What role can and should the diaspora play in left organizing? How do diaspora groups stay accountable to the communities they find themselves in the US, and stay connected and build international solidarity with movements in the Global South? This panel will look at the role of diaspora from South Asia as a point of departure to explore the potential for local and internationalist mobilization from the left.
Aman Bardia is a graduate student of agrarian political economy. They are a founding member of SALAM, and have been involved in union movements for students and taxi workers.
Maithreyi Rajeshkumar is a SALAM or and works at the Center for Humanities at CUNY. They have worked and campaigned for over 15 years on gender equality, racial justice, incarceration and mental health.
Raza Gillani is a Community Organizer with DRUM. He is a founding member of Progressive Students Collective and Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, and he has worked as an investigative reporter for Lok Sujag in Pakistan.
