Terrifying story of how the Hindutva website, OpIndia attacked the Muslim principal of one of Mumbai's most prestigious schools -- leading to her being fired.
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Shame on you UW–Madison UW–MadisonPolice for ‘singling out’ people of colour & clamping down peaceful protest. Samer Alatout is a distinguished Palestinian scholar working on water justice & scarcity & has spoken out eloquently about the war in #Gaza . Respect & solidarity Samer.

Who would have expected this militaristic response to mostly peaceful protests resisting genocide & war crimes in Gaza. The US/western/Israel industrial- military complex is being threatened & they are reacting brutally. It's scary. Respect to the brave students & faculty.

What's cool about looking back at the history of college protests is that 19 year old students have been right about every single American war, and the esteemed Harvard educated opinion writers at the New York Times have been wrong about every single American war.

A new era, a bold generation. A blessing to speak virtually to the encampment at the University of Michigan. My message to them, and to every encampment across the country: you’re spearheading a movement. Don’t move.

#StudentProtests #DontMove

Earlier this month, Bill Gates had discovered ancient grains called millets.
Now he wants to use AI & our 'ability to edit genes' to 'make better cows' for climate action.
There are limits to 'modelling complex phenomena'
Not sure Earth's precious plants & animals need Gates.

'In speech after speech, the prime minister has spread divisive falsehoods, pitting India’s Muslims against other disadvantaged communities.' #Election2024

he’s so close to getting it

two leading Israeli genocide scholars who are standing in solidarity with student protesters on US campuses.

So much cruelty, human misery & chaos, not to speak of human rights violations, just for ⁦Rishi Sunak⁩ to secure some brownie points from far right nutters. Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Prof Lyla Mehta I debated from side opposite to him at a IIASA/Laxenburg Vienna panel against this US Treasury Sec's notorious statement: 'Third World countries are under-polluted. It makes economic sense to export pollution-spewing factories there'! Forget economics: he is ethically challenged!

Prof Lyla Mehta uio.no/studier/emner/…

“It shows that some are not provided with the necessary documents, or copies of the verdict that would enable them to appeal,” Tesfalem
#Tigray
#UpholdPretoriaAgreement Linda_ottori Lotte Leicht Prof Lyla Mehta Mark Lowcock Mukesh Kapila Tony Magaña
thereporterethiopia.com/39847/

You said in 1991 at the World Bank that dumping toxic waste in the 3rd World (as it was known then) was ok due to economic benefits.

Didn’t you once say women are not good in science?

And you had to resign as Harvard President ?

Frankly, difficult to take you seriously

Despite many contradictions in terms of race, class & gender inequalities & governance, 30 years on Africa remains inspiring.
#FreedomDay2024 #SouthAfrica30
April 27, 1994: What has changed in South Africa 30 years after apartheid? aje.io/958y5x via
Al Jazeera English

For the knowledge that the tide has turned yet not knowing
Which protest
Which gathering, which growing chorus
Will be the one which brings justice
For knowing the lonely voices are alone no more
That those who have refused to speak are now isolated themselves
That there is hope.

Allegedly pro-regime #Eritrea diaspora associations and churches in Norway organised a demonstration in Oslo today, demanding «equal treatment» and rejected criticism raised against them for supporting the suppressive regime they fled from.

“We later found out that Hamas had offered on October 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the Strip, but the government rejected the offer.”

timesofisrael.com/no-doubt-netan… via @timesofisrael

How to fix college finances?

Eliminate faculty, then students.

#AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

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Our leaders speak the language of war, but students demand peace, ecological transition, cooperation. Sabaheta Ramčilović-Suominen 🇵🇸,Prof Lyla Mehta,Tom Oliver & I tried to answer their calls and propose 11 action points to enable a more just and caring EU #Bioeconomy

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