Professor & scholar of peace, human rights, migration & education
University of San Francisco
(views posted here are my own)
Debut picture book A YEAR OF KITES out in 2026 with Bloomsbury
www.monishabajaj.net
Pronouns: she/her/वह ..
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Professor & scholar of peace, human rights, migration & education
University of San Francisco
(views posted here are my own)
Debut picture book A YEAR OF KITES out in 2026 with Bloomsbury
www.monishabajaj.net
Pronouns: she/her/वह
Kites serve as a universal metaphor for hope, aspirations & transcendence across cultures 🪁
In A YEAR OF KITES - out Feb '26 w/
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social - we explore 12 different kite-flying traditions across the world
📚 Pre-order at bit.ly/yearofkites or a.co/d/1XS2IAJ
Reposted by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Monisha Bajaj
"Number one is the rigorous focus on agency-oriented organizing practice, a north star of building multiracial, democratic governing power. We have a majoritarian orientation — we want progressive and popular power."
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Reposted by David Darmofal, Monisha Bajaj
"This moment demands a unified, bold, and powerful response from the labor movement. We are uniting across sectors to organize, mobilize, and wield our full collective power to confront ICE."
Full statement:
Reposted by Roopika Risam, Mark Rice, Monisha Bajaj
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
Statement from Standing Rock:
He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.
At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.
Wael died on Friday at age 30.
ICE caused his death.
They didn’t get to say goodbye.
Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Elizabeth Saunders, Colin F. Camerer , and 32 more Jan W. Mueller, Elizabeth Saunders, Colin F. Camerer, Peter Thorne, Gavin A. Schmidt, Joshua S. Weitz, Tom Clark, Michael A. Clemens, Caroline Krafft, Ramón López Facal, Kevin Carey, Trevon D. Logan, Raffaella Ravinetto, Smith, Janet Murray, Michael Zimmer, Julia Lynch, Stephen D. Murphy, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Michael D. McDonald, Erol Akçay, Melissa Sweet, Erin O’Donnell, Ann Bartow, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Jaap Kooijman, Dan Immergluck, Colin Woodard, Virginia Sapiro, Timothy D. McBride, Dunlap, David Darmofal, Monisha Bajaj, Kristina McElheran
Reposted by Elizabeth Sharrow, Ben H. Ansell, Stephen R. Carpenter , and 16 more Elizabeth Sharrow, Ben H. Ansell, Stephen R. Carpenter, Emili García‐Berthou, Aina Tarabini, McKenzie Wark, W. Andy Knight, Gerald Friedman, Christopher Peters, Anne Norton, Terri E. Givens, Jen Schneider, Matthew P. McAllister, Manisha Sinha, Stella M. Rouse, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Andrew Kydd, Martin Winter, Monisha Bajaj
Reposted by Monisha Bajaj
It could be a model for what the nation as a whole does in coming months, to repudiate the Trump dictatorship. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/minnesotas-general-strike-and-americas
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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Rebecca Solnit, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 13 more Steven Heydemann, Rebecca Solnit, Rosemary A. Joyce, Dominique Bourg, Brooks D. Simpson, Michelle Everson, Emily Mendenhall, Gerald Friedman, Michael D. McDonald, Laleh Khalili, Brooke Harrington, Rebecca Zorach, Kate Jackson, Dana Howard, David Darmofal, Monisha Bajaj
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Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings , and 39 more Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, Thomas Backhaus, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Tom Shakespeare, Rosemary A. Joyce, Henning Melber, Alan Lester, Edgar Morgenroth, John Foot, Daniel W. Drezner, Iikka Korhonen, Trevon D. Logan, Göran Bolin, Jussi T. Eronen, David R. Miller, R. M. Wilson, W. Andy Knight, Jacob T. Levy, Lones Smith, Bessma Momani, Jonathan Birch, Mark Priestley, Jonathan Marks, Steven S. Taylor, James Connelly, Nathan Richardson, Siegfried Hekimi, Charles T. Mathewes, Carlos Moreno, Francesco Nicoli, Michael Evans, Jeannette Sutton, Élisabeth Vallet, David Darmofal, Monisha Bajaj, Steven H. Seggie
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
Reposted by Michael Müller, Monisha Bajaj
“The chaos that ICE and the Trump administration have brought to Minneapolis made this tragedy sadly predictable,” writes Jacob Frey, the city’s mayor.
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Under Trump, this violence is rewarded with fat bonuses and student loan forgiveness — while nurses, teachers, and everyone else struggles to get by.
We must never become numb to his cruelty.
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If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Reposted by Terri E. Givens, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Monisha Bajaj
Then, Blue state governors must call up their National Guard to protect us from the armed ICE terrorists.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Richard F. Catalano, Suzana J. Camargo , and 18 more Joanna Bryson, Richard F. Catalano, Suzana J. Camargo, Melanie C. Green, David R. Miller, Michael J. Taylor, Jacob T. Levy, Els Torreele, Michael H. Whitworth, Sarah Roberts, Lisa Diedrich, Daniel Kuehn, Mary Jane Curry, Claire L. Adida, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Aviel Roshwald, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Martin S. Flaherty, Dan Immergluck, Timothy D. McBride, Monisha Bajaj
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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Reposted by David S. Cohen, David Darmofal, Monisha Bajaj
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
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theintercept.com/2026/01/06/h...