Tag: thinking about fascism

Satyapal Malik airs pre-poll fear, says ‘they’ would not allow any normal parliamentary election

Former governor Satyapal Malik has claimed that “they” would not allow a normal parliamentary election in 2024, pointing to how the 2019 polls had been “hijacked after the Pulwama tragedy and the subsequent Balakot surgical strike”. Malik told The Telegraph in an interview: “Ye kuchh bhi kar sakte hain (They can do anything). Something big… Read More Satyapal Malik airs pre-poll fear, says ‘they’ would not allow any normal parliamentary election

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Citizens, Opposition Leaders Flay Modi Govt for ‘Compromising’ National Security

At a convention in Delhi, the speakers called for a white paper on the Pulwama/Balakot incidents and the spike in communal violence across several states. Major political parties that are part of the Opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government of compromising national security… Read More Citizens, Opposition Leaders Flay Modi Govt for ‘Compromising’ National Security

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Ravish Kumar: गुरुग्राम बन गया है मोनूग्राम Gurugram is now Monugram / Sikh community rescued Sohna mosque residents

गुरुग्राम दंगों की आशंका को नज़दीक से देख रहा है बल्कि दस साल से देखता ही आ रहा है। जिस मानेसर की पहचान मारुति, होंडा, जैगुआर फिटिंग, जिंदल स्टील प्लांट से हुआ करती है, मैन्यूफैक्चरिंग सेक्टर से हुआ करती है, वहां के मज़दूरों के जागरूक संघर्ष से हुआ करती है,उसकी जगह अब एक नया मानेसर… Read More Ravish Kumar: गुरुग्राम बन गया है मोनूग्राम Gurugram is now Monugram / Sikh community rescued Sohna mosque residents

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Lock Step

The Modi government’s dangerous politicisation of the Indian Army SUSHANT SINGH The scenes were unusual, the response extraordinary. At around 2 pm on 24 June, an army column arrested 12 members of a Meitei separatist group, the Kanglei Yaol Kanba Lup, in Itham, a village in Manipur’s Imphal East district. Among them was Moirangthem Tamba,… Read More Lock Step

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Fire and Blood

How the BJP is enabling ethnic cleansing in Manipur Greeshma Kuthar “I DIDN’T shut up. I asked them how they can behave like this with another woman,” an 18-year-old Kuki woman told me, recalling her abduction and assault, in which Meira Paibis had played a major part. The Meira Paibis—the name translates to “torch-bearing women”—are a… Read More Fire and Blood

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Donald Trump indicted for efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat / Trump’s latest indictment will reverberate for years to come

“The United States of America v. Donald J. Trump” instantly became one of the most consequential documents in American history. Special counsel Jack Smith unveiled his case alleging that former President Donald Trump broke several laws in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, with a grand jury indictment returned Tuesday that illustrated the depth and breadth of the federal criminal… Read More Donald Trump indicted for efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat / Trump’s latest indictment will reverberate for years to come

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मणिपुर में सरकारी मशीनरी ध्वस्त: SC | Breakdown Of Machinery in Manipur: Supreme Court

देश का सुप्रीम कोर्ट कह रहा है कि मणिपुर में मई से लेकर जुलाई तक कानून व्यवस्था नाम की कोई चीज़ नहीं थी। कोई कानून नहीं था। कोर्ट की तरफ से उठ रहे सवाल बता रहे हैं कि तीन महीने बीत जाने के बाद भी केंद्र और राज्य सरकार वहां किस तरह नाकाम रही है।… Read More मणिपुर में सरकारी मशीनरी ध्वस्त: SC | Breakdown Of Machinery in Manipur: Supreme Court

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Modi और Godi Media के इस गेम में फंसे तो कहीं के नही रहेंगे / ये दंगे क्या 2024 का ट्रेलर हैं ?

NB: Elections are approaching so our rulers are doing what they know best: spreading hatred and violence. These two journalists are among many who are trying to warn us Modi और Godi Media के इस गेम में फंसे तो कहीं के नही रहेंगे ये दंगे क्या 2024 का ट्रेलर हैं ?| Deepak Sharma 

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‘We are all implicated in this system’: A philosopher’s advice for surviving unethical times

There are no softballs in Arianne Shahvisi’s “Arguing for a Better World: How Philosophy Can Help Us Fight for Social Justice.” Instead, the Kurdish-British author, ethicist and academic sets up the reader with exactly the sort of provocative questions many of us heard from our most whataboutist friends and family members. “Has ‘political correctness’ gone too far?” she asks in one… Read More ‘We are all implicated in this system’: A philosopher’s advice for surviving unethical times

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