remember when you're counting all of the Iranian civilians murdered by the US to add the thousands killed as a result of the mossad-CIA protest escalations and the hundreds of thousands killed by US sanctions

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished. (Published Jan. 2026)

The agreement isn’t just about enshrining the freedom to teach and to learn for the University of Kansas faculty union, it guarantees pathways to promotions and secures significant—and long overdue—wage increases. lawrencekstimes.com/2026/03/06/u...

"Contrary to what folks on the outside might assume, there are people in prison who use the word 'prisoner' as a form of self-empowerment. For them, and myself, this term is more accurate because it connotes being held against one’s will."

Meanwhile, professors’ syllabi are required to be publicly posted online in a searchable database. 🙃

This is the first Ramadan when my grandmother's chair is empty because she was martyred during the famine, when medicine became a wish and bread became almost impossible to find.

In 1974, an Internal Revenue Service attorney named Paul Haring pitched an idea to Catholic leaders that would shape the lives of millions of women for the next half-century. The Hyde Amendment is a ban on federal Medicaid funding of abortion that will mark its 50th anniversary this year.

This policy would've created a Big Brother atmosphere in the classroom that would stifle the free exchange of ideas, chill student discussion, & suppress the requisite willingness to ask questions & take intellectual risks. Unethical surveillance policies have no place in higher education.”

“A US-Israeli airstrike has destroyed the desalination plant in Qeshm Island, southern #Iran, severing the residents' access to freshwater.” x.com/kziabari/sta...

#OtD 5 Mar 1871 Jewish revolutionary socialist, Rosa Luxemburg, was born. A critic both of reformist socialists and Lenin's "ultra-centralism", she was murdered by right-wing paramilitaries on behalf of social democrats after the failed 1919 uprising shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

I don’t want peace with Iran through diplomacy. I want the genocidal US–Israeli empire to suffer a massive, humiliating defeat. I want peace through the defeat of Western empire.

The @aaup.org & @aft.org stand with @nihfellowsunited.bsky.social. We will join them to make sure the research scientists at the NIH do not lose their collective bargaining rights! The Trump administration hates workers, hates research, hates higher education and hates UNIONS.

Campus unions across Virginia are fighting to ensure their inclusion in pending legislation to repeal the state’s ban on public employees’ collective bargaining rights.

Where’s my check, Donald?!

AFT members and community allies are participating in today's day of action to protect our kids, our families and our communities. Find an event near you or download the toolkit with graphics, printable signs, and more! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

At @aaup.org and @aft.org we are prepared to fight for faculty, staff, students and higher education!

“Week after week, I’ve come here, and I’ve felt stronger. I feel love, I feel empathy, compassion from absolute strangers.” Arianne Betancourt quit her job to fight for her father’s freedom—and for everyone else inside Alligator Alcatraz.

Remember when Dems made that video for troops saying they could refuse illegal orders? Where are those Dems and that video now that we’re at war with Iran? Every bit of this conflict is illegal under US and international law. Troops should refuse any order to participate. But Dems are imperialists.

“During a reactionary war, a revolutionary class cannot but desire the defeat of its government.” -Vladimir Lenin, 1915

Hundreds of soldiers and scores of civilians have been killed in cross-border fighting since Pakistan announced a state of “open war” with Afghanistan last week.

If the U.S. prevents the Security Council from acting to restore international peace and security, the General Assembly can convene under “Uniting for Peace,” a resolution passed by the General Assembly to bypass the Soviet Union’s veto during the Korean War.

Tonight, the Jewish holiday of Purim begins, where we celebrate and honor the courage it takes to resist state violence and empire. We stand in solidarity with Palestinians who face increased violence on Purim, while already enduring the Israeli government’s genocide and occupation.

Every single one of these attacks on medical facilities is a war crime.

We cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.

Town meeting days, a day-long form of deliberative democracy that reads as the antidote to authoritarianism, are a New England tradition. However, they also predate all disability civil rights laws, which can be painfully clear to disabled people, who face a wide range of prohibitive access issues.

Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest. In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you.

The US Empire is the single biggest threat to life on earth. The people of the world must rise up to fight against this great evil.

Get out and vote early! After all, this will probably be the last election in the US.

Must-read article that connects the current UNC BOG attempt to restrict academic freedom to the longer history of federal defunding of and widespread attacks on higher ed. Kudos to @aaup.org member Vincent Russell and his colleagues for these statements! smokymountainnews.com/news/item/40...

The UNC system is about to enable censorship at all public universities in North Carolina. smokymountainnews.com/news/item/40...

This account of a scholar being targeted by a violent extremist group is chilling. Also chilling is the UNC System Office's lack of genuine concern for our safety. Because their real goal is to put academic freedom on ice. 1/ @aaup.org www.wunc.org/education/20...

"Democrats pushed forth training and oversight alongside short-lived lip service to Black Lives Matter as the pragmatic answer to stopping police-perpetrated killings." "We cannot let that happen again." "'Abolish ICE' is the floor, not the ceiling." #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

"The key strategy of Moral Mondays — escalating weekly actions at the statehouse in Raleigh — combined nonviolent civil disobedience with public testimony from residents most impacted by right-wing policies." #NorthCarolina #USA #Protest #Labour #Voting #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

"[F]irst time the government has ever filed terrorism charges against 'antifa.'" "[T]his case could shape 'the future of American civil liberties' and set a precedent that results in 'people facing terrorism charges for doing [..] mainstream activism.'" #Texas #USA #Courts #Protest #Incarceration

Bayard Rustin was one of the most influential civil rights activists of his time. But he was also gay and a Quaker. Did that keep him out of the history books? We explore that question and more on this week's More To The Story. 🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3v3f93xm

LAPD's "endless arsenal of so-called 'less-lethal' weapons." "FN303 shoots high-speed .68 caliber projectiles containing small pieces of metal." "Whatever euphemistic term people use for these weapons, all of them are known to maim people for life." #California #USA #Policing #Protest #Weapons

Awakening a sleeping giant

I just signed the @ncaaup.bsky.social petition calling on the UNC Board of Governors to Protect Academic Freedom, Vote No to Revising the UNC System Code. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pr...

AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.

Happy New Karnivool Day to all who celebrate! Been waiting 13 years for this. tidal.com/album/460576...

our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

Melissa McCoul was a senior lecturer in the English department at Texas A&M University, where she taught contemporary children’s literature. She was terminated from her position without due process after a student filmed a complaint about in-class discussions of gender. Listen to her story.

As these teens describe, AI can diminish human relationships; devalue art; threaten the environment; lead to laziness; give unreliable results; pose privacy concerns; and be misused. So, please, stop with the narratives of inevitability and let's embrace a pedagogy and politics of refusal.

"Alvarado's U.S. passport didn't deter Salvadoran police from dragging him away, pointing to the tattoos on his hands and claiming he was a member of MS-13." "May 2023." "Biden State Department [..] did nothing." "[S]till incarcerated in El Salvador." #USA #ElSalvador #Policing #Incarceration

Texas A&M ends its women's & gender studies program while hundreds of syllabi remain flagged and censored under top-down review policies. “I have never seen anything like this.” — Dr. Leonard Bright, @tamu-aaup.bsky.social President @texasaft.org @texasaaup.bsky.social @cwa-tseu.bsky.social

UNC Board of Governors to endorse academic freedom, provided it is exercised within a cage constructed by the UNC Board of Governors. www.theassemblync.com/news/educati...

Hundreds of people gather for a vigil at the site where 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse and member of AFGE 3669, was shot and killed by federal agents.

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

“Judge Young affirmed unequivocally, without a doubt, that non-citizens lawfully present here in the US have the same free speech rights as everyone else. He established that the federal government clearly & unconstitutionally pursued a policy of discrimination against pro-Palestinian speech.”