NB: US police are armed to the teeth with Army castoffs from failed wars overseas, and are now waging war on America’s young. There are also vicious right-wing vigilantes in action,: peaceful protestors for Gaza in UCLA were attacked by masked men yesterday, There’s an ongoing civil war in the USA, in case we haven’t… Read More Large police presence at UCLA as protests disrupt colleges nationwide
GAZA casualties, live statistics NB: Nothing is ever repeated with precision, but American imperialism and its proxies (to use a favourite phrase of their Orwellian media) has been rampaging through the world for many decades after the end of the World War. Vietnam, Chile, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the endless war on the Palestinian population, are… Read More In Gaza Protest, Columbia Students Occupy Hamilton Hall, Site of Historic 1968 Takeover
Tech giant fired number of people who protested against $1.2bn Project Nimbus, which supports Israeli military and government Michael Sainato Google has been accused of throwing a “tantrum” after sacking more than 50 workers in response to a protest over the company’s military ties to the Israeli government – firings that have shone a light… Read More Workers accuse Google of ‘tantrum’ after 50 fired over Israel contract protest
Protests against the war in Gaza across US universities are a sign of a triple crisis: Of liberal democracy, of the university, and paradoxically, of anti-war protests as well The widespread protests against the war in Gaza across dozens of US university campuses, and the unprecedented crackdowns are a sign of a triple crisis: Of… Read More Pratap Bhanu Mehta: Student anger in the US, 3 crises — democracy, university, protest
GAZA casualties, live statistics NB: Last November, the Harvard Law Review refused to carry an already accepted piece on genocide in Gaza by a Palestinian scholar; without any explanation. The editor, HLR President Apsara Iyer, wrote to the author of the piece, that the decision was ‘not based on your identity or viewpoint.’ Perhaps it was… Read More The Palestine Exception to Academic Freedom Must Go
NB: The brutality of religious tyrants is reminiscent of the medieval Catholic Inquisition. This is disgrace and affront to justice and to humanity. The world is witness to an assault on young people, from Gaza to American campuses, to Iran. Nationalism divides us and makes us blind to the need for human solidarity. Wake up… Read More Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting
More than 20 people were arrested Wednesday during a pro-Palestinian protest on UT Austin campus, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. The protest, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee in Austin, was the latest in a wave of demonstrations sweeping college campuses across the U.S. DPS said state troopers were on campus at the request of… Read More American students protest genocide: Police arrest protesters at UT Austin / Columbia, NYU, Yale on the boil over Israel’s war on Gaza / Columbia Law School Faculty Condemn Administration for mass arrests
Yusra Khan A microblogging site is no town square, but the influence of X (formerly Twitter) cannot be understated when it comes to deciphering the health of public discourse. Indian pro-government media personalities often hold more sway in this regard than algorithmic bot activity when it comes to harassment and targeted bullying in the online… Read More Free Speech Or Fear Tactics? The Unchecked Rise Of Right-Wing Online Abuse
By Simone McCarthy and Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN High in the Himalayas, the people of a remote northern Indian territory fear their way of life is under threat from the changing climate, looming development – and border tensions with China. At stake, they believe, is the future of Ladakh, one of the world’s highest elevation regions, where indigenous… Read More Herders in Ladakh say they’re losing grazing land – and a way of life
A sudden wave of protest meetings held in Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut by leaders of the dominant, landed community has forced the BJP to address their question and try to gloss over the divisions in its electoral caste rainbow by ramping up the Hindutva card and sentiments of nationalism. Omar Rashid With just a week… Read More Rajput Anger in Western UP Puts BJP in Firefighting Mode Days Before Polling
