I live by Columbia. Tonight I went for a walk & saw 10+ blocks rapidly barricaded, dozens of police vehicles flying by, large groups of NYPD in riot gear gathering.
I study protest in E Europe. What I saw tonight was some of the most wildly disproportionate policing I've seen
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The protests were not antisemitic—so the Zionists sent in agitators to hold up antisemitic signs & chant antisemitic slogans.

The protests were not violent—so the Zionists sent in agitators to violently attack & provoke the crowd.

Do you see it yet, or is your brain ornamental?

When even CNN is appalled by the disproportionate use of force. Well done Democrats. This will go down great in November.

These students reached Congress headquarters to protest against them but then they met ASHUTOSH MISHRA. The rest is for you to see. 😂🙏🏻

Day 207.

“Life is so short, so fragile, so mystifying. After all, how many people do we actually love in the course of a lifetime? Just a few, a tiny few. When most of them are gone, the map of your inner world changes.”

🖤 Paul Auster failbetter.com/08/AusterInter…

Paul Auster
R.I.P.

Had a blast reading #AnjumKatyal 's translation of Charandas Chor by Habib Tanvir, from Seagull Books سیگل ! 😄 Haven't laughed this hard reading a play in ages! 📷 #MustRead #CharandasChor #TheatreList #playscript
naya theatre #indiantheatre #habibtanvir

Vineet Panchhi ‘s powerful poem
नफ़रत नहीं कर पाऊँगा

देखिए , सुनिए , समझिए औरों तक पहुँचाइये

There couldn’t have been a better way of getting introduced to you. A friend , retired justice , sent this to me .

Vineet KKN 'Panchhi' Thankyou . It’s very powerful. More strength to

Palestine is the only country on earth that has no right to resist occupation, land theft, ethnic cleansing and genocide…🇵🇸💔

To follow the massive police action currently in progress at @columbia, tune in to WKCR at 89.9 FM -

Siri Hustvedt with Paul Auster, December 2020.

r.i.p. Paul Auster, seen here as a Columbia undergrad participating in the 1968 uprising in a shot from Peter Whitehead’s THE FALL

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77 | Books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

Oh damn.

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77 theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

Thrilled to hear M Lynx Qualey is being honored with the 2024 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature after years of tireless & brilliant advocacy. Chapeau!

In this 1 minute episode of #NoTelePrompter , a kind request to the people of Gujarat: what has happened in Surat ( and now even Indore) is a big blot on Indian democracy. 17 lakh voters have been denied an opportunity to exercise their right to choose. Speak up.

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Rafah is being decimated, there is nowhere else left to go. Israel is now bombing more than 1.7 million civilians trapped in Rafah, Gaza's last place of refuge. A massacre is happening in Rafah right now and the world is silent.