[Prefatory Note: The following interview was published on May 7, 2021, https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/the-fascinating-memoir-of-a-cit… I apologize for the self-promotion but I suppose that is what a blog of this sort is inevitably partially about.] The Fascinating Memoir of a “Citizen Pilgrim”: Q&A with Richard Falk BY BUSRA CICEK – DANIEL FALCONE Image Source: Cover art for the book Public […]
As India is being devastated by COVID-19 cases that have now passed a daily rate of 400,000, affluent and callous Australia has taken the decision to suspend all flights coming into the country till mid-month. The decision was reached by the Morrison government with the blessing of the State Premiers and the Labor opposition. Not […]
The Israeli Supreme Court ruling on the application of the Law of Return threatens ultimate dilution of the political power of Israel’s Orthodox religious parties, and thus has the potential to shake up the upcoming election’s dynamics.
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Strangely, Israel's large Palestinian minority has found itself treated both as much-abused, second-class citizens and as an unwilling shop-window dummy on which Israel can hang its pretensions of fairness and equality.
Guest post by MANISH THAKUR and NABANIPA BHATTACHARJEE Much has already been said and written about the plight of the migrants during the lockdown necessitated by the current Covid-19 outbreak in India. The visual images of their endless walk – which reminds us of the flight of Partition refugees – in their desperate bid to … Continue reading Covid-19 and the Idea of India: Manish Thakur and Nabanipa Bhattacharjee →
[संशोधित नागरिकता-कानून, जनसँख्या-रजिस्टर (एन पी आर ) एवं नागरिकता-रजिस्टर (एन आर सी ) पर निन्मलिखित परचा रोहतक ज़िले के दो संगठनों – सप्तरंग व नागरिक एकता व सद्भाव समिति ने शाया किया है.
With the central government denying three states’ – Bengal, Kerala and Maharashtra – tableaux proposals for Republic Day, politics has reached a new low. There is no doubt that the current struggles against the CAA/NRC and the confrontational stance of the Centre with these governments has a lot to do with this denial. The following … Continue reading Citizens Ask States to Boycott Republic Day Parade →
As the Joint List endorses former general Benny Gantz for prime minister over Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Palestinian citizens have found themselves once again characterised as a threat to the country’s supposed 'Jewish and democratic' politics.
Justices last week confronted the White House’s false justification for its illegal and racist motive in trying to add the question, writes Marjorie Cohn. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout In a surprise decision, Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by the four liberal members…Read more →
