Marianne Dhenin
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it's cool that we decided to ruin the Internet and now I pay for a search engine that still doesn't work well, can't access web pages half the time, and spend ages solving nonsensical captchas to produce writing that's underpaid because the slop machines are throttling traffic to my publisher
Please join me and some historian friends to talk about one of my favorite films, The Battle of Algiers. This is a free one-hour webinar later this month. Hope to see you there! Register: luma.com/h8fb00s9
Here's a good overview of the student protests in France, which began in Paris suburbs, in working-class schools attended by many black & brown students, & have spread nationwide. The government has tried to end the protests through violent repression. It hasn't worked. f24.my/CCfu
'We're fed up': Paris students rise up in a movement that shows no sign of slowing
Hundreds of thousands of students and their supporters took part in nationwide protests across France on Tuesday after weeks of student barricades protesting school conditions.
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Sewers are one of the most transformational interventions to human health in history, yet they are rarely understood or recognised for their impact. So we are holding an event about them next Tuesday. In person in London or watch online! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/searc...
The secret life of sewers
From the Big Stink to the fatberg, London's history has always flowed through what (and how) we flush away. Sewers are one of the most transformational, yet least recognised interventions in the histo...
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California educators and activists are fighting for changes to last year's AB 715, a bill they say was “designed to create an atmosphere of fear.” But if pro-Israel groups get their way, the proposed clean-up bill will never see committee. I covered the fight.
Amendments Protecting Pro-Palestine Speech in California Schools Face Backlash
Educators and activists are fighting for changes to a bill they say was “designed to create an atmosphere of fear.”
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Folks loved my Battle of Algiers guide, so I've invited some experts to talk more! We'll cover what the film got right about the Algerian War, how it fit into the Arab world’s socialist sixties film scene, and what lessons it offers for today’s liberation struggles. Register: luma.com/h8fb00s9
Demand for coffee is growing, and climate change threatens supply—yet consumers don’t want to pay more. In an intensified and unequal industry, however, someone always pays. @thepourover.coffee reports on why the coffee trade is so damn unequal. ☕
The Coffee Industry Is Unequal. A Marxist Economic Theory Explains How.
Demand for coffee is growing, and climate change threatens supply—yet consumers don’t want to pay more. In an intensified and unequal industry, however, someone always pays.
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A real The Terminal situation here: a man deported by Trump to the African kingdom of Eswatini was finally released to his home country of Laos, but got stuck in an international airport terminal for nearly 60 hours this week due to problems with his paperwork. @gillianbrockell.com has the story.
Third-Country National Stuck in Airport for Days After Release From African Prison - The American Prospect
Finally out of the prison Trump expelled him to, Phone Chomsavanh’s fight for freedom hit one more snag.
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The story of Abdulloh, who entered the U.S. and filed an asylum claim in 2023 only to spend the next two and a half years jailed before his suicide attempt and deportation, exemplifies the cruelty of the U.S. immigration system and its reckless speed under the second Trump administration.
Asylum Seeker Deported After Suicide Attempt in ICE Jail, Advocates Say
Advocates were unable to locate the 30-year-old for days after he tried to end his life due to his pending deportation.
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Organizers are fighting the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, which target vulnerable communities and share the kind of information that facilitates ICE raids. Under JTTF agreements, one organizer told me, "Sanctuary becomes kind of obsolete, and additional privacy protections don’t apply."
The FBI Has Deputized Local Cops as Federal Agents. Communities Are Resisting.
Organizers are fighting the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, gaining momentum from the broader anti-ICE movement.
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To fill the growing vacuum of history education in the U.S., racial justice organizers are offering truth-based curricula. Read my reporting:
Educators Fight Suppression to Teach America’s Real History
To fill the growing vacuum of history education in the U.S., racial justice organizers are offering truth-based curricula.
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New book reviews galore at the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History! @jich.bsky.social Firstly, Ama Biney reviews "The Moving Word: How West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought, 1935–1960" by Leslie James @harvardpress.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Moving Word: How West African and Caribbean Press Shaped Black Political Thought, 1935–1960
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Three years of nightmare, and it doesn't end. It doesn't end. We are all irreversibly damaged.
Did you know that, even now in 2026, online offerings from local governments, public schools, and more still aren't necessarily accessible to disabled people? The Trump administration said that's just fine. The folks I interviewed who use screen readers to access the web had a different take.
The Justice Department Just Shut Disabled People Out of Essential Online Services for Another Year
Disability rights advocates say everything from filing for unemployment to voting in the midterms just got much harder.
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There's a similar bill that passed the NY State Legislature this year and will be presented to the Governor for signature: capitolpressroom.org/2026/08/28/g...
NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4713
Designates records and information relating to a patient who has been deceased for a period of fifty years or longer as historic records no longer subject to privacy protections; provides that such pr...
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The Trump administration wants to scare activists into silence, labeling progressives anti-American, "radical pro-trans" terrorists, and the like. But the organizations I spoke to aren't backing down, and they had tips for others on how to safeguard against Trump's threats. Read it here:
Trump Counterterrorism Strategy Expands Administration’s War on Progressives
The administration is increasingly attempting to scare activists into silence, but progressives are preparing instead.
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Don't miss my interview with Fionn Pooler. He writes one of my favorite newsletters, The Pourover —about coffee and so much more! @thepourover.coffee
Journos on Journos: Fionn Pooler
This edition of Journos on Journos features Fionn Pooler, a Scotland-based independent journalist who publishes one of my favorite newsletters. Fionn calls The Pourover "a newsletter about coffee," but that's only part of the story. He covers issues most industry magazines won't touch, demystifies the behemoth industry'
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If anybody reading this is a working scientist who would be interested to learn about and co-develop a public philosophy of science course for scientists, dm me, thanks! Shares appreciated!
"Our new D-Hub publication, Breaking the Spell, looks at Hungary 100 days after the parliamentary election that ended Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule." dhub.org actionnetwork.org/user_files/u...
Massachusetts is unsealing records of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized. Advocates told me their stories should serve as warnings to us as demands to return to institutionalization are ramping up under Trump 2.0.
Massachusetts Unseals Records of Abuse of Disabled People in State Institutions
The state is baring the history of generations of disabled people and the violence many faced while institutionalized.
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#CfA: The MPIWG is offering First Research Article #Fellowships for 📑 doctoral students based at Asian, African, or Latin American institutions, to publish their first English article on 📚 history of science, technology, and medicine, or #STS 🗓️ Deadline: Jan 15, 2027 🔗 tinyurl.com/mu5tend3
do you live in LA and do fact checking for magazine articles? looking to expand our roster of fact checkers, especially looking for angelenos who freelance (not folks who have full-time jobs and fact check on the side) and are available during working hours :)
This August marked the 60th anniversary of the debut of the now-classic film, The Battle of Algiers. It's one of my favorites, and I'm hosting a film talk on it later in the month. Please join us! Register here: luma.com/h8fb00s9
thanks to everyone's support we finally reached $3.5M CAD!!! now to reach $4M CAD... we are keeping several hospitals connected and dozens of students studying for exams, among others! project is currently $12K in the red #ConnectingGaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now@pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · last mo.hi so this is a lot and we’re simply not keeping up with donations please let people in your life who have a lil extra know! this is for a hospital and for many students! #ConnectingGaza
Fern Gully. Even in animated ooze form, Tim Curry had me shivering (with genuine terror, in this case)
Sleepy Hollow Reviews 🎃🐎@sleepingvillage.bsky.social · 5d agoIn honor of scary media month: what is the first piece of media you remember truly frightening you as a child?
