Steve Salaita

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Guilt-tripping Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims (among others) into voting Biden isn't an act of persuasion. It is an abominable display of moral callousness, intellectual shallowness, political cowardice, implicit racism, and rhetorical hostility.

Tomorrow evening at Red Emma's in Baltimore. I'll be joined by Jaskiran Dhillon and Malav Kanuga. Should be a lively and meaningful conversation in which you're very welcome to participate.

Steven Salaita presents "An Honest Living: A Memoir of Peculiar Itineraries" and "Daughter, Son, Assassin" in conversation w/Malav Kanuga and Jaskiran Dhillonredemmas.org In 2014, Steven Salaita was fired from a tenured position in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois for his unwavering stance on Palestinian human rights. We're welcoming him back to Ba...

This style guide by Writers Against the War on Gaza explaining why we say "Zionist entity" is fantastic:

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Win or lose, these cases almost always give the public inside information about how these corporations behave behind closed doors. www.reuters.com/technology/f...

Exclusive: Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza contentwww.reuters.com A former Meta engineer on Tuesday accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to help fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian Instagram posts.

Friends in and around Baltimore: I'll be at Red Emma's on June 15 to discuss "An Honest Living" and "Daughter, Son, Assassin." Much of the conversation will no doubt focus on Palestine:

Steven Salaita presents "An Honest Living: A Memoir of Peculiar Itineraries" and "Daughter, Son, Assassin"redemmas.org In 2014, Steven Salaita was fired from a tenured position in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois for his unwavering stance on Palestinian human rights. We're welcoming him back to Ba...

One of our students at AUC is helping a Gaza family raise funds for housing in Cairo and other basic necessities. The family's situation is very difficult at the moment. Anything you're able to provide would be most welcome. Thank you.

Help my family and husband reclaim their stolen lives inGaza, organized by Hamza AlDraimliwww.gofundme.com Hello, my name is Awatif. I created this fundraiser in the ho… Hamza AlDraimli needs your support for Help my family and husband reclaim their stolen lives inGaza

Here's a short piece in defense of phrases such as "from the river to the sea" and "the Zionist entity":

Down with the Zionist Entity; Long Live "the Zionist Entity" - Steve Salaitastevesalaita.com There is no vocabulary that will make Palestinians acceptable in the eyes of our oppressor.

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The article is a preview of our forthcoming book *The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game,* available for preorder from @uncpress.bsky.social. You can get 30% off with the code 01SOCIAL30. t.co/kXsLVfBAoG

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"College football is morally indefensible." For Sportico, @derekcrim.bsky.social and I succinctly lay out our case against the sport. www.sportico.com/leagues/coll...

The Case to End College Footballwww.sportico.com Big-time college football is one of the most egregious sites of economic exploitation in U.S. society today, the authors argue.

Look what arrived in Cairo!

Literary criticism in a time of genocide:

Literary Criticism in a Time of Genocide - Steve Salaitastevesalaita.com Exploring disaffection as a critical practice.

Here's an excerpt of my new novel, "Daughter, Son, Assassin":

An Excerpt from Daughter, Son, Assassin - Steve Salaitastevesalaita.com The following is an excerpt from my first novel, Daughter, Son, Assassin, just published by Common Notions Press. To set the scene: Fred Baker, one of the main characters, has just been arrested in an...

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Our (@derekcrim.bsky.social) book *The End of College Football*--a polemic against the exploitation and harm of the sport grounded in interviews with former players--is available to preorder on the @uncpress.bsky.social website for 30% off with code 01UNCP30. uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Some news. Our (@derekcrim.bsky.social and I) book *The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game* now has a cover and is available for preorder in all formats. Please do that. www.amazon.com/End-College-... @uncpress.bsky.social

A brief response to Zadie Smith's recent essay "Shibboleth":

Our (Your) Pitiful Ethics!: A Response to Zadie Smith’s “Shibboleth” - Steve Salaitastevesalaita.com In its apparent nothingness, Zadie Smith’s essay “Shibboleth” tells us plenty about how genocide can be rationalized.

My first novel, "Daughter, Son, Assassin," was just published, the first of what I hope will be many. Please do give it a look. www.commonnotions.org/daughter-son...

Daughter, Son, Assassin — Common Notions Presswww.commonnotions.org A story of family bonds amid political betrayal that explores the drastic steps that a young girl will take in order to find a sense of belonging.

The Zionist genocide has obliterated the myth of "free speech" in the civilized West. Here's an analysis of free speech and Palestine originally published in Middle East Critique and reproduced on my website:

The Free Speech Exception to Palestine - Steve Salaitastevesalaita.com Now that (even moderate) pro-Palestine sentiment has been effectively outlawed in both the public and private sectors, I hope we can say goodbye to the Western myth of “free speech” from which so many...

Do not become desensitized to the increasingly brutal images and stories emerging from this Zionist genocide. Let your anger and compassion always outpace the brutality.

Not a goddamn thing Zionist officials say is anywhere close to the truth.

Israel is re-arresting civilians throughout the Gaza strip claiming they are members of Hamas. But they're doing so in places like Rimal where they declared Hamas defeated. So even by their own logic they either lied about defeating Hamas or lied about civilians being members of Hamas.

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In case you were wondering why BDS is an absolute must.

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Excited to dig into @stevesalaita.bsky.social's new book this weekend!

Not "war." Genocide. Not "Netanyahu's government." Zionism. Not "loss of life." Murder. Not "Hamas." All of Palestine.

I was recently in conversation with Tamara Nassar of @intifada.bsky.social:

US elections and the lesser evil of genocide, with Steven Salaitawww.youtube.com “It’s beyond doubt that the world has raised its voice. The world has condemned what the Zionist entity is doing, and not a single politician in a position o...

The worst career move I ever made. Excerpted from "An Honest Living":

My Worst Career Move: An Excerpt from "An Honest Living" - Steve Salaitastevesalaita.com Amid a history of poor career choices, none was more damaging than this.

My book An Honest Living is now available. It’s about the ostracism and loneliness and alienation (and vitality and joy and regeneration) that comes of being loyal to the oppressed and downtrodden of this world.

An Honest Livingwww.fordhampress.com An exiled professor’s journey from inside and beyond academeIn the summer of 2014, Steven Salaita was fired from a tenured position in American Indian Stud...

Here's a long essay I've been working on for many months. It deals with questions of obedience and disobedience in academe, updated to include some analysis of the current genocide. stevesalaita.com/the-customs-...

The Customs of Obedience in Academe - Steve Salaitastevesalaita.com A longform reflection on the interplay between obedience and disobedience in the modern corporate university.

Zionists generally don't argue by using facts, evidence, historiography, international law, or moral analysis. Narcissism is their main approach.

Nobody responsible for this genocide should speak before a quiet audience ever again.

River... orange, myrtle, fig, juniper, poppy, jujube, apricot, pistachio, carob, hyacinth, crocus, honeysuckle, walnut, fennel, almond, pear, lotus, olive, date, mango, banana, pomegranate, avocado, guava, tamarisk, eucalyptus ...Sea River. Sea. (And everything in between.)

New essay: Arab Americans won't be shamed into voting for Joe Biden.

Arab Americans Won't Be Shamed into Voting for Joe Biden - Steve Salaitastevesalaita.com Some Arab American individuals might vote for Biden this November, but the community as a whole won’t forget his endorsement of genocide.

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rewatched this interview today. @stevesalaita.bsky.social discusses misconceptions about hamas, activism, the role of the western academy and the legacy of settler colonialism. highly recommended.

this interview with @stevesalaita.bsky.social is so, so good--comprehensive & furious ❤️‍🔥

Resistance, Genocide, & Electoralism with Steven Salaitawww.youtube.com Steven Salaita is an educator and the author or editor of eight books. His written work includes Inter/Nationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine...