“I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.” Rest in Power, Aaron Bushnell.#AaronBushnell

another aaron bushnell reddit response captured march 2023 via the wayback machine

This is the definitive cartoon for our times.

This is amazing news! A US Court just upheld Seattle's ban on caste-based discrimination!

Today marks the 97th anniversary of the historic Mahad Satyagraha. Here's a thread discussing this revolutionary non-violent protest, which was a significant milestone in the fight for social justice, dignity and equality for Dalits. 🧵

JNU is the biggest ambassador for public university education globally, where the yearly fees are as low as $6, or around ₹500. Beyond these rankings, where elite Global North institutions with billion dollar endowments dominate, JNU stands out for its quality and affordability.

this paper on collective intelligence by Michael Levin is one of the most mind-blowing things I've read in a while it's full of examples of the under-appreciated intelligence of biological systems, with some deep perspective shifts on our understanding of ourselves thread:

I transcribed the first ~3 minutes of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s call from prison with the students of the CUNY Gaza solidarity encampment. The imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther has been jailed for over 42 of his 70 years.

Your UPI transactions to buy cigarettes will cost you higher health premiums. All of this is innovation but not surveillance. Give that Bharat Ratna to Nandan Nilekani already for innovating.

This news needs to be savored as much as the electoral trouncing of the BJP. Were we to understand fascism as a state of siege in capitalist society, then the fightback to liberate ourselves from fascism must also involve sustained struggles against the crony capitalist sharks

Call for Applications - Announcement: Doctoral Fellowship for Palestinian Students in Cultural and Social Anthropology - University of Milan-Bicocca. Deadline: July 9 2024. The successful candidate will start the program on November 1 2024. buff.ly/4cmC7LY

The Dalit intellectual and political leadership must be empathetic in responding to the recent Supreme Court’s judgment on subclassification. The Supreme Court’s view on subclassification is an enabling and not a binding provision for the states, and its view on the applicability

1/13 2014. A 13 year old me watched a new trailer in awe. "Haider mera inteqam lena (#Haider avenge me)", it began. Directed by one Vishal Bhardwaj, it was Hamlet, but set in 90s Kashmir. Little did I know how radically the film would transform me and endure 10 years later!

Dear #AcademicTwitter family, I am looking for #postdoc positions in geography/anthro starting summer-fall 2025. Pls suggest/share anything that connects with research themes like Climate change, Agroecology, Agrarian studies, Global value chains, Himalayas, Global South. TIA!

We are broken. 💔 After witnessing 15 months of relentless violence and destruction in Gaza, we can no longer carry on as if everything is normal. The international system has failed, and we are sick—sick from genocide, sick from complicity, and sick from silence. On January

Bethanavel ,an IT Savvy Ambedkarite have founded and developed a chatgpt based on Babasaheb Ambedkar's writings and speeches "Askbhim". Below is the link . Please make use of it . askbhim.com

Woke up thinking of girls playing gully cricket in the streets of India. Can’t imagine a more radical gender revolution. Overwhelmed by what this moment means. Endless admiration for our World Cup–winning women and for the generations before who made this possible. 💙🏏🥹