Your homework. https://inthesetimes.com/article/toni-morrison-peril-racism-fascism-liberation-black-women-writers

“Amid the genocide, the image of displaced people in Gaza City seeking books speaks volumes. An undefeated people—knowledge seekers, even as they face the risk of being killed or shattered into pieces while reading, or simply while choosing the book they want to read. Photo by journalist Amal Habib.”

Alt text: A flyer reads “Symposium + VR Exhibit, Princeton University, Dec 5-6th 2024” in white text against a red, textured background. A blue dome is below the text serving as the backdrop of a collaged image of a women in a tatreez dress facing to the right of the flyer with dilapidated buildings, white doves, images of women and children blooming from around her. Above the woman’s head, black text reads “The Phoenix of Gaza: From Freedom Dreams to Falasteen Futures” below an orange phoenix.

Hi friends, please join us for Phoenix of Gaza: From Freedom Dreams to Falasteen Futures🐦‍🔥 Dec 5-6, 2024: bit.ly/PhoenixOfGaza.

*Art by Imad Abu Shtayyah + Delali Agawu

My latest on “The New Artificial Intelligentsia,” part of the Legacies of Eugenics series in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Thanks to all who read + share! https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-new-artificial-intelligentsia

“In my two decades of working at this institution, I have never seen so many different people afraid to speak… you can see the whole suite of repressive tactics that are making people expressing support for Palestinians scared to speak up.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/rupamarya/p/to-voice-the-unspeakable?r=3lznt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

"Black faces in high places are not going to save us....if we allow ourselves to be conscripted in positions of power that maintain the oppressive status quo..." - Dr. Ruha Benjamin

Having just finished Ruha Benjamin's "Imagination", my to-read pile is now awaiting the arrival of more new books: https://www.ruhabenjamin.com/imagination-a-manifesto .

What are you all reading?

For those who missed the conversation at New York Public Library, here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/PUsHPZpdz4E?feature=shared

“THE REALITY ON THE GROUND IS INFINITELY WORSE THAN THE WORST VIDEOS AND PHOTOS WE’RE SEEING IN THE WEST.”

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/6/gaza_update

Head over to Inquest for @ruha9 stunning opening for #Resisting #Borders+#Tech

“these advancements scale #colonial efforts of times past to enclose and condemn communities to a life of performing free labor and generating value or capital”

@haymarketbooks

https://inquest.org/borders-and-bytes/

IMAGINATION Pub Day!🎉Beaming love & appreciation to one half of the duo that incited my earliest imagination! Be sure to tag me when your copy arrives: https://bit.ly/imagination_manifesto

*no AI was armed in the staging of this foto

Review of IMAGINATION in Science Magazine!📚

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn3943

NYC area friends, come hangout with me & @chrisemdin for the paperback launch of Viral Justice on Mon 1/29 @greenlightbklyn!📚Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event-ruha-benjamin-with-christopher-emdin-tickets-768478147827?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios

Right on time, unboxing the new year!📕Get yours here: https://bit.ly/imagination_manifesto

We now have a registration page for our #NoTechForApartheid event this Monday Nov 27 11:30am PST/2:30pm EST to 2:30pm PST/5:30pm EST in partnership with Haymarket Books. While the event is free, if you want to donate, the proceeds will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians, Palestine Legal, and Respond Crisis Translation.

We will amplify the #NoTechForApartheid campaign and learn what we can do as tech workers. More details on the registration page and below.

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1072917

We now have a registration page for our #NoTechForApartheid event this Monday Nov 27 11:30am PST/2:30pm EST to 2:30pm PST/5:30pm EST in partnership with Haymarket Books. While the event is free, if you want to donate, the proceeds will go to Medical Aid for Palestinians, Palestine Legal, and Respond Crisis Translation.

We will amplify the #NoTechForApartheid campaign and learn what we can do as tech workers. More details on the registration page and below.
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/haymarketbooks/1072917

To learn more about the Norton Shorts series, https://wwnorton.com/norton-shorts

It took a few months but we’ve come up with a fabulous new jacket, art by Creative Soul Photography @csphoto_atl. HUGE thanks to those who already preordered! https://bit.ly/imagination_manifesto

Thank you Amsterdam friends for another lovely visit! Lots to digest from the @publicspaces conference… seeing the Keti Koti (“chain is broken”) posters celebrating emancipation day in Suriname all over town reminded me that public space, digital or otherwise, is never neutral.