Dear Friend,
No, no, the only surprise here is that the rest of the world is turning a blind eye to the risen — and I say, the rise — fascism of Modi’s India. The only surprise here is that no one in the US government noticed as Modi’s regime passed one marker of fascism, after another, after another. The only surprise here is that Americans haven’t woken up to the reality that a fascist India poses a global risk. Will we wait until this turns into an actual genocide — something that the dominant and domineering Hindu nationalist movement of India has told us, in so many words, repeatedly, over just the past three months, they want to perpetrate? Or will we wake up and smell the fascism before it’s too late?
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Wake Up and Smell the Fascism
by Pieter Friedrich
No, no, the only surprise here is that the rest of the world is turning a blind eye to the risen — and I say, the rise — fascism of Modi’s India. The only surprise here is that no one in the US government noticed as Modi’s regime passed one marker of fascism, after another, after another. The only surprise here is that Americans haven’t woken up to the reality that a fascist India poses a global risk. Will we wait until this turns into an actual genocide — something that the dominant and domineering Hindu nationalist movement of India has told us, in so many words, repeatedly, over just the past three months, they want to perpetrate? Or will we wake up and smell the fascism before it’s too late?
The Sacralization of War,
American-Style – Reaping What We Sow
by Kelly Denton-Borhaug
Maybe, if we began listening more deeply to veterans, our understanding of the true costs of the war-culture that’s engulfed us so disastrously through the first two decades of this century would deepen. And maybe our ability to resist complicity with the way it’s been endlessly sowing the seeds of violence, anger, frustration, and fear, generation after generation, would begin to grow.
The Welshman Who Founded Donetsk, Ukraine
by Hugh J Curran
According to the historian, Professor Ronald Grigor Suny, a full-scale invasion would be a catastrophe for Russia. He notes that, economically, Russia is a declining power with a GDP equaling half of California. Russia depends on fossil fuel exports to fund most of its government services, including
the military. With such limited resources Russia should be aware that they could be mired for years in an endless war if they invaded Ukraine. It is still fresh in the memory of Russians that they spent ten long years involved in an unpopular and expensive ground war in Afghanistan.
How Nanoplastics Enter the Human Body
by Erica Cirino
If you regularly drink water from plastic bottles, you’re likely ingesting even more plastic than the average consumer.
COP-26: Dilution of Equity by the Global North
by Deva Prasad M and Navaneeth M S
The COP 26 summit agenda to sign the death knell to the coal industry, by phasing out of coal was myopic from the perspective of the developmental requirement of India and other global south countries. It was only on the insistence of India and China the “phase down” concept was
accepted. This article attempts to examine the approach of Global North towards equity requirement of providing differential responsibilities for the global south, including India.
Death of Two Organic Intellectuals of Tamil Nadu
by S V Rajadurai
The demise of two outstanding , organic intellectuals who served the cause of annihilation of caste and the destruction of capitalist system and highlighted a number of burning social problems in Tamil Nadu and the rest of the world passed largely unnoticed or ignored by the mainstream media , while activists in Dalit , Periyarist and Communist movements could pay rich tributes to them only through zoom meetings as the entire state was submerged in the electoral campaigning of the political parties for the just finished local body elections.
Another Martyr, Another Time, Another Place – Thillaiyadi Valliammai
by Biju Negi
https://countercurrents.org/2022/02/another-martyr-another-time-another-place-thillaiyadi-valliamma/
22 February is also the death anniversary of another martyr – Kasturba’s fellow prisoner in South Africa – Valliamma Munnuswamy Mudaliar (now popularly known as Thillaiyadi Valliamma) who died on this very date in 1914.
Far reaching national interest implications of privatising DISCOMs
by E A S Sarma
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) seems to be rushing into privatising the electricity distribution systems in the Union Territories (UTs). I understand that the proposal to privatise the Chandigarh DISCOM is at an advanced stage. So is the case with the DISCOMs in Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Pondicherry and Lakshadweep. Apparently, your Ministry has not considered the strategic implications of such privatisation.
Afghan Sikhs and Hindus in India
by Dr Rahul Kumar
The Afghan refugees rallied outside the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) office in New Delhi, demanding justice and security for the future of Afghan children and women.
Tired Propaganda Bandied as History
by Romi Mahajan
Review of Munich: the Edge of War
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