It was never about eliminating antisemitism. It was always about silencing Palestine By Patrick Lawrence / Consortium News Some people worth citing this week. They speak of different matters, but when we put all their apples and oranges into a basket we discover they belong together, their bright colors confronting us with a challenge: It is… Read More American Freefall
By Tamara Turki / Mondoweiss Hundreds of Columbia students gathered frantically on Tuesday, March 25 in a cathedral near campus for an emergency union meeting, debating how to respond against what they described as the university administration’s “concessions to fascism.” The uproar ignited on March 9, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Mahmoud Khalil,… Read More ‘It’s Not the Time To Be Afraid Anymore’ Columbia Students Fight Back Against Deportation Threats
The last decade in India has been marred by the institutionalisation of arbitrary power. Raghu Kesavan Kunal Kamra is an unlikely hero. He stands slightly hunched over, mic loosely held in one hand, the other occasionally pressed into service to express disbelief but often stuffed into a trouser pocket. His most recent special, Naya Bharat, reprises the… Read More How the attacks on Kunal Kamra undermine the freedoms of all Indians
Dr Ramzy Baroud Explaining Arab political failure to challenge Israel through traditional analysis—such as disunity, general weakness, and a failure to prioritize Palestine—does not capture the full picture. The idea that Israel is brutalizing Palestinians simply because the Arabs are too weak to challenge the Benjamin Netanyahu government—or any government—implies that, in theory, Arab regimes… Read More Arab Failures: The Unspoken Complicity in Israel’s Genocide
Kenan Malik ‘Gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that goes into the finding and getting of it.” It’s a line spoken by Walter Huston in the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a story about greed and moral corruption directed by his son, John Huston. That line was to have… Read More Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets
Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration for speaking out about the atrocities in Gaza, dictated a letter to the public from his detention cell in Louisiana. Jacobin publishes the letter here in full. Mahmoud Khalil during a press briefing at Columbia University in New York City on June… Read More Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From an ICE Detention Center
Alice Speri Last week, Columbia University announced that it would cave to demands by the Trump administration and adopt sweeping measures against pro-Palestinian activity on campus, including new restrictions on protest and the takeover of an academic department from faculty control. The news sent shock waves across higher education institutions nationwide for what appeared a stunning capitulation to attacks… Read More ‘Canary in the coalmine of totalitarianism’: how Columbia went from a home for Edward Said to a punching bag for Trump
The youthful energy of street protest is breathing life back into failing progressive parties – and it’s a model that could be applied everywhere Ece Temelkuran After 22 years of power grabs, the seizure of all state institutions and severe oppression aimed at reshaping Turkish citizens into Islamofascist minions, Turkey is striking back against President… Read More In Turkey, we are showing the world how to challenge a callous, authoritarian leader
Ravish Kumar Official आप जो भीड़ देखते हैं वो कुछ उदंड लोगों की भीड़ नहीं है, बल्कि वह उस राजनीतिक दल का हिस्सा है जिसकी सरकार है। उसके समर्थन में गोदी मीडिया है, पुलिस है, सरकार है। ऐसी भीड़ ने हिंसा की कितनी ही घटना को अंजाम दिया लेकिन उसका कुछ नहीं हुआ। उस भीड़… Read More यह कैसा भारत है जिसमें कुणाल ने माफ़ी मांगने से इंकार कर दिया
NB: Actually the political hoodlums are bigger jokers than Kunal Kamra. Now they have secured a much wider audience for his jokes. Most of their muscle lies between their ears. Kunal Kamra Comedy Special By Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN A prominent Indian comedian is standing by his right to make jokes after an… Read More A comedian told a joke about a politician. Now he’s under police investigation
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