S Chhabria
@schhabria.bsky.social
Historian of capitalism & colonialism.
Author, Making the Modern Slum: https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295746272/making-the-modern-slum/
Author, Making the Modern Slum: https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295746272/making-the-modern-slum/
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S Chhabria
@schhabria.bsky.social
· May 3
Where Does Caste Fit in A Global History of Racial Capitalism? - Historical Materialism
This paper asks how whether and how caste fits into a global history of racial capitalism? The misidentification of caste as custom has long misled analysts and thwarted solidarities. Drawing on the i...
www.historicalmaterialism.org
My article on racial capitalism and caste in Historical Materialism:
“The longevity of caste has not to do with its moorings in tradition, but the powerful counterrevolutionary forces that have foiled caste emancipation again and again.”
www.historicalmaterialism.org/article/wher...
“The longevity of caste has not to do with its moorings in tradition, but the powerful counterrevolutionary forces that have foiled caste emancipation again and again.”
www.historicalmaterialism.org/article/wher...
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It’s not about keeping us safe from criminals. This is ethnic cleansing.
January 10, 2026 at 12:45 AM
It’s not about keeping us safe from criminals. This is ethnic cleansing.
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The ICE agent who shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago tried to goad her out of her car.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
January 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The ICE agent who shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago tried to goad her out of her car.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
He said “do something b*tch” and shot her 5 times.
The ICE agent who shot Nicole Renee Good did the same thing. Stood right in front of her vehicle and yelled “f*cking bitch”.
They hate women & it shows.
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at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
Great read.
My memoir-essay on growing up with Norman Rockwell Thanksgivings is up in Vogue this morning. Here’s a small extract: www.vogue.com/article/norm...
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Great read.
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
poets.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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The Modernity of Caste and the Market Economy, by David Mosse – 30 October 2019 leftrenewal.org/articles-en/...
The Modernity of Caste and the Market Economy, by David Mosse – 30 October 2019 – Left Renewal Blog
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August 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The Modernity of Caste and the Market Economy, by David Mosse – 30 October 2019 leftrenewal.org/articles-en/...
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Where Does Caste Fit in A Global History of Racial Capitalism?, by Sheetal Chhabria – 13 July 2023 leftrenewal.org/articles-en/...
Where Does Caste Fit in A Global History of Racial Capitalism?, by Sheetal Chhabria – 13 July 2023 – Left Renewal Blog
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August 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Where Does Caste Fit in A Global History of Racial Capitalism?, by Sheetal Chhabria – 13 July 2023 leftrenewal.org/articles-en/...
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This issue includes a #ClassicsRevisited collection on Cedric J. Robinson’s Black Marxism and beyond, including contributions by Rafael Khachaturian @rafkhach.bsky.social, Anuja Bose, Sheetal Chhabria, Sharon Wright Austin, Kris F. Sealey, and H. L. T. Quan, w/ an introduction by Robyn Marasco.
July 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This issue includes a #ClassicsRevisited collection on Cedric J. Robinson’s Black Marxism and beyond, including contributions by Rafael Khachaturian @rafkhach.bsky.social, Anuja Bose, Sheetal Chhabria, Sharon Wright Austin, Kris F. Sealey, and H. L. T. Quan, w/ an introduction by Robyn Marasco.
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Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
The fight against corruption has to be ceaseless.
Today in the Appropriations Committee, I will offer an amendment to prohibit the Qatari jet that was gifted to Trump (which is going to cost taxpayers $1 billion) from being transferred to him personally.
Stay tuned.
Today in the Appropriations Committee, I will offer an amendment to prohibit the Qatari jet that was gifted to Trump (which is going to cost taxpayers $1 billion) from being transferred to him personally.
Stay tuned.
July 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
July 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
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To them every part of government - even Social Security - is just a source of enrichment for their billionaire friends. "Privatizing" Social Security is just about getting Wall Street a bunch of fees to manage money.
Treasury Secretary Bessent on 'Trump Accounts':
"It is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security....That's a game changer."
"It is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security....That's a game changer."
July 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
To them every part of government - even Social Security - is just a source of enrichment for their billionaire friends. "Privatizing" Social Security is just about getting Wall Street a bunch of fees to manage money.
I wish @ACLU would run for president, like the whole organization as a team.
If citizens united grants corporations personhood, then @aclu.org and @aclum.bsky.social can run for president.
If citizens united grants corporations personhood, then @aclu.org and @aclum.bsky.social can run for president.
July 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I wish @ACLU would run for president, like the whole organization as a team.
If citizens united grants corporations personhood, then @aclu.org and @aclum.bsky.social can run for president.
If citizens united grants corporations personhood, then @aclu.org and @aclum.bsky.social can run for president.
“What good is a union in hell?”
An urgent question for every labor organizer who thinks bread and butter issues are all that matter.
An urgent question for every labor organizer who thinks bread and butter issues are all that matter.
“Brothers, sisters, siblings, we stand here now on the precipice of oblivion… This isn’t just about fighting for better wages and working conditions… This is about who is willing to fight for life itself?” by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
What good is a union in Hell?
“Brothers, sisters, siblings, we stand here now on the precipice of oblivion… This isn't just about fighting for better wages and working conditions… This is about who is willing to fight for life its...
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July 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“What good is a union in hell?”
An urgent question for every labor organizer who thinks bread and butter issues are all that matter.
An urgent question for every labor organizer who thinks bread and butter issues are all that matter.
A new kind of sick.
Trump Administration Will Burn 500 Tons of Food Meant to Feed 1.5 Million Children - People
Trump Administration Will Burn 500 Tons of Food Meant to Feed 1.5 Million Children - People
July 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A new kind of sick.
Trump Administration Will Burn 500 Tons of Food Meant to Feed 1.5 Million Children - People
Trump Administration Will Burn 500 Tons of Food Meant to Feed 1.5 Million Children - People
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Federal immigration agents can now deport people to countries that aren’t even their own, with as little as six hours’ notice.
July 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Federal immigration agents can now deport people to countries that aren’t even their own, with as little as six hours’ notice.
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“Gun violence has become a cutting-edge U.S. export—but one that will harm, not help, its positive balance of power. If U.S. policymakers do not take gun violence more seriously, they will only ensure that this balance goes further off kilter.” - Jacob Ware, Everytown Survivor Fellow
American Gun Violence Goes Global
Its spread is distorting and diminishing U.S. soft power.
www.foreignaffairs.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“Gun violence has become a cutting-edge U.S. export—but one that will harm, not help, its positive balance of power. If U.S. policymakers do not take gun violence more seriously, they will only ensure that this balance goes further off kilter.” - Jacob Ware, Everytown Survivor Fellow
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Trump and Noem fired the people who answer the emergency phone line.
It’s not really incompetence because they know what they are doing. They are intentionally breaking government - even the parts that help us when we are deep in crisis.
It’s not really incompetence because they know what they are doing. They are intentionally breaking government - even the parts that help us when we are deep in crisis.
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Trump and Noem fired the people who answer the emergency phone line.
It’s not really incompetence because they know what they are doing. They are intentionally breaking government - even the parts that help us when we are deep in crisis.
It’s not really incompetence because they know what they are doing. They are intentionally breaking government - even the parts that help us when we are deep in crisis.
"There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery." —Karl Marx
July 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery." —Karl Marx
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The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader.
Does Trump’s Biggest Crypto Backer Really Exist?
The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader
www.thenation.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader.
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🚨 🇺🇸 #ICE delay taking detained woman to hospital—left her handcuffed & covered in own vomit for 8 hours.
She suffered medical emergency during arrest—not given medical care.
Now agents stalk the hallways & lobby of hospital 24/7—creating "hostile environment" for staff & patients.
She suffered medical emergency during arrest—not given medical care.
Now agents stalk the hallways & lobby of hospital 24/7—creating "hostile environment" for staff & patients.
July 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🚨 🇺🇸 #ICE delay taking detained woman to hospital—left her handcuffed & covered in own vomit for 8 hours.
She suffered medical emergency during arrest—not given medical care.
Now agents stalk the hallways & lobby of hospital 24/7—creating "hostile environment" for staff & patients.
She suffered medical emergency during arrest—not given medical care.
Now agents stalk the hallways & lobby of hospital 24/7—creating "hostile environment" for staff & patients.
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Report from someone at federal immigration court (26 Federal Plaza) in NYC:
“I’ve seen at least two detainments today where they [ICE agents] haven’t even let them [asylum-seekers] go to their hearings first.”
“I’ve seen at least two detainments today where they [ICE agents] haven’t even let them [asylum-seekers] go to their hearings first.”
July 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Report from someone at federal immigration court (26 Federal Plaza) in NYC:
“I’ve seen at least two detainments today where they [ICE agents] haven’t even let them [asylum-seekers] go to their hearings first.”
“I’ve seen at least two detainments today where they [ICE agents] haven’t even let them [asylum-seekers] go to their hearings first.”
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War criminals discuss war crime -
Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza flip.it/uoDT._
Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza flip.it/uoDT._
Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza
Both tout controversial proposal to push Palestinians, who are being bombed and displaced by Israel, to other countries.
flip.it
July 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
War criminals discuss war crime -
Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza flip.it/uoDT._
Netanyahu, Trump discuss forced transfer of Palestinians out of Gaza flip.it/uoDT._