How The International Community Sold Out Gaza & Killed Itself In The Process

Chris Hedges and Norman Finkelstein The greatest injustices in the world are often masked in volumes of complex and incomprehensible legal language that are not accessible to the general public. The genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is one horrific example of how the world’s highest legal institutions appear to have gone through the motions of… Read More How The International Community Sold Out Gaza & Killed Itself In The Process

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Modi’s Trump bet collapses. Expect Democrats to raise the heat

US Congress’ Democratic sweep intensifies pressure on Modi’s governance, despite enduring strategic convergenceBharat Bhushan The Democratic Party’s electoral sweep of both chambers of the US Congress presents a two-front dilemma for the Narendra Modi government. It must simultaneously navigate an unpredictable and transaction-oriented US President Donald Trump, and an empowered US Congress controlled by Democrats… Read More Modi’s Trump bet collapses. Expect Democrats to raise the heat

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The Genocide Party Won And Apparently It’s A Victory For Progressives

NB: To be accurate, the MAGA gang and the Republican Party are as genocidal as the Democrats. Trump is touted as Israel’s best friend among a host of American and British best friends. To be accurate again, a vast majority of Israel’s population is supportive of, or indifferent to genocide. And a vast majority of… Read More The Genocide Party Won And Apparently It’s A Victory For Progressives

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The anti-SIR and anti-CEC agitation is now set to become a pro-democracy movement

Yogendra Yadav No one expected Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar to resign after the massive INDIA bloc rally this Sunday. Yet, despite the churlish debate over how many attended the rally, the protest has achieved more than anyone expected. At the same time, this success places greater responsibility on everyone involved in this month-long… Read More The anti-SIR and anti-CEC agitation is now set to become a pro-democracy movement

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Dr. Subir Sinha: India’s Youth Anger Is Unraveling Modi’s Authoritarian Populism

In an in-depth interview with the ECPS, Dr. Subir Sinha, Director of the SOAS South Asia Institute, examines how India’s emerging Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is challenging Narendra Modi’s authoritarian-populist hegemony. Situating youth mobilization within broader crises of unemployment, neoliberal restructuring, electoral legitimacy, and Hindu majoritarianism, Dr. Sinha argues that Modi’s strategies for containing generational… Read More Dr. Subir Sinha: India’s Youth Anger Is Unraveling Modi’s Authoritarian Populism

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PM, Shah Rush To Discredit INDIA Vote-theft Campaign

Modi posted: “MLC elections in 28 seats across four big states — Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka. Elections held using ballot papers. Guess how many seats Congress won?” A monocled emoji at the end of the post emphasised his sarcasm suggesting that this was the obvious conclusion after a close examination of the results.… Read More PM, Shah Rush To Discredit INDIA Vote-theft Campaign

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