RSS at 100: How the Sangh Both Aligns with—and Differs from—Classical Fascism
Leading political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot in conversation with Siddharth Varadarajan about the origins and foundational thinking of the Sangh.
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A Brief History of India’s Education System, Part 4C: Saffronisation of School Education
The seventh part of a series of articles on ‘India’s Education Journey from Macaulay to NEP’. This article discusses a key strategy adopted by the BJP for advancing its political and cultural agenda – the saffronisation of the country’s education system.
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Capitalism | Fascism | Online Blog | USA
Trump’s War on the American People – 4 Articles
‘Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution’; ‘Trump Wants Martial Law: A Report and Reflections from Chicago’; ‘“An Egregious Abuse of Power”: Trump Orders Troops to Portland, Ore; OKs “Full Force”’; ‘A Movement-Based Opposition to Trump and MAGA’.
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Honoring Assata Shakur’s Legacy – 2 Articles
‘A Fugitive’s Freedom: Assata Shakur’s Exile in Cuba’; ‘“You Whisper to Us”: Racial Justice Activists and Artists Honor Assata’s Legacy’: Assata Shakur’s passing unleashed a flowering of hope that the freedom she fought for could one day be real for us all.
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Fascism | Israel | Online Blog | Palestine
“Gaza Is Burning”: How Zionist Hate Fuels Genocide?
Israel’s war minister, Israel Katz, declared: “Gaza is burning.” His words were not a battlefield report. They were a boast—almost celebratory—as though the incineration of a city, a gas chamber for a million human beings, were what defined Israel’s notion of military achievement.
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Fascism | Israel | Online Blog | Palestine
The Gaza Flotilla as a Symbol of a Growing Global Movement – 4 Articles
‘More Than a Boat: The Gaza Flotilla as a Symbol of a Growing Global Movement’; ‘The Sumud of Direct Nonviolent Action’; ‘Spain Joins Italy in Sending Ship to Protect Gaza-Bound Sumud Flotilla’; ‘In Genoa’.
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Fascism | India | Online Blog
Ladakh at the Crossroads – Two Articles
‘Ladakh Violence: How Government Inaction on its Promises on Autonomy has Fuelled Frustration’: The Centre must act quickly to avoid further antagonising an already infuriated population. Also: ‘Ladakh at the Crossroads: A Strategic Frontier Seeking Its Voice’.
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Communalism | Communalism | Fascism | India | Indian Politics | Online Blog
How The Supreme Court’s Waqf Order Polices the Constitution & Yields—Yet Again—to the Executive
In its ruling on Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, the Supreme Court chose judicial restraint over robust constitutional scrutiny, refereeing procedures while refusing to question legislative intent. The Court decision entrenches a new normal: policing the boundaries of constitutional process, but staying silent on the substance of state power.
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Communalism | Fascism | India | Online Blog
RSS at 100: Can Akhand Bharat be Reimagined?
India’s progress depends on fostering Hindu–Muslim harmony and healing. Does the RSS have the imagination to shed its exclusionary ideas?
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The ECI’s Credibility Collapse; Bihar SIR Biggest Biggest Disenfranchisement Exercise in History – 2 Articles
‘The ECI’s Credibility Collapse’: The Election Commission’s opacity and its willingness to bend rules in favour of the ruling dispensation strike at the root of constitutional democracy. Also: ‘SIR is the Biggest Disenfranchisement Exercise in History: Yogendra Yadav’.
