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 · Apr 1

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-…

amitpal's tweet card. Doctor Anatoly Detwyler, assistant professor of modern Chinese literature and cultural history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, came into the WORT studio to talk about China.

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Amitabh Pal@amitpal · Mar 28

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 · Mar 17

I've been invited to give a talk this evening in the town of @VisitManitowoc here in #Wisconsin on U.S.-India-China relations. You can watch it at the below link starting at 6 p.m. Central today. Wish me luck! @ffrf #Modi #Trump #XiJinping #WhatACrowd visitmanitowoc.com/event/great-de…

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Amitabh Pal@amitpal · Jul 1

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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Amitabh Pal@amitpal · Jun 27

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 · Jun 26

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!

amitpal's tweet image. 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!

Amitabh Pal@amitpal · Jun 17

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

amitpal's tweet image. 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

Amitabh Pal@amitpal · May 29

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…

amitpal's tweet card. We discuss Pulitzer Prize finalist Rollo Romig's book, "I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India."

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Amitabh Pal@amitpal · May 28

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.

amitpal's tweet image. 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.

Amitabh Pal@amitpal · May 22

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.

amitpal's tweet image. My family got me Abe's company as a birthday gift the past weekend in the form of a Q&amp;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.

Amitabh Pal@amitpal · May 8

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…

amitpal's tweet card. Pradeep Sopory, Kashmir native, now Professor of Communications at Wayne State University, talks about the state of the India-Pakistan relationship after Kashmir attack.

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Amitabh Pal@amitpal · May 7

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.

amitpal's tweet image. 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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Aejlex is on bsky@Aejlex · May 2

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

Amitabh Pal@amitpal · May 2

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

AAmitabh Pal@amitpal · Apr 29

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 · Apr 29

amitpal's tweet card. David Buckley discusses his new book, "Blessing America First: Religion, Populism, and Foreign Policy in the Trump Administration."

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Amitabh Pal@amitpal · Apr 25

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 · Apr 21

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…

amitpal's tweet card. In over a dozen books, he explored the failures of journalism and the internet, blaming capitalism and calling for the nationalization of Facebook and Google.

Amitabh Pal@amitpal · Mar 27

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!

amitpal's tweet image. 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!

Amitabh Pal@amitpal · Mar 25

Was such a privilege to be a part of a global @forsea webinar on the worldwide rise of the #populist #religiousnationalist #right, with my presentation focusing on #India and connections with what's happening in the #USA. Thank you, @MaungZ95878! @ffrf youtube.com/live/Hsld9gwYz…

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Amitabh Pal@amitpal · Mar 20

Did a very timely & informative intvw (along w/ @GilGilmuni) for @WORTnews w/ @davalos of @uw_sjmc & @wortradio on Mexico, including its relations with #Trump's #UnitedStates, #immigration, #tariffs, the #cartels and #EmiliaPerez. @ffrf wortfm.org/mexicans-to-pr… ⁩

amitpal's tweet card. Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has proven particularly skilled at negotiating with US president Donald Trump.

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