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Laura E. Ruberto

@laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social
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I'm a Humanities professor at Berkeley City College. I write abt Italian migration/transnational/diaspora topics, film, material culture, vernacular culture, monuments, Gramsci, POWs and more. Anti-fascist, pro-the-people, through and through.

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🎃 Mac O'Lantern 🎃 @jacmacandsneeze.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
absolutely shocked to have this news in my inbox, what a loss calandrainstitute.org/2026/10/07/r...
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Remembering Dr. Joseph Sciorra – Calandra Institute
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Infodiva @infodiva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Dr. Joseph Sciorra Dies at 71; Memorial to Be Held Friday in Brooklyn The influential folklorist and cultural historian leaves a legacy of scholarship, activism, and decades of documenting Italian American life lavocedinewyork.com/en/people/20...
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Dr. Joseph Sciorra Dies at 71; Memorial to Be Held Friday in Brooklyn
Dr. Joseph Sciorra, a prominent folklorist and cultural historian who spent decades documenting Italian American traditions, died suddenly on October
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
a fond farewell to @josephsciorra.bsky.social a friend and colleague who has left us too soon. grateful to have had the good fortune to work with you. you will be missed. resta in pace caro amico @calandrainstitute.bsky.social
Laura E Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra presenting New Italian Migrations at the Centro Studi Americani in Rome, 2017
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Italian American Studies Association @iasa1966.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
IASA expresses its profound sadness over the death of Dr. Joseph Sciorra. It is an incredible loss for Italian American scholarship and for all who had the privilege to know him. share.google/7N7E6xi0c0cD...
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Remembering Dr. Joseph Sciorra – Calandra Institute
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/08/2026
Rest assured, the new CDC director thinks ‘abortion surveillance’ is essential | Arwa Mahdawi
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Rest assured, the new CDC director thinks ‘abortion surveillance’ is essential | Arwa Mahdawi
An exchange between Dr Erica Schwartz and Senator Josh Hawley during her confirmation hearing is alarming
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Great to have this piece out in the world! #nocolumbus
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I’ll be speaking at the Museo Italoamericano about Tina Modotti’s first five years in the United States, as an Italian immigrant in San Francisco Come see some of her photos and more at this pop-up exhibit! sfmuseo.org/events/speci...
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Geese are the most talked about new rock band in years. But thanks to a recent Wired article, they’re now facing a backlash — accused of being privileged, reactionary, and even a “psyop.” It’s everything that’s wrong with music discourse today.
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It’s Okay to Like Geese
Geese are the most talked about new rock band in years. But thanks to a recent Wired article, they’re now facing a backlash — accused of being privileged, reactionary, and even a “psyop.” It’s everything that’s wrong with music discourse today.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A recent piece I wrote with @josephsciorra.bsky.social on Italian Americans ongoing relationship with Columbus heroification!
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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 19/03/2026
As Predicted, ICE Reports Another Detention Death While Congress Does Nothing: 2nd This Week, 13th This Year, 42nd Under Trump austinkocher.substack.com/p/as-predict...
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As Predicted, ICE Reports Another Detention Death While Congress Does Nothing: 2nd This Week, 13th This Year, 42nd Under Trump
Detention deaths occurring about once every four days. Call Rep. Scott Franklin and Glades County Sheriff's Office until we get answers, contact information available below.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I didn’t know the artist and was intrigued enough to go down a wormhole so thank you for posting it!! 😊🙏
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Great stuff but he was Armenian not American 😊
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/01/2026
It shouldn’t be controversial to insist that Democrats vote to rein in this lawless and sadistic agency. Demand that your Members of Congress use their leverage with the upcoming Homeland Security funding bill to get ICE Out For Good: act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out...
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ICE Agents Grab Five-Year-Old Boy, Use Him ‘As Bait To Knock On the Door’ To Find Immigrants
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took a five-year-old boy named Liam Ramos – and his father – who had just arrived home from the child's school.
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Bill Emory (he/him) @oldmanemory.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis. #FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 03/01/2026
Young boy reading book in a ruined bookshop in London devastated by an air raid - 1940
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 03/01/2026
Now that these works have entered the public domain, put them to good use in our annual Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... Submit your short film by 11:59pm PST on January 7.
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
"One protesting strategy has been shown time and again to be most effective in the US: nonviolence" 🙄 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/12/2025
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
My recent review of Chasing the Lung Block directed by Stefano Gabbiani and co-written by Stefano Morello and Ilaria Tonelli Out in the Italian American Review @veritas44.bsky.social
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La Repubblica @mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Parlare inglese non è cosa nostra: gli italiani ultimo Paese in Europa per conoscenza della lingua www.repubblica.it/economia/2025/11/…
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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
DHS now terrorizing Charlotte NC
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/11/2025
Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone
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Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone
The southern European country has more than double the number of people aged over 100 than it did in 2009 The number of people in Italy living to aged 100 continues to grow sharply, with more than 2,000 reaching the milestone age in 2025, the vast majority of them women. There are now 23,548 residents in Italy who are 100-years-old or over, compared with 21,211 in 2024, according to the latest figures from Istat, the national statistics agency. Italy has more than double the number of centenarians than it did in 2009, Istat said. Continue reading...
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Italian American Review 15.2 is now available! Check it out for a new article, new notes, book reviews, and a film review. Featuring contributions from @bgfirmani.bsky.social, @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social, and more. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/issu...
Cover of Italian American Review, Volume 15, Issue 2, Summer 2025
Multi-colored yellow background featuring the art work of Vincent Baldassano—an abstract house design.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Rolling out fascism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump defends troops in US cities after Hegseth decries military DEI efforts
President and defense chief delivered pair of incendiary speeches to a crowd of hundreds of generals and admirals
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Italian American Review Vol. 15, No. 1, a special issue on periodicals in the Italian Diaspora, also contains three new book reviews and a film review. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social and @josephsciorra.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/issu...
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𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝕸𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖙 𝕰𝖊𝖗𝖎𝖊 @belowmounteerie.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Heavy scuffles in #Milano during the strike for #Gaza (via x . com)
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Corriere della Sera @mm-corriere-bot.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Milano, caos al corteo per Gaza: assalto alla stazione, scontri pro Pal-Polizia | Piantedosi: "Isolare i violenti ma non vieteremo i cortei" milano.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/…
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MilanoInMovimento @milanoinmovimento.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
MILANO, 50.000 IN PIAZZA PER GAZA Folla oceanica oggi al corteo dello sciopero per la Palestina. Assedio alla Stazione Centrale con violenti scontri #FreePalestine #StopBombingGaza #CeasefireNow #StopGenocide #GlobalSumudFlotilla
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John D. Calandra Italian American Institute @calandrainstitute.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Check out the 3D model of the Calandra Institute's exhibit "Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States" curated by Laura E. Ruberto and Joseph Sciorra. @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
In Italian American Review 15.1, Marcella Martin focuses on a late 20th-century periodical published at a time when many were predicting the end of the Italian ethnic press in the US. cc: @calandrainstitute.bsky.social and @josephsciorra.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/iar/arti...
Cover of Italian American Review, Volume 15, Issue 1, Winter 2025
Multi-colored yellow background featuring the art work of Vincent Baldassano—an abstract house design.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Yes of course I figured 😊 - here’s a good piece @npr.org ran Friday in case you / others missed it www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...
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How the Italian anthem 'Bella Ciao' is connected to Charlie Kirk's killing
From its association with workers' rights in the 19th century to its inclusion in a video game, the famous old Italian song "Bella Ciao" has an evolving legacy.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Yes! I (and others) have ! www.google.com/books/editio...
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Happy to share that the exhibit I curated w/ @josephsciorra.bsky.social , Creativity and World War II Italian POWs in the United States, has been extended through November 26, 2025. Check it out! Gallery Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm 25 W 43rd St Fl 17, New York, NY @calandrainstitute.bsky.social
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
💜 seeing this! #Italianpows
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Thanks to all these people and more for your advocacy around her history continuing to be remembered and studied @anteenuke.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @monicabee.bsky.social @ewingbrooks.bsky.social and others who I’m missing on Bluesky right now !
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Glad the @nytimes.com finally recognized Tina Modotti by running an obituary of this immigrant activist and artist. I—along with others—have been submitting her to their “Overlooked No More” series I’d love to know how they ultimately decided to run one www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
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Overlooked No More: Tina Modotti, Whose Life Was as Striking as Her Photographs
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
nuovo libro a cura di Lorenzo Marmo su Scorsese con un capitolo mio sul film "Domenica in chiesa, lunedì all'inferno" / New book out edited by Lorenzo Marmo un Scorsese with a chapter of mine on "Mean Streets" - Marsilio Editori www.sololibri.net/Martin-Scors...
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“Martin Scorsese” di Lorenzo Marmo (a cura di)
Marsilio, 2025 - Un'immersione nel cinema del grande regista, fra i suoi film di denuncia sociale e riflessione sul senso di fallimento e del peccato, che hanno fatto della violenza un campo di indagi...
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
very cool to see this 3-D version of the exhibit I curated with @josephsciorra.bsky.social -- on view in person until September 26 in NYC @calandrainstitute.bsky.social
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NPR @npr.org · 10/08/2025
NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
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Asylum-seekers thought they were following the rules. Now some are told to start over
NPR has learned that dozens of immigrants across the U.S. have received letters notifying them that their asylum cases have been dismissed because they have not yet received a screening interview.
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La Repubblica @mm-repubblica-bot.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Mattarella ricorda Marcinelle: “Tutela dei lavoratori e lotta allo sfruttamento urgente necessità” www.repubblica.it/politica/2025/08/…
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Howard Zinn Book Fair @howardzinnbookfair.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Black and pink text on a gray background advertises the Howard Zinn Book Fair on December 7 2025 in San Francisco. There is also a small line drawing of historian Howard Zinn.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
indeed!
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/n...
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Italian Americans, for and Against Mamdani, Square Off in New York
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
It’s not - sadly.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
L’avventura, Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960 Sometimes migration themes are on the margins of a film’s story but are no less revealing or impactful. Screening Migration at www.instagram.com/p/DMMHTvKSoA...
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
“when someone wants to go somewhere else so badly that they’ll risk their life then it’s time for me to help them, not send them away” A Lady Without Passport, 1950, Joseph H. Lewis See also: www.instagram.com/p/DL7sdspRUs... #immigrants #refugees www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pag5...
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Lady Without Passport, A Original Trailer
YouTube video by Вайнах Лига
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
***Digital History Seed Grants*** The IEHS invites submissions for awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with digital history work connected to migration history and related fields. Deadline: 8/1/25 iehs.org/awards/seed_...
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Digital History Seed Grants
Visit the post for more.
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Laura E. Ruberto @laura-e-ruberto.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Migrant Screens I teach a course that traces the cinematic representations of immigrations—considering borders, journeys, assimilation, historical & ongoing policies around refugees, asylum seekers, economic migrants, etc. kicking-off a related IG profile-join me www.instagram.com/migrantscree...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Check out this new special issue on Citizenship and Migration co-edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social for the Journal of American and Ethnic History! The introduction is open access and available to all for free. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
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