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Monisha Bajaj
@monishabajaj.bsky.social
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Professor & scholar of peace, human rights, migration & education University of San Francisco (views posted here are my own) Debut picture book A YEAR OF KITES out in 2026 with Bloomsbury www.monishabajaj.net Pronouns: she/her/वह .. more

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Monisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social · Apr 25
✨✨ COVER REVEAL ✨✨

Kites serve as a universal metaphor for hope, aspirations & transcendence across cultures 🪁

In A YEAR OF KITES - out Feb '26 w/
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social - we explore 12 different kite-flying traditions across the world

📚 Pre-order at bit.ly/yearofkites or a.co/d/1XS2IAJ
cover for a year of kites
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 9h
Join @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @chenjerai.bsky.social, @keeanga.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social for a town hall on the Trump administration's authoritarian war on the Left, hosted w/ @hammerandhope.bsky.social.

Tuesday, October 14th at 6:00 PM ET

RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Solidarity Against Sadism Naomi Klein Chenjerai Kumanyika Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Astra Taylor An Emergency Town Hall Tuesday, October 14 at 6:00 pm ET Sponsored by Haymarket Books and Hammer & Hope
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Stephen Zunes @szunes.bsky.social · 15h
I'd have no objection if the Nobel Peace Prize went to a number of the courageous Venezuelan pro-democracy/human rights activists struggling against the Maduro regime. However, the rightwing María Corina Machado--whose commitment to democracy and social justice is dubious--was a very poor choice.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d
California is expanding early education for young children, creating a new grade, Universal Transitional Kindergarten, for all of California's four-year-olds.

Through investments like these, we'll be moving the needle on student academic achievement for years to come.
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Monisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social · 2d
A beautiful day of celebration to honor the 50th anniversary of our Department of International & Multicultural Education at the Univ of San Francisco @usfca-ime.bsky.social

Highlight was a talk by long time faculty member - scholar & author extraordinaire - Dr. Alma Flor Ada

@rmj12.bsky.social
Photos from IME50 celebration Photos from IME50 celebration Photos from IME50 celebration
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 7d
I just signed legislation allowing the 800,000 rideshare workers in California to unionize.

California is determined to give working people a voice, to give them choice, give them dignity, and give them a say about their future.
Governor Newsom signs legislation allowing for rideshare workers in California to unionize.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d
This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza.

Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.

They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8d
IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference." The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 8d
In case it wasn’t clear, the anti-DEI crusade has never been about merit. Zero news experience. Never been a reporter. Elevated to Editor in Chief of CBS News, one of the most storied news institutions in the nation. www.mediaite.com/media/news/p...
Paramount Officially Acquiring The Free Press and Making Bari Weiss CBS News Editor in Chief: Report
Paramount Skydance will be officially acquiring The Free Press and hiring its founder Bari Weiss as editor in chief of its CBS News division, with the deal to be announced this coming Monday, accordin...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8d
This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours.

Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 9d
JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Monisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social · 14d
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.” RIP Assata Shakur
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Monisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social · 15d
“A Sikh grandmother who had lived in the US for more than 30 years, was deported to India Sept. 23, after spending a week in what her attorney called “barbaric” conditions at a private ICE detention center in Georgia”
americancommunitymedia.org/immigration/...
Grandmother Who Lived in US for 3 Decades Deported to India
Harjit Kaur, a seamstress who lived in San Francisco’s East Bay Area, was held by ICE in the harshest of conditions before being deported to India.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 17d
Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.

To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.

And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.
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Ethan Stark-Miller @estarkmiller.bsky.social · 18d
EXCLU: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will announce today he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week.
www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani to pull planned ABC town hall event after network suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show | amNewYork
Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani will announce Monday that he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of
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Monisha Bajaj @monishabajaj.bsky.social · 21d
"United States President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation requiring a $100,000 application fee for companies seeking to sponsor workers H-1B visas.

Trump ...also introducing a separate “gold card” visa for individuals to pay $1 million to expedite their immigration."
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21d
Fee paid by companies set to transform high-skill work visa system, upon which technology sector relies heavily.
Trump signs proclamation creating $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas
Fee paid by companies set to transform high-skill work visa system, upon which technology sector relies heavily.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21d
Fee paid by companies set to transform high-skill work visa system, upon which technology sector relies heavily.
Trump signs proclamation creating $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas
Fee paid by companies set to transform high-skill work visa system, upon which technology sector relies heavily.
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NPR @npr.org · 21d
After Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended "indefinitely" for comments he made following Charlie Kirk's death, questions about free speech and just what is government censorship reach heightened levels.
Kimmel's suspension for Kirk comments sparks furor over free speech and censorship
After Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended "indefinitely" for comments he made following Charlie Kirk's death, questions about free speech and just what is government censorship reach heightened levels.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 22d
Important piece here. Democrats should investigate this fully. Bring Carr for hearings. He is openly publicizing how he apparently broke the law and used the FCC on behalf of Trump to exort ABC.

newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that chairman Brendan Carr’s move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.
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Annie M Leonard @anniemleonard.bsky.social · 23d
Today is Constitution Day. Helluva day to cancel Jimmy Kimmel for making jokes the president didn’t like.
#freespeech
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 24d
“The study found that about 7% of US adults have been present at the scene of a mass shooting in their lifetime, and more than 2% have been injured during one.”
One in 15 Americans has witnessed a mass shooting – study
Report finds that 7% of Americans have been present at the scene of a mass shooting and 2% have been injured in one
www.theguardian.com
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 25d
Pedagogies for Justice

Join Haymarket Books and Parceo for a discussion on how our pedagogies can ground our organizing in collective struggles for justice.

Wednesday, September 17 at 1 PM ET

RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
Pedagogies for Justice: a Conversation with Educators and Organizers Lesley Williams, Educator and writer Mizue Aizeki, Collaborative Research Center for Resilience Maya Suzuki Daniels, Educator and Organizer Lara Kiswani: Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC) Merrie Najimy, Veteran Anti-Racist Educator, MTA Rank And File for Palestine Rebecca Vilkomerson, Funding Freedom Nina Mehta, PARCEO
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Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 25d
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft."
-- Anne Lamott

#WritingSky #AcademicSky
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25d
Here's how to support my work:

I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social.

The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up!

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 28d
Our members are doing everything they can to make sure schools are safe & welcoming for all students because we know that instability and fear caused by the Trump admin interfere with children’s ability to focus and learn while in school. www.edsurge.com/news/2025-09...
How Schools Are Helping Students Feel Safe Enough to Attend Amid Immigration Raids - EdSurge News
“What they see are their classmates, their family members, their neighbors often being apprehended in violent and confusing ways, and this for children ...
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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 28d
“In arguing for Mr. Netanyahu’s arrest, Mr. Mamdani noted that the Israeli prime minister had made military decisions while in New York that killed civilians in the Middle East.”

“‘This is something that I intend to fulfill,’ Mr. Mamdani said.”

Mamdani reiterates his pledge to arrest Netanyahu.
Mamdani, if Elected Mayor, Pledges to Order N.Y.P.D. to Arrest Netanyahu
www.nytimes.com
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 29d
"Even in a contest against men twice his age, Mamdani has begun to sound like the adult in the room on issues of public safety, offering detailed, thoughtful policy proposals."

🙏 @errollouis.bsky.social
Mamdani’s New Ideas on Crime Show Make His Opponents Look Old
What he understands and they don’t.
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Matthew Reichbach @fbihop.press · 29d
Bad Bunny, one of the biggest musical artists in the world, said he avoided the US in his tour because he thought ICE would set up ouside his shows.
Bad Bunny Says He Didn’t Include U.S. in Tour Dates Due to Fear of ICE Raids
Bad Bunny explained that he left the United States off his tour itinerary for fear that ICE 'could be outside [my concert].'
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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 29d
When you find out about Libro.fm, an alternative to Amazon-owned Audible that’s 100% employee owned, a Certified B Corporation, and shares profits with 4,000+ independent bookshops 😍
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · Sep 10
The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Sep 7
Sad. Don’t know what coverage is like in the US but here’s the BBC.
At the end of the first set, President Trump was booed much louder than earlier when he appeared on the jumbotron. The camera lingered for much longer than it usually does on famous faces, too. The reception from the New Yorkers was markedly different when rock icon Bruce Springsteen - a local hero from New Jersey - appeared to euphoric cheers. Trump sat stony-faced as Springsteen, who has been a vocal critic of the president, grinned.
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