Fascism is an insufficient term, as it denies the intimacy between liberal and far right forces. Here are 10 theses to understand this “intimate embrace” and the rise of this far right of a special type.
The pro-Israel affinity of propagandists aligned with majoritarian Hindutva political forces in India is rooted in Islamophobia, writes Ullekh N.P., and the MSM remains silent about it.
The BRICS summit in Johannesburg that ended Thursday took on six new members but in other ways failed to live up to its billing, as explained in this episode of George Galloway’s MOATS.
Media speculation that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi may not attend the Johannesburg summit and that the nation isn’t receptive to BRICS expansion may be signs a threatened West looks to ‘divide and rule’, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.
Insight on political parties giving cash to voters, the power of ideas in Indian elections and why women vote the way they do in part two of Betwa Sharma speaking with Rukmini S.
No Western reporting on the summit focused on an emerging world order that is leaving the U.S. on the outside looking in, writes Joe Lauria.
Judge rules: “An aware and assertive citizenry, in contradistinction with an indifferent or docile citizenry, is indisputably a sign of a healthy and vibrant democracy,” writes Betwa Sharma.
Rather than saying the defense of property is the State’s goal, it’s said the State’s goal is to maintain order, which becomes an association of democratic practices with hooliganism and criminality, says Vijay Prashad.
As one door bangs shut in Kashmir, another opens in Argentina, writes Vijay Prashad.
For decades, U.S. policymakers have berated foreign leaders to get in line behind U.S. desires from Secretary of State John Foster Dulles to President George W. Bush but sometimes a lighter touch proves more effective as President Obama learned in…