Aparna Gopalan
@aparna.bsky.social
news editor @ Jewish Currents • used to edit @ In These Times • labor organizer in a past life • happily divorced from my PhD program • All Cats Are Beautiful • ☭
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1/ “Israel has a right to defend itself.” It’s the West’s go-to excuse for every Israeli war crime. But here’s the truth: this claim isn’t just wrong—it’s a blatant lie. Legally, morally, and logically. Let’s break it down. 🧵
November 19, 2024 at 2:36 PM
1/ “Israel has a right to defend itself.” It’s the West’s go-to excuse for every Israeli war crime. But here’s the truth: this claim isn’t just wrong—it’s a blatant lie. Legally, morally, and logically. Let’s break it down. 🧵
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India's far right, looking to build a Hindu supremacist state in multicultural India, has always made common cause with Israel. Now, Modi's right-wing regime is using the war in Gaza to stoke Islamophobic hatred within its own borders. From @aparna.bsky.social:
Israel’s Brutality Is Stoking the Imagination of India’s Far Right
As the genocide in Gaza continues, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking notes.
prospect.org
November 28, 2023 at 3:18 PM
India's far right, looking to build a Hindu supremacist state in multicultural India, has always made common cause with Israel. Now, Modi's right-wing regime is using the war in Gaza to stoke Islamophobic hatred within its own borders. From @aparna.bsky.social:
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In the coming collapse decades, "Bad stuff is about to happen, you should just leave" is going to be government policy in a lot of places
October 13, 2023 at 1:06 PM
In the coming collapse decades, "Bad stuff is about to happen, you should just leave" is going to be government policy in a lot of places
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Syria. Artsakh. We have seen this before. And because these people don't matter to the world, the world watched as it happened. This doesn't end here with Palestine. The world has become far more unsafe for all of us.
In the coming collapse decades, "Bad stuff is about to happen, you should just leave" is going to be government policy in a lot of places
October 13, 2023 at 1:10 PM
Syria. Artsakh. We have seen this before. And because these people don't matter to the world, the world watched as it happened. This doesn't end here with Palestine. The world has become far more unsafe for all of us.
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New from me at Jewish Currents - why strikes are a positive good, not a necessary evil jewishcurrents.org/revaluing-th...
Revaluing the Strike
Rather than viewing strikes as a last-resort bargaining tactic, the labor movement must embrace them as engines of political transformation.
jewishcurrents.org
September 27, 2023 at 4:35 PM
New from me at Jewish Currents - why strikes are a positive good, not a necessary evil jewishcurrents.org/revaluing-th...
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"Any union that wishes to fully honor this democratic aspiration must understand any “Yes” it offers to an employer at the bargaining table as ephemeral, a temporary departure from its underlying “No” to the tyranny of capital—the “No” of the strike."
New from me at Jewish Currents - why strikes are a positive good, not a necessary evil jewishcurrents.org/revaluing-th...
Revaluing the Strike
Rather than viewing strikes as a last-resort bargaining tactic, the labor movement must embrace them as engines of political transformation.
jewishcurrents.org
September 27, 2023 at 8:01 PM
"Any union that wishes to fully honor this democratic aspiration must understand any “Yes” it offers to an employer at the bargaining table as ephemeral, a temporary departure from its underlying “No” to the tyranny of capital—the “No” of the strike."
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the cop city fight is one of the most important challenges to the supremacy of the security state in living memory, and the fact that they are going after it with this much repressive force shows that they know this
Georgia has filed RICO charges against 61 Stop Cop City activists, marking the state's latest escalation of an authoritarian crackdown on the movement. Organizers say the charges send the message that "any dissent to Cop City will be punished with the full power and violence of the government."
Cop City Protesters Hit With RICO Charges in Latest Act of Political Repression
The RICO charges levied against Stop Cop City protesters can result in a fine or a five to 20 year prison sentence in Georgia.
theappeal.org
September 5, 2023 at 8:05 PM
the cop city fight is one of the most important challenges to the supremacy of the security state in living memory, and the fact that they are going after it with this much repressive force shows that they know this
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Thinking about this today.
August 2, 2023 at 4:37 AM
Thinking about this today.
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For one, brief moment my feeds across the internet are just one big celebration of organized labor.
I fucking love it
I fucking love it
July 13, 2023 at 8:51 PM
For one, brief moment my feeds across the internet are just one big celebration of organized labor.
I fucking love it
I fucking love it
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Apropos of these craven Hollywood studio execs revealing that they are bargaining in bad faith & they want to starve workers out & destroy the union, here's one more chunk excerpt from the draft of my Obama/"Working" piece...
July 12, 2023 at 1:00 PM
Apropos of these craven Hollywood studio execs revealing that they are bargaining in bad faith & they want to starve workers out & destroy the union, here's one more chunk excerpt from the draft of my Obama/"Working" piece...
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On this episode of On the Nose, Nora Caplan-Bricker speaks with @aparna.bsky.social and Azad Essa about India, Israel, and the potential for the hasbara playbook to be used by ethnonationalist movements worldwide https://jewishcurrents.org/what-indian-ethnonationalists-learned-from-israel-advocates
Just a moment...
jewishcurrents.org
July 6, 2023 at 7:31 PM
On this episode of On the Nose, Nora Caplan-Bricker speaks with @aparna.bsky.social and Azad Essa about India, Israel, and the potential for the hasbara playbook to be used by ethnonationalist movements worldwide https://jewishcurrents.org/what-indian-ethnonationalists-learned-from-israel-advocates
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Climate change is disproportionately harming the child laborers. Maybe we should just tear this all down and start over
Heat stress is is a deadly risk for farm workers, and it’s even more dangerous for child workers. Farm workers are excluded from many child labor laws.
Their little bodies have less surface area, produce less sweat, and generate more “exertional heat” than adults. This strawberry worker is 7.
Their little bodies have less surface area, produce less sweat, and generate more “exertional heat” than adults. This strawberry worker is 7.
July 1, 2023 at 11:52 PM
Climate change is disproportionately harming the child laborers. Maybe we should just tear this all down and start over
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Read every single word.
In-depth, nuanced reporting on US-based Hindu nationalist groups (e.g., HSC, HAF), their links with Zionist groups, and their far-right playbook.
In-depth, nuanced reporting on US-based Hindu nationalist groups (e.g., HSC, HAF), their links with Zionist groups, and their far-right playbook.
The Hindu Nationalists Using the Pro-Israel Playbook
Inspired by Jewish groups that cast criticism of Israel as antisemitism, Hindu American organizations are advancing a concept of “Hinduphobia” that puts India beyond reproach.
jewishcurrents.org
June 28, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Read every single word.
In-depth, nuanced reporting on US-based Hindu nationalist groups (e.g., HSC, HAF), their links with Zionist groups, and their far-right playbook.
In-depth, nuanced reporting on US-based Hindu nationalist groups (e.g., HSC, HAF), their links with Zionist groups, and their far-right playbook.
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June 30, 2023 at 12:21 AM
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psst everyone follow @jewishcurrents.bsky.social !!!!!
July 5, 2023 at 4:17 PM
psst everyone follow @jewishcurrents.bsky.social !!!!!
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July 6, 2023 at 12:32 AM
are y’all manually finding all the people you need to follow??? Is there an import button I’m missing. this can’t be the way…