Paying tributes to Periyar & Ambedkar in the morning, showering flowers on a Marx statue by noon and appointing your astrologer to a govt post by evening. Vijay truly believes in ideological diversification 😭

BJP cannot be 'normalized' in Kerala. For decades, forces, including the media, have attempted to legitimize them, aiming acceptance for one of the most vicious politics on the planet. Three seats is not normal. It's unacceptable. And eroding that remains our priority.

BJP supporters in all parts of India are celebrating the loss of DMK in TN and LDF in Kerala. Paints a clear picture, doesn't it? UDF is not a challenge for them. Hell, TVK just might be them in the immediate future. The southern front has fallen.

This is the part that people don't seem to understand. The assumption that the UDF-LDF rotation is somewhat a standard political trajectory for Kerala is completely untrue.

the left government is not above criticism which most of you are right about but supporting a political party whose ideals have been more volatile than a penny stock is kinda funny to me. congRSS has always been an anti working class, casteist, and soft hindutva propogating

I've never seen this many South Asian comrades together outside of India! Bhagat Singh was a Marxist-Leninist (the right will disagree!), and it is more important than ever to turn back to his work today. Thanks, @NikhilMathew_ and @sfi_uk, for inviting me.

SFI-UK, in conjunction with PWA and IWA-GB, organised the 11th Bhagat Singh Memorial Lecure at SOAS University. The lecture brought together progressive sections of the South Asian diaspora and was chaired by Comrade Ekagrata, Convenor, SFI UK Central London Organising Committee.

Far too many people posting about racial capitalism, far too few people posting about Rob Knox's writings on how marxists should understand capitalism as an inherently racializing social system.

New article on the role of unpaid, feminized labour in the justice system: 'Should we pay wages for victim participation? Victims' labour at the International Criminal Court' (open access) academic.oup.com/bjc/advance…

Join this year’s Bhagat Singh Memorial lecture on the topic 'From Popular Discontent to Authoritarian Power: Populism, Fascism and Democracy'. Register Now: tinyurl.com/bhagatsingh2026 📆 18th April 2026 ⏰ 5.30pm to 8.00pm 📍 DLT Lecture Theatre, SOAS, London WC1H 0XG

The brilliant Tshepo Madlingozi at SOAS's Centre for the Study of Colonialism Empire and International Law (@CCEILSOAS ) today w Catriona Drew/Danushka Medawatte/Vidya Kumar. He spoke eloquently on the TRC, reparations, social justice, HRs, TJ & the constitution. Lucky us!🙏🏾🥰

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'no no no you don't get it, I crossed the picket line specifically because I support the strike'

SOAS South Asia Institute is pleased to host the 2026 British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS) Annual Conference, taking place from 9–11 September 2026. The conference will showcase pioneering scholarship on South Asia from the Subcontinent and around the world.

Neither. A funded position.

Vol. 25 of the Palestine Yearbook of International Law @BirzeitU is out in April. With contributions from: @RajiSourani, John Quigley, @pmpoc, Jinan Bastaki, Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, Raef Zreik, Brenna Bhandar, Panagiotis Gkagkatsis, Michelle Kelsall, @pmenon, & Umut Özsu. 1/12

11. The Gentle Decolonial Civilizers of Nations: Umut Özsu’s Completing Humanity, @pmenon

accidentally was honest during a work meeting, the day is spoiled

Our special issue of Labor and Society on the ecomodernist features of imperialism is now online in full. The issue makes a stronger contribution to theorising contemporary imperialism than I could ever have hoped. Here's a thread introducing each contribution. 🧵

I'm frankly devastated over Asad Haider's death. He was a major force on the left. He lived and breathed theory. Asad was able to take the most baroque theory and make it speak to practical political tactics and strategy. Very few could do that as well as him. Every issue of his publication Viewpoint was remarkable and when a new issue dropped, you just had to read it. When the pandemic hit we hosted a study group on Lazarus's Anthropology of the Name and Asad was so articulate with this work that he made all the concepts come to life for us. Asad was actually the first scholar I reached out to when I started @emancipations_. More recently, we had plans to host a major debate in New York on Marxism and philosophy. Asad was a mentor to many of us. His book Mistaken Identity is still one of the best interventions on the pitfalls of identity politics and I'd recommend it. Condolences to his family and loved ones. May he rest in power and in peace.