Essays at stevesalaita.com https://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3muhivdc4v225In light of Abdul El-Sayed's pathetic capitulations, I'm rebooting this old essay, "The Problem with Apology." https://stevesalaita.com/the-problem-with-apology/01 Sep 2026 13:15 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhivdc4v225https://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mnxltg2osk2nFrom my essay that a lot of liberal Zionists are complaining about: "as Arabs we had long ago observed that if you play out the string, or let the string play out on its own, then these supposedly apolitical cultural productions always end up justifying Israel, as do their producers."10 Jun 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxltg2osk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mnuo54bii22uThis essay is my way of exploring the current debates about the relationship between Jewishness and Zionism. https://stevesalaita.com/the-ugly-exigencies-of-genocide/09 Jun 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuo54bii22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mjcmjg2vxk26Finally got a copy. I hope you'll get one, as well.12 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcmjg2vxk26https://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mj6anzy2bk2tI was interviewed for the Chronicle of Higher Education about my new novel "Jerry and Rodrigo Go to War" as well as a host of other topics relating to the current state of the university. https://www.chronicle.com/article/confessions-of-a-campus-radical?utm_campaign=che-social&utm_content=20260409&utm_medium=o-soc&utm_source=fb&fbclid=IwY2xjawRGQ4dleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjVXg3Slh3dGlVaXNCdHE1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHv5A53rt34dW0RYsoaARd4NXNfrjyH2beOBzZiMQ0Fhf9ZkZX-MHi9U-G8dH_aem_-zo8k3kpfbX4ve6GPSRjlQ10 Apr 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6anzy2bk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mizdsmnyos2aExistence and Belonging: Six Reflections on Palestine https://stevesalaita.com/existence-and-belonging-six-reflections-on-palestine/08 Apr 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizdsmnyos2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mi7ffhw4uc2oI'm giving a talk in London next week (Queen Mary University). Please come out if you can. Would love to catch up with old friends and comrades.29 Mar 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7ffhw4uc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mhqmktkbnc2kShould you be kind enough to buy my new novel, "Jerry and Rodrigo Go to War," please stay on the Common Notions website and browse the many amazing titles. I hope you'll support @commonnotions.bsky.social in general--it's a brilliant revolutionary publishing project.23 Mar 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqmktkbnc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mhnvovtyy22vI'll be live on Breaking Culture this Tuesday at noon eastern to discuss scholasticide and the (pitiful) condition of higher education today. I'm sure the conversation will make its way to the current war, as well.22 Mar 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnvovtyy22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mgpooeyrvs2cHere is an excerpt of "Jerry and Rodrigo Go to War," which is officially released today: https://stevesalaita.com/an-excerpt-of-jerry-and-rodrigo-go-to-war/10 Mar 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpooeyrvs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mgfx2udspc2jRight as a book of mine is close to being published, I worry that I'm about to make an enormous fool of myself. Even so, I am proud to announce the publication of my second novel, "Jerry and Rodrigo Go to War." May it provide you warm and meaningful company.06 Mar 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfx2udspc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3mcpwybuad22eHere's a long essay analyzing the recent emergence of rightwing critics of Israel. I argue that it is a bad idea for the Palestine solidarity movement in North America to seek any kind of alliance with those critics or to validate the ideologies they represent. https://stevesalaita.com/palestine-solidarity-in-the-age-of-reaction/18 Jan 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcpwybuad22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3m637fimxis24Do you get annoyed when uncompromising anti-Zionism is dismissed as "purity politics"? If so, you might find this short essay worth a read: https://stevesalaita.com/palestine-and-the-politics-of-purity/20 Nov 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m637fimxis24https://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3m4474t27n22d"One looks at the United States right now and wonders, What democracy? Which law? Where free speech? Whose human rights? If these existential treats can’t be located in the metropole, then we certainly won’t find them anywhere on the periphery." https://stevesalaita.com/palestine-and-the-making-of-a-new-new-world/26 Oct 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4474t27n22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/stevesalaita.bsky.social/post/3lzjsjrr4hs26Please read this amazing essay by my dear friend Saher Safi, who discusses his childhood in Bureij Refugee Camp, Gaza, and the pain of now witnessing genocide. Saher worked for months on this essay, which was a difficult process for him. He ended up producing some exceptionally powerful writing. https://www.newarab.com/opinion/i-came-uk-gaza-seeking-hope-instead-i-found-complicity?fbclid=IwY2xjawM_595leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCQUxzRjdNNWZmY0s2YTV2AR4XyCY4mvNdtPPCra5DR-wrXddQK-whPjwPJkDgEcrynqrXaODNfbUnEhK3IQ_aem_CDolQ1kRfLIq3aZekxosow23 Sep 2025 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:dwiryfvoxafii3mhcdk3rhmk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjsjrr4hs26