Vaishnavi
@vaishnavi1406.bsky.social
thinking thoughts and feeling feelings about borders, democracy, and decolonization @UofT
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I talked to @biidaasamose.bsky.social about what it takes to stay human and protect each other in fascistic times, and how we can build networks of care, defend our neighbors, grieve, and make space for joy. This episode includes some Nishnaabe wisdom and music from Leanne. Transcript + audio:
Resisting ICE, Building Worlds: Care and Survival in Fascistic Times
“It’s all hands on deck and we have to fight. This is the only way,” says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
truthout.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I talked to @biidaasamose.bsky.social about what it takes to stay human and protect each other in fascistic times, and how we can build networks of care, defend our neighbors, grieve, and make space for joy. This episode includes some Nishnaabe wisdom and music from Leanne. Transcript + audio:
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Wtf is a TEST of a ceasefire?!?!??!?
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wtf is a TEST of a ceasefire?!?!??!?
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“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:
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My piece for the Guardian on 10 years since Europe’s border crisis: “The burning of an effigy of refugees is what happens after a decade of dehumanisation. Many have implanted a dangerous border fantasy that will continue to divide, hurt and kill.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
An effigy of refugees, burned by a crowd: this is where Europe’s brutal fantasy of border control has led us | Maurice Stierl
The shocking scene in Northern Ireland is the result of a decade spent militarising Europe’s fringes – and dismissing the human cost, says migration and border researcher Maurice Stierl
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
My piece for the Guardian on 10 years since Europe’s border crisis: “The burning of an effigy of refugees is what happens after a decade of dehumanisation. Many have implanted a dangerous border fantasy that will continue to divide, hurt and kill.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“What the victims don’t see are the distant engineers of calamity, acting with intent or with reckless, racist indifference to human life. And the engineers themselves deploy a range of techniques to conceal or mislead the world about their crimes.”
Alex de Waal on how famine denial works:
Alex de Waal on how famine denial works:
How Famine Denial Works - Boston Review
Its past and present, from the Holodomor to Gaza.
www.bostonreview.net
July 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“What the victims don’t see are the distant engineers of calamity, acting with intent or with reckless, racist indifference to human life. And the engineers themselves deploy a range of techniques to conceal or mislead the world about their crimes.”
Alex de Waal on how famine denial works:
Alex de Waal on how famine denial works:
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This article is a must read for all of us involved in, or who care about, what is happening at our universities:
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Our latest forum features responses to Alex Gourevitch’s May essay, “The Right to Be Hostile,” from @pastpunditry.bsky.social, @madar.bsky.social, @lromeranth.bsky.social, Tabatha Abu El-Haj, Diane Klein Kemker, David S. Busch, and Robin Marie Averbeck:
The Right to Be Hostile - Boston Review
Crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protest force a reckoning with inflated definitions of harm and harassment.
www.bostonreview.net
July 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This article is a must read for all of us involved in, or who care about, what is happening at our universities:
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"I was shocked to see one of the nurses who I worked with carrying my daughter... she was dead."
This broke me. Dr Khaled Hamouda, Gaza surgeon, in tearful testimony to 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,' the film they didn't want you to see.
Full film, that the BBC dropped, from Zeteo: gazadoctors.film
This broke me. Dr Khaled Hamouda, Gaza surgeon, in tearful testimony to 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,' the film they didn't want you to see.
Full film, that the BBC dropped, from Zeteo: gazadoctors.film
July 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"I was shocked to see one of the nurses who I worked with carrying my daughter... she was dead."
This broke me. Dr Khaled Hamouda, Gaza surgeon, in tearful testimony to 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,' the film they didn't want you to see.
Full film, that the BBC dropped, from Zeteo: gazadoctors.film
This broke me. Dr Khaled Hamouda, Gaza surgeon, in tearful testimony to 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,' the film they didn't want you to see.
Full film, that the BBC dropped, from Zeteo: gazadoctors.film
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Badar Khan Suri Is a Peace Scholar at Georgetown. Now He's Being Held as a High-Risk Threat in ICE Jail
Badar Khan Suri Is a Peace Scholar at Georgetown. Now He’s Being Held as a High-Risk Threat in ICE Jail
As the cases of international students and activists facing deportation begin to play out in the courts, Georgetown professor Nader Hashemi visited an ICE jail in Texas to speak with his colleague Badar...
www.democracynow.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Badar Khan Suri Is a Peace Scholar at Georgetown. Now He's Being Held as a High-Risk Threat in ICE Jail
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"...listed the keffiyeh, a black and white scarf emblematic of Palestinian identity, and the watermelon, which shares the colors of the Palestinian flag, as examples...that “incite hatred, violence, or discrimination against Jewish individuals or communities.”
jewishcurrents.org/training-nyp...
jewishcurrents.org/training-nyp...
Training for NYPD Officers Categorized the Keffiyeh and Watermelon as…
Experts say the training reinforced a police culture that treats Palestinians and their supporters with suspicion and brutality.
jewishcurrents.org
April 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"...listed the keffiyeh, a black and white scarf emblematic of Palestinian identity, and the watermelon, which shares the colors of the Palestinian flag, as examples...that “incite hatred, violence, or discrimination against Jewish individuals or communities.”
jewishcurrents.org/training-nyp...
jewishcurrents.org/training-nyp...