Report from Bangladeshi students

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ State terror in Bangladesh / Informal reports on the ground situation Bangladesh: Students Have Often Led Protests That Have Transformed the Country 105 people killed; national curfew imposed in Bangladesh after student protesters storm prison

Land loneliness

To survive, we are asked to forget that our lands and bodies are being violated, policed, ripped up, silenced, sacrificed Kelsey Day Igot the news naked in the New River, in the backwoods of Appalachia. Water slashed against my skin. The river was closed in by curtains of green, oak trees rippling on both sides… Read More Land loneliness

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, says Palestinian group / Sniping, Shredding, Incinerating: Israel’s War on Children in Gaza

GAZA casualties, live statistics Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, has been killed by a strike in Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the group said, only hours after Israel claimed it had killed a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut. Hamas blamed Israel for Haniyeh’s death, which one official described as a “grave escalation”. It said… Read More Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, says Palestinian group / Sniping, Shredding, Incinerating: Israel’s War on Children in Gaza

We will all lose our humanity if we let the war in Gaza become the new normal

GAZA casualties, live statistics Nesrine Malik On Wednesday, Benjamin Netanyahu received a standing ovation after his speech to US Congress. It was a moment that seemed to usher in a new phase of the war in Gaza – one in which it is not only tolerated as an unfortunate necessity, but is seen as something for which… Read More We will all lose our humanity if we let the war in Gaza become the new normal

Academic research on Rushdie’s literary work sabotaged by Deoband Ulema / Resist the Climate of Intimidation in Academics

First posted April 25, 2012 NB: Over the past four months, the Deoband Ulema has contributed to the climate of intolerance and religious bigotry in India. First by opposing Rushdie’s presence at the Jaipur Literature Festival, and now by sabotaging a perfectly legitimate subject for research. In the first instance they succeeded by riding on the… Read More Academic research on Rushdie’s literary work sabotaged by Deoband Ulema / Resist the Climate of Intimidation in Academics

Hannah Arendt’s ghosts: Reflections on the disputable path from Windhoek to Auschwitz

Historians on both sides of the Atlantic are currently engaged in a controversy about the allegedly genocidal nature of western colonialism and its connections with the mass violence unleashed by Nazi Germany between 1939 and 1945. The debate touches upon some of the most “sensitive” issues of twentieth-century history: the violent “dark side” of modern… Read More Hannah Arendt’s ghosts: Reflections on the disputable path from Windhoek to Auschwitz

Jaag Musafir: Pagdandi Collective

Hello, we are pleased to invite you to join us for a conversation with Dilip Simeon in Chandigarh on Saturday, August 3; 2024. More details here: https://pagdandi.substack.com/p/jaag-musafir Kindly RSVP if you plan to come: https://forms.gle/P7vAeWmWHWic7pgi6 My regards and gratitude to Pagdandi Collective for organising this conversation. What follows below is my personal addition to the matter above,… Read More Jaag Musafir: Pagdandi Collective

Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges A surge in new oil and gas exploration in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12bn tonnes of planet-heating emissions, with the world’s wealthiest countries – such as the US and the UK – leading a stampede… Read More Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion