Tag: thinking about fascism

Israeli Officials Now Promoting Impunity for Settler-Colonial Violence

RAMONA WADI ( Middle East Monitor ) – If Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, can find excuses for the hilltop youth’s colonial violence, how much more is the concept of settler-colonial presence as a form of violence normalised? During a meeting called by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir described the hilltop youth as “sweet boys” forced into… Read More Israeli Officials Now Promoting Impunity for Settler-Colonial Violence

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‘Resistance is possible’: Ravish Kumar, the broadcaster risking his life to tell the truth about India​ today

The eminent journalist’s fearless reporting on India under Narendra Modi cost him his job and freedom. Now broadcasting to millions on YouTube, he is the subject of a new documentary Tim Adams Ravish Kumar was born near the same Indian city – Motihari in Bihar – as George Orwell. In his early years as a TV journalist… Read More ‘Resistance is possible’: Ravish Kumar, the broadcaster risking his life to tell the truth about India​ today

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Indian Institute of Science cancels talk on UAPA, over 100 academics, students protest

More than 500 scientists, academicians and students have written to the Bengaluru-based IISc expressing dismay over the cancellation of a discussion on anti-terror law UAPA that was to be led by student activists Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita. Student activists Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal outside Tihar jail after a court ordered… Read More Indian Institute of Science cancels talk on UAPA, over 100 academics, students protest

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Not George Soros agent, I am a practising Hindu woman against Hindu nationalism

My Jewish husband and I are being used as cannon fodder in BJP’s attempts to distract from Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Manipur. But there’s another reason I am being targeted. Sunita Viswanath On 28 June, I woke up to the news that my name was plastered across the Indian press. Many media outlets including Hindustan Times, Zee… Read More Not George Soros agent, I am a practising Hindu woman against Hindu nationalism

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The Great Betrayal

How Hedgewar spurned Bose and his own protégé’s call to join the freedom struggle DHIRENDRA K JHA ON 7 JULY 1939, Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was convalescing in the mansion of a rich colleague at Deolali, on the outskirts of Nasik, when an old associate visited him. This was Gopal Mukund Huddar, also known as Balaji. When… Read More The Great Betrayal

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To Sanitize the Master’s Corpus: On the Heidegger Hoax

By Richard Wolin Martin Heidegger’s influence has been enormous. Richard Rorty once justifiably claimed that it would be impossible to write the intellectual history of the 20th century without acknowledging Heidegger’s titanic impact. But these tributes to Heidegger’s prodigious achievements are question-begging in one crucial respect: they neglect to consider what we are actually reading when… Read More To Sanitize the Master’s Corpus: On the Heidegger Hoax

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DR विकास दिव्यकीर्ति ने R.S.S. क्यों छोड़ी।

DR विकास दिव्यकीर्ति ने R.S.S. क्यों छोड़ी। ********************************** Gandhi’s Assassin. By Dhirendra K Jha How Savarkar Escaped Conviction for Gandhi’s Assassination What the Veneration of Gandhi’s Killer Says About India. By Yasmeen Serhan Rabindranath Tagore’s essay on the cult of the nation The Sacred Ecology of Ahimsa The call for banning the Bajrang Dal shows rare electoral courage The Lady… Read More DR विकास दिव्यकीर्ति ने R.S.S. क्यों छोड़ी।

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The Violent Urge for Supremacy in the World’s Two Largest Democracies

Priti Gulati and Stan Cox TomDispatch May 23, 2023 Let me offer a small prediction: between this moment when I’m writing the introduction to Priti Gulati and Stan Cox’s new piece and the moment, a few days from now, when it’s actually posted at TomDispatch, the question isn’t whether there will be another mass shooting in… Read More The Violent Urge for Supremacy in the World’s Two Largest Democracies

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BJP Govt Making Systematic Effort to Change Character of Civil Services, Say Former Officers

The former civil servants, as part of the Constitutional Conduct Group, in an open letter to President Droupadi Murmu said The Union government is making “noticeable attempts” to pressure officers to “show exclusive loyalty to the Union. New Delhi: Over 80 former civil servants have written a letter to President Droupadi Murmu, saying attempts are being… Read More BJP Govt Making Systematic Effort to Change Character of Civil Services, Say Former Officers

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Was Vichy France a Puppet Government or a Willing Nazi Collaborator?

The authoritarian government led by Marshal Pétain participated in Jewish expulsions and turned France into a quasi-police state Lorraine Boissoneault On November 8, 1942, in the thick of World War II, thousands of American soldiers landed on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, while others amassed in Algeria, only to take immediate gunfire from the French.… Read More Was Vichy France a Puppet Government or a Willing Nazi Collaborator?

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