“The United States supported and in many cases engendered every right wing military dictatorship in the world after the end of the Second World War. I refer to Indonesia, Greece, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Haiti, Turkey, the Philippines, Guatemala, El Salvador, and, of course, Chile. The horror the United States inflicted upon Chile in 1973 can… Read More Mukul Kesavan: Ark of Atrocity
Ali Abootalebi Informed Comment The Arab states have long suffered from weak political legitimacy and ineffective governance. Authoritarian rule remains pervasive. According to Freedom House, no Arab country is currently classified as “Free,” while Jordan, Lebanon, and Comoros are rated “Partly Free.” Kuwait, following the suspension of its elected parliament in 2024, is now classified as “Not… Read More The Arab States and the US-Israeli War on Iran
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms Oliver Milman he planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid ongoing pollution and habitat destruction, according to a key yet grim annual update by scientists. Of the… Read More ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
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In his recent keynote address to the Holocaust Educational Trust annual dinner, well-known historian Simon Schama denounced the allegations of genocide directed at the Israeli government and armed forces as a ‘blood libel.’ This term is specific to Jewish history, and refers to medieval Christian slanders directed against Jews by the highest echelons of Christian… Read More The ‘Gaza genocide’ claim is a blood libel, says historian Simon Schama
http://www.reporters-collective.in One of India’s largest voter deletion exercises by Election Commission of India (ECI) could be unfolding in its capital. Delhi started with 1.45 crore voters. First, more than 47 lakh names were deleted from the draft electoral roll under the SIR. Now, another 31.6 lakh voters, whose names did make it to the draft… Read More Election Commission Declares 54% of Delhi Voters Deleted or Doubtful
‘The truth never dies, but is made to live as a beggar’: Yiddish proverb “The Gaza documentary has elicited a nationwide uproar. After years of repression, denial and lies, apathy and indifference, the pus has burst forth in a mighty stream. This is a healthy process, even if it includes ugly manifestations” – Gideon Levy… Read More Thanks to ‘NAZA’ Hysteria, Israel Is Finally Talking About Gaza
By Bedatri D. Choudhury Delhi—or Dilli, as it is called in several South Asian languages—makes cynics out of most of us who have lived there. The trite thing to ask after, often, is the “dil” (heart) in Dilli. As I watched Sen’s new film, All That Breathes, premiere at Sundance, I reacquainted myself with the… Read More Shaunak Sen’s ‘All That Breathes’: A Great Gray Triangulation of Air, Birds and Men (2022)
Fiona Harvey Environment editor It was, according to the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the “summer of truth”. Climate chaos ripped through Europe and the northern hemisphere, sending heat records tumbling, scorching crops in the fields, burning forests, emptying rivers and reservoirs, warping train tracks, melting roads and killing about 35,000 people in… Read More Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’
