CPM and Fascism – 2 Articles
‘Why Karat Lets Modi-RSS Off the Fascism Hook?’; and: ‘Fascism or Neo-Fascism: Whatever You Call it, Fight It!’.
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Capitalism | Fascism | Online Blog | USA
American Universities Surrendering to Authoritarianism; Academics Protest – 2 Articles
‘Surrendering to Authoritarianism’: Liberal institutions, including universities, traditionally surrender without a fight to the dictates of autocrats. US institutions are no exception. Also: ‘More Than 1,800 Academics Say They Will Boycott Columbia—and the Number is Growing’.
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Constitution | Fascism | India | Online Blog
Protecting Constitutional Rights: Lessons from India’s Founding Fathers
Let us hope and trust that the future has stored a better India, with a strong democracy and complete and truthful enforcement of fundamental and constitutional rights, says the senior advocate.
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Constitution | Fascism | India | Online Blog
The Indian Constitution Has Always Been the Hurdle in the BJP’s Path
Long before the BJP came into existence, nearly four decades ago, the Sangh Parivar has many times betrayed its uneasiness with the Constitution. In fact, many of the sarsangchalaks of the RSS took a public stand for scrapping the Constitution.
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Culture | Dictatorship | Fascism | India | Online Blog
How a Modi-Era Ecosystem of Official & Unofficial Censorship Is Transforming India’s Film Industries
A right-wing, pro-government, Islamophobic wave has swept India’s films, especially from Bollywood, after 2014. Although the Tamil and Malayalam film industries, in addition to independent and documentary filmmakers, are pushing back against the trend, self-censorship and extra-judicial pressure to conform to unwritten restrictions is now routine across India.
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Dictatorship | Fascism | India | Online Blog
One Nation, One Voice: Dissent, Diversity and Other Enemies in Modi’s India
As the BJP’s obsession with conformity gathers pace, it is challenged by India’s defiant nature and lived heterogeneity.
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Hope Amid the Ruins of Post-Assad Syria
‘After the Fall: Hope Amid the Ruins of Post-Assad Syria’: Sudden regime collapse shows persistence of the Arab revolutions amid challenges from both local and outside forces of imperialism and reaction. Also: ‘The Lion Has Fallen!’
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Capitalism | Fascism | Online Blog | USA
Neofascism in the White House
Not only a new administration, but a new ideology has now taken up residence at the White House: neofascism. It resembles in certain ways the classical fascism of Italy and Germany in the 1920s and ’30s, but with historically distinct features specific to the political economy and culture of the United States in the opening decades of the twenty-first century.
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The New Popular Front Against the Fascist Threat in France
France is experiencing the most critical days in its post-war history. In the second round of its forthcoming elections, only two factions will face each other: the fascist far-right Le Pen’s National Rally; versus, the New Popular Front, which brings together in its ranks all the nuances of the French left.
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Lok Sabha Election Results: This Is the Collective Win of Millions – 4 Articles
‘Who Does June 4 Belong to?’; ‘A New Dawn’: With no one party with a clear majority, it means a return to the days of more parliamentary influence on governance; ‘Results That Give Hindutva a Jolt’; ‘Voters Force Narendra Modi to Become a Labharthi of his Allies’.
