Sri Lanka’s Crisis – Two Articles
In Sri Lanka’s Crisis, a New President and Old Problems; and: Interview with Sri Lankan Student Leader.
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Biden in the Middle East
In his meetings with the Israeli and Saudi Arabian governments, Biden ignored the Israeli assassination of journalist Shereen Abu Aqla and of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabia, committed the US to continued support of the apartheid Israeli regime, and threatened to invade Iraq.
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Communalism | Education | Employment | Fascism | Indian Economy | Indian Politics | Online Blog | Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Crisis Caused by Majoritarianism, Authoritarianism and Minority Bashing Offers Lessons for India
The deeper reasons behind the Sri Lankan crisis are Sinhalese Buddhist majoritarianism, authoritarianism of the Gotabaya regime, violent targeting of minorities, brutal methods adopted to curb press freedom and deliberate curbing of the culture of scrutiny of public policies.
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Russia’s War in Ukraine – Two Articles
Russia’s Campaign in Ukraine: Nearing an Inflection Point?; and: Russia Teaches Europe ABC of Gas Trade.
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Economy | Imperialism | Print Edition | Sri Lanka | USA | World Economy | World Politics
Real Debt Trap: Sri Lanka Owes Vast Majority to West, Not China
Numerous Western political leaders and media outlets have blamed the Sri Lankan crisis on a supposed Chinese “debt trap”. In reality, the vast majority of the South Asian nation’s foreign debt is owed to the West.
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Sri Lanka’s Crisis Is Endgame for Rajapaksas
Sri Lanka’s citizens’ movement known as the Janatha Aragalaya (Peoples’ Struggle), notched its most significant victory yet, when Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced that he would quit on 13 July. The Rajapaksas have tumbled. The system that spawned them has not.
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Evo Morales: UK Role in Coup That Ousted Him
An interview with the former president of Bolivia about a range of subjects — including the British-backed coup of 2019, Julian Assange, NATO and transnational corporations — at Morales’ house deep in the Amazon rainforest.
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Adieu Boris, Adieu
Why have Tory MPs lost their heads and defenestrated one of their very few leaders capable of galvanizing popular support? It appears to be a galloping case of the post-imperial entropy diagnosed by Tom Nairn many decades ago, through which ‘the English conservative Establishment has begun to destroy itself.’
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The Rotten Roots of the IMF and the World Bank
A conversation with Jamie Martin about the imperial origins of the world’s economic governance, imagining an alternative to these institutions, and his new book, ‘The Meddlers’.
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When a Long, Dark Night Lit up with Music: The Story of the Leningrad Symphony
Even as hunger and death stalked the city of Leningrad, her citizens found in themselves the strength to defy unspeakable terror one night in August 1942.
