Conflating Hinduism with Vedic Religion Is a Dangerous Distortion
It will wipe out internal debate and reformist tendencies within the tradition.
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Remembering 9/11 Speech of Swami Vivekananda That Warned Us of the Dangers Posed by Fanaticism
Vivekananda’s speech on 9/11,1893 at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago holds immense value to India of 2023, which is torn apart by sectarianism and bigotry.
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The Constitution Isn’t a Colonial Imposition – It Emerged from a Great Mass Movement
The Indian constitution institutionalises the ideals of democracy. Left to itself, democracy can go completely haywire. It can be reduced to elections – as it has been in today’s India. Without a constitution, we will never know that there is more to democracy than just elections.
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Hezbollah and the Israel-Gaza War – 2 Articles
‘Hezbollah’s Next Move’; and ‘Decoding Nasrallah: Hezbollah’s Strategy on the Israel-Hamas War’: While stopping short of declaring all-out war on Israel, Hezbollah is keeping its options open.
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Bailing Out the Creditors
Sri Lanka entered its 17th loan arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 20 March 2023. This new financing has been trumpeted as Sri Lanka’s only lifeline to salvage its sunken economy — but it will do nothing of the sort.
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Polycrisis Again
The capitalist mode of production is in a ‘polycrisis’, that is, where various crises – economic (inflation and slump); environmental (climate and pandemic); and geopolitical (war and international divisions) – have come together in the early 21st century. An update of this polycrisis.
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Capitalism | Online Blog | USA
Today Let’s Honor the Veterans Who Have Turned Against the US War Machine
Hundreds of veterans returned from Iraq ready to fight the horror and injustice of the U.S. military industrial complex.
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Angola Avante: How This Proud African Nation Destroyed the Oldest Colonial Empire
The road to freedom was neither peaceful, nor short or easy for Angola – too many strong players took part in the race.
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The Solar World We Might Have Had
Nuclear power has long stifled renewables. Now it needs to go extinct.
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Venezuela’s Critical Conjunctures: A Conversation with Steve Ellner
A historian with four decades of life and work in Venezuela reflects on the Bolivarian Process and the events leading up to the revolution.
