Sathya Surekhaa
Sathya Surekhaa aka Satya Vatti grew up in Southeast India and moved to the US at the age of 12. Deeply affected by the mass poverty, gender oppression, and caste discrimination experienced by her people under capitalism, she knew then that she needed to be an agent of change, but the question was how.
Years later, during her undergrad, she became a student-organizer fighting against cuts to funding and resources effecting LGBTQ, low-income, undocumented and international students. She also assisted in organizing a union for cafeteria workers at her college, and continued to assist in unionizing campaigns after graduation as a worker in the service industry.
Her practical experiences and study of world revolutionary movements confirmed to her that the capitalist system cannot be reformed. She came to Socialism as a practical alternative at the age of 21, and has not looked back since.
Today, Satya is a lead organizer in the Party for Socialism and Liberation - Albuquerque branch and is committed to building the anti-imperialist socialist movement in the U.S. She is also a writer for Liberation News focusing on Middle Eastern, South and Southeast Asian politics, and an occasional guest analyst on Radio Sputnik. "[1]
By 2025 she was living in Vine City Georgia.
Education
Studied at Seattle University.
Qiao Collective connection
In June 2020 Qiao Collective partnered with the Party for Socialism and Liberation to present a 1.5 hour class focused on the principles and evolution of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The class touched on common questions and controversies such as:
- Is China capitalist? Is China revisionist? How can socialists address these questions?
- An introduction to China's socialist market economy, state-owned enterprises, and the successes and contradictions of the reform and opening up era and the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics
- The continuities and theoretical innovations of Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Thought, and Xi Jinping Thought
- How to reframe Western approaches to discussing Chinese socialism
- Understanding the US-China trade war and the capitalist world economy
As China’s global rise rivals U.S. hegemony, the number one priority of U.S. foreign policy is wage a demonization campaign against China. Since the Obama administration announced the Pivot to Asia, the U.S. has spent countless military dollars in the Pacific to encircle China. While the demonization and propaganda campaign against China has been at an all time high, the unforeseen COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the anti-China narrative.
As the outrageous, demonization campaign against China continues to grow amidst this crisis, The Party for Socialism and Liberation, in partnership with the Qiao Collective, is putting forth a five-part class series on China. The course will examine the construction of modern day China in the context of global imperialism, starting from the very first Opium war between China and Britain in the early 1800s. Imperial China, which was one of the most advanced civilizations of the world, quickly became a country looted and torn apart by many imperialist nations who wanted a piece of the pie. The course will examine China’s century-long national liberation struggle and the construction of socialism. The purpose of the class is to provide the necessary context for understanding modern China today, especially under the weight of U.S. imperialism.
Presenters included Satya Vatti and Sheila Xiao from Party for Socialism and Liberation and four members of the Qiao Collective. [2]
PSL Cadre
Party for Socialism and Liberation - Albuquerque, August 18, 2017.
With Marcus Nells, Karina Rodgers, Paige Murphy, T-Bex Hampton, David Sanchez, Sathya Surekhaa, Dizzy Ouroboros Eltnam, Stevesie A. Kiyabu, Jose Mauricio Enriquez, Katie Machete, Marissa Elyse Sanchez, Chloe Mathers and Sarah Yarrington.
PSA conference, Albuquerque
August 2018 Albuquerque with Broderick Dunlap, Preston Wood, Sathya Surekhaa and Gloria La Riva.
Santa Fe DSA Facebook group
Members of the Santa Fe Democratic Socialists of America closed Facebook group, as of May 22, 2018 included Sathya Surekhaa.[3]