But, how do cleaners live and work; what do their days and nights demand of them; and to what extent does their work rely on India’s age-old caste system?
epw.in/engage/article…

Sign at the University of Ottawa student protest.

CW: Police violence

I’m home. I’m significantly bruised, in a lot of pain & my shoulder is sprained. I’ve been told to return to the hospital if certain things happen which might be signs of internal damage, esp from the strangulation which you can see briefly in the video here

People in Sheffield! The University of Sheffield is now occupied in protest of the university's links with arms manufacturers. Come down and show your support ❤️
#freefree

Today’s list of universities

Applications are now open for the Oxfam Young Leaders Fellowship Programme 2024.

Join us for the introductory Session on Oxfam Young Leaders Fellowship Programme 2024.

On 3nd May 2024 I Friday 8PM
Programme Eligibility Criteria: Recent Graduate/Not Enrolled in Masters Program

The Indian working class is a victim of both Brahmanism and capitalism, and in both these systems the same social group dominates.
~Babasaheb Ambedkar

#MayDay #LabourDay2024

“We mourn for the babies. We mourn for the mamas. We mourn for the daddies. We mourn.”

A Capella at the Harvard Liberated Zone.❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

On May Day, red salute to the greatest hero of the Indian working classes. Ambedkar gave us the 8 hour work day, weekend offs, minimum wage guidelines, maternity benefits even before we got independence from the British ++

'Police being here doesn't mean we lost...it means we won in the most glorious way possible. This university offered us an empty deal. We did not concede. We did not fall for their bribes'

Columbia University encampment protester speaks on NYPD's invasion on students.

Super interesting to note the contrast between the way Brown University and Columbia University have handled these protests. Brown agreed to a governance vote about divestment, the encampment there dissolved.

We educate, agitate and organise with the brilliant Meena Kotwal (मीना कोटवाल) who will be Center for South Asian Studies, UC Santa Cruz visiting scholar/journalist in residence. Come join as we discuss caste/gender injustice, ongoing elections and Dalit/bahujan futures. Register bit.ly/4aRWgZN

On Zionist attempts to pressure the government to revoke my Future Fellowship and for Macquarie Univeristy to dismiss me. This is not just about me. A 🧵

1. Zionists are not just about trying to remove me from academia and destroy my academic career. The funding I received was…

In solidarity with Professor Bikrum Singh Gill (Assistant Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech)

Bikrum Gill was arrested for standing in support of protesting students and against anti-Palestinian racism
#StopGazaGenocide
#DivestNow

InSAF India

This is beautiful. Those whose land McGill sits on is give permission to the protesters to be on it.

maktoobmedia.com/india/april-th… 'In India people, are born for particular uses, poetically described by Rohith Vemula as “my birth is my fatal accident”. But the goal of politics is to free the human animal from being a thing of use for someone else or being a mere means.' #caste

A v.important conference on Killer Robots is happening right now in Austria. 140+ states have gathered to discuss new rules against autonomous weapons.

But there's a serious problem - they are ignoring the artificial intelligence (AI) genocide happening in Gaza.

This is like…

Writer Bama, a 66 years-old fierce dalit woman who has spearheaded the notion of 'writing to express my dalitness as a woman' in Tamil literature, in every bold way possible, received the 'Verchol Literary Award' by Neelam. She is our Tony Morrison 🖤✊🏾

This is so beautiful.

Thank you notes with ❤️ from #Gaza to #Universities standing up for #FreePalestine

InSAF India
India Academic Freedom Network

There is a lot of notices, fear, consultation, misinformation floating around the Columbia ecosphere this morning. But in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment there is also oases of calm. And music.