I'm really proud of this academic freedom syllabus language that the @aaup.org CDAF fellows developed. Having language like this opens up an opportunity to talk with your students about what academic freedom is (and is not). If you add it to your syllabus this semester let me know how it goes!

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More importantly George Leef is also platformed by libertarian/Koch-funded orgs such as John Locke Foundation and James Martin Center ($ from Art Pope...aka "the Charles Koch of NC"). Right-wing ideas about higher ed. pour out of these think tanks, and we pay the price. @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

New collection of essays, edited by Jonneke Koomen, @elimeyerhoff.bsky.social , and @erindyke.bsky.social, at #CritEdPol on Eli's book "Beyond Education" asking: "How can we study to make a new world in and against the limits on studying in this world?" works.swarthmore.edu/critedpol/

AI is an academic freedom issue! @aaup.org academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/new-aaup-r...

I've tended to think that this whole deal was cynical, but increasingly I think they're sincere about this and are just huffing their own farts. The thought that America is craving this is bonkers.

Scandalous self-dealing by New School trustees

Rather than giving nonsense a sober, reasonable hearing, we should treat it as nonsense. The higher ed "reform" proposal from a troika of right wing groups is nonsense and @isaackamola.bsky.social's annotations of the proposal itself show us why. academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/isaacs-ann...

I lived in D Building, room 2001, in Riverside Plaza for 2 years. The humanity I saw everyday was beautiful. Hardworking immigrants making it in the brutal Minnesota winters. Fuck the ICE brownshirts and MAGA politicians that spread hate against this vibrant community. All love to the West Bank.

Who would have guessed...regular people don't want to hang out in a Nazi bar...

3 dark $ orgs wrote a bill that gives political appointees total oversight of non-STEM research and teaching (while prioritizing “Americanism” and “Western Civilization”) Check out my annotations at “Academic Freedom on the Line.” @aaup.org academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/isaacs-ann...

This garbage bill would: --remove research from the review of non-STEM faculty, making tenure decisions based exclusively on teaching --require a 3-3 teaching load --prioritize “American Constitutionalism and Western Civilization” --give politicians and political appointees oversight of research

Look what showed up in the mail today! I’ve loved this book when it was just dissertation chapters, and when it was a drafty drafy. And now it’s a book book! So excited! Congrats @caseymcneill.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social

White nationalist + White House + barrels of dark money = really bad...

Donald Trump fell asleep during a Cabinet meeting, raising new questions about Joe Biden's health.

The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.

"OU Is Doing Higher Education the Right Way" - by Ezra Klein

An official government account using the word “remigration” is not normal. It’s an imported term from European far-right movements that refers to mass expulsion. Democracies do not use population-purification language. #holdfast #SteadyState

⭐️ From the AAUP Chapter at Texas A&M: “Reinstate Dr. Melissa McCoul immediately + Affirm the University’s commitment to its governing rules, ensuring that no faculty member is ever again dismissed without the due process mandated by University policy.” ⭐️

In case anyone needs some support in a moment of grace…it’s a hard world out there…

“If there is a message to be heeded in the legislative assault on governance bodies, it is that the enemies of higher education, nonetheless, still fear faculty authority. Why else would they be so insistent on silencing faculty members?” #DefendHigherEd

More Andrea!! @jaredlholt.bsky.social @michaelehayden.bsky.social

“War is Peace”…

Another excellent episode by @jaredlholt.bsky.social and @michaelehayden.bsky.social #PostingThroughIt

Now available: Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Social Theory, edited by Gert Verschraegen and Raf Vanderstraeten Read a free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781... Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... Contributors: @fernschreiber.bsky.social , @cbruunjensen.bsky.social, @isaackamola.bsky.social

Holy cow! This is a legal smack down of the Trump regime's attack on UC system!

I guess the only real fair system then is SINGLE PAYER!!

Moron calling the idiot stupid…

If I was the defense attorney: “Dude, it’s a f’in sandwich. And what, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, IS a sandwich in the face of fascism?”

And @donmoyn.bsky.social is a strong poster!! Hazzah for keeping the timeline fresh…even in the hard time! ❤️

Chaser: Washington DC

Went to vote this morning. Caught myself humming Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" as I left the polling place...ug... 🫣

Just listened to the "Posting Through It" episode featuring @whstancil.bsky.social and, I must say, I'm a fan. Grounded conversations with @jaredlholt.bsky.social @michaelehayden.bsky.social about how to be a good person online. And also fascists suck. www.patreon.com/posts/050-ho...

Dude, BlueSky has a "Saved" function! How did I not see this before. Endless bookmarks here I come!!

Ralph Wilson, Aaron Suppel and I have a piece out at Journal of Academic Freedom looking at the 70+ publicly available Charles Koch Foundation contracts with academic institutions (including useful tables breaking down the contracts). Check out whether your school is on there!

Hope you made the first of our series this past Monday: our panelists inspired us with their brilliance and their courage. Register now for the next in the series and please share!

This is *such* a good podcast - always aharp and fascinating – and this episode is particularly great.

Looks like Hillsdale got gobs and gobs of money to create slick videos featuring a bunch of old white guys talking about the moral virtues of America's founding, as told circa 1950... x.com/hillsdale/st...

Google is a broken machine. I have a Google Alerts set up on my name. And it rarely turns up those instances when I'm quoted in mainstream news outlets. Instead, I get a steady stream of updates about what various Kamolas in Turkey and often Central Asian countries are up to...🤷‍♂️ #Shitification

“Students & education workers form the backbones of communities in every state & are witnessing firsthand how Trump’s policies are wreaking havoc on campuses & beyond. We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Amazing folks at @cssn.org have published the essential book "Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment" (open access). Remember: the same plutocrats backing right-wing authoritarians & attacking education, propping up J20, etc. are also behind climate denialism. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

This tweet by @aoc.bsky.social is the best tweet ever. Discuss.

Corcoran: I'm a hack with no business being president of a college... Trump: Here's a compact that no universities have signed, stripping all institutional autonomy... Corcoran: Perfect. I have a $1.3 million contract because I've striped institutional autonomy from the school I purport to lead...

For @aaup.org’s podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Vineeta Singh, Jennifer Ruth, and Ellen Schrecker about academic freedom and about the work we have to do (organize) to translate writing and thinking and teaching into action. aauppresents.buzzsprout.com/1837772/epis...

“Democracy Dies in Plutocracy.”

Are you referring to the Epstein Ballroom? @swin24.bsky.social

Diplomatic Talks Break Down Between Trump, Motion-Activated Ghost Decoration

The @aaup.org beat Marco Rubio in court, with a Reagan-appointed judge ruling that ideological deportations obviously violate the first amendment. These cases cost money. And we need millions of people moving together to make them stick. If you're faculty in the US, join AAUP and join the fight.

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. No more.

Excited for this event on Policing and Counterinsurgency ft @chenjerai.bsky.social, @stschrader1.bsky.social, & @cheatherton.bsky.social next Thursday at NYU! Info & RSVP here: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...