Watch the State

Welcome to Watch the State. Born from protest and built as an archive to document the often unseen and undocumented realities of state violence, repression, and resistance—Watch the State has a new home on Substack. watchthestate.substack.com

The ghosts of the McCarthy era have migrated online. In the name of “safety,” Canary Mission teaches a new generation that dissent is dangerous, and compliance is virtue. Read our dossier: watchthestate.substack.com/p/canary-missi…

To be profiled by Canary Mission is to enter a blacklist without recourse. The site offers no appeals, no transparency, and no accountability. It enforces ideological discipline through the threat of exposure, ensuring that self-censorship becomes the rational choice.

Canary Mission resurrects the spirit of McCarthyism in the digital age. The accusations have changed, but the architecture of fear remains identical: compile lists, assign guilt by association, and let reputations burn in the public square.

Students withdraw from activism, academics self-censor, and communities avoid public dissent to protect their futures. Speaking about Palestinian rights becomes an act burdened with legal, personal, and professional risk. Read the complete dossier: watchthestate.substack.com/p/canary-missi…

By recasting pro-Palestinian advocacy as hatred or support for terrorism, Canary Mission mainstreams racialised suspicion. Its tactics disproportionately affect Arab, Muslim, Black, South Asian, and immigrant students—a climate in which political speech is securitised.

Canary Mission is a pro-Israel blacklisting website that emerged in 2015 to target students and academics who speak out on Palestinian human rights. It operates with near-total opacity. In the past decade, this fringe site has become a tool that shapes how dissent is punished.

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Welcome to Watch the State. Born from protest and built as an archive to document the often unseen and undocumented realities of state violence, repression, and resistance—Watch the State has a new home on Substack. watchthestate.substack.com

This rare coalition signals growing nationwide concern about campus freedoms. The event was moderated by Uthara from Jamia Millia Islamia on behalf of Campaign Against State Repression (CASR), highlighting collaborative efforts to protect student rights across ideological lines.

Gaurav (Bhagat Singh Chhatra Ekta Manch, Delhi University), Nadia (Students Federation of India, Ambedkar University), Mantasha (All India Students Association, Ambedkar University), and Habiba (Disha, Jamia Millia Islamia).

An unprecedented coalition spanning left-wing, Dalit & religious minority groups spoke out against restrictions on academic freedom.