ALL EYES ON PALESTINE: The Israeli military is resuming its all-out assault on Palestinian families in Gaza, drastically escalating its violations of the ceasefire, killing and wounding hundreds.

Two daily #SmallPress #books: 1. Until We Are Free: contributors include: @biidaasamose.bsky.social, @drdryden.bsky.social, and @sarahjama.bsky.social. 2. From My Mother's Back: A Journey from Kenya to Canada (Njoki Wane, Wolsak & Wynn) 💙📚 #BookSky #BlackSky #reading #nonfiction

Horrifying Canadian higher ed news: York University, one of the country’s major R1s, is apparently suspending admission to a number of key programs (including GWS, languages, classics, and enviro biology)—very likely auguring cuts. This appears to be straight out of the West Virginia playbook.

#Montreal we are postponing our event tomorrow #Feb17. We will definitely keep you posted abt new date

“Ceasefire”.

Thank you #Vancouver and Cross & Crows!! 🖤🌈🩸✊🏿🏳️‍⚧️

Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl performance is why funding arts and humanities matters. We have Kendrick because his teacher introduced him to poetry and writing.

What crime did the person commit that merits detention? Related: it’s been three weeks since Elon Musk vigorously saluted his fellow Nazis at the inauguration

READ THIS ASAP: “If we continue to be gripped with outrage and stilled by stupefaction by each day’s new proclamation, we will fail to discern what links them. To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"As much as the Caribbean is made of islands of European experimentation and exploitation, the region is also full of hidden laboratories for Afro-Indigenous sovereignty." - @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social Dark Laboratory is making connections, sparking thought, and verifying ideas I've had. Love it.

Thank you @malindasmith.bsky.social #Calgary a fantastic evening. Check out livestream on @shelflifebooks.bsky.social instagram page!

#Calgary #BookLaunch Join us #Feb5 7pm at Shelf Life Books. I’ll be in conversation with @malindasmith.bsky.social #GotBloodToGive @shelflifebooks.bsky.social

Coming up in Ottawa - many educational events about Palestine, book launches w/ @drdryden.bsky.social & @alansearslefty.bsky.social, a community gardening workshop, a Valentine's fundraiser for Gaza, a @briarpatchmag.bsky.social Skate-a-thon, and more! www.punchupcollective.org/reo-calendar/

Join me tomorrow #Feb3 2pm @uottawa.bsky.social #GotBloodToGive #BookTalk

WELCOME AQUARIUS SEASON! AHEAD OF YOUR TIME AS AN EXTREME SPORT! APATHY IS OUT! FREEDOM AS A LOVE LANGUAGE! ORGANIZE! REVOLUTIONIZE! FUTURIZE! REFUSE TO OBEY IN ADVANCE! CEASEFIRE IS THE FLOOR! COLLECTIVE LIBERATION IS THE GOAL! LIFE IS SHORT! THE OLIGARCHY IS HERE! NEVER LET THEM STEAL YOUR JOY!

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Looking forward to the Ottawa launch of Got Blood to Give by @drdryden.bsky.social

Join us to celebrate the launch of @drdryden.bsky.social's book, Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation. Mon Feb 3, 2pm-4pm University of Ottawa, FSS building rm 4007 Presented by the Joint Chair in Women's Studies & the Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health at Ottawa U

Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan says that sanctuary cities “will see a higher number of more collateral arrests.” This is another criminalization of solidarity.

The long trek home by Palestinians comes as mediators helped end twin crises over ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.

UN human rights experts have condemned the arrest of prominent Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah in Switzerland, saying it raised concerns about freedom of speech.

A blistering attack on 'gender-critical' transphobia disguised as feminism by @saranahmed.bsky.social. feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part

The #WeeklyRead is “On Receiving Accounts from Others” by Sara Ahmed. The article appears in "Unaccountably Queer", a special issue of @differences.bsky.social (35:3) edited by Teagan Bradway Read this article for free through March 31, 2025:

POTUS is shutting the US government down, except for immigration enforcement and military activities. That’s the story. He’s shutting the whole government down. He’s closing up every aspect of the United States operation, except the parts with guns.

A few places where I’ll be… pls join me and share w friends #GotBloodToGive #AntiBlackHomophobia #BloodDonation

#Ottawa #Feb3 pls join us!!!

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

It's a full house at the launch of Reading the Room: Lessons on Pedagogy & Curriculum from the Gender & Sexuality Studies Classroom, with editor @nataliekt.bsky.social. Featuring Ottawa-based contributors to the book Gulzar R. Charania, Kelly Fritsch, Dan Irving, & Megan Rivers-Moore.

Reminder. Tomorrow👇

Spent most of today prepping to teach Langston Hughes poetry to first year students tomorrow and I have a feeling they are going to be very here for thi

Israel’s devastating war on Gaza and the US support for it will 'haunt' outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the rest of his life, says former diplomat Hala Rharrit, who quit in protest over the war last year ⤵️ aje.io/p6kz8y

New book, _Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation_ (Nov 2024) by Dalhousie professor, @drdryden.bsky.social, examines why Black and queer Canadians may be hesitant to donate blood | CBC www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Missed it yesterday but December 25th 1831 was the Baptist War in Jamaica, when the preacher Sam Sharpe led a rebellion of 60K enslaved people, fighting for wages for their labour. It started out peacefully but quickly escalated, and became the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies.

California forcibly sterilized hundreds of women. Then, it 'allowed' them to apply for compensation. But only ≈15% of the affected women have gotten compensation so far. Many were denied. And the deadline to apply/appeal is in just 10 days, leading to an unfair rush many don't know about:

as the sun renews, may our own commitments for liberation, freedom, justice, and peace also be renewed #WinterSolstice2024 #EndGenocides

Maybe the most difficult piece I’ve had to write, but the most joyful, too. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/a...

This week Sam speaks w @raquelwillis.com (co-founder of @genderlib.com) about the fascist campaign to erase trans people & the need for radical defiance. Also Philly-based street artist Yomi on making powerful art to confront fascism & challenge passivity. refusefascism.org/2024/12/15/g...

Nikki Giovanni. Rest well. ♥️

Monday at Intellectual Publics 6:30pm ET!! Aisha Beliso-De Jesús @beliso-dejesus.bsky.social & Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez @dryofiggy.bsky.social in conversation on Beliso-De Jesús's new @dukepress.bsky.social book "Excited Delirium." www.gc.cuny.edu/events/excit... It's going to be so deep & smart!

BREAKING: Yale student body has voted OVERWHELMINGLY in favor of divesting the university’s holdings in weapons manufactures, including “those arming Israel” Of 3,338 students, over 76% voted in favor of divestment. The Yale Daily News reports unprecedented engagement in the vote.

I've updated the Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading list! If you know of any other fantasy and science fiction works by Palestinian writers around the world, do let me know! soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

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Families in Gaza are surviving on scraps of bread and contaminated canned food, and my children dream of a simple chicken meal. In a land once full of life, only ashes remain.

May we all take inspiration from the life and work of Rabbi David Mivasair, a lifelong human rights champion who has fearlessly challenged, in the great prophetic tradition, those who support and sustain the systems of apartheid and genocide. Equally important, he walks with and accompanies those