Ambedkar King Study Circle (AKSC)

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Caste has no place—in India, in America, or anywhere. Together, we can end caste discrimination and build a just world.

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AKSC 7th Annual Conference 2026

Democracy & Freedom: Promise vs Practice

The seventh annual conference examines how culture, law, and AI control public narratives—and how collective action can challenge inequality and build a more democratic future.

Where: Los Cerritos Community Center, 3377 Alder Avenue, Fremont, California

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Drawn work

Some arguments are better drawn.

Comics AKSC publishes with the artists it works with, on what caste costs and where it still turns up. Each one is read a panel at a time, with the lettering written out beneath.

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Caste has a cost: who profits and who pays?
37 panels
Ambedkar King Study Circle · Gail Omvedt (Source text, “Towards a Marxist Analysis of Caste”)
Does the caste system exist in the US?
21 panels
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What the circle is writing, reading, and taking on.

Blog

Hindus in America Practice Caste

Federal law protects people from discrimination on race, colour, religion, sex and national origin, but not caste. A high school student sets out why the caste practised by Hindus in America needs naming and outlawing.

August 10, 2020 · Kanmani Duraikannan

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Reading circle

Latest book read

Annihilation of Caste

B. R. Ambedkar

Read over 2 sessions · June 7, 2020

Last met

Palestine – A reading list

January 27, 20241590 Old Oakland Rd, Suite B211, San Jose, CA, and online

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Revolutionary voices

Words for struggle, dignity, and liberation.

So learn and break the chains of caste. Throw away the Brahman’s scriptures fast.
Savitribai Phule
Go, Get Education (English translation)
We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.
Malcolm X
Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, 1964
It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win.
Assata Shakur
Assata — An Autobiography
Turn in any direction you like, caste is the monster that crosses your path.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Annihilation of Caste, 1936
If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.
Combahee River Collective
The Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977
There should be no castes. None should call himself as high or low because of birth.
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
Collected Works of Periyar E.V.R.
Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings.
Angela Y. Davis
Masked Racism, 1998
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
Audre Lorde
The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House, 1979

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