As PM Modi is being hosted for a state dinner at The White House, policymakers and experts gather for a Policy briefing on India on the Capitol Hill
Congresswoman
@IlhanMN
is delivering her remarks on the persecution of minorities and democratic backsliding.
Their resilience is rooted in the soil. Fearless Sikhs of the Guru. The women are saying we are prepared with 6 months of rations.
Common term they reference for why they are protesting: HAQ (rights).
#LegalizeMSP
#farmersprotests2024
#NoFarmersNoFood
Worst Journalist Ever. Consistently erases
#sikhidentity
#sikhgenocide
& lacks any nuanced understanding of sovereignty, the global fight against
#hindutva
, etc. Conveniently omits the hundreds of arbitrary arrests in Punjab.
@BDUTT
India’s Democracy Debate -Please Leave it to the Indians. My piece in
@washingtonpost
- on how rebukes by western governments or stereotypes by Western Media will make Indians close ranks. India’s democracy has to be strengthened by us & us alone.
Media propaganda of
@narendramodi
shows off how much military machinery India can produce/export. But no headlines on death of democracy as India butchers it’s own citizens with heavy weaponry, blocking their basic freedom to protest, freedom of assembly & movement.
#askindiawhy
Nijjar was born in 1977. Basic math, please. An 8 year old was not responsible for the Air India bombing.
But this bombing did squash any semblance of a Self Determination movement for Sikhs. All Sikh organizations & institutions condemned this heinous attack at that time.
@daljitkaursoni
@RoKhanna
There's enough evidence out there by CSIS, Parmar, Reyat were caught by CSIS testing the bomb devices as well and witnesses were killed in the case.
Your silence has been painful. From the
#farmersprotest
to the full fledged Hindutva-led campaign against Sikhs emboldened by your platforming of Modi. I am beyond saddened
@RoKhanna
/ We believed in you.
"FBI agents visited several Sikh activists in California this summer with an alarming message: Their lives were also at risk."
What steps are India Caucus (cc
@RoKhanna
),
@CAPAC
and fed/state civil rights agencies taking to protect Sikh Americans?
The California State Legislature has declared the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India a
#genocide
! As the first Sikh elected to the Legislature in history, we are finally speaking truth to power. Now it is time for Congress to do the same.
#AJR2
The “vote bank politics” narrative pushed by the callous & biased “journalist”
@ShekharGupta
in his recent video seeks to explain the “power of Sikhs” in the diaspora. This is the SAME diaspora integral to the Ghadar Movement leading to the Independence of India.
#askindiawhy
1 out of 11 key demands by farmers is Justice for the live-streamed murder of innocent farmers (shot in their backs) by son of
#bjp
minister who enjoys freedom w/o any accountability.
India is NOT a democracy, esp under Modi’s Hindu Nationalism sanctioning communal violence.
A reminder that one of the
#FarmersProtest2024
demands is justice for the
#LakhimpurTerrorAttack
in October 2021, which saw Ashish Mishra (the son of a BJP minister) use a jeep to mow down dozens of mainly Sikh protesters, resulting in at least nine deaths but so far no charges.
.
@AmarShergillCA
explains “As the voting unfolds at the
#California
Capitol, we must all understand that those gathered — immigrant & U.S.-born, for an independent Punjab or against — are reaffirming their commitment to
#selfdetermination
…”
“India is very petty. They are making a big fuss about Sikh activism here in Canada,” he said. “Demonstrations and activism are part of our democratic rights here in Canada.”
#sikhs
#askindiawhy
#ottawa
@MariamBarghouti
In Punjabi, Sikhs (whose ancestral land was split in two forming Pakistan/India in 1947 during the Partition) use this term to refer to those who have fought for truth, for the Kaum, and paid the price with their lives.
💬SALDEF Speaks Out on PM Modi's State Visit
@POTUS
' decision to celebrate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a State visit is deeply disappointing.
Here's why: 👇
#ModiInAmerica
#ModiStateVisit
“We have so many targets.” Who else is on this list?
I am legit surprised that this state sponsored murder was blocked by US law enforcement.
#askindiawhy
#indiaisnotademocracy
Powerhouse Cadre of Authors write “Human rights protections and anti-discrimination laws are meant to eliminate systemic power imbalances. But the narrative of “Hinduphobia” does the opposite; it grants even more power to those with power and maintains oppression.”
#askindiawhy
Opinion | Oppose The Indian Hindu Nationalist Rhetoric Of “Hinduphobia”
"Proponents of 'Hinduphobia' in the diaspora claim to be victims of those who speak out against the violence of the Indian state, Hindutva ideology, and casteism."
🔗
Somebody please stop this guy
@majorgauravarya
, First he threatened Justin Trudeau ,Now he is saying
@theJagmeetSingh
is a te******t and his party campaigns is paid by drug money,
Here is Full Video
His channel must be reported and legal action should…
BREAKING | The Govt of India has sent Twitter a legal removal demand in order to censor Baaz in India. No specific violation has been cited in the notice. We continue to freely operate outside India.
India ranks 161 on the
@RSF_inter
Press Freedom Index, between Afghanistan and…
Hey Godi media bot! Glad you could help with the algorithm today. Sikhs believe in Justice for ALL, not just Sikhs alone. Maybe if your BJP led Hindu Supremacist regime didn’t erase
#sikhhistory
your Dimag would contain accurate Facts.
I support Canada and their full investigation into the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
As co-chair of the Sikh Caucus, I will continue to monitor this crime and ensure accountability.
Journalists ask why did the Sikh community believe India was behind Nijjar’s murder. Because like
@theJagmeetSingh
said “we as little ones” grew up with these stories, listened to the mothers + daughters of the men disappeared in the 80s.
#askindiawhy
#freejagginow
Free Jaggi Johal; he is a UK Citizen that has been kidnapped and held captive by the Indian govt on false charges with no evidence for several years, now is the time to speak about this as well
“The South Asian nation w/ a population 1.3 billion is a highly lucrative market for Western countries. To capture it, they seem to be perpetuating neocolonial policies, w/ the WTO serving as a new East India Company.”
@Monica_Gill1
#farmersprotest
हरियाणा पुलिस ने शंभू बॉर्डर पर मौजूद किसानों के पासपोर्ट और वीजा रद्द करने की प्रक्रिया श���रू कर दी है
उस मुख्यमंत्री, गृह मंत्री के पासपोर्ट के बारे में क्या, जिनकी पुलिस ने किसानों की गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी और उनके ट्रैक्टर भी नष्ट कर दिए?
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest2024
We have a contract!! Tonight, members
@PMA_Union
voted 99% in favor of ratifying our hard-won first contract
@philamuseum
.
Over 3 years since we started organizing, we finally won our contract by striking, stopping work, for 3 weeks and forcing management to move.
The
#modi
regime doesn’t follow international law, why should they if it’s been rendered meaningless by the wealthy westerners.
#India
follows the a Israeli model of impunity, disregard for basic freedoms of assembly, and disdain for the lives of Punjabis.
Indian police using shotguns on unarmed
#Farmers
on the way to
#Delhi
to express their grievances with the government, farmers are practicing their lawful rights, the lethal force used by the police is outrageous and illegal ! The officers should be prosecuted !
#FarmerProtest
@LaraFriedmanDC
The parent groups in my county have banded together and are calling for students at UMD to be doxxed for planning a Day of Resistance. Any support of Palestine is labeled as anti-semitism, they threaten to withhold alumni funding etc etc
Farmers of the world must be guaranteed assured prices at the farm gate as a means of preventing rising hunger rates & another refugee/migrant crisis.
#FarmersProtest
#NoFarmers_NoFood
Had cocoa farmers in Africa/Latin America received
#MSP
over the decades, it would have helped millions of them lift themselves out of poverty, hunger and malnutrition. Sharing my article again.
In March and April this year, the homes of Panjabi and Sikh journalists were raided, they and family members were detained, phones were confiscated. Where was the same level of moral outrage then?
@abhijitmajumder
She is an Indian Muslim. Why are you calling her “Pakistan origin” - you all bend logic and reason to pummel your hate logic
#stophindutva
14 of the 726 people who died during the
#farmersprotest
are from my parents' District
#hoshiarpur
. "a study by Punjabi University, Patiala found that almost all the farmers who died during the movement were either landless or small farmers who owned less than 3 acres of land."
“The better way…would have been to guarantee prices to producers of agricultural commodities and livestock. Seeking income parity, this is what the massive tractor protest that took place in Washington DC in 1979 had also demanded.”
#disparity2parity
@arjunsethi81
Remember: +30 years later survivors have received no Justice. A convict was just acquitted recently, but the bulk of perpetrators were never charged or held accountable with the families languishing in widow colonies of Delhi, in utter poverty and disenfranchisement to this day.
Today I joined +100 South Asian American Advocates to issue this statement to reject divisive policies, narratives, and appeals from candidates who come from our communities — but are not working towards collective liberation and justice.
#stophindutva
“In India & elsewhere, it is becoming increasingly clear that adopting agroecological practices based on smallholder farming is the most effective way to develop
#foodsystems
that are both sustainable and nutritionally rich…..”
@Jayati1609
#NoFarmersNoFood
#FarmersProtest2024
@maliniranga
So beautiful! In college we showed the “Roots in the Sands” PBS documentary on the Punjabi Mexican families, a joint event b/wmultiple ethnically identified student groups. Given the growing numbers of “south Asians” I hope we see ⬆️ growth in South Asian-American Studies….
Because Indian Americans don’t face the physical dangers that minorities and human rights defenders are exposed to in India, we feel an obligation to use our relative safety to keep speaking out on behalf of a country and people we love.
@SunitaSunitaV
#askindiawhy
Driving people away from Agriculture will achieve what? Where are jobs for them in cities? Is it our idea of development to have farmers-turned-migrant-workers serve the middle class for a pittance?
#FarmLaws
#FarmersProtest
“This assault on democracy is a deeply ideological project. The
#BJP
is the electoral offshoot of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a radical Hindu nationalist organization to which
#Modi
has belonged since he was 8 years old.”
#modinotwelcome
Key Toolkit with beginner/advanced sets of links to learn more about why Modi’s visit to USA is dangerous + how to take action
#ModiNotWelcome
#statedinner
#stophindutva
(you know the BJP loves toolkits…iykyk)
Want to take action in advance of Modi’s visit to the U.S. next week?
Here’s a resource to learn about human rights abuses in India, caste oppression, the chilling of speech & press, and how to fight back alongside other advocates across the world.
Attention journalists in Washington DC!
Attend this press conference tomorrow at the National Press Club
@PressClubDC
to hear victims, experts & members of civil society highlight Prime Minister Narendra Modi's anti-minority policies & consequences of his assault on democracy…
Shrieking with demonic fervor, a mob invades a Roman Catholic school in Madhya Pradesh to spread chaos in their hatred of educated order. The persecution of Christians in India grows daily and yet the Church abroad is mute.
My first job as a lawyer was demanding unpaid wages be paid. Nodeep Kaur got arrested for doing this in India, beaten & sexually assaulted behind bars with no formal charges or bail! Where is global labor support?
#FreeNodeepKaur
@SikhFeminist
This experience is shared by many. I was censored in law school by the Jewish Law Student Association for sharing an email about BDS from SJP at UC Berkeley. They wanted my right to send emails revoked.
Those of us from minority communities justifiably wonder whether there would have been more accountability + outrage if there had been a World Wide Web during the
#sikhgenocide
of 1984 or the
#muslimgenocide
of 2002….curious minds can wonder
#askindiawhy
#HinduRashtra
Kuki women were paraded naked & sexually assaulted, human heads were put on the wall as trophies, at least 150 people have been killed, 400 churches are burned & 60000 people are in relief camps. As Modi in 2002 in Gujarat, his Manipur CM doing politics over the state's image!
On a house of WORSHIP. From Oak Creek mass murder to shooting of Balbir Singh Sodhi to the Fed EX Shooting to the extrajudicial assassination of a Canadian on Canadian soil, Sikhs in North America have never gotten a break from retriggering trauma.
@RepJayapal
@RepRoKhanna
“When we think about things like the casta system, things that led to genocide, things that led to the othering of Indigenous people, we see ourselves in their struggle as caste-oppressed people,”
@dalitdiva
“b/c we 2 have been oppressed for centuries.”
#signsb403
@GavinNewsom
Sikhs in Fresno and across California have joined residents of Oaxacan descent in working to outlaw caste-based discrimination, which both have been subject to.
We will be discussing the parallels between the struggle of American Farmers and those of Punjabi Farmers as well as:
Work of Family Farm Defenders
Plight of U.S. family farms
What is the U.S. Farm Bill 2023?
Tomorrow @ 2pm est on my Instagram!
@shrg_ngo
@daljitkaursoni
Thanks to
@modhaliwal
and
@jindisinghka
for joining us this morning to delve into what’s happening in Punjab and why we should be seriously worried.
Have a listen-
If the logic is that modern agricultural practices and capital investments boosts farm incomes, then why after massive farm infrastructure investments already made should small farms in America/Europe be faced with demise? Sharing my blog
#GroundReality
.
Thank you
@RepRashida
for your Continued commitment to democracy and human rights. We hope your colleagues gain courage from your public announcement. Learn more:
#ModiNotWelcome
It’s shameful that Modi has been given a platform at our nation’s capital—his long history of human rights abuses, anti-democratic actions, targeting Muslims & religious minorities, and censoring journalists is unacceptable.
I will be boycotting Modi’s joint address to Congress.
What is going on
@MCPS
? Baseless allegations of antisemitism silence those who support basic human rights, dignity and international law, this MD school district caved & suspends/fires at least 4 teachers.
@maximillian_alv
#gaza
#freespeech
“The most well known example is
#OperationBlueStar
& the following
#SikhGenocide
. It was during this time that Indira Gandhi, her supporters, and the Indian state’s agents incited, perpetrated, and facilitated the killing of countless Sikhs.” -
@SALDEF
#modinotwelcome
If you are in driving distance of any of these events, you should absolutely go see
@GrimKim
, read her book, buy copies for friends. Every time I've had the honor of presenting alongside Kim I've seen audience members leaving feeling fired up, filled with love, & ready to fight
A crowd gathers in support of
Hajur El-Haggan, a Muslim teacher of Egyptian national origin at a middle school
@MCPS
who was placed on administrative leave for expressing concern for Palestinians.
#gaza
@PunYaab
.
@pewjournalism
A case study on the Spin on Narratives launched by the likes of
@ShekharGupta
& the equally inflammatory
@barkha
would reveal much about the degradation of journalistic integrity in the Indian media ecosystem.
➡️"The most effective weapon against
#UnionBusting
is unity in the workplace."
Learn more about
#ALU
and worker solidarity on Substack, and leave your thoughts in the comments.
We would love to hear from you! 📩💬