Kavitha Rajagopalan

Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.

Wow. Had not realized that Columbia’s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help “combat antisemitism,” which is supposedly the administration’s objective?
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Against Multipolar Imperialism: An Internationalist Response w/ Kavita Krishnan, Promise Li and Romeo Kokriatski | From The Periphery Media Collective Get more from From The Periphery Media Collective on Patreon

Reminded of an important episode on @thefirethesetimes.com

"Against Multipolar Imperialism: An Internationalist Response" w/ @ayoub.bsky.social promise li @kavitakrishnan.bsky.social
& Romeo Kokriatski

why we cannot abandon anti-authoritarianism & internationalism.

Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

🚨 “The memo lays out the need to persuade top Pentagon officials to get much more serious about using the military to combat illegal immigration.… DHS is anticipating many more uses of the military in urban centers, noting that L.A.-style operations may be needed ‘for years to come.’” 🚨

We can rightfully challenge what's politically happening now without suggesting that data is apolitical.

Most of the advice women get on getting laid is also rw coded — be demure and submissive etc — but we have created many spaces for women to explore desire that is empowering and respectful, and which addresses the lasting impacts of sexual trauma, and I think men should do the same.

Recursive apocalypse Abstract. This article posits that the recursive algorithm of apocalypse, including fascism, can be understood as part of the continuous logic of recursive

Over the past 5 years, I have been involved in conversations with Luciana Parisi, Ezekiel Dixon-Roman and Oana Parvan around ideas of recursivity, colonialism and the apocalypse. We just published a short article here #recursivity #CCB #colonialism
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I feel this way too. And I think all the price-of-eggs Latinos and Asians who went to the Trump camp have been convinced that competence and safety is whiteness, in direct contravention of the evidence wrought by empire and colonization on our continents.

Wendy Doniger on the many lives of myths: Southasia Review of Books podcast #29 Welcome to the Southasia Review of Books podcast, where we speak to celebrated authors and emerging literary voices from across Southasia. In this episode, Shwe

“Though we can certainly find male Brahmin agendas in the texts of the epics, we can also hear the voices of women and oppressed castes, and therefore myths really do belong to all the people of India.”

A conversation with the Indologist Wendy Doniger:

They’re arresting cops now? Huh.

I reported for @prismreports.org on how universities are another tool in the government’s mass deportation arsenal.

Once again we see, while Trump is uniquely awful, his awfulness is often built on stuff that was completely unnecessary that prior executives did. The foundation for Trump’s authoritarianism is built on the imperial executive of presidents of both parties.

Not far out from release day for The Right of the People, folks. If you don't hear me raving about the revolutionary promise of democracy on your favorite podcast in the next couple weeks, don't fret — you can also just buy the book!

After I was denied entry to an ICE facility in my district, many of you said social media posts weren’t enough. You’re right.

Here’s what’s next.

It's always a good moment to bring-up this gem, from Hindu nationalist supporters of Trump in his 2016 campaign.

As I've been saying since then -- Trump's policies and racism jibe with Hindu nationalists in many ways. But they are terrible for Indians.

Georges Abdallah is free but his beloved Palestine is enslaved Georges Ibrahim Abdallah’s release after 40 yrs in prison reminds us how much the West is a critical front in Palestinian liberation, writes Hannah al-Khafaji.

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah’s release after 40 yrs in French prison reminds us how much the West is a critical front in Palestinian liberation, writes Hannah al-Khafaji ⬇️

Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

Two days ago, an act of senseless violence took the lives of Officer Didarul Islam, Wesley LePatner, Aland Etienne, and Julia Hyman.

Today, I visited Officer Islam's family and learned of his legacy.

I ask you to join me in in honoring the memory of these four New Yorkers.

Reminder that the US has a signed and ratified trade deal with Korea that an international treaty & part of US law, & <everything> here is wildly illegal & we should stop sanewashing & normalizing of it & simply enforce the damn law even for this One Special Boy.

Donate to Help me Evacuate my Kids from Gaza war, organized by Duha Latif "Nothing is more precious to a person than their homeland, but when your country bec… Duha Latif needs your support for Help me Evacuate my Kids from Gaza war

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Displaced residents and concerned citizens appeal for peace amid the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict "De-escalation is crucial to preventing a broader humanitarian crisis and restoring stability for communities on both sides."

Displaced residents and migrant workers appeal for peace amid the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, my latest piece for @globalvoices.org

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I know we all have our streaky windowpane fantasies but rain cannot transform hot garbage summer cityscape into Edwardian England!

😭😭😭😭

Just gonna be humid and skanky after 😭 at least when it’s hot you can sit in the pool!

Republicans Just Confirmed Trump’s Most Ghastly Nominee. Democrats Made It Possible. Last year, Democrats could have used their Senate majority to confirm someone very different to fill the seat.

The ONLY REASON Trump could give Emil Bove this spot on the 3rd Circuit is because cowardly Democratic senators refused to confirm Biden's nominee to the seat following a bad-faith, Islamophobic smear campaign by Republicans.

Utterly shameful and self-defeating. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Amazing — do u have a sense of how easy it is for people to migrate to those platforms? I think audiences for these types of things would follow…

Just to reiterate: What this administration is doing right now is orders of magnitude more dangerous for academic freedom and free speech than anything the right has spent the last 30 years complaining about.

India’s deadly war on Naxalites and Adivasis in Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh’s anti-Maoist crackdown leads to escalating violence on Adivasis

Civilians have also become the victims of Improvised Explosive Devices amid the conflict between security forces and Naxalites. nikita.jain.bsky.social writes:

TODAY!?!