Munawar Faruqui’s Case Shows How the Mob has Captured India’s Justice System
With no evidence against the comic, courts cite law and order as a reason to keep him in jail – an almost direct link between the mob and India’s justice system.
Why has the Adani Group Singled Out Journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta?
Reason: Guha had written two articles alleging that the government unduly favoured the Adani Group, helping it expand and evade taxes. Also: Press Statement by the Editors Guild of India criticising Thakurta’s arrest warrant issued by a Gujarat court.
Fascism, Imperialism, and Anti-Communism at the Capitol Hill Riots
The flags of U.S. client states, anti-communist regimes, and pre-revolution puppet states dotted the sea of MAGA hats and Confederate flags at the Capitol Hill mobs. Making sense of why requires understanding the convergence between imperialism abroad and fascism at home.
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Fundamentalists Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Perhaps, the rulers and administrators manning the State machinery, haven’t heard this verse of Baba Farid Shakarganj (1173-1265 AD): “Farid, the earth questioned the sky, Where are the mighty captains gone? / In their grave they rot, was the reply / And rebuked for tasks not done.”
Under Cover of Covid-19, Modi Regime Steps Up its Attack on Indian Democracy
It has aimed its battering ram at the Indian Parliament, Indian federalism, the Indian press and Indian civil society organisations.
Historians Audrey Truschke and Ira Mukhoty on: ‘Love Jihad’ and Mughals
Time and again, the Mughals have been brought into the conversations around “Love Jihad”, with the argument that it was practiced widely in the subcontinent under its emperors. A conversation with two eminent historians on what do history and evidence say.
Hindutva Leaders Revile Gandhi and His Message, But Can’t Resist Basking in His Glory
Try as it might, the Sangh parivar cannot discard the Mahatma or his legacy.
‘We’ve Become Like Beggars’: UP Accused Pay Price for CAA Protests Without Being Convicted in Court
The legality of the state’s move to recover damages from people accused of having participated in the protests is dubious.
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Twitter’s Ban on Trump Will Only Deepen the U.S. Tribal Divide
Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for a bitter disappointment.
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Impeachment Will Not Defeat Trumpism; Strategic Action Needed – Two Articles
The crises the US people face are severe and the right wing violent backlash is real. To stop the right wing, ghe US left must constitute itself as an independent pole, and not fall in behind attempts to rehabilitate business as usual.