Sumer Shaikh (@sumershaikh.bsky.social)
@sumershaikh245
Climate & Politics | Formerly @GND_Network @SierraClub
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18-08-2017 16:15:35
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i wrote about student organizers calling for divestment from both israeli apartheid & fossil fuels, & how these two demands are fusing into one "clarion call" feat Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine Yale Endowment Justice Collective Olivia Katbi πΉ Phyllis Bennis Matt Leonard DrNoelHealy theguardian.com/us-news/2024/aβ¦
βOur lived experiences also lead us to places that add particular emphasis on anti-AAPI hate, discrimination and what we need to do as a nation to fight that β particularly with the rise of Islamophobia right now.β Via Sakshi Venkatraman nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameβ¦
After 3 years, today is my last day at @GND_Network. Ahead of my first interview, I asked Chelsea Watson for a crash course on the GND & still tanked that part of the interview. Years later, happy to say I can now answer the question βWhat is the GND in your own words?β
US Presidents have set up torture sites, staged coups, ordered human experiments, invaded entire countries, ethnically cleansed indigenous peoples, enabled genocides. That the first Presidential conviction ever is over hush money to cover a sex scandal is⦠very telling I guess
desantis is unfit to helm florida's hurricane response, climate activists across the state told me. βFlorida isnβt safe with DeSantis at the helm of our state government,β said Matthew Grocholske of Sunrise Movement π Orlando. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oβ¦
Hopefully, one of my last times posting here to say come find me on Bluesky! Follow sumer shaikh.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/sumersβ¦