Police let violent mobs attack UCLA students. This is what lawlessness looks like

UCLA watched the chaos unfold in the middle of the night and did nothing until it was far too late.. But something else is sliding past popular attention: the meaning of the events at UCLA. Vigilantes staged an assault on unarmed civilians and the state let it happen. This has occurred many times before in US history, particularly… Read More Police let violent mobs attack UCLA students. This is what lawlessness looks like

How Israel Violates International Law in Gaza: Expert Report

An independent expert report lays out how Israel systematically violated U.S. and International Law in Gaza, concluding that Israel launched indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks on civilian areas due to “extremely relaxed rules of engagement.” By Steve France / Mondoweiss ust days after the Biden administration showered the Israeli military with billions of dollars more in lethal… Read More How Israel Violates International Law in Gaza: Expert Report

Industrialized Militaries & Climate Emergency / Why Arms Races Never End

First posted October 02, 2019 It may not come as a surprise that the largest industrial military in the history of the world is also the single biggest polluter on the planet. Murtaza Hussain Over a century before we reached the brink of ecological catastrophe, Rabindranath Tagore had a glimpse of where we might be headed.… Read More Industrialized Militaries & Climate Emergency / Why Arms Races Never End

Sunset of the Century

Rabindranath Tagore (Written in Bengali on December 31, 1899) THE LAST SUN of the century sets amidst the blood-red clouds of the West and the whirlwind of hatred. The naked passion of self-love of Nations, in its drunken delirium of greed, is dancing to the clash of steel and the howling verses of vengeance. The… Read More Sunset of the Century

गांधी का हत्यारा गोड़से: नाथूराम की ज़िंदगी और उसके सपनों का भारत

Book Launch: Tuesday May 7; 5.30 pm; Jawahar Bhawan; Rajendra Prasad Road Gandhi’s Assassin. By Dhirendra K Jha ‘The Poets of Rapallo’ Review: Ezra Pound’s Fascist Paradise Theodor Adorno’s Minima Moralia is a warning against resurgent fascism Christopher Bollas: The fascist state of mind (1992) Walter Benjamin: Capitalism as Religion (1921) Against homogenisation: Advancing diversity through Democratic Confederalism Ten Theses… Read More गांधी का हत्यारा गोड़से: नाथूराम की ज़िंदगी और उसके सपनों का भारत

The Last Couple of Weeks

Chandan Gowda Three weeks ago, I arrived in the US to give talks at a few universities. It had been six years since I was last here. My host universities wished that I speak about my new book, Another India: Events, Memories, People. I was pleased about the lecture invitations. Opportunities to engage academic audiences in a… Read More The Last Couple of Weeks

We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices

Please, listen to us – not political figures, radical fringes and misguided media Columbia College Student Council GAZA casualties, live statistics On Tuesday night, we watched in horror as hundreds of riot police flooded our beloved campus and brutalized our classmates. The next day, students awoke with swollen faces, bruised wrists and lacerations – all… Read More We Columbia University students urge you to listen to our voices