SAMAR Collective
Issue 44: Identity and the State (9/25/2014)
Title Author Last update Your House is Burning Sister, You Better Pray: The Unholy Union of Patriarchy & Religion in Sri Lanka surabhi 2017-06-06 00:53 Memory as Guide: Iam.lk and personal narratives of Sri Lanka ahalya 2015-06-15 00:15 Glimpses of a Muslim Childhood ahalya 2015-06-15 00:15 Stop Urban Shield, Stop Violence Against Our Communities anantha 2015-06-15 00:15 New Orleans thunderstorm, after the Boston marathon anantha 2015-06-15 00:15
This issue of SAMAR explores identity and the state . Considering two specific locales, Sri Lanka and the US, the pieces in this issue look at state repression and policing of citizens, and the practice of identity and identification. Although narratives of social and political progress mark each site—a decades-long civil war ends in Sri Lanka and the U.S. opens to black political leadership in its highest office—minority communities are increasingly terrorized and patrolled via state-backing and strategic blind-eye.
Issue 45: Lean Left: Young Radical Voices (4/9/2015)
Title Author Last update Reflections from the Camps: CYDR surabhi 2015-06-15 01:33 Lean Left: Young Radical Voices ahalya 2015-06-15 01:28 Untitled anantha 2015-06-15 01:22 Reflections from the Camps: ECSS surabhi 2015-06-15 00:56 Talking of Muskaan: A review ahalya 2015-06-15 00:12 Drifting Across Desi Youth: Youth Activists Reflect on Social Justice, Resistance and Solidarity ahalya 2015-06-14 23:48
Issue 41: Rebellion and the Ghadar Centenial (10/23/2013)
Title Author Last update the colour of mourning surabhi 2014-06-18 00:48 Rebellion and the Ghadar Centennial anantha 2014-06-18 00:48 Inquilab Zindabad ahalya 2014-03-24 21:52 Book Review: Corona by Bushra Rehman (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2013) anantha 2014-03-23 13:20 The Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour: Building Our Movement, One Story At A Time ahalya 2014-03-23 13:20 United States of Dissent: Converging Political Imaginaries of the Ghadarites and Black Panthers surabhi 2014-03-23 13:19
Issue 40: Circles of Gender Justice (5/31/2013)
Title Author Last update Typography and Other Inspirations for Feminist Artistic Actions anantha 2013-10-24 11:27 Circles of Gender Justice virali 2013-10-24 11:27 The Power of Complicated Stories ahalya 2013-10-24 11:27 Uncovering Multiracial South Asian America: A Review of Vivek Bald's Bengali Harlem surabhi 2013-10-24 10:53 Book Review: The State of Islam: Culture And Cold War Politics In Pakistan by Saadia Toor anantha 2013-10-24 10:53 Reinforcing Demands for Gender Justice: The War Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh virali 2013-10-24 10:52
Gendered violence plays a pervasive and significant role in the lives of modern women around the globe. In that vein, we present a special issue on women’s responses and activism against gender-based violence in South Asian and South Asian diasporic communities.
Issue 39: The Art of Politics (2/8/2013)
Title Author Last update Purvi Shah / To shine a light / It is not that anantha 2013-05-31 21:49 Bushra Rehman / Corona / It Sucks When The Whole Of Your Relationship Fits Into One T-Mobile Bill surabhi 2013-05-31 21:49 The Art of Politics surabhi 2013-05-31 21:49 Ather Zia / Abode of the God? / Four corners of extreme pain saba 2013-05-31 21:49
In honor of our 20th anniversary, this issue features poetry by Bushra Rehman, Purvi Shah, YaliniDream and Ather Zia, along with a photo essay by Sabelo Narasimhan. Together, these pieces highlight the diversity of voices in the diaspora, ranging from Narasimhan’s visual documentation of protests against New York City’s Stop-and-Frisk policy to Rehman’s tongue-in-cheek take on break-ups.
