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.

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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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"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.

Don't know if you cover this in the article or book, but... It's a tough pill to swallow. I went to Oklahoma, have tremendously warm and vivid memories of football. It's a balm during stressful times, a source of excitement. Yes, I need to step away for ethical reasons. No doubt. But how?

Ah, I see you address the point further down. This is basically how I feel. I hate that all sports leagues are fucking dumpster fires. bsky.app/profile/nkal...

While we are sympathetic to the fact that much is beloved about the sport, the pleasure it affords fans and participants is vastly outweighed by the exploitation and harm that define its practice.

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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

Look what arrived in Cairo!

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I saw the excerpt of your piece. It looks fantastic! I can't wait to settle in with it this evening.

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

Oooh, can't wait to read this! Congrats!

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.

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Misdemeanorous Monk

Well I hope you got the fuck out of there! Family is well, thanks.

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Misdemeanorous Monk

Thank you! Are you from Bluefield?????

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Thank you. I hope you'll enjoy it.

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.

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I do hope I'm worth your company! Good luck out there.

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.