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Refuse Fascism @refusefascism.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This week on the podcast Sam speaks w @scottkurashige.bsky.social about how anti-Asian racism has shaped America, American identity, and the American Fascism that we now face. Sam also discusses the latest attacks on birthright citizenship and the confirmation of AG Todd Blanche. Give it a listen👇

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American Peril with Scott Kurashige

Podcast Episode 300: Sam talks to scholar and activist Dr. Scott Kurashige, author of the new book American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

HAPPY 111th BIRTHDAY, GRACE! Celebrate Grace's life & legacy by rededicating yourself to the {r}evolutionary transformation we need to stretch our humanity. Join us in Detroit on Sunday, July 5, 2-4pm, for the launch & opening ceremony of the Boggs Freedom School @Talking Dolls, 7145 East Davison

Grace Lee Boggs as elder with quote, "Had I not been born female and Chinese American, I would not have realized from early on that fundamental changes were necessary in our society. I might have ended up teaching philosophy at a university, an observer rather than an active participant in the humanity-stretching movements that have defined the last half of the twentieth century."
GRACE LEE BOGGS
June 27, 1915 - October 5, 2015

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Truly Orwellian. Guardian shows a photo of Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown introduced by Feds as evidence in domestic terrorism conviction of Prairieland Texas anti-ICE protestors

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Excited to be invited to the Asian American Journalists Association conference. On Friday 6/26 at 11:45am, I will be talking about my book, American Peril, and anti-Asian violence w/LA Times' Anh Do, who grew up in Little Saigon where her father started the first Vietnamese American newspaper.

flyer with photo of Scott Kurashige announcing his speaking at the #AAJA26 conference in Minneapolis, June 24-28.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

THURS, June 4 (8pm ET / 5pm PT): Join us online for an American Peril book conversation on anti-Asian racism and violence with Code Pink. www.codepink.org/americanperil6

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American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism Webinar

Please RSVP: American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism Webinar

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

SAT 5/30: "Mass Incarceration & Anti-Asian Violence," American Peril book event at Seattle Central Library w/poetry by Troy Osaki & conversation w/Ana Tanaka (Tsuru for Solidarity) & Vince Schleitwiler (University of Washington). Free registration in thread. Cosponsored by Minidoka Pilgrimage

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New memoir by Zayd Ayers Dohrn is must read. Got a sense from Zayd’s phenomenal podcast Mother Country Radicals, which combines deep research w/dramatic storytelling. His brother Chesa (former SF DA) is key figure in story which drives home interconnection bet personal/political in profound way.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Seeing Loomer's call to keep Muslim Americans "safe" by deporting them recalls argument Earl Warren made for Japanese American mass incarceration in Feb. 1942. He said their presence in society would "unquestionably bring about race riots and prejudice and hysteria." 1/

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Big thanks to Drew! My discussion of the murder of Yoshi Hattori & the failure to convict his killer (who put up a “stand your ground” styled defense) is deeply indebted to Drew’s important book Gun Country, esp. its brilliant analyses of how racialized fear propelled skyrocketing gun sales.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Join us at Seattle Central Library for special discussion of American Peril & history of anti-racism w/Ana Tanaka (Tsuru for Solidarity), Vince Schleitwiler (University of Washington) & poet Troy Osaki. Sat, May 30 at 2pm. Part of “One Book, One Coast” Series. Cosponsored by Minidoka Pilgrimage.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

SEATTLE: Join me (& grab awesome food/drink) at Hood Famous Cafe for interactive lesson on Socialism & Revolution in Asian American History w/Red May Seattle. May 28, 6:30pm, 504 5th Ave S, Suite 107A. Will have my new book & special Grace Lee Boggs items for sale. RSVP: partiful.com/e/VKVJPgRpM1...

Socialism & Revolution in Asian American History w/Red May Seattle. May 28, 6:30pm, 504 5th Ave S, Suite 107A

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

So grateful to see Prof Railton's appreciation of my new book on anti-Asian racism & esp. recognition of my underlying goals & methods: "our work should be linked to calls for action" and "American Peril is a pitch-perfect example of such public scholarship."

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

CHICAGO: Honored to speak about my new book American Peril at Harold Washington Library w/brilliant UI professors Nadine Naber & Junaid Rana! A day to celebrate the birthdays of Yuri & Malcolm and their legacy of Black/Asian solidarity. May 19, 6pm. Location: 400 S. State Street

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

SEATTLE: My book launch for American Peril on history of anti-Asian violence is this Friday 5/8, 7pm @ Third Place Books Ravenna (6504 20th Ave NE) w/brilliant UW professors Karam Dana & Linh Thủy Nguyễn! Free event. Book purchase optional.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

56 years ago, students said NO to genocidal war. Never forget the Ohio governor ordered the national guard to repress the protest at Kent State & they killed 4. On May 15 police repressing protest at Jackson State HBCU in Mississippi, killed Phillip Gibbs & James Green. www.wkyc.com/article/news...

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Kent State University: Remembering the May 4 shootings 56 years later

The annual commemoration remembers the four who died: Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

SEATTLE: Blessed to be joined by UW professors Linh Thủy Nguyễn & Karam Dana for the local book launch of American Peril: next Friday, May 8, 7pm at Third Place Books Ravenna, 6504 20th Ave NE. Free event w/optional book purchase. Hope to see you there!

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

WHAT TIME IS IT ON THE CLOCK OF THE WORLD? Amid the crisis of US empire, we need to resist the fascist assault & build another world from the ground up Sat 5/2, 3-5pm at Ginger Arts Center, 447 N. 12th St, Philadelphia. Excited to return to space sprung from creative energy of AsianAm youth!

Image: Grace Lee Boggs and Scott holding up copies of The Next American Revolution book with event info as described in post.

Text in image: Scott Kurashige is a prominent activist, educator, and award-winning writer addressing racial equity and social justice. He currently serves as the President of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation.
His latest work, American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism, connects with the work of Philadelphia's Asian Americans United.
On creating revolutionary alternatives to the collapsing liberal capitalist order...
Attendees are invited to learn and continue our conversation on
• decolonization
• awareness and solidarity against fascist upsurge
• social movements of the 1960's
• participatory democracy

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Thank you to @vromansbookstore.bsky.social, Margo Okazawa-Rey & great audience for a wonderful event. Historic setting & beautiful conclusion to a 10-event tour of California to launch my new book. Heading east next but hope to be back soon.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'm on tour trying to tell folk that the long history of anti-Asian racism has been suppressed & this guy just posts that China & India are "hellhole" countries that are “flooding America with illegal aliens” & now they've taken over tech industry so white men can't get a job. 1/

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Honored to discuss my new book American Peril w/always brilliant @zentronix.bsky.social Thurs 7pm PDT at City Lights SF & online (w/registration at link). citylights.com/events/scott...

See full text at https://citylights.com/events/scott-kurashige-american-peril/

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

AMERICAN PERIL BOOK TOUR: come see me discuss my new book on anti-Asian violence. Excited to be in conversation with a dream list of scholars & activists. Please find link to tour dates & locations in comment or DM me if you’re interested in having me do a talk or zoom.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I was blessed to have @melissahung.bsky.social work with me on this book. We discussed some key changes that I believe made the book much better. If you need an editor or assistance with writing projects, you'll be very luck if Melissa is available.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

My book American Peril is currently the #1 New Release in Asian American Studies. While I am most excited to support independent bookstores, one company controls most book sales. So it will help others find the book if you post a review on Amazon and Goodreads, even if you buy the book elsewhere

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It’s tragically fitting the US president would vow to annihilate a “whole civilization” the same day I release a book that reveals the white supremacist and imperialist roots of anti-Asian violence, including repeated massacres within the US and overseas. Thread with April events in NoCal. 1/

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

General Curtis E. LeMay was the architect of the firebombing of Tokyo which killed 100,000 civilians in Japan on March 9-10, 1945. He boasted of burning down one-half of the city made up of wooden structures, leaving its residents "scorched and boiled and baked to death." 1/

Post by Laura Loomer: All of our military leaders should channel Curtis LeMay. I hear President Trump is a big fan.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Trump has called for attacks on civilian sites that amount to war crimes. But don't call this "un-American" because he's repeating the lies, massacres & cover-ups of predecessors. Thanks to Truthout for this piece drawing from my new book, American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

ICE arrests Salah Sarsour—known as a prominent, upstanding permanent resident in Milwaukee—based on questionable reports from Israel that occurred long before he immigrated to the US. Meanwhile a federal board has ruled that Trump can fire immigration judges with no civil service protections.

NYT: ICE Arrests the Head of Wisconsin’s Largest Islamic Group
Officials detained Salah Sarsour, the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, saying he had been convicted of crimes by Israel and had lied on a green card application in the 1990s.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

In tribute to Trans Day of Visibility, I am honored to announce that my first bookstore event for American Peril will be a conversation with Mia Yamamoto at Village Well Books in my hometown of Culver City, CA. Please join us on Saturday, April 18 at 6:30pm.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

That would be an intersection devoid of intersectionality

Headline: Petition seeks to rename Cesar Chavez Street in SF to Chuck Norris Boulevard. Image: two street signs at intersection of Chuck Norris and Michigan

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I found this interview with Chavez biographer Miriam Pawel to be illuminating. While she was not previously aware of the sexual assaults, she argues that a red-baiting attack to oust Philip Vera Cruz was a glaring sign of abuse of power, among many others that were quickly swept under the rug. 1/

So when bad things happened — when the Filipino leader Philip Vera Cruz was brutally drummed out and accused of being a Communist spy, nobody said anything. There were a lot of people there who knew, but they didn’t speak up. And ever since, some people have wrestled with the questions of whether they should have.
So there were a lot of red flags. It was a politics of nonviolence. And then his cousin ran a “wet line” on the border that beat people up. But all of that to people was second to, “I’m not going to say anything.” And people didn’t say anything for decades.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Japanese American Buddhist temple in Sacramento defaced with Neo-Nazi symbols. While our community is not under fire like WWII, the hatred that accumulates never goes away on its own.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This could be big: Trump’s Director of the National Counterterrorism Center has just resigned in protest of the Iran War, which he says is rooted in lies. Warns the US has slipped into “decline and chaos.”

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Historians of the future will be studying this DOGE kid deposition alongside the Federalist Papers and the Gettysburg Address.

Interview video transcript. Q: You don’t regret that people might’ve lost important income to support their lives?

A: No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit.

Q: Ok. Did you reduce the federal deficit?

A: No, we didn’t.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Thanks to Lit Hub for running this article drawn from my new book American Peril!

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Today is the 5th anniversary of the Atlanta spa shootings, a pivotal moments in recent Asian American history. Spent the morning at the Georgia State Capitol for a powerful commemoration & now getting ready to give a book talk at University of Georgia in one of my fave college towns Athens, Ga.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/03/2026

This is extraordinarily bad

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Congrats to the person who rushed to get the last vote in before the polls closed!

🚨Boca Raton, Florida Mayoral Election🚨

(Thomson wins by 1 vote)

🔵 Andy Thomson - 39.62% (7,568) ✅

🔴 Mike Liebelson - 39.61% (7,567)

🔴 Fran Nachlas - 20.77% 3,367)

100% of expected votes in

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The only think prohibiting transit in the Panama Canal is a cartoon rabbit stealing the locks. It is open for transit should Bugs Bunny not do that.

News headline: BUGS BUNNY SWIPES LOCKS OFF PANAMA CANAL

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Sitting Congressman openly & proudly promoting most vile form of bigotry. And a handful of GOP at most will denounce it. So no surprise that killing schoolgirls gets normalized and dismissed. Not the “good Muslim, bad Muslim” of Bush or the “benevolent assimilation” of McKinley. Just pure hatred.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This reflects the racist, xenophobic mentality that put my Japanese American family members in concentration camps during WWII. Everyone should denounce it as loudly as possible and put an end to this bigotry in Congress once and for all.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My new book AMERICAN PERIL began shipping today, which I am only mentioning in the middle of war because it helps explain how lies, coverups, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and greed have sustained US militarism through endless wars. Flyer w/discount code linked. www.ucpress.edu/flyer/books/...

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American Peril by Scott Kurashige - Hardcover

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Revolution means saying YES to Life and NO to War!

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

So heartwarming to see real American patriots embracing the gold medal skating by Lucy Liu!?!

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Just published my first Substack article in honor of Japanese American Day of Remembrance... Why the History of Japanese American Incarceration Matters Today: Rachel Maddow’s Latest Podcast Draws Important and Misguided Lessons from EO 9066 (Totally free to read) open.substack.com/pub/scottkur...

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

From Minneapolis poet Bao Phi: "We march together no matter the temperature, no matter the fear inflicted, no matter the hatred weaponized, because of our love for humanity." time.com/7345628/anti...

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Why Minnesotans Fear ICE

The weight of state violence isn’t abstract, it’s personal, argues Minneapolis poet Bao Phi.

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Scott Kurashige @scottkurashige.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Rachel Maddow's Burn Order podcast will bring unprecedented attention to the evils of Japanese American incarceration. But it's stuck in a liberal framework that sees "bad guys" undermining American democracy. Turns out I debunked this in a 1992 grad school paper for Prof. Mari Matsuda.

Problems with the Good Guys vs. Bad Guys Theory

The scapegoating of DeWitt also plays into the good guys vs. bad guys theory of causal interpretation. By this notion, bad guys like DeWitt and those at the War Department prevailed over concerned good guy liberals like Ennis and others at the Justice Department. Moreover, the good guy Supreme Court members, whose job it is to impartially uphold justice, were deceived by the bad guys at the War Department. This theory is also disturbing. As the historical record shows, there were few examples of a liberal or humanistic view towards Japanese Americans in the federal government and no examples of that view prevailing to shape government policy. After many failed arguments, even the government lawyers argued that the Supreme Court was not deceived by the War Department but acted as an accomplice to validate the “military necessity” position!

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