Despite the brutal and shameful crackdown in Delhi yesterday (July 20), peaceful demonstrators have continued to turn out today (July 21) not only in the capital but in several cities across the country. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

India: Crackdown on peaceful protesters in New Delhi raises serious human rights concerns

Responding to the crackdown on protestors in New Delhi demanding accountability in the Indian education system, Aakar Patel, Amnesty International India’s Chair of Board, said, “The images and reports...

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The Delhi police is doing what it does best. Brutally 'clearing' away popular protests.

Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 3w ago

I'm excited to let you all know that Middlebury is hiring a comparativist who works on African Politics! I am the search committee chair, so hit me up with any questions you may have. Deadline is 9/1. apply.interfolio.com/188248

My sister's EP, Sad Songs for a Sunday, is out! Give it a listen for its depth, honesty, and beautiful beautiful music. I'm the world's proudest hype-woman! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YyZ...

Back On The Floor Again

YouTube video by Smiti Malik - Topic

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So stealing people’s work is bad now?

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · last mo.

Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities

look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work

EXCLUSIVE: Indian politicians have denied the severity of the air pollution crisis for decades. Internal documents reveal how this denial has shaped — and constrained — policymaking. Story of the long overdue update of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) drilled.media/news/air-pol...

Denial and Misinformation: How Politics Weakens India's Air Pollution Response

Indian politicians have denied the severity of the air pollution crisis in the country for decades. Documents related to an update of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) show how the de...

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My sister, the light of my life, is not only THE BEST sibling but also an extraordinary singer-songwriter. Her new EP drops in June: here's a song from it that she wrote, composed, and sang herself. I am truly blown away (and not just because she's my behena)! www.youtube.com/watch?v=adVP...

Smiti Malik - Hard Year (Live and Acoustic)

YouTube video by Smiti Malik

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Some good news in a world of increasingly bad news. My friend Mnqobi Ngubane's powerfully directed and narrated dive into the Labour Tenant question in South Africa - Mathonga Elizwe - won the best short documentary at the South African Film and Television Awards. vimeo.com/1004046679/6...

MATHONGA_ELIZWE_EARLY_TEASER_V2

This is "MATHONGA_ELIZWE_EARLY_TEASER_V2" by Uhuru Productions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Along with Daniel Enincas (@polisciatnu.bsky.social), here's my latest article in @civilwarsjournal.bsky.social. In this piece, we explore divergent rebel group fates drawing on an underexplored comparison of Shining Path in Peru and the Maoists in Nepal: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Learning from Someone Else’s War: Insurgent Leadership Style, Diffusion and Comparative Insights on Rebel Group Trajectories from Peru and Nepal

Why do some rebel organisations collapse at the end of war while others endure and metamorphose? Based on a comparison of Peru’s Shining Path and Nepal’s Maoists, this article leverages 50 original...

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Young people from Peru to Madagascar to Nepal — furious with political elites reaping the spoils of privilege and corruption — are rising up to demand change, write Erica Chenoweth and @matthewcebul.bsky.social. Read "Why Gen-Z Is Rising" in our new January issue! muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...

Samia Suluhu Hassan ran all but unopposed in Tanzania’s presidential elections on 29 October. The only surprise came from the streets when protests broke out. Under the cover of an internet blockade, security forces met the protesters with force. Our readers recount what they saw.

Beneath Suluhu’s blackout, a blanket of violence

Tanzania’s Election Day erupted into protest, an internet blackout, and bloodshed. When the internet was restored, 37 readers told us what really happened. These are their accounts.

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Great analysis of the situation in Tanzania by Dan Paget

Has Tanzania Reached Its Breaking Point? | Journal of Democracy

President Hassan promised Tanzanians freedom, transparency, and reform. Instead, she has delivered repression, violence, and arrests as she bars anyone who dares challenge her.

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The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications. Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 . sudansolidarity.com

Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective

Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...

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Transitions Magazine is coming out with an issue entirely dedicated to Sudan soon with essays, memoir, and short fiction by Rogaia Abusharaf, Jamal Mahjoub, Fatin Abbas, Ahmed Abdel Al, Wagas Elsadig, Suzi Mirghani, and David Mikhail.

“Within a seminar series, women are interrupted more than men. This holds when controlling for characteristics of the presenter, paper, and audience. Interruptions that are negative in tenor or tone, or cutoff the presenter mid-sentence, increase for women presenters.”

Gender Differences in Economics Seminars

(Forthcoming Article) - We assess whether men and women are treated differently when presenting their economics research. We collected data across thousands of seminars, job market talks and conferenc...

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The Trump administration is poised to scale up the Afrikaner refugee program in a big way. One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US). My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social : goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...

Trump wants to bring even more white Afrikaners to the U.S.

This White House program bumps out thousands of refugees who have provisional approval to emigrate.

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#KeepEyesOnSudan

Global Voices@globalvoices.org · 10mo ago

The armed conflict in Sudan seems to be one of the world's most forgotten civil wars. The reigning silence surrounding this conflict plunges the population into daily turmoil.

Gen Z WORLD PROTESTS DASHBOARD 1/5: MOROCCO: Anti-government protests driven by frustration over lavish spending on the 2030 World Cup at the expense of public services like education and healthcare, leading to fatalities and arrests🧵

What to Know About the 'Gen Z' Protests Around the World

Within the past month, the protests have toppled one country’s government and contributed to the dissolution of another.

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A wide range of academic organizations has signed a letter calling on the Department of Education to reinstate the Title VI program. For those not familiar, Title VI funds foreign language and area studies programs. The funding has prepared generations of students for international work and research

🧵 Fellow academics in N. America if a Sudanese student has been admitted to your graduate program MA or PhD please please do your best to help them gather the necessary paperwork for their visa. So many are getting into great programs but (1/3)

I am hiring! 1-2 post-docs to join my project on political violence in democracies at @uupeace.bsky.social!

UppsalaPeaceConflict@uupeace.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social 📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position 📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement) 📍 Location: Uppsala ⏳ Apply by: Oct 1 Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...

Last month @theatlantic.com published an often problematic piece about the war in #Sudan called “the war about nothing”. This week @thecontinent.org swings back, reminding us that what is “nothing” to you is “everything” to someone else. The Continent is a free publication, subscribe to read.

No one ever asks nonfiction writers about style so I just wanted to share 2 style points, and to thank @hammerandhope.bsky.social for an editorial process that absolutely got it. Writing is always collaborative even with one name on the byline and editors are great. hammerandhope.org/article/kenya-

In Kenya, Gen Z Battles Corruption and Police Violence

What keeps the Ruto administration running from crisis to crisis remains a complete unwillingness to listen to people and an unswerving commitment to responding to any form of dissent with violence.

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So excited to read and assign this!

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · last yr.

"Explores how partisanship in electoral autocracies emerges as a powerful social identity shaped by family and community networks." The Autocratic Voter by @natalie-letsa.bsky.social, Coming Soon #Politics #Autocracy 💙📚 cup.org/4o1j685

Continuing the spirit of the African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular started by @texasinafrica.bsky.social & me 10 years ago, Kelechi Amakoh has curated a list of 10 recent African Politics books for @goodauth.bsky.social that he thinks we should all read: goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...

10 essential reads on African politics for summer 2025.

From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa.

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Here are 10 essential reads on African politics for this summer. From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa. goodauthority.org/news/10-esse...

10 essential reads on African politics for summer 2025.

From cultural revival to election campaign violence, these books offer a rich dive into how politics works – and who it works for across Africa.

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Instead of listening to protesters’ grievances, Ruto’s government is repressing them. That’s a bad sign for the health of Kenya’s democracy, @nanjala.bsky.social‬ writes.

Ruto Once Courted Kenya’s Youth. Now He’s Trying to Silence Them

Instead of listening to protesters’ grievances, Ruto’s government is repressing them. That’s a bad sign for the health of Kenya’s democracy.

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