Kejriwal’s political choices make him an interesting retail politician; Mamdani’s choices have the potential of making his project a precedent for Democratic politics Mukul Kesavan As I watch from a great distance Zohran Mamdani’s extraordinary campaign for the mayoralty of New York, it is instructive to think about the similarities and differences between the electoral… Read More Two upstarts
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Hell hath no fury like corporate power scorned, writes Norman Solomon of the general-election battle over the next mayor of New York City. By Norman Solomon; Common Dreams The Supreme Court’s first chief justice, John Jay, would have empathized with the billionaires who’ve been freaking out ever since Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of… Read More The Billionaire Frenzy Over Zohran Mamdani
The proposed ban, rooted in colonial counter-insurgency law, could end up demystifying direct action and increasing public resolve A Palestinian man carries away the body of a relative killed in the Israeli strike on al-Baqa cafe. Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images The State isn’t only targeting disruption. It’s trying to discipline public consciousness. Palestine Action has become… Read More Palestine Action proscription: Criminalising effectiveness
NB: America’s religious fanatics have converted the Old Testament into a title deed; Jesus into a bloodthirsty warrior; Christianity into an instrument of the arms industry; and compassion for humanity into obscurantist nationalism and narcissism. To assist them in this endeavour, the US Supreme Court is functioning as a Catholic theocracy. In a word, religion… Read More Prophecy, not politics, may also shape America’s clash with Iran
Buildings may crumble but infamy is forever: Criminal Intent; S3 E1 NB: This is today’s slaughter list: Israeli strikes kill more than 60 people in Gaza, health officials say By Yorgos Mitralias After twenty months of daily massacres of civilians—especially women and children—and acts of unspeakable deadly sadism, including the organized starvation of the inhabitants… Read More Too late for Israel to escape its genocidal demons
How the media becomes an arm of the government Hartosh Singh Bal December 1, 2020 {1} AS IT BECAME CLEAR that Donald Trump had been ousted and Joe Biden was to be the next president of the United States, Anant Goenka tweeted, I hope after Biden’s victory, American news media takes time to introspect its partisan… Read More Executive (and) Editor (2020)
While much has been written about the Modi regime’s economic failures and diplomatic missteps, the most insidious damage lies elsewhere – in the corrosion of India’s socio-cultural fabric. Anand Teltumbde on the experience of being in jail for 31 months in the Bhima Koregaon case Anand Teltumbde There was a short-lived euphoria last month when… Read More India’s Social Regression Under Modi’s Eleven Years May Not Be Mendable
This article is based on excerpts from my contribution to the second KP Sasi Webinar on Religion and Spirituality in the Age of Fascism held on 18 May 2025 I have been engaged with this subject of religion, spirituality and fascism quite seriously since the 1984 violence in Delhi. And after that, I did a… Read More The further you look, the more you realize you don’t have a clue
By Michael Hudson / Geopolitical Economy Report Opponents of the war with Iran say that the war is not in American interests, seeing that Iran does not pose any visible threat to the United States. This appeal to reason misses the neoconservative logic that has guided U.S. foreign policy for more than a half century, and… Read More Michael Hudson: War on Iran Is Fight for US Unipolar Control of World
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