Tag: thinking about fascism

In Gaza, we’ve seen horror unfold with global powers’ support. Is that a blueprint for elsewhere?

For now, it is Palestinians who are being killed & displaced. But ideologies of supremacy and domination threaten us all. Ahdaf Soueif Last week, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s minister of national security, put out an AI-generated video that showed a conveyor belt of overweight Palestinian prisoners – dreaming of food and education – entering one of his prisons;… Read More In Gaza, we’ve seen horror unfold with global powers’ support. Is that a blueprint for elsewhere?

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The retired generals sounding the alarm over the West Bank

Katrin Bennhold Good morning, world. Israel’s role as a safe haven for Jewish people after the Holocaust is central to its identity and values as a modern, democratic state. And so it was striking to read, in a recent story by my colleague Azam Ahmed, multiple prominent Israelis, including former military and intelligence officials, using World War… Read More The retired generals sounding the alarm over the West Bank

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4 PM पर हाथ डालना भारी पड़ गया विश्वगुरु को, दुनिया भर में हंगामा / Mystery behind the relationship of PM Modi & Swantantra Bharadwaj unraveled

4 PM पर हाथ डालना भारी पड़ गया विश्वगुरु को,दुनिया भर में हंगामा ॥ 4 PM ॥ Media मुस्लिम पत्रकार से कथित मारपीट का मामला अब सत्ता और पत्रकारिता की आजादी पर बड़े सवाल खड़े कर रहा है. क्या सवाल पूछने की कीमत एक पत्रकार को पुलिस की लाठी से चुकानी पड़ेगी? जिस आवाज को… Read More 4 PM पर हाथ डालना भारी पड़ गया विश्वगुरु को, दुनिया भर में हंगामा / Mystery behind the relationship of PM Modi & Swantantra Bharadwaj unraveled

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Ex-bureaucrat says he was booked over X post for ‘provocation’, asks if BJP will face same action

Ashish Joshi shared a social media post by the Hindutva Party calling on its state units to ‘rip apart propaganda’ of ‘dimagi Naxals’. Former civil servant Ashish Joshi, who was picked up during his morning walk on Wednesday by plainclothes police personnel and interrogated for hours, said on Friday that a first information report had been registered… Read More Ex-bureaucrat says he was booked over X post for ‘provocation’, asks if BJP will face same action

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Ravish Kumar: महिला पत्रकारों को पुलिस ने मारा? अभिषेक के दफ़्तर पर हमला, बिना सबूत जेल में डाला सत्येंद्र जैन को

महिला पत्रकारों को पुलिस ने मारा? अभिषेक के दफ़्तर पर हमला, बिना सबूत जेल में डाला सत्येंद्र जैन को बर्बरता की सारी हदें पार! 4PM की महिला पत्रकार से मारपीट! आज काफी देर हो गई। पुलिस के संदर्भ में घटनाएं बदलती चली गईं। दिल्ली में दो महिला पत्रकारों ने आरोप लगाया कि दिल्ली पुलिस ने… Read More Ravish Kumar: महिला पत्रकारों को पुलिस ने मारा? अभिषेक के दफ़्तर पर हमला, बिना सबूत जेल में डाला सत्येंद्र जैन को

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Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’

Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent Israel’s defence minister has said his country is seeking Donald Trump’s support to approve plans to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in what has widely been condemned as a potential war crime. Israel Katz said there was “no real solution for Gaza in the end without thismigration” during a conference… Read More Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’

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Could the man who murdered a Christian missionary and his sons walk free in India?

NB: Neither then (nor, I suspect today), do many people in the justice system pay attention to the fact that along with Graham Staines, his two sons, aged 6 and 10 were also burned to death by the mob led by Dara Singh. Even in the eyes of Dara Singh and his numerous admirers, could… Read More Could the man who murdered a Christian missionary and his sons walk free in India?

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How Vasily Grossman Made Darkness Visible

The Soviet-Jewish writer bore eternal witness to the crimes of totalitarianism by Gary Saul Morson Vasily Grossman, the Russian-Jewish writer best known for the 1959 novel titled Life and Fate, has that book’s protagonist, Viktor Shtrum, express the view that the USSR is remarkably similar to its mortal enemy, Nazi Germany. Both are one-party states; both use… Read More How Vasily Grossman Made Darkness Visible

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Mohan Bhagwat’s costly global gambit: From under the radar to under fire

Bharat Bhushan If criticism continues to overshadow RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s overseas visit, it will be a net negative for his stated aims, especially as more officials and civil society organisations abroad speak out against it Bharat Bhushan Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s three-nation global outreach tour comes at a difficult time for the organisation. International perception of… Read More Mohan Bhagwat’s costly global gambit: From under the radar to under fire

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