‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong

Philip Oltermann In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakthrough With your art collective Centre for Political Beauty you famously built a replica of the Holocaust memorial on a property… Read More ‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong

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Striking Back

The historic wave of labour unrest that swept India Zaen Alkazi {ONE} MORNINGS ARE TYPICALLY RUSHED at Hosiery Complex NOIDA, a prominent industrial hub in Uttar Pradesh. In the urban village of Yakubpur, thousands of migrant workers wake up in small and windowless rooms, rented from local Gurjar farmers, and get ready for work. They… Read More Striking Back

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What about Gyanesh Kumar’s backroom collaborators?

Only a forensic audit and a full inquiry can determine their level of administrative culpability in this massive exclusion of voters ‘First Time Since Independence So Many Voters Lost Voting Rights’: Ex-CEC O.P. Rawat on SIR Exercise Bharat Bhushan The legal plea of ‘just following orders’ (known as the Nuremberg defence) is untenable in modern… Read More What about Gyanesh Kumar’s backroom collaborators?

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‘We want justice’: series of rapes trigger mass protests at Indian universities

Women say nothing has changed since Delhi’s infamous Nirbhaya bus rape case 14 years ago Student activists protest against alleged gang rapes. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA DU की लड़कियों के ये नारे क्यों हैं इतने VIRAL ? Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Delhi The posters, just like the women holding them, were taking no prisoners.… Read More ‘We want justice’: series of rapes trigger mass protests at Indian universities

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Second-Class Citizens

How the persistence of American Islamophobia makes it painfully clear that we are still living with the War on Terror Rozina Ali – Interviewed by Jonathan Shainin  Twenty-five years after 11 September, it is hard to separate Islamophobia in America from the shock of that morning, as if everything since was caused by its impact.… Read More Second-Class Citizens

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta: Election Commission and Court make it harder, not easier, to believe in independent institutions

But think of the implications of this dynamic. It is a way of saying that the rot in the system does not begin and end in politics; it saturates a whole elite and perhaps even a generation of voters and public servants Rarely in the annals of Indian constitutional history have two key institutions, the… Read More Pratap Bhanu Mehta: Election Commission and Court make it harder, not easier, to believe in independent institutions

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What Has America Lost?

The Real Costs of the War on Iran and the Continuities of American History Kabir Rao – Navigating the Nuclear Age The involvement of the United States across the Global South or, in older parlance, the Third World, has a long and tragic history. Its encounters with Third World Countries have generally involved the practice… Read More What Has America Lost?

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Sanjay Singh’s Speech on the ideology of the RSS

RSS Ideology Launching पर Sanjay Singh की दमदार Speech Saffron Shadows: The RSS, A Century of Influence is a newly released anthology edited by writer and social activist Leher Sethi that examines the century-long journey and polarizing impact of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). +++++++++++ Rahul Gandhi defamation case: Savarkar’s grandson admits Nathuram, Gopal Godse… Read More Sanjay Singh’s Speech on the ideology of the RSS

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Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation’

Tom Durante Former Special Counsel Jack Smith slammed President Donald Trump in his opening statement before a Senate panel on Tuesday, saying his investigation uncovered “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that the commander in chief “engaged in serious crimes against our nation.” Smith, who was tasked with investigating Trump in 2022, spoke out as he… Read More Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation’

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