US Presidential Elections and the lost cause of the American left
With Donald Trump sweeping the 2024 US Presidential Elections, what’s now left of the ‘left’ in the American polity outside the neo-liberal democrat ecosystem?
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Pegasus spyware row: the secret dots that connect Hindutva and Zionist fascists
Pegasus spyware row: A trail of events connecting Zionists and Hindutva fascists paved the way to India’s controversial snoopgate scandal allegedly led by Modi
The US military airstrikes in Syria inaugurated Biden’s imperialist presidency
With the US military airstrikes in Syria, Biden opened his imperialist account and will now intensify global violence to stay in power.
Twitter banned Trump, but not fascism
Twitter banned Trump permanently. While many are seeing this as a crackdown on hate speech, it’s actually a muscle-flexing by the tech giant.
Trump Vs Biden: Capitol Hill rioting and the US’s tryst with fascism
The Capitol Hill rioting by white-supremacist fascists is shown as a handiwork of Trump. But did he derive any mileage unlike Biden from this?
US election results won’t change the world, the people will
The US election results won’t bring any surprise for the people of Asia-Africa-Latin America, but a new series of death and destruction.
The structural weaknesses of democracies: Part III –elites
The citizens and the elites, have failed democracy and thus enabled right-wing authoritarian populism to flourish in many, ex-democracies.
Is the Quad used by the US to provoke an India-China war?
The recent speech by Mike Pompeo at the Quad foreign ministers’ meet in Tokyo proves that the US is keen to provoke an India-China war soon.
How India-China border tension is helping Modi defuse discontent?
A war with China at the behest of the US and the Quad will be beneficial for Modi to defuse public anger against the ongoing economic crisis.
Modi’s China smokescreen to cover COVID-19 mishap may become disastrous
Modi’s anti-China rhetoric is actually a smokescreen to cover-up his failure in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. But its outcome can be disastrous for India.
One month of George Floyd’s institutional murder and the promise of change
Even after a month of George Floyd’s institutional murder, the Black Lives Matter movement continues with full vigour. It’s time for a broader unity.
Flaws of personalised diplomacy of narcissist leaders
This comment article critiques how authoritarian narcissist personality of a populist leader and his style of governance impacts the nation. All is well when everything goes well. Victory is easy even when governance is failing the people continually.
What’s inside the India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh?
The India-China military standoff in eastern Ladakh seriously jeopardises bilateral relations and peace, therefore, it must be resolved through dialogue now
Why does Trump say that China is responsible for spreading Coronavirus?
Why does Trump say that China is responsible for spreading Coronavirus when all evidence proves otherwise? What should Beijing do to stop Trump and the US?
Capitalism and class struggle in the era of Coronavirus
The importance of class struggle against the capital’s unbridled attack on working class was never felt as much it’s felt now, during the era of Coronavirus
Right-wing populism’s Orwellian tactics
Right wing populism is quickly emerging as a new dominant political discourse. It is radically re-constituting the uneven field of politics on which ideological battles are fought. Right-wing demagogues use a diversified repertoire of rhetorical tools to not only temporarily acquire dominance but to disaggregate frozen beliefs and re-configure them. To analyse this process of re-constitution, this article uses the vocabulary provided by George Orwell in his seminal book “1984”.
Hydroxychloroquine saga: More than Modi’s servility, there are important questions to be raised
Though there is a lot of kerfuffle over Modi allowing the export of hydroxychloroquine due to Trump’s diktat, there is a lack of in-depth study of the drug.
Bloodshed in Kashmir feared during Trump’s India visit
There is a fear of a bloodshed in Kashmir during Donald Trump’s India visit as it will strengthen Modi’s brutal siege of the valley and suspension of rights
Trump’s India visit: A lavish family holiday at taxpayers’ cost
With nothing significant to gain but neo-colonial burdens, Donald Trump’s India visit is a lavish holiday tour for the family at Indian taxpayers’ expense.
The Ahmedabad wall to hide the slums unites Trump and Modi’s fascism
Donald Trump’s penchant for wall building is well known, so the Ahmedabad wall to hide the slums will play a great role in uniting Trump and Modi’s fascism.