Petition re Suspension of academic in Kerala because he talked about fascism and Sangh Parivar

“By academic freedom, I understand the right to search for truth and publish and teach what one holds to be true. This right also implies a duty: one must not conceal any part of what one has recognised to be true.” – Albert Einstein Sign the petition: http://chng.it/7b2b6CDY Dr Gilbert Sebastian, an Assistant Professor at the… Read More Petition re Suspension of academic in Kerala because he talked about fascism and Sangh Parivar

25th May 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Gastón Gordillo: Nazi Architecture As Affective Weapon

One of Adolf Hitler’s most cherished dreams was to build the largest monument ever created. With the guidance of “the chief architect of the Reich” Albert Speer, he planned to remake Berlin around what he saw as the future core of the Germanic empire: the People’s Hall (Volkshalle), a dome that was to be 290… Read More Gastón Gordillo: Nazi Architecture As Affective Weapon

21st May 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Former Civil Servants Write to the PM: ‘Take Effective Action Now’ / The BJP Can Be Defeated but the RSS Project Remains

Dear Prime Minister, We, a group of former civil servants from the All India and Central Services, with a deep commitment to the Constitution of India and with no political affiliations, have written to you as well as other constitutional authorities on a number of occasions in the past, whenever we felt that executive actions violated… Read More Former Civil Servants Write to the PM: ‘Take Effective Action Now’ / The BJP Can Be Defeated but the RSS Project Remains

21st May 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal's father dies of Covid day before her bail hearing // That Monday will not come, Judge Sahib

NB: The whole world should be made aware that India’s criminal justice system is being reduced to a cruel and sadistic mockery in our time. Vigilantes of the so-called Sangh Parivar get away with violence and incitement under the noses of the police, whilst cases are fabricated against activists fighting for human rights and democratic… Read More Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal's father dies of Covid day before her bail hearing // That Monday will not come, Judge Sahib

11th May 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Colette: The French resistance fighter confronting fascism – Oscars 2021 Short Documentary Winner

90-year-old Colette Marin-Catherine confronts her past by visiting the German concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora where her brother was killed. As a young girl, she fought Hitler’s Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. For 74 years, she has refused to step foot in Germany, but that changes when a young history student named Lucie enters… Read More Colette: The French resistance fighter confronting fascism – Oscars 2021 Short Documentary Winner

4th May 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Swati Chaturvedi: It Was BJP Who Made It Mamata vs Modi. Too Far

NB: There is another comment on the recent election in the same portal, by Ashutosh, which avers that the RSS will be happy with Mamata’s victory because it wants to Hinduise Indian political culture. This is how he puts it: “Modi and BJP are political entities. Their endgame is winning elections, forming governments. But for… Read More Swati Chaturvedi: It Was BJP Who Made It Mamata vs Modi. Too Far

3rd May 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Ozlem Goner: Banning the pro-Kurdish HDP in Turkey is a move towards fascism

On 17 March, a top prosecutor filed a case with Turkey’s Constitutional Court demanding the closure of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), as well as a five-year political ban on more than 600 party members. Around the same time, HDP parliamentarian and prominent human rights advocate Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was forcibly removed from parliament, and later detained. These… Read More Ozlem Goner: Banning the pro-Kurdish HDP in Turkey is a move towards fascism

22nd April 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Atikh Rashid: The third wave of autocratisation and why it was waiting to happen

As per the latest V-DEM report, in 2020, the third wave of autocratisation has accelerated considerably and now engulfs 25 countries and 34 per cent of the world population. Last month, V-Dem Project (Varieties of Democracy), a Sweden-based independent research institute, released its annual democracy report making a key observation that India, the world’s largest democracy,… Read More Atikh Rashid: The third wave of autocratisation and why it was waiting to happen

21st April 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Anand K. Sahay: The idea behind capturing power in any kind of way: fair or foul

NB: This article is a clear-headed analysis of the crucial change wrought in the Indian polity by the current government. Sahay is also forthright about the axial role of the RSS, the patron-in-chief of the BJP. For all their talk of moral purity and ‘maryada‘ it clear that this band of ideological fanatics has only one aim… Read More Anand K. Sahay: The idea behind capturing power in any kind of way: fair or foul

19th April 202130th July 2022 Dilip

Rodrigo Nunes: Of what is Bolsonaro the name?

One might refer to the fascist movements as the wounds, the scars, of a democracy that, to this day, has not lived up to its own concept: Theodor Adorno First things first: to speak of ‘Bolsonarismo’ is not the same as speaking of Bolsonaro voters. Evidently, whatever we can call ‘Bolsonarismo’ must have been a factor… Read More Rodrigo Nunes: Of what is Bolsonaro the name?