Amitabh Pal @amitpal

Amitabh Pal is the author of a book on nonviolence, published by Praeger, and is working on a book on the global rise of rightwing populism. Madison, WI Joined March 2008

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

a week ago

Heading out to teach at @EdgewoodCollege here in Madison the first day of my course on #democracy and #authoritarianism around the world. Sadly, plenty of current examples to talk about! #Worldsoldestdemocracy #Worldslargestdemocracy #Manyothers #Interestingtimes

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

3 weeks ago

My write-up on perhaps the greatest filmmaker ever for @FFRF's pantheon of freethinking greats. #SatyajitRay #Oscar #MartinScorsese #WesAnderson #TheGreatestever? ffrf.org/publications/d…

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

2 months ago

Was fortunate to engage in (along w/ @GilGilmuni) a fabulous intvw for @WORTnews' "World View" with Rollo Romig on his @PulitzerPrizes finalist book about the killings of #rationalists in #India. @FFRF #HinduNationalism #Secularism wortfm.org/india-in-the-2…

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The intvw @GilGilmuni & I conducted for @WORTnews' "World View" w/ author Rollo Romig on his @PulitzerPrizes finalist book about the killing of rationalists in India will be broadcast this weekend. Listen in at the below link at 5:30 Central Sunday! @FFRF wortfm.org/listen-live/

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

2 months ago

Went to an exhibition at @ChazenArtUW here in Madison on the #Ayodhya issue! The artist is the grandniece of the editor of a progressive newspaper in the region, and her perspective stems from this connection. Fascinating--especially for someone like me with roots in the region!

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

3 months ago

Got a great #FathersDay's gift from my daughters marking all the central places in my life (in order, my village of origin, my place of birth, and my home for the last many years)! #India #Germany #UnitedStatesofAmerica

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

3 months ago

Did an absorbing intvw for @FFRF's radio show with Rollo Romig about his @PulitzerPrizes finalist book on #GauriLankesh's killing in #India in 2017 -- and what that tells us about #HInduNationalism and freethought in the country. @PenguinBooks ffrf.org/news/freethoug…

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

3 months ago

The various books I gifted myself for my birthday have finally arrived in the mail, including one on a libertarian party both my grandfathers belonged to, another one on Indian political thought, and two recent reinterpretations of theories that have long fascinated me.

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

4 months ago

My family got me Abe's company as a birthday gift the past weekend in the form of a Q&A session at a bar in Milton, Wisconsin. Seriously, he was an encyclopedia on #Lincoln--and a very impressive actor, too. A fun, educational way to spend one's birthday evening.

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

4 months ago

As competing religious nationalisms drive #IndiaPakistanTensions, an intvw @GilGilmuni & I did for @WORTnews w/ Wayne State Univ. Professor Pradeep Sopory (born & brought up in #Kashmir, the nub of the dispute) helps shed light on the conflict. @FFRF wortfm.org/india-and-paki…

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

4 months ago

A bright Spring day as I head out to teach the last class of my @EdgewoodCollege International Relations course gives me some cheer even as gloomy news comes in from around the world.

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4 months ago

@amitpal @uofl @FFRF @AsianDemocracy Excellent interview. Freethought Radio is a beacon of sanity in these fraught times. SCOTUS will obliterate our constitutionally mandated church-state separation. The oral arguments proffered by Alito & his Federalist Society cronies in Drummond are a travesty. New @FFRF member

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Aejlex is on bsky @Aejlex

4 months ago

If you're reeling from SCOTUS oral arguments in Drummond v. OK Statewide Virtual Charter School Board @amitpal's interview with Prof Buckley "Blessing America First" is a must listen. Mr Jefferson Build that Wall. It's incumbent upon us to keep it strong. tinyurl.com/3tb4vd6h

Amitabh Pal @amitpal

4 months ago

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

4 months ago

It was really enlightening to intw @uofl Professor David Buckley for @FFRF's Freethought Radio show on his new book about how #religion and #populism have driven the #TrumpAdministration's conduct in the international arena. @FFRF @AsianDemocracy ffrf.org/news/freethoug…

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

4 months ago

Did a great intvw (along w/ @GilGilmuni) for @WORTnews w/ Yasmin Ullah of Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network on the #Myanmar crisis, refugees, the countries profiting, & the group's work. Listen in at this link at 5:30 Central on Sunday! @FFRF wortfm.org/listen-live/

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

5 months ago

One of the benefits of living in Madison is that one comes to know scholars who speak truth to power. He will be missed! nytimes.com/2025/04/08/bus…

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

5 months ago

For everyone's listening pleasure: My @WORTnews' "World View" intw with @UWMadison Professor Anatoly Detwyler on how to better understand #China. Highly informative and clearly laid out! @FFRF #XiJinping #Taiwan #HongKong #NeitherSocialismNorCapitalism wortfm.org/civilizations-…

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

5 months ago

Will be intvwing @UWMadison Professor Anatoly Detwyler this Sunday for @WORTnews' "World View" show on something that is on a lot of people's minds: how to understand #China better. Tune in 5:30 p.m. Central Sunday at the below link! @FFRF #XiJinping wortfm.org/listen-live/

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Amitabh Pal @amitpal

5 months ago

A fundraising appeal from @SenSanders for the progressive Chicago-based @inthesetimesmag, utilizing language that certainly makes him unique in American politics. He's quite something!