Kandhamal 2020: We Live with the National Shame of Impunity in Perpetuity – Two Articles
Hate is very much alive in India. This is what we need to remember, on August 25, the day of remembrance of the anti-Christian pogrom in Kandhamal.
Delhi Riots: Police Investigations Remind of Prosecutions During Colonial Period; and Amnesty Report on Police Behaviour – Two Articles
The Delhi police’s prosecutions of the anti-CAA protestors reminds of the British days; and, an Amnesty International report on the riots accuses Delhi police of violence, serious rights violations.
GST Impasse Threatens India’s Federal Structure; Seven CMs Decry Assault on Federalism – Two Articles
Centre refuses to transfer GST dues to states. Seven chief ministers express concern about the assault on federal structure, misuse of central agencies, financial injustice, etc.
Can BJP’s Politics and Facebook’s Business Thrive Without Hate?
The problem of hate news is built into the genes of big digital monopolies like Facebook. We need to break up these monopolies and regulate them as the new public utilities of the digital age.
Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Madan Lokur, Former SC Judges, Question SC Handling of Contempt Questions
Justice Joseph says the case involves constitutional issues and should be heard by at least a five judge bench; Justice Lokur says that in the USA, the President himself has often criticised the Supreme Court, but it has not destabilised constitutional democracy.
Prashant Bhushan and the Gandhian Response to an ‘Illegitimate Law’
By evoking Gandhi in the Supreme Court’s contempt proceedings, the lawyer has contextualised the need to ‘test’ all laws to see if they further the quest for justice instead of simply being etched in stone.
How the Indian State Persecutes Dissent – Three Articles
The Delhi police is manufacturing evidence to frame critics of the BJP government as responsible for the February riots in Delhi and has charge-sheeted and arrested thousands.
When the Powers That Be Are in Contempt of the People
In the past year, we have seen such blatant disregard of freedom of expression, and such bias in the application of law, that it is difficult not to wonder if the right to dissent is restricted to a select few.
Turning Point in U.S. History
The massive protests in the USA are defined by the clash between two absolute opposites—the forces of death, and the forces of life.
Never Surrender in Portland, Oregon
A whole new generation of Americans have decided that non-stop resistance is the only way to confront the lethal power structure that is determined to tattoo obedience on their very souls.