Starting to get annoyed by 'is #ClimateChange not an election issue in India?' When farmers demand drought relief or other support, what exactly do you think they are demanding relief from? Is articulation the problem? They should read IPCC reports when there's no food to eat?

Thread.

IIT Bombay has pushed it's worker for 39 years, Raman Garase, to suicide, by denying him his rightful gratuity, even after labour courts ordered them to do so. Tragically, on the international labour day, which honours the contribution of workers and labour movements world-wide.

Don's tweet is the result of the decades long (often bi-partisan) project of pacifying the real history of the Civil Rights Movement.

Peaceful nonviolence included disruption and those claiming otherwise don't know enough history to be taken seriously.

Lenindhasan, or Lenin– as he is called – and his friends, are trying to replace modern rice varieties and resist mono-cropping. Their plan is to restore lost diversity. And to germinate a rice revolution.

It's a different kind of revolution, led by another kind of Lenin.

They called Aaron Swartz a felon and then took his life for this very thing.
If you have a minute or two, read the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto he wrote in 2008:

archive.org/details/Gueril…

Jai Bhim and greetings on Bhim Jayanti!!
Baws.in team wishes each one of you on this day. After you are done celebrating please spend some time with this little gift we have prepared for you this Jayanti

baws.in/swaraj-critique

Since the belly of the non-vegetarian beast has been poked again (and people way more qualified than me have written on it), plugging a small thread I wrote a few weeks ago on what 'non'vegetarianism' actually is vis-a-vis language and history here:

I've enjoyed seeing the Conan praise on the TL today but the craziest part to me is that if he did nothing else besides write Marge vs. the Monorail he would still be one of the 10 funniest Americans who ever lived

🚨BIG STORY🚨Swiggy has gamified health insurance for delivery workers, changing insurance tiers depending on a worker's weekly performance. Varsha Bansal breaks an important story for Rest of World restofworld.org/2024/swiggy-he…

My piece in The Wire

m.thewire.in/article/politi…

We need to expand our imaginations about heritage.
Mustang is one of the most well preserved sites to understand the dawn of human settlement in the Himalaya. But it's in trouble. 1/n

Anti-imperialist scholar and activist Walter Rodney was born on this day in 1942.

'By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?'

If you will read only one piece this #WorldWaterDay , let that be this searing piece by the rising star geographer of water and caste injustice in India, Abhijit Waghre.

thewire.in/caste/caste-wa…

1. Launching: The #ElectoralBonds Database

Stories have a limited shelf life. And, our databases and trackers don't get taken down. So we are launching this interactive database on the scam. It is a work-in-progress. Check it out here reporters-collective.in/electoral-bond…

Not the worst time to read or (if you really love me) reread this. thecricketmonthly.com/story/1386921/…

A thread.
Early last year, I saw this video about a convoy that had been stopped in Pasighat, Arunachal. It contained elephants, on the start of an uncomprehending journey from lush green Namsai to Jamnagar, Gujarat. x.com/rkharmujai/sta…. #Vantara

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. 🧵