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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 12d

Face of fascism!

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Ariel Ducey @aducey.bsky.social · 23d

My department, University of Calgary Sociology, is hiring four assistant professors. Part of our Faculty of Arts renewal plan. Please read all details here: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 28d

Resisting these is important. We must stay and resist.

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 29d

Please do apply.

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 29d

JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

careers.ucalgary.ca

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Pratim Sengupta @pratim.bsky.social · Aug 24

The most beautiful way to star my Mondays, reading Sulagana Biswas' column "Beat The Monday Blues" in The Telegraph - T2. Here's a poignant homage to the music that sustained my 90s, and at least for me, kept my dreams alive in a world that was mostly full of bad humans.

Beat the Monday blues with Ab tere bin jee lenge hum by Kumar Sanu

t2online.in

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Aug 11

m.thewire.in/article/righ...

‘Ask the ECI to Answer Opp’s Vote Theft Charge’: An Open Letter to the CJI - The Wire

The ECI should voluntarily submit itself to scrutiny. But if it does not, sir, I request you to summon the powers the Constitution vests in you and order it to do so without delay.

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Aug 11

t2online.in/music/wester...

Not Monday Blues with Bruce Springsteen's Nightshift

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Aug 3

How are the cats taking it?

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jul 27

Here’s a piece led by Fateme Ejaredar (my doctoral student) and co-authored by me on the impact of Israel’s war on iran on the diaspora. theconversation.com/iranian-cana...

Iranian Canadians watch the Israel-U.S. war in Iran from afar

Interviews with 30 Iranian Canadians help to untangle the roots of political tensions and evolving solidarities in the Iranian diaspora in Canada.

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jul 23

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water chuffed.org/project/1132...

South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water

**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**

chuffed.org

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you all for reposting!

Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jul 21

Tagging experts and key figures in the field, I know, in case you can connect Chetna to anyone, she can interview: @jgilligan.org @farhanasultana.com @kelseabest.bsky.social @helenkopnina.bsky.social ‪@earth-andrew.bsky.social‬

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jul 21

NEW DOCTORAL RESEARCH ALERT: Please consider participating and spreading the word about this research on climate justice and migration being conducted by my doctoral student, Chetna Khandelwal @chetkay.bsky.social.

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jul 21

Another great column by Sulgana Biswas - this time about the iconic disco number, I Feel Love.
t2online.in/music/wester...

Overcome Monday blues with Donna Summer's I Feel Love

t2online.in

Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jul 15

By my bestie, Sulagana Biswas about a timeless protest song. More relevant than ever. www.telegraphindia.com/t2/not-monda...

Not Monday blues, but...

Back in 1959, folk singer Pete Seeger drew on Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 — one of the wisdom books of the Old Testament, the other two being Proverbs and Job — to write what he felt was a song of protest. In...

www.telegraphindia.com

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · Jul 2

Shameful

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jun 11

Oh no!!! Such a huge loss.

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Jun 9

This necro-State needs to be held accountable for uncountable war crimes. But attacking and abducting peaceful volunteers for bringing aid to people that are being starved to death…how? www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Israeli commados taking Gaza-bound aid ship, Madleen, to Israel

The Madleen crew are now being detained by Israeli forces after their ship was stopped close to 100 miles from Gaza.

www.aljazeera.com

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Ted McCoy 🖖 @tedmccoy.bsky.social · May 23

students and AI can both write shitty papers, but only students can write great papers. That's like the only lesson that they need to know when they decide to use it

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you Aoife. Honoured.

Aoife Mac Namara @aoifemacnamara.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations, Pallavi! #UCalgaryArts youtube.com/watch?v=Y8vd...

Dr. Pallavi Banerjee • Associate Professor • UCalgary Research Excellence Chair • Dept of Sociology

YouTube video by Faculty of Arts — University of Calgary

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Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · May 15

Sharing on behalf of my @cunygcsociology.bsky.social friend/colleague Ruth Milkman who isn't on social media. Here's her statement re a problematic censoring of an obituary for Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes #soctwitter #socsky #sociology

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Statement re Michael Burawoy obit

Statement from Ruth Milkman re commissioned obituary of Michael Burawoy to appear in ASA Footnotes: Dear All, As many of you know, I published a tribute to Michael Burawoy in Jacobin shortly after ...

docs.google.com

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · May 15

Unconscionable! I just requested ASA to allow international scholars to present online, given the risks of traveling to the U.S., and got a stern, corporatish no! What are these organizations we are part of?

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · May 13

Thanks for posting. I know these students very well and they have taken on a herculean task of supporting this newcomer young man who became unhoused and has no social support in Calgary.

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · May 8

The level of anxiety and sadness I am feeling about the escalation of India's war with Pakistan is unsettling. What is this madness? No one wins in a war!

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