Author: Dilip

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Dozens of protesters and police dead amid Kazakhstan unrest: Chaos as Russian ‘peacekeepers’ arrive in country / As Kazakhstan burns over inequality, the elite’s wealth is safe and sound in London

Dozens of protesters and at least 12 police officers have died in ongoing violence in Kazakhstan, authorities have claimed, as “peacekeepers” from a Russian-led military alliance arrived in the country at the request of the embattled president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Witnesses in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, described scenes of chaos on Thursday, with government buildings being stormed or set… Read More Dozens of protesters and police dead amid Kazakhstan unrest: Chaos as Russian ‘peacekeepers’ arrive in country / As Kazakhstan burns over inequality, the elite’s wealth is safe and sound in London

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Why is Popular Resistance in the Occupied West Bank Increasing?

Middle East Monitor: Recent weeks rank among the most turbulent in the West Bank, with massive protests taking place in different parts of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. From tension in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah that led to a bloody escalation last May, to the weekly protests being held since June in the… Read More Why is Popular Resistance in the Occupied West Bank Increasing?

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Michael Brenner: Lowering the Throne of America’s Delusion

The Afghan fiasco pales compared to the multi-dimensional tragedy created by the Iraq invasion and occupation. The scorecard: Hundreds of thousands dead, wounded, orphaned The fostering of sectarian blood-letting that institutionalizes the country’s political fragmentation. The massive destruction of economic infrastructure. The welding of ties between Shi’te majority governments in Iraq with Iran’s clerical regime… Read More Michael Brenner: Lowering the Throne of America’s Delusion

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Manoj Joshi: India will come apart if secular contract is torn / Harish Khare: The Real Import of Satya Pal Malik's Warning About Narendra Modi

Shockingly, some campaigns are being led by people who are camouflaging their murderous rhetoric by wearing the saffron robes of Hindu renunciants. Last month, the theme of many speeches at a religious conclave in Haridwar was the need to ‘finish off’ Muslims. It would be easy to ignore this as the ranting of fringe Hindutva… Read More Manoj Joshi: India will come apart if secular contract is torn / Harish Khare: The Real Import of Satya Pal Malik's Warning About Narendra Modi

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Bharat Bhushan – Incitement to violence: When will Supreme Court take note?

No more are we ready to keep silent at man’s behest when God commands us to speak:  Pastor Neimoller at his last sermon, Germany, 1937   The counter revolution …tried many forms and devices, but soon learned that it could come to power only with the help of the state machine and never against it… the Kapp… Read More Bharat Bhushan – Incitement to violence: When will Supreme Court take note?

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Sada Mire: Africa’s heritage is humanity’s – and it’s been overlooked for too long

In my first class on an archaeology course at Lund University in Sweden, I stood out more than usual. It was not just that it was full of blond and blue-eyed students, more than in any other class I had ever attended – it was that archaeology is not a field that many migrants study.… Read More Sada Mire: Africa’s heritage is humanity’s – and it’s been overlooked for too long

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Citizens, armed forces veterans write to President, PM Modi on hate speech / Aditi Mittal: Deafening silence in a year of hate speech

Five former chiefs of the armed forces and a number of other prominent citizens including bureaucrats have written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the recent incidents of hate speeches and urged them to take appropriate measures. In a letter, the group of over 100 people also referred to the communal comments made at… Read More Citizens, armed forces veterans write to President, PM Modi on hate speech / Aditi Mittal: Deafening silence in a year of hate speech

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