Sujatha Fernandes
@sujathaf.bsky.social
writer • Professor • migrant workers, social & labor movements, climate storytelling • author Curated Stories, The Cuban Hustle & more • rep'd by Maria Cardona • #FirstGen • yogi www.sujathafernandes.com
Join us tomorrow for this hybrid event. In-person 10am in Sydney, and 6pm CST via Zoom. Details below!
Sujatha Fernandes@sujathaf.bsky.social · 10mo agoIn a hybrid event on Oct 23, historical and speculative fiction writers Mykaela Saunders, Sara Haddad and @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social reflect on histories of dispossession and imagining alternative futures of liberation. Join in-person or via Zoom. Registration link in next post.
In a hybrid event on Oct 23, historical and speculative fiction writers Mykaela Saunders, Sara Haddad and @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social reflect on histories of dispossession and imagining alternative futures of liberation. Join in-person or via Zoom. Registration link in next post.
Tomorrow!
Sujatha Fernandes@sujathaf.bsky.social · 11mo agoJoin us on Weds Oct 8, 2 - 4pm at USyd for a panel on the political economy of colonialism in South Asia, Palestine, and Australia with Ihab Shalbak, Suvendrini Perera and myself. Read more and register here: events.humanitix.com/colonialism-...
Join us on Weds Oct 8, 2 - 4pm at USyd for a panel on the political economy of colonialism in South Asia, Palestine, and Australia with Ihab Shalbak, Suvendrini Perera and myself. Read more and register here: events.humanitix.com/colonialism-...
Colonialism, Labor, Ecologies
This panel talk is a part of an event series: Land Justice and Climate Futures, presented by Sujatha Fernandes.
events.humanitix.com
Join us on Weds Oct 8, 2 - 4pm at USyd for a panel on the political economy of colonialism in South Asia, Palestine, and Australia with Ihab Shalbak, Suvendrini Perera and myself. Read more and register here: events.humanitix.com/colonialism-...
Colonialism, Labor, Ecologies
This panel talk is a part of an event series: Land Justice and Climate Futures, presented by Sujatha Fernandes.
events.humanitix.com
Join us for "Pacific Island Migrations: From Plantations to PALM Workers" at Bankstown Arts Centre next Saturday August 23, 2 - 4pm with speakers Rosaline Parker, Moni Taumoepeau and Winnie Dunn
Join us for a timely series of events on ‘Land Justice and Climate Futures’ at Bankstown Arts Centre and the University of Sydney. Bringing together Palestinian, Aboriginal, and Pacific Islander speakers and others to discuss land justice at a time of genocide and dispossession.
Join us for a timely series of events on ‘Land Justice and Climate Futures’ at Bankstown Arts Centre and the University of Sydney. Bringing together Palestinian, Aboriginal, and Pacific Islander speakers and others to discuss land justice at a time of genocide and dispossession.
R.I.P. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ICYMI here's Ngũgĩ's appearance on the show where we explored the many ways he has fought against the "normalized abnormality" of the colonial world, in language & writing, and in the world at large tinhouse.com/podcast/ngug...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o : The Language of Languages - Tin House
Today’s guest, novelist, storyteller, essayist, playwright, scholar, translator, and perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, is an iconic figure in postcolonial tho...
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Our Sydney University Staff for Palestine group has put out a statement in support of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah We stand in solidarity with Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and we reject any and all attacks on academic freedom. docs.google.com/file/d/1MY0o...
Statement in Support of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.docx
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I haven't been this excited to read a comms book in a long time 😊 "Curated Stories: The Uses and Misuses of Storytelling" by @sujathaf.bsky.social
Check out the incredible doco Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat if you can. At a time when western powers are again banding together to crush anti-colonial resistance the film feels so urgent. And the music is 🔥🔥 filmforum.org/film/soundtr...
Film Forum · SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D'ETAT Returns Friday, January 3 at Film Forum
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🚨BREAKING🚨 Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.
One of the last major interviews the tabla master Zakir Hussain gave was with my sister Deepa, last year. You can listen here: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
For Grammy-winning tabla master Zakir Hussain, rhythm has no boundaries
Zakir Hussain is widely acknowledged as the best tabla player in the world.
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Read every word of this address by the brilliant susan abulhawa massreview.org/node/12193
susan abulhawa: Address to the Oxford Union | Mass Review
Massachusetts Review
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Our Spring 2025 catalog is here, featuring work by @atiyahusain.bsky.social, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, @jeelyachar.bsky.social, @soccerpolitics.bsky.social, @emmaamador.bsky.social, @hystericalblkns.bsky.social, and many more. Download it today! issuu.com/dukeuniver...
Hi everyone! I've really been liking this new place, so thought I'd do an intro. My name is Mike and I do ecology and epidemiology stuff. Our fieldwork season is about to go into high gear, so I'll post some photos from the glorious wetlands and bushlands around Sydney as we go.
With the xitter exodus, Palestinians in Gaza are having a harder time raising funds. Please donate, share, boost, and email your family & friends. Every little amount helps. The Gaza funds website has a spotlight campaign to help you choose gazafunds.com
Gaza Funds Spotlight Campaign
Find vetted fundraisers for Gaza here
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Workshops4Gaza@workshops4gaza.bsky.social · 2y agoWe are a group of autonomous writers, artists, educators and translators coming together to offer online courses and workshops to raise money for people in Gaza 🥀🥀🥀
I'm grateful to tell the story of my great-grandfather, a lascar who drowned on the job, and my family migration to Mumbai, Sydney & NYC, alongside stories of today's migrant workers in those cities struggling to stay afloat amid precarity & climate disasters.
Full video of the historic event, "But We Must Speak: On Palestine," with Mohammed El-Kurd, Rashid Khalidi, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michelle Alexander, Noura Erakat, and Natalie Diaz. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoCE...
But We Must Speak: On Palestine & The Mandates of Conscience
On Wednesday November 1st in Manhattan the Palestine Festival of Literature is staging a free, public event titled: But We Must Speak: On Palestine and the M...
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Must read essay by the brilliant Palestinian novelist Hala Alyan: ‘We exist, and our existence presents an existential affront. As long as we exist, we challenge several falsehoods, not the least of which is that, for some, we never existed at all.’ www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/o...
Opinion | The Palestine Double Standard
The task of the Palestinian is to audition for empathy and compassion. To prove that we deserve it.
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Huge Palestine solidarity rally in Sydney today. More than five thousand people came out to stand for a Free Palestine on this beautiful day. End the siege on Gaza.
“And yet, despite everything, there is a small, bustling world where publishers have resisted some of the constraints limiting the conglomerates, where they can exercise judgment with a little more freedom from—and about—markets.” Thank you for the shout-out @thenation.com. Vive literary fiction!
Dr. SAS@sarahannestrickley.bsky.social · 3y agoConfirmation that the “literary fiction” conundrum has reached an apex with the publishing oblivion introduced by Amazon—and also a little shout-out for the heroes at @sarabandebooks.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/cult...
