NB: This book changed my life. I read it when I was seventeen. Along with Palestine, Vietnam’s valiant struggle against American imperialism was the epic of our generation. I will salute the Vietnamese people till the end of my days. DS “There are few parallels with the war in Vietnam. It has lasted nearly two… Read More Against the crime of silence: Bertrand Russell’s War Crimes in Vietnam (1967)
Shubhanga Pandey Friday 3 October 2025 When thousands of Nepalis in their teens and twenties descended on Kathmandu’s government district on 8 September, it was, for most, their first political experience. The immediate trigger for the protests, which had been gathering steam for several days, was a government ban on more than two dozen social-media… Read More Himalayan Uprising
Itamar Katzir From his home in New York City, Peter Beinart watched in amazement as hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the streets during the first “day of disruption” in August. Peter Beinart – “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning” | The Daily Show The 54-year-old Jewish American journalist and commentator… Read More Peter Beinart: ‘What Israel Is Doing in the Name of the Jewish People Is a Desecration’
At around 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning, armed federal agents rappelled from helicopters onto the roof of a five-storey residential apartment in the South Shore of Chicago, according to witnesses and local reporting. As they worked their way through the building, they kicked down doors, threw flash bang grenades, and rounded up adults and screaming children alike, detaining… Read More Military-Style ICE Raid On Chicago Building Shows Escalation in Trump’s Crackdown
Thousands marched in cities across the world following the interception of the flotilla and detainment of activists including Greta Thunberg Follow latest updates live As Israeli forces began their long anticipated interception of a pro-Palestinian flotilla nearing war-torn Gaza, the ripples of the event spread across the world, triggering mass demonstrations, diplomatic censure and threats… Read More Israel’s Gaza flotilla interception triggers protests, diplomatic expulsions and calls for strikes
They do not hide their vision for America. They plan to make the legal system subservient to dogma. They hate the “secular humanist” society based on science and reason. They dream of making the Ten Commandments the basis of the legal system… Power in the age of Trump is based on blind personal loyalty… Lies… Read More Chris Hedges: Trump’s War on America
‘If Innovators Are Treated Like Criminals, How Will India Become Vishwaguru?’: Sonam Wangchuk’s Wife Fires Back At Govt Call of Citizens for Democracy: We are witnessing a dangerous drift in the name of ‘national security ‘ in the frontier province of Ladakh. The peace-loving people of Ladakh are being demonised as anti-national agitators under the… Read More Citizens for Democracy: Defend the Ladakhi people’s democratic rights / ‘If Innovators Are Treated Like Criminals, How Will India Become Vishwaguru?’: Sonam Wangchuk’s Wife Fires Back At Govt
Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama Jessie Lau As Zhang Yadi toured remote villages in the Chinese province of Sichuan last year, she updated her friends with messages and photos of lush forest landscapes, colourful streets and locals wearing… Read More ‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support
NB: A very instructive book on Soviet history is named The Road to Terror: Stalin and the Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks, 1932-1939; by, J. Arch Getty and Oleg Naumov (1999). I think the current period of American history will be known as the implosion of the USA. All the engineered coups, from Iran to Vietnam to… Read More Self-shafting America
NB: Along with the millions of people in the world who have protested against the genocide; this flotilla of activists, suported by workers unions all over Europe have shown that humanity has not yet surrendered its conscience. I salute these noble souls for their courage, determination and their solidarity with the suffering people of Palestine.… Read More Global Sumud Flotilla sails to Gaza. Greta Thunberg: I’m not scared of Israel / फ्लोटिला ने प्रतिरोध की छवि और नैतिक साहस की परिभाषा ही बदल दी है
After the truth-shower 