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wearesavera.bsky.social
सवेरा/سویرا (saverā) • noun • dawn, daybreak, new beginning • Interfaith+multiracial+anti-caste platform uniting Indian Americans against supremacist politics.
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Huge spike in hate against South Asian Americans. We won't forget the Hindu supremacists who cheered on MAGA. You are complicit in making our communities unsafe.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Immigrants are an undeniable part of America’s fabric. We refuse to be silenced by the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant agenda. That’s why today we’re launching manyrootsonehome.org — a new advocacy campaign in support of immigrant and AAPI communities. 🧵⬇️

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

"It should be plain by now that the Indian immigrants (pro-Trump or otherwise) who provide the thin bulwark between Trumpism’s tech-bro wing and its blatantly ethnonationalist wing will be easy sacrifices down the line." slate.com/technology/2...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

On this National Day of Remembrance, in the midst of relentless anti-immigrant attacks that rely upon similar narratives and policies, we have joined @TsuruforSolidarity and @BuildingMovementProject in recommitting to community care and solidarity. bit.ly/dor-solidarity-statement

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

1/5 The Sikh Coalition is aware of public reporting which indicates that Sikhs facing deportation from the U.S. may have had their dastaars removed, and thrown in the trash.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

"President Trump has delivered an immediate victory to Musk by ensuring the NLRB will not be able to enforce workers’ rights to a union, including those at Tesla and SpaceX."

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Conspicuous Corruption, a continuing series, brought to you by Donald Trump and Elon Musk www.propublica.org/article/fran...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Savera organizer @prachipatankar.bsky.social was on a panel this weekend at the @harvard.edu India Conference, discussing anti-caste organizing in the diaspora in front of a packed room!

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"the Hindutva movement is now fundamentally tied to MAGA, hitched to being an obsequious satellite... it has figures who might take Hindutva catchphrases into spaces of unprecedented power, but the extent—and price—of this influence now seems to hinge upon total surrender to MAGA priorities"

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Ahead of Narendra Modi's visit to Washington, read Usha Kumar on the affinities between Hindutva and Trumpism, the changing role of the Indian diaspora in American politics, and being stuck in MAGA's orbit. You won't want to miss this one!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

thewire.in/diplomacy/in... "This was the first such incident where Indian deportees were handcuffed and deported in a US military plane. 'People have been deported during the Bush, Obama and Biden administrations too, but the impact of this deportation will be remembered in India-US history.' "

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

By aligning with MAGA, Hindu supremacists have empowered the very forces that endanger our community. They'll soon feign amnesia, but we've kept those receipts.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

HAF leader Rajiv Pandit proudly told Jan 6 rioter Krishna Gudipati on camera that “we as Hindu Americans are very excited about the Trump 2.0 administration.” But evidence that Indian Americans will not escape this regime's racism is now incontrovertible www.theverge.com/news/608737/...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Hindu supremacists welcomed Trump, but his attacks on immigrants have made all Indian and South Asian American communities unsafe. Savera stands with ALL immigrants and calls for a united front against anti-immigrant racism. See our full statement below and at www.wearesavera.org/press-releas...

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Deeply important thread into the various convergences between the Hindu far-right and their MAGA counterparts. Featuring a VHP-America member and Jan 6 rioter, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former COO of Gab, and yes, the Hindu American Foundation, which seems to have entirely dropped all pretenses.

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Earlier this year, @theatlantic.com published an article on The New Apostolic Reformation. Join our panelists as they answer the questions: Now what? How does the new awareness of the NAR add to or change the thinking in countering this antidemocratic force? Register here: bit.ly/NARinTheAtla...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

"Figures like Vivek Ramaswamy and Kash Patel became symbols of the Indian diaspora’s entanglement in the MAGA movement, enthusiastically amplifying Trump’s “America First” ethos. At the same time, Trump’s admiration for leaders like Narendra Modi underscored the growing synergy among right-wing...

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

As political violence escalates in the U.S., PRA sits down with @hardymerriman.bsky.social and @22ci.bsky.social’s Scot Nakagawa to discuss the impact of political violence and how we can make it backfire against its perpetrators. Learn more at politicalresearch.org/2024/11/21/q....

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

In an excerpt from their new book Safety Through Solidarity, @benlorber8.bsky.social and @shaneburley.bsky.social unpack how radicalization shapes the experience of Jewish safety and how activists build community safety and intersectional solidarity: politicalresearch.org/2024/11/15/s...

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

In the lead up to the election, PRA hosted a series of webinars on the potential impacts of Project 2025. Watch our Authoritarian Blueprints series now to learn about the key threats under a Trump administration and strategies to combat authoritarian forces: politicalresearch.org/authoritaria....

submitted 100 days ago • 3 comments

In today’s episode, Savera Coalition partners Safa Ahmed and Pranay Somayajula dive into an exposé on the immensely influential Hindu American Foundation, or HAF: a Hindu supremacist institution masquerading as a civil rights organization. Learn more at politicalresearch.org/2024/11/21/h....

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

Tulsi Gabbard is Trump’s pick to be the director of national intelligence. In 2019, The Caravan wrote about Tulsi Gabbard’s links to the American Sangh. PRA movement partner Savera writes about the American Sangh’s embrace of U.S right-wing politics: politicalresearch.org

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments