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Mitra Sharafi @mitrasharafi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Looking forward to our New Books in South Asian Legal Studies panel @lawandsociety.bsky.social in San Francisco this Saturday, 12.45pm+! Each author speaks about another book & our own, incl. @jasonbjackson.bsky.social @anandvaidya.bsky.social. CRN22 South Asia business meeting is right before (1/2)

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Ekin Kurtiç @ekinkurtic.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Super excited to host Anand Vaidya @anandvaidya.bsky.social for a talk on his brilliant book Future of the Forest! Please join us if you are in town.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

"An agent had taken Liam out of the car, led the boy to his front door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in, “in order to see if anyone else was home – essentially using a five-year-old as bait”, the superintendent said in a statement."

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Federico PF @feperfer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

A huge military deployment against baby formula and global solidarity

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AAUP @aaup.org · 30/09/2025

BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

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Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com

Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

This isn’t just starvation, it’s mass extermination by hunger. "There is no case since World War II of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled," says Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social, speaking to @democracynow.org.

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Joseph Howley @illdottore.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

After many requests, I finally accessed what turned out to be the saddest and smallest library I have ever seen. I was surprised to find that the books were not categorized by author or Dewey number but size. I tried to find a book before my allotted time ended and picked a cooking book; the second time I got a novel. I began flipping through the pages in search of solace, as books have always been my safe haven. To my surprise, I discovered handwritten notes scattered throughout the book, dated and written by various detainees over time. These messages were filled with reminders of hope, strength, and the assurance that this, too, shall pass. Tears welled up in my eyes as I read their heartfelt expressions. It’s incredible how human beings can find ways to uplift each other, transcending time, space, and borders if they want to and if they choose to. I continued to turn the pages, holding on to the hope of finding brighter moments in this terrifying situation—all thanks to the kindness of people I had never met.

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Eliel Cruz @elielcruz.com · 25/06/2025

Mamdani hosted a Trans townhall with community and Cuomo said we lost the presidential election due to sports and bathrooms bsky.app/profile/jael...

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John Thelefty @johnnthelefty.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Portland police escorted an ice transport van and helped them get into the ICE building by cleaning it's driveway. Portland Police have claimed that they won't work with ICE #fuckice #abolishice #losangelos solidarity

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Jeremy Lindenfeld @jeremotographs.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

WOW: Absolute RESPECT to Cecilia Culver for delivering a courageous, and kickass, commencement speech that calls out her university's complicity with genocide www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6w...

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STANDING OVATION!!! | Cecilia Culver, The George Washington University 2025 Commencement Speech

YouTube video by EverydayPal

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Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

FUTURE OF THE FOREST is the story of legal transformations of forests across India through collective action. Since the 19th century, Indian forest dwellers have been unable to enforce their claims to the land on which they live. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

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Anand Vaidya @anandvaidya.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The book is out! With cover art by the brilliant Rahee Punyashloka.

Cover of Future of the Forest, by Anand P. Vaidya.

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Ayça Çubukçu @aycacu.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

US federal agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia encampment for Palestine, seek to revoke his green card. #Shame on Columbia administration for its unquestioning obedience to government agents.

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Nat @gnatalie.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Fyi for folks in Portland, OR - if you think you see ICE and/or anyone you know is detained, call the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition hotline: 1-888-622-1510. It’s answered every day until about 8pm!

Flier showing ICE being held away from a family with a large hand. Text is in Spanish and includes the phone number to call and the services the hotline provides - ICE response and legal referral.

Flier showing ICE being held away from a family with a large hand. Text is in English and includes the phone number to call and the services the hotline provides - ICE response and legal referral.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 15/01/2025

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif removes his helmet and announces a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. His voice steady as his fellow Palestinians lift him into the air in celebration. For 15 months, the Al-Jazeera correspondent has reported on the genocide of his people in Gaza.

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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...

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Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza

A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

NPR “Why is it that ppl in Gaza don’t have proper shelter when aid groups have had months to prepare?” UN official: “Aid arrives and Israel refuses to distribute it” www.npr.org/2024/11/28/n...

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Another winter arrives in Gaza, but flimsy tents are all people have

People in Gaza have had to contest with Israeli airstrikes, hunger, armed gangs of looters and — now — a rainy winter without shelter.

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row. “Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.

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