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Rahul Rao retweeted
Congratulations to President Lula on a stunning, historic re-election.
A political comeback that will be remembered for generations to come.
This is a victory for the people, for the planet and for peace.
Rahul Rao retweeted
Heartfelt congratulations to Comrade Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his continued electoral success in Brazil. His victory reaffirms the enduring relevance of Left politics and the power of the working class to shape its own future. From Brazil to India, the lesson is clear that confronting the far right requires a systemic alternative rooted in workers’ rights, social justice and equality. @LulaOficial’s victory renews hope in the struggle against the Sangh Parivar’s divisive politics and for a more just and democratic India.
#lula #brazil
Rahul Rao retweeted
When Bolsonaro was disgracefully invited as Chief Guest for our Republic Day Parade in 2020, several of us in Mumbai held a protest at Churchgate Station against an abandonment of “Indian values” by a government that turned a blind eye to his environmental destruction, his homophobia, his deep links to organised crime.
“Aarey, Amazon, queer ladhai, Modi-Bolsonaro bhai bhai” was the slogan coined at that protest. Today, as the son of one far-right bigot bites the dust in Brazil, much to the relief of so many who were terrorised under his father’s last regime, there is hope reignited for change across the world.
Congratulations, Comeback King @LulaOficial. Here’s hoping we can invite you to a Republic Day Parade in New Delhi soon.
Rahul Rao retweeted
لطالما أعجبتني كتابات بانكاج ميشرا التي تشرّح الخطاب والفكر الغربيين وتفضح ما فيهما من تحيزات.
إلا أنني خاب أملي فيه بسبب مقالاته التي أصدرها في السنوات الماضية عن الإبادة الجماعية المستمرة في غزة، وهي المقالات التي جمعها وأضاف إليها في كتاب "العالم بعد غزة".
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ترجمتُ والصديقة ربا الصليبي مقالة مهمة للكاتب راول راو @thariel تتناول كتاب بانكاج ميشرا "العالم بعد غزة" بنظرة نقدية ثاقبة تكشف عيوبه وقصوره عن التضامن الذي يزعمه، كما تلفت الانتباه لكتاب عصمت الحلبي عن تاريخ فلسطين والهند وما فيه من نماذج تداخل ثقافي وتضامن مناهض للاستعمار.
truly honored to have had my recent review essay on books by Pankaj Mishra and Esmat Elhalaby for @HimalSouthasian translated into Arabic by @I_Sharif13 and Roba Salibi 🙏🏾
ترجمتُ والصديقة ربا الصليبي مقالة مهمة للكاتب راول راو @thariel تتناول كتاب بانكاج ميشرا "العالم بعد غزة" بنظرة نقدية ثاقبة تكشف عيوبه وقصوره عن التضامن الذي يزعمه، كما تلفت الانتباه لكتاب عصمت الحلبي عن تاريخ فلسطين والهند وما فيه من نماذج تداخل ثقافي وتضامن مناهض للاستعمار.
Rahul Rao retweeted
Violent crackdown on Ambedkarite & anticaste activists today at IIT Bombay is shocking.
50+ students have died on IIT campuses. A student's parents are on a hunger strike for justice against a prof who didnt follow establish protocol. Instead of working transparently & introspecting its casteist culture-- IIT Bombay & Police detained activists & protestors violently & hassled the parents.
When institutions become more important than students. When people dont ask what is structurally wrong & instead caste-shame a dead student & his grieving parents-- you know you are in a morally dead society. No high-fancy rhetoric can rebrand or rescue it.
Jai Bhim.
Rahul Rao retweeted
ASTONISHING: CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das still in judicial custody for trespass and violation of prohibitory orders while waving the tricolour at Jantar Mantar (not an act of violence by any reckoning), and Hindu Raksha Dal members who were caught on camera beating protestors out on bail (an act of brazen goondaism). Yeh hai kanoon??😡
Rahul Rao retweeted
The Election Commission Software Deleted 5.38 Lakh Bengal Voters With Auto-Generated Rejections Without Citing a Reason.
#Special @chhuti_is thewire.in/rights/the-eci-so…
Rahul Rao retweeted
To dignify Sanjeev Sanyal with an answer is to accord him an importance him he will never deserve.
caravanmagazine.in/books/his…
Rahul Rao retweeted
Appreciation for the black coats!
Supantha Sinha & @manikgupta_, who spend their nights in front of police stations getting detainees released almost every night!
Abhik Chimni and his team, who have been my saviours on more than one occasion now, including last night!
Kudos to the ones who help us stay out of jail!
what a pathetically transparent attempt to divert attention from the billionaires who prop up the rotten regime that you serve
His work was funded by Ford Foundation and McArthur Foundation. How many million years would it take to those "100 workers" to match billionaires like Henry Ford and John McArthur? Or is this calculation meant only for the non-white billionaires? Saving Indian souls - backed by western business - is a very old game.....
Rahul Rao retweeted
Sanyal, Dreze is worth 100 of you. A far far far better economist than you, with your supplicant mediocrity, would ever be. And an infinitely better human being who’s done more for India than you or ideological forefathers have ever done.
His work was funded by Ford Foundation and McArthur Foundation. How many million years would it take to those "100 workers" to match billionaires like Henry Ford and John McArthur? Or is this calculation meant only for the non-white billionaires? Saving Indian souls - backed by western business - is a very old game.....
Rahul Rao retweeted
Crazy scenes in London right now:
Thousands of protesters chant "Chhappan inch ka chhota bandar" and one protester brought a chhota bandar with him.
Rahul Rao retweeted
Crisis alert: The number of voters on the SIR final list in UP (13.4 crore) is almost 20% below the projected adult population (16.2 crore)!
How can elections be allowed there?
Rahul Rao retweeted
Neha Bora threw the BJP’s ‘anarchy’ charge right back at them. 🔥
Held overnight, denied a lawyer for hours, released at 6 AM.
They cry anarchy while barricading Delhi and treating peaceful protesters like criminals.
Stop SIR. Impeach Gyanesh Kumar.
Rahul Rao retweeted
Yes. We want regime change. Any regime that illegally abducts its own unarmed citizens for unfurling national flag, detains them, uses police machinery in garb of judicial officers to jail them has no right to remain in power. So damn right, we want regime change now.
Rahul Rao retweeted
ये बेहद गंभीर मामला है कि डिटेन की गई नेहा बोरा कहाँ हैं, इसकी कहीं कोई ख़बर नहीं है। एक नारी को रात में डिटेन करके कहाँ ले जाया गया है, पुलिस इसका ख़ुलासा करे। राष्ट्रीय महिला आयोग तत्काल इस अति संवेदनशील प्रकरण का संज्ञान ले।
नेहा बोरा को तुरंत रिहा किया जाए!
Rahul Rao retweeted
If two of India's most prominent young leaders are abducted by Delhi Police, with no information about their whereabouts or contact with their family or lawyers, then the judiciary has to take a suo moto case of habeas corpus. No one wants to see peacful citizens storm a court.
Rahul Rao retweeted
WHERE IS NEHA?
Delhi Police refuses to meet a delegation of lawyers and civil society members demanding the release of Neha.
Gather NOW in large numbers at Parliament Street Police Station to demand their release!
@DelhiPolice release Neha now!
