Shruti Purkayastha

love as radical politics.
openheart.openmind.openspirit.
QTIPOC, desi, collective liberation, imagination, possibility, new world paradigm.
views are my own.

[Ejeris Dixon @ejeris]

We’ll survive the next few months through our relationships. There are so many fractures in our movements, so many people arguing who share similar views. Resolve the conflicts you can, apologize when you’ve done something wrong. Decide what you can let go of. It’s crucial.

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

#LivingMythologies stories of QTIPOC path, truth, purpose,… https://t.co/wmvTg2iJi0

[Hari Kondabolu @harikondabolu]

"White People" is a construction created to consolidate power. The fear of "white genocide" is not about mass murder, but the loss of power.

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

Support our #TheaterOfColor that are commited to longtern relationshops and transformation! #TeAdaCares https://t.co/tlAZ3CZBDM

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

Supposed non-lethal weapons, more like cruel & unusual methods, torture, slow-death. One woman's bone was showing after the attack. #NODAPL

[Jacqueline Keeler @jfkeeler]

#NoDAPL - reports that elder went into cardiac arrest after being hit by a rubber bullet.

[PMbeers: She/Her @PMbeers]

Reflect on genocide this Thanks-Taking.

[IAmAResister @dmbanz]

Please call even from other countries let @BarackObama know #TheWorldIsWatching #NoDAPL #MniWiconi https://t.co/EVI6A2t0MD

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

Police were targeting medical professionals who were helping people who were hurt. #truthfromtheground #NoDAPL

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

Police shot water cannons & tear gas @ the water protectors, who were trapped on a bridge w nowhere 2 disperse. #truthfromtheground #NoDAPL

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

The water protectors were praying-their goal was to clear out a blocked highway that was a public safety hazard. #truthfromtheground #NoDAPL

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

An elder started having a heartattack, water protector medics were able to revive him. #truthfromtheground #NoDAPL

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

Protestors were praying, and literally putting out fires started by the police. #truthfromtheground #NoDAPL

[Charlotte Kiddell @CharlotteAnanda]

Many #DAPL workers and police officers have quit their jobs in resistance #StandingRock #NoDAPL #WaterisSacred #WaterisLife

[Shruti Purkayastha @ShrutiBalaP]

On the ground reporting-- Water Cannons Fired at Water Protectors in Freezing Temperatures, Hundreds Injured https://t.co/f9Myu5Bk1N

[SHE’S COMFORTABLE ✨🙆🏽‍♀️✨ @Kiryatraber]

What are you doing TOMORROW to combat racism and gender oppression? What are you doing TOMORROW to dismantle the white nationalist movement?

[Bangladeshi History @bangladeshistry]

@RHC_USA DOES NOT CARE ABT KASHMIRIS & MUSLIMS. THEY CARE ABOUT HINDUTVA & WHITE SUPREMACY. #SouthAsiansDumpTrump

[Bangladeshi History @bangladeshistry]

Bangladeshis are not your scapegoat, we do not ally ourselves with Hindu fundamentalists here to 'save us' #SouthAsiansDumpTrump