Bill Bigelow

Oct 8, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Bill Bigelow

Above photo: A school destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 17, 2024. Bashar Taleb/AFP. Here’s How Teachers Can Push Back. Scholasticide. It’s a term coined in 2009, but has taken on new power as the devastation of Gazan schools, universities, and libraries becomes almost total.

Oct 7, 2024 | inthesetimes.com | Bill Bigelow

Scholasticide. It’s a term coined in 2009, but has taken on new power as the devastation of Gazan schools, universities, and libraries becomes almost total. As Rice University Professor Abdel Razzaq Takriti of Scholars Against the War on Palestine said about the Israeli assault: ​“They’re demolishing universities and schools intentionally. They bombarded and destroyed every single university.

Mar 22, 2024 | rethinkingschools.org | Bill Bigelow

As the bombs fell in Gaza, one strategy that the right wing and, yes, many “liberals,” adopted to silence activists — and social justice educators — was to claim that to oppose Zionism is automatically antisemitic. In December, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution — 311 to 14, with 92 voting “present” — that “clearly and firmly states that anti-Zionism is antisemitism.” It is not. Yes, there are examples of the entanglement of anti-Zionism and antisemitism.

Aug 30, 2023 | blog.cdnsciencepub.com | Bill Bigelow

August 30, 2023 | 6 minute read In this series, we’re sharing practices of community-engaged research (CER): researchers and community partners working together to advance community goals and science. Crabs are the subject of intense fishing pressures the world over.

Apr 20, 2023 | irishcentral.com | Bill Bigelow

“Wear green on St. Patrick’s Day or get pinched.” That pretty much sums up the Irish-American “curriculum” that I learned when I was in school. Yes, I recall a nod to the so-called Potato Famine, but it was mentioned only in passing.