Sumrin Kalia

Mother, Karachiite, Political Sociologist, Lecturer @FU_Berlin

[Sumrin Kalia @Sumrin]

By encroachment, I refer to a cultural process in which the boundary between civil and uncivil society is transgressed—such that the uncivil encroaches upon the civil- in the civil society 7/7

[Sumrin Kalia @Sumrin]

We have been increasingly worried about the emergence of extremist far-right politics. The AFD in Germany, the BJP in India, Likud party in Israel are no more fringe parties. They are both electorally and socially popular. How do such parties normalize their ideas ? 1/7

[Sumrin Kalia @Sumrin]

Taken together, these three mechanisms, which I term ‘Techniques of Civil Society Encroachment,’ expand the party’s ideas and norms in the public sphere 6/7

[Aasim Sajjad Akhtar @AasimSajjadA]

The world’s people aren’t aghast at Trump’s victory. They are aghast that the ‘alternative’ was a liberal imperialism sponsoring genocidal wars & relentless dispossession around the globe.

In America & beyond, the far right feasts on the bankruptcy of the liberal establishment.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Video footage shows Israel's air attacks and their aftermath in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and besieged Gaza which were all hit in the space of roughly 24 hours.

[Uzair Younus عُزیر یُونس @UzairYounus]

Seeing what’s going on in the Middle East is a reminder that despite its many flaws, 🇵🇰’s ability to develop and sustain a deterrence capacity that prevents it from being treated like most Arab countries (and Iran) is a major achievement for the country.

[Sana Saeed @SanaSaeed]

Saw an image of a shredded human body atop a car. It was Beirut - 550 killed, including 50 children, in 24 hours. Absolute horror.

[Sumrin Kalia @Sumrin]

Can protest do what elections can’t in a hybrid regime? So far it seems so … let’s see what‘s next … this will be a good case study on hybrid regime transition ..

[Aasim Sajjad Akhtar @AasimSajjadA]

Awesome victory for student movement in #Bangladesh against #SheikhHasina but there can be no cheering generals taking over in the name of 'restoring peace'.

To Pakistanis who are celebrating: pay attention to Baloch, Pashtun & other youth struggling against Khaki Raj at home.

[Uzair Younus عُزیر یُونس @UzairYounus]

The Trump Project 2025 states that there can be "no expectations of normal relations" with Pakistan given the "perfidiousness" of "military-political rule in Pakistan."

Important flag for those in ISB / Pindi who think that a Trump win may actually be good for Pakistan.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

In this new paper we calculate the unequal exchange of labour between the global North and global South. The results are quite staggering. You'll want to look at this... 🧵

https://t.co/fEbCmRZuyJ

[Pippa Norris @PippaN15]

JD Vance and Trump's misogyny - and the testosterone-laden GOP convention - are not merely accidental or incidental; the focus on masculinity is central to authoritarian values and strongmen strategies.

See...https://t.co/AiSGAiEZvW

[APSA @APSAtweets]

Niloufer Siddiqui Receives the 2024 Robert A. Dahl Award for "Under the Gun: Political Parties and Violence in Pakistan" #APSA2024
https://t.co/G8lWpqLtJx

[Shahram Azhar @ShahramAzhar]

For those who don’t know: Kamala Harris’s dad wrote this (and multiple other) famous contributions to Marxian economics. His work remains compulsory reading for us ✊🏽🌹

[Sumrin Kalia @Sumrin]

This - you need a therapist, a supportive partner, at minimum to survive this. Hmm.. how can a divorced, single mom, living in a foreign country, trying to put her kids through college ever make this work ?

[Jeff Lees (@leesplez.bsky.social) @Leesplez]

*Long Thread on my Academic Job Market Experience*

In 10 days I start my new tenure-track position, a position that took me 5 years on the academic job market to get

I wanna talk about my (miserable) experience on the market, and a few takeaways for those on it now

[Ammar Ali Jan @ammaralijan]

The bijli bills have devasted working class families. There is shock, disbelief and anger ripping across society. People earning 40 thousand are being forced to pay 50 thousand in bills. 100 percent of a worker's labour is now being used to enrich IPPs and elites. Unsustainable!