Could Trump be charged for racketeering? A Georgia prosecutor thinks so

Carlisa N. Johnson in Atlanta An Atlanta prosecutor appears ready to use the same Georgia statute to prosecute Donald Trump that she used last year to charge dozens of gang members and well-known rappers who allegedly conspired to commit violent crime. Fani Willis was elected Fulton county district attorney just days before the conclusion of the 2020 presidential… Read More Could Trump be charged for racketeering? A Georgia prosecutor thinks so

25th January 202325th January 2023 Dilip

Lingering shadow

THE THIN EDGE | The BBC documentary on Narendra Modi Ruchir Joshi The recently broadcast first part of India: The Modi Question, BBC’s documentary on Narendra Modi and the Gujarat killings of 2002, makes for curious viewing. For any Indian engaging with the news since 2002, much of the material is familiar, the ground the film explores… Read More Lingering shadow

25th January 2023 Dilip

Lula accuses Bolsonaro of genocide against Yanomami in Amazon

Brazil’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has accused Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right administration of committing genocide against the Yanomami people of the Amazon, amid public outrage over a humanitarian catastrophe in the country’s largest Indigenous territory. Lula visited the Amazon state of Roraima on Saturday to denounce the plight of the Yanomami, whose supposedly protected… Read More Lula accuses Bolsonaro of genocide against Yanomami in Amazon

24th January 202324th January 2023 Dilip

Pablo Neruda: Poetry

POETRY And it was at that age…Poetry arrivedin search of me. I don’t know, I don’t know whereit came from, from winter or a river.I don’t know how or when,no, they were not voices, they were notwords, nor silence,but from a street I was summoned,from the branches of night,abruptly from the others,among violent firesor returning… Read More Pablo Neruda: Poetry

24th January 202323rd January 2023 Dilip

Exotic green comet not seen since stone age returns to skies above Earth

An exotic green comet that has not passed Earth since the time of the Neanderthals has reappeared in the sky ready for its closest approach to the planet next week. Discovered last March by astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility at the Palomar Observatory in California, comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was calculated to orbit the… Read More Exotic green comet not seen since stone age returns to skies above Earth

24th January 2023 Dilip

Weavers of Banaras are forced to work for less than the minimum wage

Harsh Thakor With the goal of raising class consciousness and mobilizing the working population of Banaras, especially the weavers, a meeting was organized at the Swayamvar Vatika on behalf of the Fatima-Savitri Janasamiti. The weavers themselves openly discussed the issues related to their status and wages in the programme. Mohammad Ahmad Ansari, who toils with… Read More Weavers of Banaras are forced to work for less than the minimum wage

24th January 2023 Dilip

Gujarat riots documentary: BBC’s motives are less clear

Bharat Bhushan The airing of part one of a BBC documentary “India: The Modi Question” has raised political hackles in India. It suggests that the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was directly responsible for the riots, which left 2,000 people dead, mostly Muslims. It has since been taken down from YouTube and other social media… Read More Gujarat riots documentary: BBC’s motives are less clear

23rd January 202323rd January 2023 Dilip

The Broken Middle

First posted November 01, 2014 The violent events of 1984 signify the breakdown of consensual politics and the ideal of composite Indian nationhood. When communal animosity spreads across society, it corrodes the social conscience and (directly or subliminally) produces a genocidal consensus. In the aftermath of 1984 we also witnessed the decay of a reliable… Read More The Broken Middle

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If you ever doubt the hateful effects of Tory migrant policy, go to Calais and see what I’ve seen

Jeremy Corbyn Hell is a teargassed scrubland crawling with infectious disease. Hell is toddlers scavenging to survive. Hell is a refugee camp in Calais. Each time I visit, I learn more about the diabolical conditions that human beings are forced to endure in the camp. Having fled the horrors of war, environmental disaster and destitution, refugees… Read More If you ever doubt the hateful effects of Tory migrant policy, go to Calais and see what I’ve seen

23rd January 2023 Dilip

Can victims of crime hope for justice from a crumbling system?

Yvonne Roberts After police officer David Carrick’s conviction on 51 charges of rape and domestic abuse, the Met announced it was reviewing a further 1,633 cases of domestic and sexual abuse involving more than 800 officers. Every police force in England and Wales is reviewing allegations of domestic and sexual abuse relating to officers dating back a decade. Potentially,… Read More Can victims of crime hope for justice from a crumbling system?