Come through on Thursday! We'll be at Loreley Beer Garden on the Lower East Side from 5:30-7:30. Bring your friends and comrades ☀️

'No one is entitled to rest content on their progressive laurels by simply referring to the "rule of law" without attention to the kinds of law and legal institution such invocations end up buttressing.' Martti Koskenniemi on international law in NLR 154 newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/a…

"The contrasting positive vision... is the diminishment of the power of capital over our flourishing, a diminishment which takes the form of the insulation of human life from markets, not its more successful integration into them" Don't miss Gabe Winant on Marxism and Antitrust!

Today, the AAUP joined w/our sister UC unions in a historic wall-to-wall lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & unconstitutional use of Title VI as a cudgel to bend the University of California in its ideological vision. latimes.com/california/sto…

An incredible resource to share with students, as well as a great starting point for those new to LPE. Earlier entries in the series cover some of our favorite posts on antitrust, admin law, housing, tech!

Today, Genevieve Lakier explains how Title VI, perhaps the crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement, has become one of the most powerful forces against desegregation. (link in next tweet)

Today, darryl li examines the alarming rise in campus antisemitism investigations—inquests that are often sparked by outside complaints, lack concrete evidence, and lay the groundwork for future crackdowns and grievances. lpeproject.org/blog/the-risin…

"When it comes to speech critical of Israel, both Democratic and Republican administrations have allowed federal civil rights enforcement to be driven by the equivalent of a YouTube comments section." Don't miss this great post analyzing the abuse of antisemitism investigations.

Excited for this upcoming The LPE Project lpe nyc night school session: How NYC Became so Unequal - October 23 at 6:30pm at CUNY Law, ft. Gregory Louis and Mason Williams. Register to attend: lpeproject.org/events/nyc-so-…

Don't forget to join us and these incredible speakers tonight to talk about what it will take to make housing affordable in NYC -- the possibilities, the challenges, how you can get involved! TONIGHT at 6pm in Brooklyn (470 Vanderbilt Ave) 6-8pm!!

Today, Amna Akbar, Sameer Ashar, and Jocelyn Simonson explain how legal scholars might act in solidarity with people already resisting state repression. lpeproject.org/blog/movement-…

"Campuses are demarcated battlegrounds in the struggle for democracy and against fascism. Every day we choose how to show up."

Read Aida Alami on the last Columbia protester in ICE detention. A judge recommended her release in June: “No convincing evidence linking her to terrorist activity had been brought up. In response, the government contended that she posed a flight risk” newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

Everyone is rightly talking about (un)affordability in NYC, but how did things get so bad in the first place?? Join us at CUNY Law on THURSDAY to chart the history of NYC's political economy w Gregory Louis, Mason Williams & Christy Thornton! REGISTER 👇👇 lpeproject.org/events/nyc-so-…

The US investment in Intel is "public capital without accountability. The result is not sovereign wealth but corporate capture—an arrangement that entrenches incumbent power while eroding the state’s ability to direct economic development."

Attn NYC, we have a great event coming up New School for Social Research Econs & Capitalism Studies on Nov. 4 at 4pm, hosting Mike McCarthy and Cédric Durand in conversation about their new books from Verso Books and the future of capitalism. Open to to the public with registration: event.newschool.edu/economicssemin…