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Pablo Piccato

@ppiccato.bsky.social
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Historian of Mexico, from poetry to crime. Recent books: Historia mínima de la violencia en México; A History of Infamy: Crime Truth and Justice in Mexico.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University over anti-Palestinian discrimination www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University over years of alleged anti-Palestinian discrimination
Lawsuit accuses university of ‘deliberate indifference’ and failure to respond to ‘persistent and coordinated harassment’
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Columbia AAUP calls on the university administration to respond to the recent whistleblower report about the Trump administration's illegal abuses of the Title VI process.
On Learning from the Whistleblower Report
Columbia University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors
September 8, 2026
On August 17, the Governmental Accountability Project sent a report to elected officials leading
several committees in the US Senate and House of Representatives. This report calls on those
congressional bodies to investigate accusations made by Department of Justice lawyer Haley Van
Erem and other anonymous DOJ lawyers concerning the numerous abuses of the DOJ Task
Force to Combat Anti-Semitism. This was the Task Force that cowed Columbia (with a boost
from forces inside the university) into making fundamental changes to university policies and
practices and into handing over $200 million to the federal government to unfreeze $400 million
in research funds that had already been competitively awarded to Columbia faculty.
According to the whistleblower report, leaders of the Task Force had predetermined the outcome
of the investigations before they started; failed to engage in sustained and rigorous factfinding or
to produce the evidence required to support these pre-determined findings; and repeatedly
targeted speech that was protected by the First Amendment. In sum, this was a rogue Task Force
acting outside the parameters of the law and the norms governing DOJ investigations. The
whistleblowers confirm the findings of the AAUP-MESA report on the Trump administration’s
weaponization of civil rights law. And they vindicate views expressed in 2024 and 2025 by
many Columbia faculty members who urged Columbia leadership to defend the institution
against spurious accusations and stand firm despite the government’s bad-faith weaponization of
anti-Semitism charges.
Nonetheless, Columbia caved to the federal administration’s demands without attempting
litigation to defend against this illegal and improper government behavior. Most disturbingly,
the whistleblower report indicates (p. 18, ¶ 1) that Columbia’s willingness to settle was, …
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.
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U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance
Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“University life, he lamented, was becoming ever narrowly concerned with bean counting and revenue generation, often at the expense of its purported central mission: to teach well and to produce knowledge.” A wonderful piece about our dear colleague David Rosner www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...
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Remembering David Rosner, Public Health Historian With A Purpose | Health Affairs Forefront
Many historians and public health research scholars talk about their desire to influence policy, but no one did it better than David.
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 25/08/2026
The University of Chicago’s social-sciences division is adopting an “analog” policy for required core courses: no classroom technology, no AI assistance on coursework, and limits on faculty use of generative AI in grading. chroni.cl/4c9CQCk
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U. of Chicago’s Social-Sciences Division Bans Tech, AI in Core Courses
The new restrictions apply to students and faculty members.
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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El tesoro prohibido de Andrés Caicedo
El 4 de marzo de 1977 fue el día más importante en la vida de Andrés Caicedo. Primero recibió en su casa de Cali, Colombia, el ejemplar de muestra de su primera novela editada comercialmente. Horas de...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Otro sobre Caicedo: Jot Down Cultural Magazine
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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‘Liveforever’: Andrés Caicedo’s Manifesto Of Wild Youth
Published in 1977, this Colombian cult classic novel about a young woman in Cali who becomes obsessed with salsa is a thrilling portrait of a city’s musical obsession.
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Latin American history in NYC
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
All the access that’s fit to print.
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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Against Geopolitical Football Moralizing
Anglo-American commentary has lost its mind, blending “VAR-gentina” complaints with outrage over Milei’s cozy relationship with Trump and Netanyahu. Don’t buy the moralizing: Argentina is still worth ...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Mi reseña de la última novela de JM Servín. La onda, pero madura y sin ilusiones www.milenio.com/cultura/labe...
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Antes de Otis: J. M. Servín y la infamia de Acapulco
‘Antes de Otis’, novela de J. M. Servín, retrata la decadencia de Acapulco, la memoria, la violencia y el oficio de escribir.
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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After Gaza protests, Columbia agreed to a $21m antisemitism fund. Whose claims will count?
Faculty who support Palestinian rights are applying for compensation, claiming they faced harassment as Jews for their positions
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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After Gaza protests, Columbia agreed to a $21m antisemitism fund. Whose claims will count?
Faculty who support Palestinian rights are applying for compensation, claiming they faced harassment as Jews for their positions
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Student sues University of Michigan over alleged surveillance tied to Gaza protests
Lawsuit says university and private investigators conspired to intimidate, terrorize and retaliate against Josiah Walker
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Animal Político @pajaropolitico.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🇵🇸 #HoyEnAnimal | Entre el confeti y los cánticos de la rúa durante la celebración del campeonato del FC Barcelona, una imagen le ha dado la vuelta al mundo: Lamine Yamal, ondeando una bandera de Palestina desde lo alto del autobús descapotable. grupoanimal.mx/deportes/lam...
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Lamine Yamal: Ondea bandera de Palestina durante la fiesta del campeonato
El FC Barcelona es campeón de España por segundo año consecutivo y la ciudad es una fiesta. Tras vencer 2-0 al Real Madrid en un Clásico de infarto (con goles de Marcus Rashford y Ferran Torres), el e
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Una buena conversación en Hermosillo con las profesoras Amparo Reyes y Lucía García del Departamento de Historia y Antropología de la Universidad de Sonora youtube.com/watch?v=J6fp...
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Así Pasó | Capítulo 15 - Pablo Piccato: ¿Por qué se perpetua la violencia en México?
YouTube video by Hmo Producciones
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Mañana a las 11am voy a hablar sobre José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, la literatura y el lenguaje de la política en la era de la Independencia, en el Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas UNAM. Es presencial y también lo van a pasar en youtube.
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why is the US media silent about Israel’s role in Trump’s decision to go to war? | Jason Stanley
I suspect the main reason they avoid criticising Israel is that they believe that would be antisemitic. But this is both dangerous and wrong
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
So familiar. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US universities are seeing an influx of ‘antisemitism centers’. Some Jewish scholars are worried
Political pressures are resulting in a range of initiatives that experts say substitute expertise with ideology
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
An interview on gender violence in Mexico, with nice illustrations, at te México Solidarity Bulletin: mexicosolidarityproject.org/es/archives/...
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Gender Violence: A Historical Through-Line | México Solidarity Project
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A perceptive and historically deep examination the Latin American right’s support of Israel. eialonline.org/index.php/ei...
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View of “La ética judeocristiana”: On Latin America’s Right-Wing Populists and their Support of Israel during the Gaza War | EIAL - Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The US govmt prevents the entrance of a survivor of the Argentine dictatorship death camps elpais.com/mexico/2026-...
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Estados Unidos niega la entrada a la protagonista de ‘La llamada’, víctima de la dictadura argentina
Personal de la aerolínea baja a Silvia Labayru de un vuelo a punto de despegar desde Ciudad de México hacia San Antonio, en Texas
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Federico Finchelstein @finchelsteinf.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Dear friends....Just started a substack on fascism, populism and the present, pls join me there! federicofinchelstein.substack.com/p/the-histor...
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The Historian and the Citizen
This is my first post in this medium.
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The New School of Social Research is being dismantled. youtube.com/watch?v=JRPP...
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What A Wonder School (This Would Be)
YouTube video by Austerity Singers
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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En España, EE UU o Argentina, así reescribe el pasado la ultraderecha: “El nacionalismo necesita su historia”
El cuestionamiento de la cifra oficial de desaparecidos por parte del Gobierno de Milei, los libros que lavan la dictadura española y el rechazo de Meloni a definirse como “antifascista” alertan sobre...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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50 años después: Argentina batalla por la memoria de la dictadura
El aniversario del último golpe militar encuentra al país bajo un Gobierno que relativiza el terrorismo de Estado, mientras la literatura, el cine y otras artes continúan elaborando el legado del geno...
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Meghan K. Roberts @meghankroberts.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
It’s so good I have to post it twice, this time to say hell yes, look at what you can do with an Africana Studies major from Bowdoin College
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
I saw Habermas in the Union Sq Barnes and Noble after he gave a talk in NYU. He was so focused on the recent arrivals table that I could not bring myself to bother him.
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
400,000 people in Mexico City say one can enjoy Shakira in peace.
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Esfera pública: entrevista a Pablo Piccato - Presente
Revista Presente (RP): Tu trabajo vincula la esfera pública con la violencia, dos ámbitos que suelen pensarse como opuestos: la primera asociada a la deliberación civil y la segunda a la ruptura viole...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I will be talking about my book with Fernando Pérez Montesinos this February 12. All can join www.international.ucla.edu/LAI/events/1...
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A Brief History of Violence in Mexico (UNC Press, 2025)
The UCLA Latin American Institute is a vital regional, national, and international resource on Latin America.
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Federico Finchelstein @finchelsteinf.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
“Cuando la extrema derecha habla de libertad de expresión, lo que reclama es una vía libre para discriminar. Pasa con el trumpismo o el presidente Kast cuando niega el terrorismo de Estado de Pinochet”, sostiene Federico Finchelstein, historiador www.eldiario.es/sociedad/aba...
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Abascal, Abogados Cristianos y los 'think tanks' de Trump: la internacional ultraderechista se confabula en Bruselas
El Parlamento Europeo acogerá el próximo 3 de febrero la nueva edición de la cumbre de la Red Política de Valores tras pasar por el Senado español, en la que se darán cita perfiles destacados de la al...
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Federico Finchelstein @finchelsteinf.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
“When the far right talks about freedom of expression, what they are really demanding is a free pass to discriminate. Examples: Trumpism or President Kast when he denies Pinochet's state terrorism,” argues historian Federico Finchelstein. www.eldiario.es/sociedad/aba... @eldiario.es
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Abascal, Abogados Cristianos y los 'think tanks' de Trump: la internacional ultraderechista se confabula en Bruselas
El Parlamento Europeo acogerá el próximo 3 de febrero la nueva edición de la cumbre de la Red Política de Valores tras pasar por el Senado español, en la que se darán cita perfiles destacados de la al...
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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My post-AHA @uncpress.bsky.social book order came in! Can’t wait to read these!! (Photo on my office carpet because my desk is too full of random stuff 🤪) #History
History books on a carpet
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Llevo años estudiando el fascismo y EEUU se acerca a él a pasos agigantados
La autocratización del mundo incluye la nueva tendencia de que los líderes se comporten como conquistadores napoleónicos y que sus seguidores jueguen a ser soldados de juguete, se disfracen como tales...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Gracias, Elliott
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Trump Has a New Motto www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Opinion | Trump Has a New Motto
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds
Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
“I worked on a project that was just cleaning up after a high-level engineer tried to use AI to generate code to complete a complex project,” . . . “But none of it worked and he didn’t understand why – starting from scratch would have actually been easier.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate
Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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Benedetti, Cabrera Infante, Mejía Godoy o Mercedes Sosa, el acervo mexicano que custodia las voces del exilio latinoamericano
La UNESCO ha reconocido la colección “Memoria sonora de Latinoamérica”, de Radio Educación, que reúne 420 programas que documentan voces, experiencias y aportes culturales de personas exiliadas de la ...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
“the scale and depth of the attacks on our institutions—whether dismantled, weaponized, or personalized—mean that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to just flip the lights back on”
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The Brief History of Violence in Mexico is out! uncpress.org/978146968994...
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A Brief History of Violence in Mexico
Political rhetoric often portrays Mexico as an inherently violent nation. Pablo Piccato’s essential work, now available in English for the first time, cuts...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
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Opinion | The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Mi entrevista en El País elpais.com/mexico/2025-...
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Pablo Piccato: “El sistema de seguridad y justicia que se formó con el PRI está diseñado para no funcionar bien”
El académico acaba de publicar ‘Historia Mínima de la Violencia en México’, un repaso a la constelación de conflictos armados que ha vivido México desde la Revolución y un intento de explicar el prese...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Un artículo sobre los exiliados radicales bajo la dictadura basado en las cartas y las publicaciones de mi padre www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/art_revistas...
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Pablo Piccato @ppiccato.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The Plains and the Pampas: a workshop at Columbia
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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
MIT’s reply to Trumps shocking attack on education is a master class in deft rhetorical communication and positioning. It refutes without ceding ground. It negates without naming the charge. It accuses and rejects while sounding compliant. What a breath of fresh air after endless disappointments
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sepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I am honored to be a colleague (and student) of Rashid Khalidi and his public lectures on Palestine at The People's Forum have started. Please learn!
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Short Course on Palestine Class 1: The Origins of The Hundred Years War
YouTube video by The People's Forum NYC
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