Dana El Kurd
Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Profile by Molly Crabapple • Header my grandfather's publications
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From the Periphery
Hosts, guests, and friends of the "From the Periphery" media collective including The Fire These Times podcast, Politically Depressed, and more To support: Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery
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Palestinian organizations, academics, commentators, journalists
@radleybalko.bsky.social
Journalist. Quattrone Center journalism fellow. Author: Rise of the Warrior Cop. Co-author: The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist. Forthcoming book: The Defenders (Spring 2026) Substack: radleybalko.substack.com Signal: radleybalko.52
@yaelschacher.bsky.social
Immigration historian and Director for Americas and Europe at Refugees International. Views my own.
@mcclellan.house.gov
Proud Mom, Democrat, and First Black Congresswoman from Virginia. Representing VA-04 in the U.S. House of Representatives. 🔺
@democratization.bsky.social
Leading scholarly journal on how democratic norms, institutions and practices evolve and disseminate or retract within and across national and cultural boundaries.
@neighbors4change.bsky.social
Neighbors for Change is a regional grassroots advocacy group in VA building an equitable, inclusive & sustainable community. Neighbors4change.com Instagram: @neighbors4change
@jessicawhyte.bsky.social
Assoc Prof. of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. Writes about economic sanctions, human rights, neoliberalism, international law.
@bluevirginia.bsky.social
@legaldefensefund.bsky.social
America's premier civil rights law organization fighting for racial justice through litigation, advocacy, & public education since 1940. Our website: naacpldf.org
@blackvirginianews.bsky.social
We give you the no B.S. truth in an era of lying. 📸 Need PHOTOS? See: https://payhip.com/bvndigital | 👊🏽SUBSCRIBE: https://blackvirginianews.substack.com/subscribe #IdaWellsLives!
@kneecapceol.bsky.social
Unofficial Kneecap account that I hope the lads will come and claim. Email savemeaseat_kncp@gmail.com to claim. Let's build a following here in advance, folks! GRMA
@librarycongress.bsky.social
Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
@standing-together.bsky.social
We are a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement fighting for peace, equality and social justice in Israel-Palestine. https://linktr.ee/standingtogether.en
@cbrl.bsky.social
A learned society working with the countries, peoples and societies of the Levant to advance public education through promoting and disseminating research in the humanities, social sciences and related subjects. https://www.cbrl.ac.uk
@imes-gw.bsky.social
Institute for Middle East Studies | The George Washington University Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of GW University. https://linktr.ee/imesatgw
@aacu.org
Advancing the democratic purposes of higher education by promoting equity, innovation, and excellence in liberal education. aacu.org
@rozinaali.bsky.social
NYT Magazine contributing writer. Journalist covering conflict, MidEast and South Asia, Islamophobia, immigration Signal: rozina.30
@carriewu.bsky.social
Evolutionary ecologist | Botanist 🌱 | Professor at University of Richmond (PUI 💪🏼) | displaced Pacific Northwesterner 🌲🏔️🌦️| PUI alumna | she/her
@rezekjoe.bsky.social
English Prof at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” under contract with the Omohundro Institute for Early Am History and Culture and UNC Press. https://www.bu.edu/english/profile/joseph-rezek/
@k-interarma.bsky.social
Human rights lawyer (national security, warfare); humanitarian law, civilian protection, and the occasional rant about Belfast. Co-chair @soclawireland 🇮🇪 / 🇩🇿📍Belfast / NYC
@804thepeople.bsky.social
For the 804. For #Virginia and #America. Sic Semper Tyrannis in southern means #NoKings, y'all. #804ThePeople
@sunriserva.bsky.social
Youth-led movement fighting for climate justice & a Green New Deal | Richmond, VA hub | on unceded Powhatan Land 🌇 https://linktr.ee/SunriseRVA
@indivisibleva.bsky.social
A network to help Virginians connect with the Indivisible movement and support each other’s actions.
@markwarner.bsky.social
U.S. Senator from Virginia. Vice Chairman, Senate Intel Committee.
@abdulelsayed.bsky.social
Public servant running for U.S. Senate because it shouldn't be THIS hard to get by. Michigan born and raised. Girl Dad. Doctor.
@alexbkane.bsky.social
Senior reporter for Jewish Currents. I report on the politics of Palestine/Israel in the United States. Also lover of the Yankees, pizza, and Brooklyn.
@mmichae1sen.bsky.social
Researching digital tech, human rights & authoritarian politics @citizenlab.ca. https://marcusmichaelsen.eu/
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@alexhanna.bsky.social
Director of Research, DAIR Roller derby athlete https://alex-hanna.com Book: thecon.ai Pod+newsletter: https://dair-institute.org/maiht3k 🇪🇬⚧ She/هي 📸 @willtoft.bsky.social Rep📘 @ianbonaparte.bsky.social
@astra.bsky.social
Author of a growing pile of books (Solidarity; The Age of Insecurity; Remake the World; Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss it When It's Gone; The People's Platform), maker of documentaries, schemer with the Debt Collective, editing at Hammer & Hope.
@maxkennerly.bsky.social
Nearly 20 years in court as a law-talking guy for plaintiffs, now a mix of stuff. Posts too much about politics. email max@kennerlylaw.com
@katherinefranke.bsky.social
Avid flyfisher & lover of penguins. James L. Dohr Professor of Law, Columbia Law School (retired); Founding Director, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law. Author of Repair: Redeeming the Promise of Abolition, and Wedlocked: The Perils of Marriage Equality.
@nsharma101.bsky.social
There (really) is no place like home. Home Rule (2020, Duke U. Press) Home Economics (2006, U of Toronto Press) Professor, Sociology, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa #NoBorders nanditasharma.net
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
- Editor in Chief & Co-Executive Director, @therealnews.com - Host, Working People podcast - Author, The Work of Living - Dad to many cats
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@pribblejenny.bsky.social
Political scientist who studies Latin America. Living in translation - 🇺🇸 by birth, 🇮🇹 by marriage. Always nostalgic for the south 🇨🇱 🇺🇾🇦🇷
@origoldberg.bsky.social
I am an Israeli. That means all sorts of things now. I write about the genocide, about politics and also, one hopes, about other things some day.
@eunjikim.bsky.social
Media scholar | Assistant Professor of Political Science @Columbia | Author of The American Mirage (PUP 2025) | Host of Media Effects Empricial Workshop (MEEW)
@pewresearch.org
Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy data and analysis. Visit us at https://www.pewresearch.org/
@danielmilleresq.bsky.social
Patriotic American. Democracy advocate. Lawyer. Proud Dad. Views my own.
@nicholasguyatt.bsky.social
I teach American history at Cambridge. Views/opinions strictly personal. Content 40% political, 30% historical, 30% cat photos but ratio under constant review
@cosmofa.bsky.social
olive pulp from 🇫🇷🇹🇳 reader, writer, critic. Ani is my writing disrupter 🐈⬛ Book on Folk Art ‘25. Also novel & series of essays in progress on postcolonial identities, expansive genealogies, and affective art. www.farahabdessamad.com
@50501virginia.bsky.social
The official account for the Virginia Chapter of the 50501 Movement. Repost. Spread the word. Build the resistance. ✊ Join 🇺🇸 https://linktr.ee/50501Virginia
@taliajane.bsky.social
indie reporter (@taliaotg on hellsite) • support: patreon.com/taliajane • tips: taliajane@protonmail.com 💸: paypal.me/taliajane 🌻 be good; i love you 🖤❤️🔥