Sidra Kamran

Sociologist researching gender, class, and work.

[Sidra Kamran @sidrakn]

My article on how working-class women became early users of TikTok in Pakistan is now out @SocialMedia_Soc. I do fun things like analyzing class dynamics, "digital purdah", "half-videos" and TikToks made to the Bollywood item number Garmi. Read here: https://t.co/0OtrzCMSns

[Ill Will @illwilleditions]

New Walter Benjamin plus commentary

https://t.co/sIRUCz6Qmw

https://t.co/qPwgtNB7Uw

[Women Democratic Front ناری جمھوری محاذ @wdf_pk]

UPDATE: Scores have gathered outside Women Police Station South Zone demanding release of @SammiBaluch & others incl. WDF reps. New police officials keep arriving, barring entry & threatening to file arbitrary FIRs against ppl outside.
#ReleaseKarachiProtestors #EndBalochGenocide

[Nida Kirmani @NidaKirmani]

With each act of depravity, the state exposes itself even more. Now they have arrested @SammiBaluch, @LalaWahab310954 along with other peaceful protesters in Karachi. Please raise your voice & demand their immediate release.

[Baloch Yakjehti Committee @BalochYakjehtiC]

BYC Central Leader Sammi Deen and Deputy Organizer Lala Wahab Arrested as Police Crack Down on Protest in Karachi

Police Seal Karachi Press Club, Arrest Dozens of Women at BYC Protest

Today, the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) had scheduled a protest in Karachi against state brutality and enforced disappearances. In response, police sealed the Karachi Press Club to prevent the demonstration from taking place. Despite this, protesters, including a large number of women, gathered to voice their demands.

As the protest began, police launched a crackdown, arresting dozens of women, including BYC Central Committee leader Sammi Deen and Deputy Organizer Lala Wahab. This blatant act of repression highlights the state’s continued efforts to silence the oppressed.

#StopBalochGenocide

[Sidra Kamran @sidrakn]

State repression against the women-led struggle for Baloch rights continues to intensify. Section 144 imposed in Karachi and @wdf and @BalochYakjehtiC comrades arrested following the earlier crackdown on protests in Quetta and arrest of @MahrangBaloch

[Women Democratic Front ناری جمھوری محاذ @wdf_pk]

Many protestors, including WDF representatives, have been arrested at @BalochYakjehtiC's protest in Karachi just a while ago. The state fears dissent, but repression will not silence anyone. We demand their immediate release @PPP_Org! #FreeKarachiProtestors

[Shayan Rajani @shayaaan]

Delighted to report that my book, Leaving Legacies: The Individual in Early Modern South Asia, has been published by Cambridge University Press. Folks with access to Cambridge Core should be able to read online. Print copy to follow next year. 1/🧵

https://t.co/XAtEpuP27f

[Sidra Kamran @sidrakn]

@shayaaan Exciting, can't wait to read! Congratulations!!

[madeline lane-mckinley @la_louve_rouge_]

Looking for some mutual aid resources in Portland OR for some students facing evictions and loss of financial aid. Any tips would be appreciated.

[Women Democratic Front ناری جمھوری محاذ @wdf_pk]

We denounce the state’s ban on the PTM as a blatant act of repression undermining the collective struggle of Pashtuns for peace, justice, and liberation. The path to peace starts with accountability.

Our statement:

[madeline lane-mckinley @la_louve_rouge_]

🚨🚨Fag/Hag launch party next week in Portland 🚨🚨

@mxwfx and I will be joined by @milomew at Up Up Books, Saturday 9/7 at 6pm

[Left Voice @left_voice]

CUNY workers announced a wildcat sickout after NYPD raided City College’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment. It’s the first known job action in the PSC union’s 52-year history.
@cunyonstrike @Cuny4P
https://t.co/iQBhW4UvPD

[Sidra Kamran @sidrakn]

کیا پدرسری نظام ہمیشہ سے موجود تھا؟ ریاست اور پدرسری نظام کا آپس میں کیا تعلق ہے؟

In this article for @narivaad, I historicize and discuss the multiple faces of patriarchy in Pakistan.

[Narivaad @narivaad]

Our next featured article by @sidrakn explores the capitalist underpinnings of patriarchy.

ہم جو سوشلسٹ فیمنسٹ ہیں، اور عورتوں اور تمام پسے ہوئے طبقات اور گروہوں کے لئے مکمل آزادی چاہتے ہیں، یعنی کہ مجموعی طور پر نظام میں تبدیلی۔

https://t.co/AQP1asw3kV

[Narivaad @narivaad]

In our first featured article, members of @wdf_pk (@mahvishahmad, @IsmatShahjahan, @marvi_s90 & @tooba_sd) speak to one another about building socialist feminism in Pakistan by challenging capitalism, feudalism & patriarchy on multiple fronts.

https://t.co/ihl3oHQQnO

[Women Democratic Front ناری جمھوری محاذ @wdf_pk]

Larkana Mashal March: Sindh ki nari ko lal salam! ✊🏼❤️‍🔥

[Sidra Kamran @sidrakn]

Nariwad--Pakistan's first socialist-feminist magazine-- goes online on 8 March, 2024! Follow this page for an anti-capitalist feminist perspective and to read digitized articles previously published in the magazine.

[Narivaad @narivaad]

Pakistan's 1st dedicated socialist feminist magazine, Narivaad, is going online, to bring forth the narratives & voices of anti-oppression struggles.

Stay tuned for its launch on 8 March: International Working Women's Day.

Follow us, support us, join us in spreading the word.

[Kiyya Baloch @KiyyaBaloch]

Not only Balochistan but all oppressed communities in Pakistan have got a young visionary leader: uncompromising & unbreakable!

She speaks of the injustices faced by Pashtuns and raises her voice for protesters in Gilgit Baltistan.

She feels the plight of the oppressed.

[The Balochistan Post - English @TBPEnglish]

Tens of thousands attend one of the largest public rallies in Quetta’s history. The demonstration is organised by Baloch Yakjehti Committee as part of their campaign against “Baloch genocide”.

[Mahrang Baloch @MahrangBaloch_]

آج یہ صرف عوامی جلسہ نہیں ہے، یہ صرف اجتماع نہیں ہے، بلکہ یہ عوامی ریفرنڈم ہے، یہ بلوچ قوم کا فیصلہ ہے یہ بلوچ عوام کے عدالت کا فیصلہ ہے۔ بلوچ عوام آج اپنا فیصلہ کرچکی ہے، کہ وہ اپنے نسل کشی کے خلاف متحد کھڑی ہے ،اب ہم آپ کو پیغام دیں گے آپ طاقت اور ہتھیار استعمال کریں یا ہمارے خلاف جھوٹا پروپیکنڈہ کریں۔ ہم دونوں صورتوں میں اپنے عوامی مزاحمت سے آپ کا سامنا کرنے کو تیار ہے۔

#MarchAgainstBalochGenocide
#StopBalochGenocide

[The Balochistan Post - English @TBPEnglish]

The roar of the lioness!

Tens of thousands respond to Dr @MahrangBaloch_'s chants.

[Sammi Deen Baloch @SammiBaluch]

ایک پیدل مارچ ہم نے 2014میں اپنے پیاروں کی بازیابی کیلئے 3 ماہ اٹھارہ دن کے بعد اسلام آباد پہنچےجہاں ریاست نے ہمارےمارچ کو ان سنی کردیا
آج پھرہمارے لوگوں کی جبری گمشدگی اور ریاستی نسل کشی کے خلاف مارچ اسلام آباد پہنچ رہی ہے
فیصلہ ریاست کے ہاتھ میں ہیکہ وہ اس جبرکوکتناطویل دے گی۔