Movement – coldhearted scientist وداد

Anarchist bookstore and how nonviolence protects the state

20/03/2024

I want to buy this book but I also want to go to the store and read all the books. I prefer just to keep the page open to contemplate. Axé.

Neoliberal or postmodern things, and the past of the present

21/12/2020

It was in 1964 that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled to allow prisoners to sue on prison conditions. The nation-state cannot tolerate multi-ethnic populations, and this is why there is so much effort toward homogenization. Empires, on the other hand, are easily multi-ethnic. We are currently supposed to say that online courses … More Neoliberal or postmodern things, and the past of the present

Concrete suggestions for improvement

01/10/2020

We wrote a long and vague resolution that did not go anywhere, but I would be for making much more frequent, short recommendations, and repeating them. Two possibilities follow. Tuition and fees The rising cost of tuition and fees is untenable. For universities to be a public good, public higher education, like secondary education, must … More Concrete suggestions for improvement

Carne y arena

30/09/2020

In my study group we read an interesting paper about this that said it was reformist and not revolutionary. Axé.

The AAUP

09/09/2020

Six Louisiana institutions are under AAUP censure right now, and one of them, LSU-BR, is under double censure. The investigations that lead to censure are expensive. This is why the national AAUP is depressed about us. No state has so many institutions under censure, and many have none. Louisiana is a small state with few … More The AAUP

Las Vegas election odds

28/08/2020

This is the site. Axé.

Academic freedom

01/08/2020

Academic freedom won’t survive if it is defended merely or mainly as a principle. It survives in and because of a bundle of values and practices—including ways of spending time and the pursuit of knowledge without preidentified end—that undergird the institution. It is crucially important for administrators and faculty alike to understand how the shift … More Academic freedom

“Academe’s shameful neglect of Spanish”

14/07/2020

Here. Axé.

French Louisiana, and the police

04/06/2020

I really MUST study the Louisiana-Caribbean connection in greater detail — there’s a 19th century novel called Macandal, and Séjour has a short story, Le Mulâtre, about paternity as well as a play about Jewishness and limpieza de sangre. In police news, consider the story of Fred Hampton, some damning evidence on the FBI, and … More French Louisiana, and the police