Remembering Gauri Lankesh: A Hope, a Possibility, a Lesson
Though her assassins and their backers succeeded in killing her, they have failed to silence her.
The British Monarchy Is an Affront to Democracy
The British monarchy is a vestige of tyranny, a grand monument to hierarchy and plunder. As Irish socialist James Connolly wrote in 1911, the royals are for the other despots of society, the capitalists and landlords — not for the working class.
Double Penalty for Pakistan Drowning in Floods and Debts
The unprecedented floods have caused a huge loss to the Pakistan economy. Yet the country’s external debts and payments make it almost impossible for the government to focus on relief and rehabilitation of its people affected by the devastating floods.
Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works
In an address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway, John Pilger charts the history of power propaganda and describes how it appropriates journalism in a ‘profound imperialism’ and is likely to entrap us all, if we allow it.
Russian Regrouping in Kharkov Will Speed Up Battle of Donbass
While the western media is celebrating the Ukrainian military’s current “counteroffensive” near Kharkov, the facts on the ground appear to be very different. Over time, Kiev may have little to celebrate about.
“Where the Mind Is Without Fear”
Poem in honor of Rabindranath Thakur.
Assam: What the ‘Voluntary’ Demolition of a Madrasa Says About Persecution of Muslims
For Muslims to ‘prove’ their loyalty to the state, they have to find ‘outsiders’ from among themselves and hand them over to the state.
Census of India: Gone With the Wind
The 2021 Census has been indefinitely postponed with doubts about whether it will even continue in its present form. The governments of both colonial and independent India have drawn on the census for their own purposes, but it always was a rich source of quality data.
Why the CAA and NRC are Unconstitutional – 2 Articles
Though there are several constitutional infirmities in the proposed NRC exercise itself, when it combines with the CAA, it directly and inevitably puts mainly the Muslim citizens of India at the risk of losing citizenship. Hence, the same is discriminatory and falls foul of both Article 14 and the basic feature of secularism enshrined in the Constitution of India.
When Market Fundamentalism Overcomes Common Sense: Myth of Electricity Markets
So-called electricity markets were created to help private capital, not people. It is time we wound up these bogus markets and returned public services to people, to run cooperatively for their benefit.