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Mahmood Mamdani @mm1124

I am a Ugandan academic interested in how to understand and act in the world as is. Executive Director of @MISR_Mak and Professor at @Columbia.

Joined October 2009
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URGENT: Official recognition of #Palestine is one of the last chances for lasting peace in the region. 1.5 million citizens have signed, have you? #Lebanon #UNGA secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en…

Already 1.5 million signatures for the recognition of Palestine

As the people of Gaza and Lebanon endure a deluge of artillery fire, recognition of Palestine is one of the last hopes of achieving lasting peace.

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I just read Manan Ahmed Asif's Disrupted City, a history of Lahore through the writings of its residents over the past thousand years. Lahore has found its historian!
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📷📷Recording of conversation with Robert Kabushenga⁦@rkabushenga⁩📷📷 ⁦@mm1124⁩ on #EnvisioningTheFuture of Uganda’s Politics of Transition & Succession x.com/i/spaces/1vAxR… Note that the first 20 minutes is music as Robert waits for his audience to gather!

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Sharing my reflection of 50 years after the Uganda Asian expulsion: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n19/…

Mahmood Mamdani · The Asian Question: On Leaving Uganda

I was​ in my mid-twenties in November 1972 when I left Uganda on the orders of Idi Amin, who had seized the presidency...

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reflecting on 50 years after the 1972 Asian expulsion ... lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v44/n19/…

Mahmood Mamdani · The Asian Question: On Leaving Uganda

I was​ in my mid-twenties in November 1972 when I left Uganda on the orders of Idi Amin, who had seized the presidency...

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Mahmood Mamdani retweeted
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@ZohranKMamdani
5 May 2022
📣 We're hiring for two positions! 📣 - Positions: Communications/Outreach Director & Constituent Services Director - Salary: $65k/yr full benefits - Application Deadline: 05/18 Find out more how to apply for either: ⬇️ 1. bit.ly/ZohranCommsDirector 2. bit.ly/ZohranCSDirector
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China Debt Traps in the New Cold War jomodevplus.substack.com/p/c…

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Student Workers of Columbia
@SW_Columbia
7 Jan 2022
After 10 weeks, the strike is over! We are thrilled to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with @columbia. This is a historic moment for labor in higher ed, and it is just the beginning. We look forward to getting back to work and compensation for our back work.
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Day 11 of our son Zohran’s hunger strike in solidarity with NYC taxi drivers.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@ZohranKMamdani
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How did we get into the taxi medallion crisis? The City. And now it can help resolve that same crisis by working with @NYTWA to guarantee taxi medallion loans & give drivers a way out of life-long debt. I explain the origins of this crisis on @democracynow  👇
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani
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How did we get into the taxi medallion crisis? The City. And now it can help resolve that same crisis by working with @NYTWA to guarantee taxi medallion loans & give drivers a way out of life-long debt. I explain the origins of this crisis on @democracynow  👇
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NYC Taxi drivers are on a 24/7 protest re the failure of the City to grant them debt relief. They were told for years that the medallion would be a sure entry to the middle class. Now drivers drowning in debt & 9 have committed suicide.
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These men have been standing outside of City Hall (Broadway & Murray) since Sunday, 9/17. They won’t leave until the city approves the plan they deserve each - one that truly restructures their debt & makes their payments affordable.
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To stand in solidarity with NYC's Taxi Workers: 1. Visit their 24/7 protest by city hall (Broadway & Murray) 2. Call your elected officials & demand that @NYCMayor approve @NYTWA's debt restructuring plan To learn more about the plan, watch this video:

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Sharing some good news: Prospect (UK) has built on its list of '50 top thinkers' to announce the top 10. prospectmagazine.co.uk/conte… On p.12 is the complete list of the top 10.

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