extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand. what a stain on HRW's reputation. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

On Jan. 20th, the @hindrajabfoundation.be filed a request for prosecution in the US against Israeli "comedian" Guy Hochman for incitement to genocide On Jan. 29th, @penamerica.bsky.social issued a press release condemning the cancellation of some of Hochman's inciting performances Our response:

On Jan. 20th, the @hindrajabfoundation.be filed a request for prosecution in the US against Israeli "comedian" Guy Hochman for incitement to genocide On Jan. 29th, @penamerica.bsky.social issued a press release condemning the cancellation of some of Hochman's inciting performances Our response:

spoke with my favorite couple @shaabiranks.bsky.social and @seamus-malekafzali.com about international law, the so-called "war on terror," and the long shadow of colonial warfare for Turbulence turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-11...

spoke with my favorite couple @shaabiranks.bsky.social and @seamus-malekafzali.com about international law, the so-called "war on terror," and the long shadow of colonial warfare for Turbulence turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-11...

This reminded me of @jakeromm.bsky.social’s analysis of Israeli hasbara as fascist propaganda in his essay “Elements of Antisemitism” in @parapraxismag.bsky.social www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/ele...

Here is a video of my full talk with Dror Dayan about the Hind Rajab Foundation, German complicity in the genocide, and the international legal order at the Rosa Luxemburg Conference this past weekend [starting around 6:12:00] www.youtube.com/embed/470xHH...

I’ll be speaking at the Junge Welt Rosa Luxemburg Conference today at 3pm Berlin time: on international law, the genocide in Palestine, and the Hind Rajab Foundation Live stream link here: jungewelt.de/?lang=en

I’ll be speaking at the Junge Welt Rosa Luxemburg Conference today at 3pm Berlin time: on international law, the genocide in Palestine, and the Hind Rajab Foundation Live stream link here: jungewelt.de/?lang=en

par @jakeromm.bsky.social

I spoke with Susann Witt-Stahl for Junge Welt about the genocide in Palestine, international law, German complicity, the coming new world order, and the @hindrajabfoundation.be www.jungewelt.de/artikel/5154...

"What we are seeing now from the Trump administration is a US empire increasingly willing to dispense with even the perfunctory legal legitimation that past presidents leaned on." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Link: www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Seems like a good time to revisit @jakeromm.bsky.social’s piece in @thenation.com from October:

favorite albums I listened to in 2025 (alphabetical order) playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/03x...

favorite tracks I listened to for the first time in 2025 (no particular order) playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Zu...

favorite tracks I listened to for the first time in 2025 (no particular order) playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Zu...

lareviewofbooks.org/article/agai... This by comrade @jakeromm.bsky.social is first thing that came to mind

favorite albums I listened to in 2025 (alphabetical order) playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/03x...

"Frontier names a duality where the place is important but the people are unimportant" Two brilliant scholars @triofrancos.bsky.social@lalehkhalili.bsky.social in conversation, highly recommended! proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...

Hello Romm-heads, here is a thread of some things I wrote and said this year:

Hello Romm-heads, here is a thread of some things I wrote and said this year:

It was an honor to be interviewed in-depth by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @proteanmag.com A key theme: how to analyze “extractive frontiers” from a world-systemic perspective attentive to both the structures of colonialism and capitalism—and to socio-ecological struggle proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...

In this wide-ranging interview, Laleh Khalili (@lalehkhalili.bsky.social) speaks with Thea Riofrancos (@triofrancos.bsky.social) about her new book, "Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism"—on lithium mining, prospects for a just climate transition, and more. proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...

favorite books I read this year 1/2

A few days late but: I wrote about the incredible Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz and his attempts at a kind of materialist art for The Public Review www.thepublicreview.org/read/jake-ro...

VIDEO: The team behind @proteanmag.com (@jakeromm.bsky.social, @multiwhirl.bsky.social, @stevanzetti.bsky.social, and @walletcheck.bsky.social) visits our offices in New York City and makes their way through the Verso Archive, sharing some of the titles that have influenced their work.

A few days late but: I wrote about the incredible Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz and his attempts at a kind of materialist art for The Public Review www.thepublicreview.org/read/jake-ro...

Had a good talk with Sam on the @medicinered.bsky.social podcast about Zionism as an Antisemitism, paranoia and false projection, the burgeoning fascist world order, and more. listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/5OHa...

New episode of Popular Cradle pod: “No Country is Beyond the Reach of Law” I interviewed Jake Romm of the Hind Rajab Foundation about the pursuit of legal accountability against Israel’s war criminal soldiers, and what an end to Israeli impunity can look like open.spotify.com/episode/3Ygn...?

While at the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit earlier this year, I talked with @aywarhiannon.bsky.social and Soraya Shockley for the Popular Cradle podcast about the Hind Rajab Foundation's work and the promise and purpose of law. link below

turk mode

someone should give me a column....

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Yesterday, the U.S. rep of The @hindrajabfoundation.be, Jake Romm, presented at the final session of the Gaza Tribunal in Istanbul — a people’s tribunal of scholars, legal experts, civil society, activists, and students to create a record of and pass popular judgement on Israel's genocide in Gaza.

always cool seeing things in print

For the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Luca Giordano's St. Michael, but also about art & empire, & airstrikes, & Gaza I feel strongly about this one: it articulates something about art and looking that I'd previously struggled with, & also I think it's my best writing about art)

What a review. “The fascist thug and the refugee are the avatars of our age, but only because the extremity of their situations makes them stand out; those of us fortunate enough not to be either are caught up in the end of history all the same. “

Introducing Turbulence, a new podcast from Séamus Malekafzali, Dylan Saba, and M Ceniza. Dropping October 28. Subscribe today: turbulencepod.substack.com Trailer by @seamus-malekafzali.com

Lmao

this article is the reason he won the Nobel, they told me over the phone

Congrats to friend of the mag László Krasznahorkai for winning the Nobel Prize in Literature -- a well deserved award for someone whom real heads have known for years as a master of neo-modernism. @jakeromm.bsky.social wrote about him for us in 2023. strangematters.coop/chasing-home...

Rand Paul, confirmed Romm Head reason.com/2025/10/08/t...