Fascism | India | Online Blog
‘The Cell and the Soul’: The Mirror to Indian Democracy in Anand Teltumbde’s Prison Memoir
The memoir transforms personal suffering into a forensic examination of institutional decay.
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Fascism | Israel | Online Blog | Palestine
‘More Horrific Than Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo’: The Unsalvageable Depravity of Israel’s Prisons for Palestinians
As Israel continues its genocide, more stealthily than before its relentless bombing came to an end, it is unpardonable that its continuing depravity towards Palestinians in its network of grotesque torture prisons continues to be largely ignored.
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On the Deepening Political Crisis in France and its Implications for the Left – 2 Articles
‘France in Crisis: An Interview with Jean Luc Melenchon and La France Insoumise’; ‘Between Macron’s Crisis and Le Pen’s Threat: France’s Left Seeks a Way Forward’: Seven years of Macronist neoliberalism have created the conditions for either genuine left-wing transformation or authoritarian breakthrough.
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A Lesson for Our Times
In these troubling times, when many countries experience the unlimited abuse of people’s civil liberties, it is useful to remember the value of individual acts of human courage.
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Capitalism | Fascism | Online Blog | USA
US on the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule; Millions Turn Out for No Kings Protests in USA – 4 Articles
‘On the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule’; ‘Massive No Kings Rallies Express Rising Discontent with Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda’; ‘Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?’; ‘What’s Next After the Historic No Kings Protest?’
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Communalism | Fascism | India | Online Blog
Hindutva Urbanism – 2 Articles
‘India’s Bulldozer Problem’: The fig leaf of urban development has produced a ‘Bulldozer Raj’ that wrecks democracy, undermines citizenship and polarises society. Also: ‘Hindutva Urbanism: How National Schemes and Events Displace Marginalised Communities’.
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Fascism | India | Online Blog
Francesca Orsini, Renowned Hindi Scholar, Deported from Delhi – 3 Articles
‘Stopping Francesca Orsini from Entering India is an Insult to the Very Concept and Culture of Knowledge’. Also: ‘How Hindi Scholar Francesca Orsini’s Work Illuminates India’s Language Politics – Past and Present’; and: ‘What does Francesca Orsini’s Scholarly Work Say? Five Former Students Explain What They Have Learnt’.
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Fascism | India | Online Blog
‘Journalism, The Way it’s Practiced Today, I Don’t Recognise it’: A Chronicle of 40 Years of Conflict
A conversation with Harinder Baweja, one of India’s most widely respected journalists. In this conversation, she reflects on the fading ethos of fearless journalism, and how politics, ideology and apathy have together imperilled India’s secular promise.
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Fascism | Gaza | Imperialism | Israel | Online Blog | Palestine | USA
The Trump Gaza Plan – 3 Articles
‘What We Know About the First Phase of the Gaza Ceasefire and What Comes Next’; ‘A History of Deception: US-Israeli Pacts and the Gaza Proposal’; ‘The Trump Gaza Plan and the Politics of Coercion’.
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Sonam Wangchuk: From Indian Hero to ‘Traitor’; Why Sonam Wangchuk Matters – 2 Articles
‘How Ladakh Protest Leader Sonam Wangchuk Went from Indian Hero to “Traitor”’: Wangchuk, a celebrated innovator, inspired a Bollywood megahit. Arrested in late September, he is now being accused of plotting an Arab Spring-like revolt. Also: ‘Why Sonam Wangchuk Matters’.
