Esther Allen
@estherlallen
#CUNY prof. Translation advocate. Current project: One Vast Question: The Life & Afterlife of José Martí.
“Gulf of America,” my review of the indispensable new history by @GregGrandin is up on @LAReviewofBooks. lareviewofbooks.org/article/gulf-o…
I met with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, who was imprisoned for 104 days by the Trump administration for opposing Netanyahu’s illegal & horrific war in Gaza. Outrageous. We must not allow Trump to destroy the First Amendment & freedom to dissent.
genuinely breaks my heart to see the administration destroy whatever’s left of the complit department
The Division of the Arts & Humanities is considering consolidating its 15 departments into eight, reducing language instruction, and establishing minimum class and program sizes, citing new federal policies and shifts in the “underlying financial models” for higher education.
Fiona Smith from @Oxfam: "For two years we've watched atrocity after atrocity being perpetrated on the civilians of Gaza.. the GHF is basically a killing foundation.. this is the killing fields" NGO's are protesting outside parliament this morning
It is so late, Ms Kallas. Only sanctions can stop Israel. Suspending the EU agreement with Israel is a must. Anything less will be just performance, which the millions of Europeans who are grieving for the genodice in Gaza, would much prefer being spared from.
The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible. I spoke again with @gideonsaar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points. All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges
After a harrowing month in ICE custody, Derlis is finally home. His release was made possible by his parents’ strength, the support of classmates and teachers, and local groups that stepped up to provide legal help. Too many families are still living this nightmare. We must keep…
Here’s the moment Queens high school student Derlis Chusin reunited with his family after being detained in an ICE facility for over a month. @CBSNewYork @CBSNews
“The level of repression that we’re seeing is related to the shift in the narrative, and the loss of control over that narrative.” theguardian.com/education/2025…
BBC host: ".. how long can people survive.. obviously people are appalled by the images we are seeing" Juliette Touma from UNRWA "We should be more than appalled. We've passed the threshold of being appalled many months ago... the people of Gaza are being deliberately starved"
Francesca Albanese calls for states to break Israel’s 🇮🇱 blockade of Gaza 🇵🇸: ‘Every Mediterranean state should use their navy to break the blockade and send humanitarian aid to Gaza 🇵🇸’ End the slaughter now Get aid into Gaza 🇵🇸 Free Palestine 🇵🇸 today.
Doha Kahlout on leaving Gaza, translated by Yasmine Seale go.nybooks.com/4eVJ8Wp
Break *all* collaboration with Israel, impose draconian sanctions, expel all its ambassadors - otherwise this appeal is window dressing.
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK: "the war in Gaza must end now."
Breaking: In the past 48 hours, 20 people in Gaza have died from hunger, according to the Director General of the Ministry of Health.
“We are citizens of the most powerful country in the world, and it is a country that stands upon the wrong side of every liberation struggle on Earth. I want you to feel what that means.” ―Audre Lorde
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE YEARS
French army leaves Senegal, ending 365 years of French military presence in West Africa
Today I spent 3 hours with Brad Lander and his family, giving them a private tour on Brooklyn’s Muslim, Arab, and South Asian histories. I am so grateful for their deep curiosity and desire to support my work and our communities. Happy Birthday Mr. Comptroller. You’re fam now.
in december 2023 health and aid workers in gaza had to create a new acronym WCNSF (wounded child no surviving family). i thought nothing on earth could be more heartbreaking. that was 18 months ago and those children are being starved to death
Empty words from the Foreign Secretary - the statement lacks any resolve, leadership or action to help end the genocide in Gaza. 1/4🧵
The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. Alongside 25 other partners, the UK message is clear: the war in Gaza must end now. We need an immediate ceasefire, release of all hostages and a full resumption of aid. gov.uk/government/new…
Extraordinary. AFP says its journalists are in imminent risk of being starved to death by Israel. This has never happened since the agency was founded. Never has any of its journalists been starved to death
We are all contemplatives of an ongoing apocalypse. —Etel Adnan
You know the situation is dire if the New York Times is using the active voice when describing a murder.
Breaking News: Israeli troops killed more than 60 Palestinians after crowds gathered near a border crossing where aid trucks enter, Gaza officials said. nyti.ms/3GRuuTp
I’m so glad Rachel Wells did this story. When this brave woman told her story at a town hall last week, it was the first patient I had heard who was refused treatment due to a new TN law. This is horrifying and dangerous for TN women.