Steve Salaita

@stevesalaita.bsky.social

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 17:15 UTC

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.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 14:41 UTC

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.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 19:55 UTC

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 19:53 UTC

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

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Ghassan @ghassandwich.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 05, 2024 at 15:06 UTC

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...

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 17:31 UTC

Inshallah

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 15:46 UTC

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:

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 31, 2024 at 20:24 UTC

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.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 23, 2024 at 17:54 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 22, 2024 at 14:20 UTC

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...

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social
[ View ] May 22, 2024 at 12:50 UTC

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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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social
[ View ] May 22, 2024 at 12:49 UTC

"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...

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 22, 2024 at 14:18 UTC

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?

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 22, 2024 at 14:06 UTC

Look what arrived in Cairo!

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 10, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 10, 2024 at 18:14 UTC

Literary criticism in a time of genocide:

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 08, 2024 at 15:15 UTC

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

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social
[ View ] May 07, 2024 at 14:13 UTC

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...

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 07, 2024 at 21:02 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 07, 2024 at 18:04 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 05, 2024 at 21:09 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 05, 2024 at 20:32 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 05, 2024 at 14:01 UTC

Thank you. I hope you'll enjoy it.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 05, 2024 at 13:47 UTC

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...

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] May 03, 2024 at 18:32 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 15:40 UTC

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:

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 02, 2024 at 17:14 UTC

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.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 19, 2024 at 17:35 UTC

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

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 18, 2024 at 14:56 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 14, 2024 at 17:09 UTC

Cheering you on from afar, brother.

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Ghassan @ghassandwich.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 12, 2024 at 22:42 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 09, 2024 at 15:25 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 01, 2024 at 15:54 UTC

Yeah, fuck them. Do they think this makes up for anything?

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 01, 2024 at 14:36 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Mar 01, 2024 at 09:37 UTC

He's long been a piece of shit, going all the way back to the time that he stole his dormmates' credit cards.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 28, 2024 at 16:13 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 26, 2024 at 18:36 UTC

Agree. It's beautifully put.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 26, 2024 at 15:35 UTC

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.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 12, 2024 at 15:59 UTC

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-...

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 06, 2024 at 21:45 UTC

Pretty dull in general, which may or may not be a bad thing depending on what you're looking for. My limited experience here suggests that the place is filled with liberals.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 06, 2024 at 17:16 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 03, 2024 at 18:36 UTC

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

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Feb 01, 2024 at 20:57 UTC

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.)

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 23, 2024 at 18:54 UTC

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

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Anders Veiteberg @veiteberg.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 22, 2024 at 21:52 UTC

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.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 19, 2024 at 16:24 UTC

@fyrescotch.bsky.social hey, just caught up to your situation here. A note to say I'm really sorry and sending you all the positive energy I have. Heal well, brother.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 11, 2024 at 18:38 UTC

I mean, Zionists are scarcely bothering with coded or suggestive language. They're just putting it all out there, clear as day, without a damn bit of restraint.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 11, 2024 at 18:38 UTC

Palestinians (and Arabs and Muslims more generally) are the usual subjects of this racism, but a ton of it is directed at Black and Indigenous people, as well.

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Steve Salaita @stevesalaita.bsky.social
[ View ] Jan 11, 2024 at 17:59 UTC

Over the past three months, Zionists of all stripes--liberals, conservatives, secularists, theocrats, politicians, journalists, academics, soldiers, entertainers--have displayed a collective racism that is truly breathtaking in its candor and animosity.

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