Author: Dilip

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USA is #1 Arms Dealer, Exporting 43% of World’s Weapons: 7 Times More Than China, 5 times more than Russia

By Ben Norton / Geopolitical Economy Report The United States is by far the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of all weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. The US transferred 7.3 times more weapons than China, and 5.5 times more than Russia. In fact, Russia’s global arms exports declined by 64% from 2020… Read More USA is #1 Arms Dealer, Exporting 43% of World’s Weapons: 7 Times More Than China, 5 times more than Russia

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Welcoming Foreign University Campuses Won’t Address Indian Education’s Structural Woes

At present… the cost of higher education in public universities ranges between Rs 10,000 and Rs 50,000 per year. However, in contrast foreign universities are expected to charge anywhere between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 50 lakh per year which is an amount that puts them entirely out of reach for the lower and middle… Read More Welcoming Foreign University Campuses Won’t Address Indian Education’s Structural Woes

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Patrick Lawrence: Season of the Sophists

The sophists taught, rather publicly, the view that the summit of happiness is to combine the appearance of justice with actual injustice: Gregory McBrayer; in Brill’s Companion to Leo Strauss. (Professor at Center of Columbia University Deportation Scandal Is Former Israeli Spy) Mahmoud Khalil, 30–year-old holder of a green card permitting him permanently to live and… Read More Patrick Lawrence: Season of the Sophists

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Starlink Deal: India’s goodwill hunting may be completely off the mark

It won’t matter how successful Starlink is in India, unless Donald Trump finds markets for agricultural exports in India and elsewhere, or creates millions of new jobs in manufacturing. Till then, the tariff pressure on India will continue. Bharat Bhushan To demonstrate their alignment with US geopolitical and economic interests many countries are hoping to… Read More Starlink Deal: India’s goodwill hunting may be completely off the mark

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Zionism & Americanism are the front lines of Western civilisation and freedom in our world today: Pete Hegseth US Secretary of Defense

NB: The source of the above wisdom by America’s new Secretary of Defense is this fact-sheet. There are many others sources. Here are the latest figures of genocidal mayhem in Palestine accomplished by the vanguard of civilisation – viz, the USA and its proxy, Israel. Both main American political parties were and continue to be,… Read More Zionism & Americanism are the front lines of Western civilisation and freedom in our world today: Pete Hegseth US Secretary of Defense

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US Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Reinstate Tens of Thousands of Federal Workers After ‘Sham’ Mass Firings

U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to reinstate tens of thousands of probationary federal employees on Thursday, according to Politico’s Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney. In his ruling, Alsup referred to the mass firings as “unlawful” and a “sham.” Gerstein and Cheney describe Alsup’s order as “one of the most far-reaching rejections of the Trump administration’s effort to slash the bureaucracy… Read More US Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Reinstate Tens of Thousands of Federal Workers After ‘Sham’ Mass Firings

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Trump’s Christian Fascists and the War on Palestine

Trump’s Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth argues that “Zionism and Americanism are the front-lines of Western civilization and freedom in our world today” — pedals the usual absurdity that the Hebrew Bible, written 4,000 years ago, can be used to draw contemporary national borders. Chris Hedges Christian Nationalists who form the bedrock of support for Donald Trump… Read More Trump’s Christian Fascists and the War on Palestine

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Trump’s War on Education

Chris Hedges Education is meant to be subversive. It gives students the ability and the language to ask questions about reigning assumptions and ideas. It questions dogma and ideology. It can, as Zinn writes, “counteract the deception that makes the government’s force legitimate.” ************* The attacks on colleges and universities — Donald Trump’s administration has warned some… Read More Trump’s War on Education

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