Jürgen Habermas ist heute im Alter von 96 Jahren in Starnberg verstorben.

@astra.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social on Fascism as supremacist survivalism. Good weekend read! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The rise of end times fascism

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

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“In 2012, in Arizona v United States, the highest court in the land ruled that “as a general rule, it is not a crime for a removable alien to remain in the United States”. Got that? Not. A. Crime.” From my new Guardian op-ed:

There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’ | Mehdi Hasan

It is a factually inaccurate and totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ and are ‘criminals’

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It's so important for philosophers of race in the US to do comparative work beyond that context, and Germany is a really useful place to look. This special issue looks great.

robin celikates@robin-c.bsky.social · last yr.

New special issue on ‘The Racism Debate in Germany’, tracing the continuities & transformations of racism, its denial & structural entrenchment, the neglected importance of anti-racist struggles & critical theorizing, and the need for solidarity against division www.tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/4...

From the war on gender to defunding universities, spectacles of violence to attacks on an independent judiciary, new authoritarian regimes are showing how fascism can develop most rapidly and directly. @williamcallison.bsky.social and @veronicagago.bsky.social on the chainsaw international:

The Chainsaw International - Boston Review

From Trump to Milei, the far right is betting that spectacles of revenge will compensate for steep economic sacrifice.

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I cannot imagine advising any Canadian student to attend university in the USA anymore under these circumstances. The price would be to keep your mouth shut.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last yr.

This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.

Even just sharing this post could help connect me with the right person. You can DM me or email me at drleighmjohnson@gmail.com

The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs strongly condemns scholasticide as an integral dimension of genocide in Gaza & calls for a rebuilding of educational institutions under Palestinian authority as an immediate international obligation criticaltheoryconsortium.org/announcement...

Arash Abizadeh @abizadeh.bsky.social discusses his decision to cancel trips to the US. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

‘Breakdown of rule of law’: McGill professor cancels trips to U.S. amid immigration crackdown

A McGill University political science professor says he’s cancelling work-related trips to the United States amid recent reports of foreigners being arbitrarily detained by immigration officials.

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Trump’s Antisocial State - Dissent Magazine

The administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport.

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Hannah Arendt 1951 zur erleichterten Ausbürgerung und der daraus resultierenden Staatsbürgerschaft 2. Klasse, die CDU&SPD nun planen

Arne Semsrott@arnesemsrott.bsky.social · last yr.

Szenario einer AfD-Regierung aus dem Buch "Machtübernahme" (2024) vs. Schwarz-rotes Sondierungspapier (2025)

Great episode on how the „war on woke“ has become so central to white supremacy, and how to fight back

Daniel Denvir@danieldenvir.bsky.social · 2y ago

Timely episode of The Dig: @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social & @itsmccarthy.bsky.social on MAGA/DOGE war on woke; complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics; centrality of various oppressions to capitalist class domination and struggles against it thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...