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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My book, *Making Endless War*, is now available for pre-order through many retailers. Consider picking up a copy, sharing the pre-order link, and asking your favorite bookshops and libraries to carry it when it is released in June! bookshop.org/p/books/maki...

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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Boy I hope this bit from my Gallipoli chapter, which I’m in the middle of writing, isn’t prescient.

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The ink is dry on the contract, and I’m excited that my book, *Making Endless War*, will be published sometime next year by Stanford University Press. It is, unfortunately, still as timely as when I started working on it a decade ago.

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Decided to join the Substack party. Check out my first post on Trump, Iran, and Americans' quasi-anti-war sentiments. open.substack.com/pub/coreypay...

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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The US reportedly waited to strike the bridge in Iran a second time until rescue workers and others in the area gathered to help the wounded, which then killed at least eight people. Authorities in Iran are describing it as an act of terrorism.

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

If you are a United States servicemember and you are concerned about illegal or immoral orders, or you simply need clarity on your rights and duties, a counselor at the GI Rights Network can help. 877-447-4487 girightshotline.org/en/military-...

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Know Your Rights by girights ❮ News Archive ❮ GI Rights Hotline: Military Discharges and Military Counseling

US MILITARY KNOW YOUR RIGHTS The way military members view their role in war is a constantly evolving story. Often during their military careers, people start to question or doubt the missions they on...

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 25/03/2026

OH MY HEART...the Oberlin Luddites Reject "The Year of AI Exploration"! 💚

photograph or a poster on cream colored paper. "Dear President Ambar,
we are writing to you on a typewriter that is over 70 years old. This is a
machine that we all know well. With it, we misspell words without the crutch of spell check or generative AI and we think intently about every phrase we pound out. As we force ourselves, for once, to slow down, we engage in a cognitive dialogue with ourselves. We do not seek perfection because we know that education is about the growing and challenging of our young minds' potential, not the chasing of institutional 'gold-star' approval. We do not believe that your so-called 'Year of AI Exploration; providing enterprise ChatGPT and Google Gemini subscriptions to every Oberlin student aligns with our college's founding principles. You claim that this year will be one of experimentation, not adoption. But even just one semester of accepted (encouraged even) chat bot use will jettison our student body down a lazy and irredeemable tunnel of intellectual destruction. We are a college grounded in learning and labor, which now risks straying from these rooted ideals. With ChatGPT at the helm, our emails, essays,and discussion posts will be generated for us, not by us. And let's not fool ourselves. This is precisely what these platforms will be used for by our busy, anxious student body. We see your vision for this year as.advancing the college's 'businessification'--an alarming trend also seen in the takeover of our beloved library cafe by a 'bookstore' with no books in stock and an app replacing customer service. In one instance, the college assumes we want efficiency at all costs through automated rather than hand pulled coffee. In the other lies the false belief that we simply desire to turn in an essay, regardless of how little we've written of it." there's more that doesn't fit in the 2000 character limit :(

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Mueller’s FBI persecuted Muslims nationwide. He was responsible for one of the most egregious, systemic violations of civil rights in the history of the FBI, which is saying a whole lot. This was Mueller’s FBI:

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FBI Teaches Agents: 'Mainstream' Muslims Are 'Violent, Radical'

The FBI is teaching its agents that ordinary American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers; that the Prophet Mohammed was a “cult leader”; and that Islamic charity is no more than a “fundin...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

if there's one conclusion that the study of both labor history and imperialism converge on, it is that the richest people in the world are happy to burn money on control, power, impunity. and the "everything is about profit" version of anti-capitalism does not survive serious contact with either

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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Mary Romero, President of the ASA for its 110th session in 2019, when her theme was “Engaging Social Justice for a Better World” has announced she is boycotting this year's meeting in reaction to ASA leadership's decision. With her permission we share the full text of her letter here.

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Just one of the insane parts of the responses to @soc4pal.bsky.social: ASA says policy statements are simply divisive posturing and should therefore be avoided, while simultaneously ruling out of court any meaningful demands (i.e., boycott & divest)—leaving posturing as the only thing left.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 12/03/2026

Iranian residents have reported headaches, difficulty breathing, and oil-contaminated rain settling on buildings and cars. Iran's Red Crescent Society warned rainfall following the strikes could be "highly dangerous and acidic."(From @us.theconversation.com) to.pbs.org/4lnS361

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Why did U.S. bombings cause 'acid rain' to fall in Iran? An atmospheric scientist explains

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. Reports are emerging of black rain falling over parts of Iran in the hours after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on oil depots on the weekend, with some o...

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Stuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

RIP to a truly unique and inspiring intellectual

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

"We're leveling Gaza to build hotels" "We're bombing Nigeria to please our base" "We're invading Venezuela for oil" Of course, these have long been unspoken factors in US wars. But Trump's honesty is no more comforting than his predecessors' lies. Waking up in this empire still sickens the stomach.

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asa-pews.bsky.social @asa-pews.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Article Announcement Title: "“Billionaires” and Capitalist Development in World-Historical Perspective: Introducing the World-Magnates Data Set, 1450–1914" Authors: Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz & Corey R. Payne Journal: Sociology of Development Link: online.ucpress.edu/socdev/artic...

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“Billionaires” and Capitalist Development in World-Historical PerspectiveIntroducing the World-Magnates Data Set, 1450–1914

The extraordinary increase in the number and wealth of billionaires in the past two decades has yielded a groundswell of analyses of the shifting patterns of economic growth around the globe and the r...

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

My "Making America's Wars" class today read @attackerman.bsky.social on Trump, & then examined "Salaam," a song written by a rapper named @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. They discussed how the War on Terror certainly drove nativism, but also how it might now drive an alternative universalist politics.

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

"As Trump prepares an assault on a South American field of resource extraction and deploys federal forces to terrorize American cities, Cheney can eternally look up from his well-earned spot in the afterlife at the fruits of his labor." @attackerman.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies

As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in US history.

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Cheney lived the long and comfortable life that was stolen from his many victims. And yet the real injustice is that he didn't live long enough to see the inside of a cell in the Hague.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - CLR James, "The Black Jacobins"

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Timely new research from my colleague Bailey Troia on cops at Pride. Give it a read! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

How can billionaires help us understand global capitalism? Since 1982, Forbes has been making a billionaires list to track capitalism's changing industries, geographies, & inequalities. Patricio Korzeniewicz & I are releasing a new dataset that allows us to do the same back to the 15th century 👇

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

all faculty and eligible university workers should pile into AAUP

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

Excerpt from Rutgers University Senate resolution calling for a Mutual Academic Defense Compact. The excerpt reads:

"BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Rutgers University Senate urges the President of Rutgers University to formally propose and help establish a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC) among all members of the Big Ten Academic Alliance;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, under this compact, all participating institutions shall commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund. This fund shall be used to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement;"

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Lester K Spence @lkspence.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

If you're a graduate student or junior scholar interested in the intersection between racial politics and political economy please consider attending the 2025 Johns Hopkins University Racial Politics Summer School (June 2-6). Applications now open! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Johns Hopkins 2025 Racial Politics Summer School on Political Economy

The Johns Hopkins Racial Politics Summer School (June 2-June 6 2025) The formal study of the relationship between the state and the market has long drawn the attention of scholars for intellectual an...

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

This is, of course, a war crime. But because it is the exact type of war crime that has been committed by admins of both parties regularly for a quarter century, it will be overlooked in favor of handwringing about "opsec."

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I have my social theory students make memes. They never disappoint. (Thanks due to @stschrader1.bsky.social, from whom I stole this assignment)

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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/03/2025

BREAKING: The AAUP & chapters @ Harvard, Rutgers, & NYU; & the Middle East Studies Association today filed a lawsuit to block the Trump admin from carrying out arrests, detentions, & deportations of students & faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian protests & protected 1st Amendment activities.

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AAUP, Allies Sue over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful Speech

The national AAUP; chapters at Harvard, Rutgers, and NYU; and the Middle East Studies Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests,...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I’m not saying AI is evil — god forbid I be that moralistic and clear — I’m saying it is worse than that. It’s MID. Too mid to do much more than externalize some risk, produce some mid documents, and accelerate climate risk as a cute little benefit.

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Is there a more apt manifestation of imperial decay than using emojis to plan the deaths of 53 people? Every day a new synthesis of tragedy and farce.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy. "Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

There is no way to fight back that doesn’t challenge ideas like ‘terrorist,’ ‘gang member,’ and ‘criminal.’

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

"I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear."

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Statement from @aaup.bsky.social president Todd Wolfson on Columbia's cowardice is spot on www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

A functional opposition party would be able to make this a defining issue. But the Democrats can't because crushing support for Palestine and implementing draconian immigration policies are planks in their platform too.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.

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BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates

Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This should be a lesson to all of higher ed. Columbia sold out its students, faculty, and values to appease the far-right—and it didn't save them. The whole education sector is a target. Standing for nothing is just as costly as standing for something.

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Tobita Chow @tobitac.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Most US policy makers and pundits seem incapable of distinguishing between “China is a threat to US hegemony” and “China is seeking to replace the US as global hegemon.” My best guess is that this is just Freudian projection

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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

No, the Pentagon budget is not actually being slashed. It's being reshuffled to finance some alarming Trump priorities, including: border militarization, "Iron Dome" for America, and militarization against China. @stephensemler.bsky.social and I analyze the latest. inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

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The Myth of Pentagon Budget Cuts

As Trump and Musk slash social spending, military spending is set to soar.

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Penny has really been enjoying @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social's *Blue Collar Empire* (and so have I!)

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

One of a few quotes from me in the piece:

“Whatever your feelings on Palestine, this is a research area in a widely recognized field of scholarship on genocide and apartheid,” Gowayed said. “These are well-established fields, whether you’re studying the Belgian Congo or Rwanda or Palestine, and the posting wasn’t even saying what approach the faculty should take … The reaction to this posting is so discrepant from the actual academic integrity of the job search.”

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Corey Payne @coreypayne.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

It's wild to see the discourse on "saving" higher ed focused on faculty culture & politics instead of, you know, the centralization of administrative power that has turned universities into hedge funds, weapons makers, & property developers first and sites of learning second.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 19/02/2025

Discriminatory attacks on efforts to advance knowledge about race, gender, class, sexual orientation, gender identity, & disability are inseparable from a larger & even more dangerous campaign against core academic values—including shared governance, academic freedom, & tenure—& learning itself. 7/

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