Wednesday, April 20, 2022

CC Newsletter 20 April - Outrage as Judge Approves Assange Extradition to US


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A British judge on Wednesday officially approved the U.S. government’s request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces espionage charges for publishing classified material that exposed war crimes by American forces.

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Outrage as Judge Approves Assange Extradition to US
by Jake Johnson


A British judge on Wednesday officially approved the U.S. government’s request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who faces espionage charges for publishing classified material that
exposed war crimes by American forces.


In Praise of Partition
by David Stockman


To wit, Ukraine could have been partitioned with autonomy for the Russian-speaking Donbas provinces – or even accession to the Russian state from which these communities had essentially originated. So the appalling truth of the matter is this: Adding insult to injury after its blatantly foolish and reckless coup in February 2014, Washington now insists that the grandsons and granddaughters of Stalin’s industrial army in the Donbas are to be ruled by the grandsons and granddaughters of Hitler’s collaborators in Kiev, whether they like it or not.


Putin  and Modi  –  Comrades-in-arms
by Sumanta Banerjee


I  would like to  throw  light  on  another  area  where  Modi  and    Putin  look  like  blood  brothers.  It  is  the  field  of  their  domestic  policies    and
administration  —  where  they  follow  a  common  model  which  displays  mirror  images  of  each  other.



Unclear Federal Law Allows Logging, Farming and Mining to Threaten America’s Biodiverse Ecosystems
by Sam Davis


The recent decision by the Supreme Court to look into “limiting the scope” of “waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS), which is an important part of the Clean Water Act of 1972, is likely to further threaten America’s biodiverse ecosystems. The Clean Water Act refers to WOTUS but does not clearly define it, leaving its definition up for interpretation by the government and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as the Supreme Court.



Goa’s political apparatus eyes destabilization of Goa’s pristine ecology – Needed a Peoples Watch
by Dr Ranjan Solomon


Unless an alert, agile and independent expert civil society monitors environmental policies, there will be gross mismanagement and multiple faultlines. Take that in writing!



How did the alienation of Muslims stop? Justice Sachar’s way
by Dr Prem Singh


This tribute to Justice Rajinder Sachar had been written on his second death anniversary, 20 April 2020, and was published in several magazines/portals. The same has been reissued on the occasion of his fourth death anniversary, 20 April 2022.



Hate and Communal Violence: Changing Anatomy
by Dr Ram Puniyani


What has been seen in the recent times is that the hate spreaders are well backed up and protected by the state,
giving encouragement to such elements to carry on with their negative actions in the society. It is time civil society and political organizations give priority to curtail the Hate speech, provocative slogans and processions with potential of provoking violence.



New pedagogy practices in Indian school Education: the vent between vision and acquisition
by Malini Mukherjee


Many articles and papers have been written in the past on these theories,  and much of these have been prescribed by The National Curriculum Framework (2005), but I felt the need to discuss why the implementation has failed over time, as it might throw some light on what could be done in future. This paper is more from the perspective of a practitioner, and I attempt to summarise my inferences from years of observing several classrooms across India.



Petition asking for Nobel Prize for
GN Saibaba launched
Press Release


Radical Desi had previously initiated a petition for the release of Prof. G.N. Saibaba, who is being incarcerated under brutal conditions in spite of being disabled below the waist. Now it has begun an online petition ( https://www.change.org/p/nobel-prize-for-gn-saibaba) asking for the Nobel prize in recognition of his advocacy for the poor and marginalized.




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