Author: Dilip

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वाराणसी के जिलाधिकारी द्वारा सर्व सेवा संघ की खरीदी हुई जमीन का बैनामा खारिज करना उनके अधिकार क्षेत्र के बाहर का विषय है / Gandhians Launch Satyagraha Against Demolition & Takeover of Sarva Sewa Sangh by BJP Govt

Gandhians Launch Satyagraha Against Takeover of Sarva Sewa Sangh by BJP Govt *82 वां दिन* / 1 दिसंबर 2024   सत्याग्रह स्थल / राजघाट,वाराणसी *जिलाधिकारी को बैनामा रद्द करने का अधिकार नहीं है* इलाहाबाद हाई कोर्ट के *अधिवक्ता सत्येंद्र तिवारी* ने कहा कि वाराणसी के *जिलाधिकारी एस राजलिंगम द्वारा सर्व सेवा संघ की खरीदी हुई जमीन का… Read More वाराणसी के जिलाधिकारी द्वारा सर्व सेवा संघ की खरीदी हुई जमीन का बैनामा खारिज करना उनके अधिकार क्षेत्र के बाहर का विषय है / Gandhians Launch Satyagraha Against Demolition & Takeover of Sarva Sewa Sangh by BJP Govt

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Rashid Khalidi: ‘Israel Has Created a Nightmare Scenario for Itself. The Clock Is Ticking’

NB: The racism of the Western world is on shameless and brutal display as their Israeli proxy massacres Palestinians on a daily basis. Those who think the history of the crisis began on October 7, 2024, should read this interview and listen to the earlier talk. DS Palestinian-American Historian: ‘Israel Has Created a Nightmare Scenario… Read More Rashid Khalidi: ‘Israel Has Created a Nightmare Scenario for Itself. The Clock Is Ticking’

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Misusing a judicial observation to unearth temples under mosques will lead to disaster

NB: A citation from Franz Neumann, Behemoth, The Structure and Practice of National Socialism; (1936, repub 1963, p 27). (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 Putsch of 1920 and the… Read More Misusing a judicial observation to unearth temples under mosques will lead to disaster

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Mexico’s President Hits Back At Trump Threat With Fiery Letter, Blames U.S. For Arming Criminals

Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours. Alex Griffing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum pulled no punches… Read More Mexico’s President Hits Back At Trump Threat With Fiery Letter, Blames U.S. For Arming Criminals

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Not quite religion, not quite self-help: welcome to the Jordan Peterson age of nonsense

Unintelligible as it is, new book is part of a ‘manifesting’ trend offering the young and spiritually lost an illusion of control Martha Gill What links these two news stories? The first: “manifesting” has been declared Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year. The self-help practice, based on the magical belief that mental rituals can move the… Read More Not quite religion, not quite self-help: welcome to the Jordan Peterson age of nonsense

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Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars

Unlike most Israeli news outlets, my paper shows the suffering in Gaza and Lebanon. That’s why the government has targeted us. The boycott of Haaretz lacks a legal basis, but Netanyahu couldn’t care less Aluf Benn ruth is the first casualty of war” goes the old cliche, but like any other adage, it holds a… Read More Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars

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Requiem for an Empire

By Alfred McCoy / TomDispatch Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that “the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come… in 2025, just… Read More Requiem for an Empire

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