Raging Raul
@mchavez.bsky.social
Chicano philosopher, street-driving theorist
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UT-Austin cuts ethnic, gender studies majors from new student applications
Future students can no longer major in Women’s, Sexualities & Gender studies; Mexican American & Latina/o studies; African & African Diaspora studies as of fall 2027. www.statesman.com/news/educati...
Future students can no longer major in Women’s, Sexualities & Gender studies; Mexican American & Latina/o studies; African & African Diaspora studies as of fall 2027. www.statesman.com/news/educati...
New UT students can't apply to ethnic, gender studies majors
New UT applicants can’t select Mexican American, African American and women’s studies majors - although the provost hasn’t publicly cancelled the programs.
www.statesman.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
UT-Austin cuts ethnic, gender studies majors from new student applications
Future students can no longer major in Women’s, Sexualities & Gender studies; Mexican American & Latina/o studies; African & African Diaspora studies as of fall 2027. www.statesman.com/news/educati...
Future students can no longer major in Women’s, Sexualities & Gender studies; Mexican American & Latina/o studies; African & African Diaspora studies as of fall 2027. www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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"Wyoming will become the first state in the US where you cannot receive a B.A. in Philosophy."
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University of Wyoming to Drop Philosophy Major - Daily Nous
As for Fall 2027, incoming students at the University of Wyoming will no longer be allowed to major in philosophy. The news was shared by philosophy professor Bradley Rettler in posts on social media....
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July 23, 2026 at 4:30 PM
"Wyoming will become the first state in the US where you cannot receive a B.A. in Philosophy."
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Frédéric Lordon on the coming AI crash.
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Frédéric Lordon, Awaiting the Crash? — Sidecar
On the AI bubbles.
newleftreview.org
July 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Frédéric Lordon on the coming AI crash.
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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This is the point at which you strike and shut down the school until they back off. It doesn’t matter that you’re vulnerable, that they can fire you. This is where you have to draw the line or there is no university left.
"A history professor course could not allocate instructional time to the Stonewall riots or the gay rights movement. If a U.S. history textbook includes a chapter on the AIDS crisis, the professor must skip it."
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Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics
The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 24, 2026 at 3:31 AM
This is the point at which you strike and shut down the school until they back off. It doesn’t matter that you’re vulnerable, that they can fire you. This is where you have to draw the line or there is no university left.
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The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 AM
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
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"What is required, then, is the radical reimagining of pedagogy. Higher education must reclaim academic freedom, dissent, critical thought, and democratic governance not as abstract principles but as urgent practices of resistance." #HigherEd
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Higher Education in the Time of Fascist Plague
What is at stake is far more than a rejection of gangster capitalism and the global misery it produces. The deeper danger lies in recognizing that education has become the primary battlefield in the c...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"What is required, then, is the radical reimagining of pedagogy. Higher education must reclaim academic freedom, dissent, critical thought, and democratic governance not as abstract principles but as urgent practices of resistance." #HigherEd
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/h...
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/12/h...
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
www.bellingcat.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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A Houston mother held by ICE must choose: indefinite detention or be deported without her family www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/t... via @texastribune.org
A Houston mother held by ICE must choose: indefinite detention or be deported without her family
Margarita Avila, a Houston mother of nine, was detained by ICE after an altercation that led to no charges. Her close-knit family weigh their futures if she is deported.
www.texastribune.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A Houston mother held by ICE must choose: indefinite detention or be deported without her family www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/t... via @texastribune.org
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BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
September 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
BREAKING: By an apparent 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court halts an injunction that had prevented immigration agents from racially profiling Latinos in central California.
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
Sotomayor, dissenting, says the decision is "unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation's constitutional guarantees."
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Again, they say these troops are there to make the people of the city feel safe
September 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Again, they say these troops are there to make the people of the city feel safe
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Dispatch: The Chicano Moratorium - Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium. In Chicanolandia, this day is marked by commemorations and remembrances. This episode is our humble contribution. Ruben Salazar - Presente! www.buzzsprout.com/1720405/epis...
Dispatch: The Chicano Moratorium! - Tales From Aztlantis
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium March, a movement of Chicano anti-war activists that built a broad-based coalition of Mexican-American groups to organize opposition to the V...
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August 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Dispatch: The Chicano Moratorium - Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium. In Chicanolandia, this day is marked by commemorations and remembrances. This episode is our humble contribution. Ruben Salazar - Presente! www.buzzsprout.com/1720405/epis...
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“It isn’t students who shy away from serious discussion – it is powerful elites enraged by the protests against Israel's war on Gaza and determined to restore by force a narrative and political consensus that has collapsed under the weight of genocide” — excellent piece by @abuaardvark.bsky.social
What it's like to be a Middle East Studies professor in 2025
Basically, it sucks.
Last week, Tuft's Dan Drezner and my GW colleague Dave Karpf published really good pieces on what it's like to be, respectively, a dean of international affairs and a professor o...
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August 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“It isn’t students who shy away from serious discussion – it is powerful elites enraged by the protests against Israel's war on Gaza and determined to restore by force a narrative and political consensus that has collapsed under the weight of genocide” — excellent piece by @abuaardvark.bsky.social
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And my final mini lecture in what I call "college 101" series is How To Study:
How to Study.pptx
How to Study College 101
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August 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
And my final mini lecture in what I call "college 101" series is How To Study:
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It's insane how this administration is shaking down colleges for admitting too many students of color by citing alleged racial discrimination while simultaneously petitioning the Supreme Court to allow them to profile and detain anyone with skin darker than mayonnaise.
August 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's insane how this administration is shaking down colleges for admitting too many students of color by citing alleged racial discrimination while simultaneously petitioning the Supreme Court to allow them to profile and detain anyone with skin darker than mayonnaise.
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1. The Everglades detention camp, known as Alligator Alcatraz, has become a LEGAL BLACK HOLE.
Hundreds of people are being held at the facility without charges, without access to attorneys, and without the ability to contest their detention in court.
Hundreds of people are being held at the facility without charges, without access to attorneys, and without the ability to contest their detention in court.
A legal black hole
"We're surrounded by miles of treacherous swampland," President Trump said earlier this month, referring to the new detention camp in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
1. The Everglades detention camp, known as Alligator Alcatraz, has become a LEGAL BLACK HOLE.
Hundreds of people are being held at the facility without charges, without access to attorneys, and without the ability to contest their detention in court.
Hundreds of people are being held at the facility without charges, without access to attorneys, and without the ability to contest their detention in court.
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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A philosophy professor was assaulted and abducted by ICE while protesting the agency's raid on a farm near his university.
Philosophy Professor Reportedly Assaulted & Abducted During ICE Raid on Farm - Daily Nous
Jonathan Caravello, a lecturer in philosophy at California State University Channel Islands, was reportedly "piled on by multiple agents all at once" as "he tried to help a man in a wheelchair" who wa...
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July 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A philosophy professor was assaulted and abducted by ICE while protesting the agency's raid on a farm near his university.
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The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
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“For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault”
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The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities | Jason Stanley
For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New — I wrote about the injustice unfolding before our eyes as rich reality stars are pardoned for their crimes while law-abiding immigrants are rounded up and caged by ICE, and the way communities are rising up to say fuck no.
In Trump’s America, wealthy criminals are pardoned, poor innocents are arrested
While ICE patrols court houses for law-abiding immigrants, Trump's friends get a free pass.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
New — I wrote about the injustice unfolding before our eyes as rich reality stars are pardoned for their crimes while law-abiding immigrants are rounded up and caged by ICE, and the way communities are rising up to say fuck no.
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A super fascinating conversation between @talia-mae.bsky.social, @hilmalatino.bsky.social, PJ DiPietro and Andrea Pitts. Some great house pets even make an appearance in the last 30 minutes or so.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3y...
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The Philosophy of María Lugones Meets Transgender Studies: A Complex Conversation
YouTube video by Cal State LA Department of Philosophy
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December 9, 2024 at 7:26 PM
A super fascinating conversation between @talia-mae.bsky.social, @hilmalatino.bsky.social, PJ DiPietro and Andrea Pitts. Some great house pets even make an appearance in the last 30 minutes or so.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3y...