Statement by Constitutional Conduct Group We are a group of former civil servants of the All India and Central Services who have worked with the Central and State Governments in the course of our careers. Our group has no affiliation with any political party, and we, as its members, believe in impartiality, neutrality and commitment … Continue reading CCG Open Statement on the Sedition Provision in the Indian Penal Code →
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, the US has been able to exert tremendous influence on other nations through its military and economic power. The world no longer was bipolar with the US and the Soviet Union competing for leadership. Instead, it has been a unipolar world under US […]
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America, meet your new dictator-in-chief. As the New York Times reports, “Newly disclosed documents have shed a crack of light on secret executive branch plans for apocalyptic scenarios—like the aftermath of a nuclear attack—when the president may activate wartime powers for national security emergencies.”< The problem, of course, is that we have become a nation […]
Eric Zuesse A poll in 53 countries by the NATO-affiliated “Alliance of Democracies” https://web.archive.org/web/20220531174728/https://docs.google.com/spre… finds that 83% of Chinese think that China is a “democracy.” That’s the highest percentage amongst all of the 53 countries surveyed. Here are the others in the best 10: #2 is Vietnam, at 77%. Tied for #s 3&4 are Philippines […]
Eric Zuesse Nothing is more important to the people in any nation than international relations, because that includes national security, peace and war, and also includes the nation’s economy, which depends heavily on foreign trade. Take, for example, the big issue in Finland and Sweden, the decision whether or not to join America’s NATO anti-Russian […]
As you may have heard, members of the World Health [sic] Organization (WHO) are voting on an international pandemic treaty and amendments to the International Health Regulations between May 22 and 28, 2022. Click here to read those proposed amendments. The good folks at Reclaim the Net flesh things out really well here. To sum […]
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You can go through life with a thousand epigrams or deep quotes that you might come back to over two, four, six decades. Then, the disrupters pop up, those techno fascists, the tinkers and culture blasters. These sociopaths who get the limelight then become part of a new set of epigrams, but not grand ones, […]
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Even those who support abortion should recognise that Roe v Wade was a poor legal decision and the US Supreme Court would be right to take the matter away from unelected judges and return it to the democratic process.
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कालजयी रचनाएं समय स्थान की सीमाओं को लांघ कर किस तरह आप को अपनी लगने लगती हैं, इसको बयां करना मुश्किल है। हान्स क्रिश्चन एंडरसन (2 अप्रैल 1805- 4 अगस्त 1875) महान डैनिश लेखक – जिन्होंने नाटकों, यात्रा वृत्तांतों , उपन्यासों और कविताओं के रूप में प्रचुर लेखन किया – अपनी परिकथाओं के लिए दुनिया … Continue reading ‘पृथ्वी के असंख्य घाव’ गिनता अकेला आदमी →
Prof Zoya Hasan, Professor Emerita, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Distinguished Faculty, Council for Social Development, New Delhi, will be delivering a Special lecture in the Democracy Dialogues Series, organised by New Socialist Initiative, at 6 PM, (IST) Sunday, 24 th April, 2022. She will be speaking on ‘‘How did UP Decide: Identities, Interests and Politics” … Continue reading How Did UP Decide : Identities, Interests and Politics – Prof Zoya Hasan →
