Anand Vaidya

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

Congratulations, Mattie! Excited to read it.

"An agent had taken Liam out of the car, led the boy to his front door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in, “in order to see if anyone else was home – essentially using a five-year-old as bait”, the superintendent said in a statement."

A huge military deployment against baby formula and global solidarity

Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...

BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:

This isn’t just starvation, it’s mass extermination by hunger. "There is no case since World War II of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled," says Alex de Waal, Executive Director of the @worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social, speaking to @democracynow.org.

Rümeysa Öztürk describes the library in the prison where she was held for 45 days for co-authoring an op-ed

Mamdani hosted a Trans townhall with community and Cuomo said we lost the presidential election due to sports and bathrooms bsky.app/profile/jael...

Portland police escorted an ice transport van and helped them get into the ICE building by cleaning it's driveway. Portland Police have claimed that they won't work with ICE
#fuckice #abolishice #losangelos solidarity

At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

Future of the Forest | Permanent Black Future of the Forest is the story of legal transformations of forests across India through collective action. Since the nineteenth century, Indian forest dwellers have been unable to enforce their cla...

And the Indian edition is out with Permanent Black:

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Future of the Forest | Permanent Black Future of the Forest is the story of legal transformations of forests across India through collective action. Since the nineteenth century, Indian forest dwellers have been unable to enforce their cla...

And the Indian edition is out with Permanent Black:

www.permanentblack.com/product-page...

Thanks, Ernst!

STANDING OVATION!!! | Cecilia Culver, The George Washington University 2025 Commencement Speech YouTube video by EverydayPal

WOW: Absolute RESPECT to Cecilia Culver for delivering a courageous, and kickass, commencement speech that calls out her university's complicity with genocide
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE6w...

FUTURE OF THE FOREST is the story of legal transformations of forests across India through collective action.

Since the 19th century, Indian forest dwellers have been unable to enforce their claims to the land on which they live.

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Thanks! Yes, with Permanent Black later this year

Future of the Forest by Anand P. Vaidya | Paperback | Cornell University Press Future of the Forest is the story of legal transformations of forests across India through collective action. Since the nineteenth century, Indian forest dwellers have been unable to enforce their cla...

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Cover of Future of the Forest, by Anand P. Vaidya.

The book is out! With cover art by the brilliant Rahee Punyashloka.

US federal agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia encampment for Palestine, seek to revoke his green card.

#Shame on Columbia administration for its unquestioning obedience to government agents.

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Flier showing ICE being held away from a family with a large hand. Text is in Spanish and includes the phone number to call and the services the hotline provides - ICE response and legal referral.

Flier showing ICE being held away from a family with a large hand. Text is in English and includes the phone number to call and the services the hotline provides - ICE response and legal referral.

Fyi for folks in Portland, OR - if you think you see ICE and/or anyone you know is detained, call the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition hotline: 1-888-622-1510. It’s answered every day until about 8pm!

Journalist Anas Al-Sharif removes his helmet and announces a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. His voice steady as his fellow Palestinians lift him into the air in celebration. For 15 months, the Al-Jazeera correspondent has reported on the genocide of his people in Gaza.

Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.

JUST PUBLISHED: It has been the honor of my career to co-author "Queer, HIV+ and Running Out of Medication in Gaza" with Afeef Nessouli @theintercept.com —a story about Palestine, AIDS, genocide, and an extraordinary survivor named E.S. Please read & share. theintercept.com/2025/01/13/i...

Thanks, Ajantha!

Future of the Forest by Anand P. Vaidya | Paperback | Cornell University Press Future of the Forest is the story of legal transformations of forests across India through collective action. Since the nineteenth century, Indian forest dwellers have been unable to enforce their cla...

My book is now available for pre-order!

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Last major health facility in north Gaza ‘out of service’ after Israeli attack Staff arrested, injured and killed as Israeli forces burn and destroy key Kamal Adwan hospital departments, says WHO

Say what you will about the IRA, but this is Biden's planetary legacy: a livestreamed genocide with no end in sight.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...