Sam Agarwal
samagarwal.bsky.social
Sam Agarwal
@samagarwal.bsky.social
PhD in sociology. Writing and organizing against the rise of ethnofascism in India and globally.
Currently a postdoc at American University.
Free Palestine.
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This was a really touching article on the life and death of Michael Burawoy. 47 years at UC Berkeley. He loved the community and the community loved him back.

www.berkeleyside.org/2025/02/06/m...
Hit-and-run driver kills legendary, retired UC Berkeley sociology professor
Michael Burawoy, a widely influential labor scholar, was struck while walking inside the crosswalk near Children’s Fairyland.
www.berkeleyside.org
February 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I am seeing far too many well-intentioned comrades respond to Trump 2.0 by throwing themselves into mutual aid efforts and/or high risk direct actions like trying to obstruct ICE raids. These strategies, uncoupled from actual ORGANIZING around concrete demands + targets, aren't going to help us win
February 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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An MIT lab is collaborating with the Israeli military to develop AI surveillance algorithms and the university censored a campus publication that tried to expose it. We refuse to be intimidated and continue to demand: No More Research for Genocide.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/despite-censorship…
Despite censorship and intimidation we continue to demand: no more research for genocide at MIT
An MIT lab is collaborating with the Israeli military to develop AI surveillance algorithms and the university censored a campus publication that tried to expose it. We refuse to be intimidated and continue...
mondoweiss.net
December 21, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Another reason for the left to pivot toward local organizing around divestment: States and municipalities across the US have heavy investments in Israel Bonds, which “strengthen every aspect of Israel's economy.” Here are some states who have recently invested pension funds in Apartheid.

#BDS
November 28, 2024 at 3:52 PM