Why the Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference Is Not ‘Hindu-phobic’
The event seeks to bring a long-delayed global awareness about the operations of an exclusionary and discriminatory ideology.
Caste | Communalism | Culture | Fascism | Imperialism | India | Indian Economy | Indian Politics | Online Blog
Remembrance Must be an Act Affirming Man’s Humanity, Three Haunting Partition Classics Tell Us
Though unlike one another in tone and texture, ‘Adaab’, ‘Toba Tek Singh’ and ‘Garm Hawa’ have the same point of departure: that religion as the primary marker of identity is as irrational as it is abhorrent.
Afghanistan: The End of the Occupation
A lot of nonsense about Afghanistan is being written in Britain and the United States. Most of this nonsense hides a number of important truths.
Afghanistan Redux: Malala Yousafzai, White Feminism and Saving Afghan Women
Malala’s “voice” has been turned into its opposite in the capitalist neocolonial economic model that extracts what is of use to it and puts it to a different purpose to serve its own agendas. She is now serving at the behest of her “handlers”—the white feminists who are poised to “save brown women from brown men.”
Sudan: the Second Wave of Revolt
The Sudanese revolution has been unique in its depth and scope. Yet the path to progress remains fraught with obstacles.
US Suffocates Cuba for Unwavering, Victorious Anti-Imperialism at Great Cost
Cuba’s anti-imperial foreign policy helped end apartheid in South Africa and sustain liberation movements worldwide. Historian Piero Gleijeses says that’s one of the main reasons why the US has terrorized the island nation through today.
Colombians Resume Protests Against Duque’s Far-Right Government
On August 26, as a part of a new national strike, thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country in rejection of a new tax reform bill promoted by the national government and in support of the ten bills presented by different sectors last month.
China | Economy | Online Blog | Socialism | World Politics
Xi’s Leftward Shift to a Socialist China Is for Real
Purge of the top official of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, has sent shudders across China. The crackdown was likely an attempt to demonstrate President Xi Jinping’s seriousness in returning to socialism.
China | COVID19 | Online Blog | USA | World Politics
The Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Is More About Politics than Science
Whatever Biden review finds, the cause of the pandemic lies in the destruction of animal habitats.
Richard Lewontin: Race Science for the People
We can now say with great confidence that our species, anatomically modern humans, does not have biological races. We know this in large part due to the contributions of Richard C. Lewontin.