Two die and thousands hurt in crackdown on Bangladesh student protests

The situation was further inflamed by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, who referred to the students protesting using the derogatory slur “Razakars”, meaning those who betrayed the nation by collaborating with the enemy, Pakistan, during the war of independence in 1971. “If the grandchildren of freedom fighters don’t receive quota benefits, should the grandchildren of… Read More Two die and thousands hurt in crackdown on Bangladesh student protests

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Chris Hedges: Statement on Attempted Trump Assassination

Chris Hedges The assassination of Trump would not remove the yearning of tens of millions of people, many conditioned by the Christian right, for a cult leader. Most of the leaders of the Christian right have built cult followings of their own. These Christian fascists embraced magical thinking, attacked their enemies as agents of Satan… Read More Chris Hedges: Statement on Attempted Trump Assassination

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केदारनाथ धाम से 228 किलो सोना ग़ायब: शंकराचार्य अविमुक्तेश्वरानंद

Ravish Kumar: केदारनाथ धाम से 228 किलो सोना ग़ायब-शंकराचार्य 228 किलो सोना ग़ायब होने के आरोप के बाद क्या केंद्र सरकार जांच कराएगी? एक साल से सोना ग़ायब होने के आरोप लग रहे हैं। राज्य सरकार ने अपने स्तर पर जांच की है लेकिन शंकराचार्य ने नए सिरे से आरोप लगाकर इस मामले को नया… Read More केदारनाथ धाम से 228 किलो सोना ग़ायब: शंकराचार्य अविमुक्तेश्वरानंद

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Motherland

A song by Single Gun Theory a long time agoI picked flowers and sang on a hillside far awayI’m still singinga long long time agoI felt love for the first timeit’s still with me now through the years, through the years,carried pain and loss with my love a long long time agoyou and I swam… Read More Motherland

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Members of Cuba’s revolutionary generation feel abandoned by the society they created

Older Cubans are struggling to make ends meet on tiny pensions as the country pivots towards private enterprise Ruaridh Nicoll and Eileen Sosin in Havana In central Havana, Martha Ortega has been queueing for mince. She has both osteo- and rheumatoid arthritis causing her foot to drag, but she remains stylish, a checked shirt and… Read More Members of Cuba’s revolutionary generation feel abandoned by the society they created

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Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies

The history of many centuries, including our own, shows that the default state of politics is not redistribution and general welfare, but a spiral of accumulation by the very rich, the extreme exploitation of labour, the seizure of common resources and exaction of rent for their use, extortion, coercion and violence. Normal is a society in which… Read More Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies

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