The Movement Gets BIG–and its Enemies Reveal Themselves
When things seem like they’re coming apart, we need to ask: for whom? It may be that things are finally coming together.
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Eleventh Day of George Floyd Protests Is the Biggest Yet
Despite police crackdowns, curfews, boiling heat, and fears caused by the global pandemic, the crowds at the protests continue to swell in some of the world’s biggest cities.
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India’s Model Village
A champion of participatory democracy and grassroots development, Gandhi believed that making villages self-contained and sustainable was the first step towards empowering India.
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The Persian Rug Weaver Strikes in the US’s ‘Backyard’ Through Venezuela
By successfully sending oil tankers to Venezuela despite US threats, Iran has sent out loud and clear a strong message.
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Is Brazil Moving Towards a Fascist Dictatorship?
Brazil’s General Heleno warned of “unpredictable consequences” if the Supreme Court granted a request to seize President Bolsonaro’s cell phone in an obstruction of justice investigation.
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Bar and Bench are Conscience of the Court: Lawyers write to SC on Migrant Crisis
“…we believe that the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s failure to protect the rights of the hapless millions of migrant workers in March … severely impaired the fundamental rights of the poorest sections of our citizens.”
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Dissent is contagious – and arrests of Delhi activists will not stop the quest for justice
The CAA-NRC protests undermined the stereotypical images of Muslims that drive the BJP’s binary politics. It is trying to restore the balance.
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As the First Year of Modi 2.0 Ends, It’s Clear that Democracy has Been Quarantined
If there is one thing we’ve learned about Modi, it is that he never learns from his mistakes. The current crisis is the product of his cult of personality and the only response he is capable of is to double down on his worst impulses.
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What a Biography of Hitler Tells Us About the Supporters of Authoritarian Leaders
The leader cannot order everything from above; so those below have the duty to “work towards” what their leader has signalled he wants.
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Students, Activists Demand: Stop Using the Pandemic to Target Anti-CAA Protesters
The BJP-led Centre has turned the pandemic into an opportunity for “targeting” the anti-CAA protesters by framing them under false charges.
