Deepa Kumar is Professor of Media Studies at Rutgers University and the author of the book Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire: 20 Years After 9/11.
Women in Afghanistan were not "liberated" by the US intervention. These are the fruits of imperial feminism, i.e. feminism that is about promoting empire and not liberation. My talk on this some year ago laying out its history:
New Jersey is one of the most diverse states, but that is not reflected in hiring and promotion standards at Rutgers. The fight for gender and race equity is a central part of our contract proposals for the
#CommonGoodOnCampus
.
.
@KeeangaYamahtta
Taylor promoted to FULL PROFESSOR at Princeton University. Given all the bad news, this is something we can take joy from and celebrate. Congrats!!! A very well deserved double promotion!!!
An excerpt on imperial feminism from the second and fully revised edition of my book on Islamophobia. It begins with an interview that
@rezaaslan
did on CNN where he strongly argued against the anchors' problematic framing of Muslim women.
We cannot let Islamophobic terrorism intimidate our neighbors and divide our communities.
#LoveAMuslim
FREE Ebook today! Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire by
@ProfessorKumar
Thanks
@BernieSanders
Your support means a lot to us! I am proud to be the president of the
@ruaaup
and to stand with my colleagues for higher full-time faculty to student ratios, equal pay for equal work for women faculty, a diverse faculty, and fair wages for grads and adjuncts
I stand with AAUP-AFT Rutgers professors who are prepared to strike in order to defend affordable, quality higher education. When we organize and stand together, we win.
#UnionStrong
This is a MUST READ. A truly incredible piece about the American war and occupation of Afghanistan from the point of view of Afghan women by the award winning journalist and author
@Anand_Gopal_
We live in times when teachers strikes are covered sympathetically by the media! Woot. I look a bit manic running up the stairs, but great coverage.
#RUReady2strike
Kudos to
@saharazizlaw
and
@RUCSRR
for sponsoring panels and conferences that the Right would like to silence like the SFSU webinar on 9/11 and the
#DismantlingGlobalHindutva
conference. This is true courage and solidarity!
Justice Ginsberg filed a class action lawsuit against Rutgers for gender pay equity 50+ years ago and won. I am one of 5 Rutgers faculty continuing this battle. My union
@ruaaup
has filed lawsuit. I am taking a stand for all women.
#equalpayforequalwork
This is an alarming revelation. Not only are current ICC officials being intimated, but so was Fatou Bensouda, who announced in 2019 that she intended to investigate alleged atrocities during Israel’s 2014 war in Gaza.
A new report by the
@guardian
and
@972mag
reveals that Israel surveilled, hacked, smeared and threatened top ICC officials in order to stop possible war crimes prosecutions of Israeli leaders. "This is a crime,” says
@KenRoth
, former executive director at
@hrw
.
BREAKING: After 203 days, the Hawai'i state* legislature has joined the call for a
#CeasefireNOW
.
Hawai'i becomes the first state* in the U.S. to do so.
"Talibanization" is a flawed way to see attacks on a woman's right to chose in the US! The attacks on Afghan & US women's rights are the product of rightwing misogynistic forces not a "backward" culture seeping into the US from the outside.
Equating activism with terrorism is undemocratic and serves to silence dissenters.
@atlanta_press
this is my analysis of media coverage since December, 2022 when the terrorism arrests started. Thank you for your work!
BREAKING: Post-9/11 laws and policies have emerged to police activists involved in constitutionally protected activities as "terrorists". Our new report reveals how media have advanced that framing, with dire consequences for democracy. [THREAD, 1/6]
Bargaining for the Common Good! Unions need to fight not just for their members but for the community as well in order to create a more just and fair society.
Faculty join together with community organizations and students to imagine collective bargaining as a tool to fight for equitable communities. "The People United Will Never be Defeated!"
#CommonGoodonCampus
#1u
About our strike and how we got there, what we won, and how academic workers across ranks can stand together against the corporate university and prevail:
I have not seen this film, but the New York Times article has been thoroughly debunked. And if the film draws from the same research, then it is simply more of the same.
@RepRoKhanna
@sherylsandberg
This film is a vile hoax. Shame on
@RoKhanna
for promoting atrocity propaganda. We debunk it fully here and expose all the liars and frauds featured in it
@AliAbunimah
@democracynow
My apologies
@AliAbunimah
. I meant to name Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss and others but wound up saying “many reports” instead. In the rush of the interview I forgot this as well as many other important points. In solidarity and with respect.