How dark money shapes the vernaculars of the culture war with Isaac Kamola

A lesson on dark money influence in campus culture warsReferences and suggested readings:Isaac Kamola. Spring 2025. Understanding the Evolving Culture-War Vernacular. Academe Magazine. Isaac Kamola. 2019. Making the World Global: U.S. Universities and the Production of the Global Imaginary. Duke University Press.Ralph Wilson and Isaac Kamola. 2021. Free Speech and Koch Money: Manufacturing a Campus Culture War. Pluto Press. Roderick A. Ferguson. 2017. We Demand: The University and Student Protests. University of California Press.Nancy MacLean. 2018. Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America. Penguin.Christopher Newfield. 2011. Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class. Harvard University Press.John K. Wilson. 1995. The Myth of Political Correctness: The Conservative Attack on Higher Education. Duke University Press.Kendal Gerdes on the 2010s, safe spaces, and trigger warnings.AAUP Presents: Academic Freedom on the Line podcast and newsletterAAUP’s academic freedom syllabus, module, field guide, first aid kit, border crossing guide and international travel tipsBenjamin Wallace-Wells. June 18, 2021. How a Conservative Activist Invented the Conflict Over Critical Race Theory. New Yorker. Percival Everett booksJames McBride. 2021. Deacon King Kong. Riverhead.Ethan Rutherford. 2025. North Sun: Or, the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther. Strange Object. [email protected] and follow on BlueskyText the show here!Support the showBrowse the American Campus bookshelf