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Prof Pranab Bardhan,  Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley, delivred the 24th Democracy Dialogues Lecture on August 27, 2023, Sunday at 10 AM India Standard Time. Theme : The Erosion Of Liberal Democracy in India: An Analysis Speaker : Prof Pranab Bardhan Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley It was also live streamed … Continue reading The Erosion Of Liberal Democracy in India: An Analysis – Prof Pranab Bardhan →

Katha Kanan Library, Nagaon, Assam The “Rome Declaration of the G20 Culture Ministers” (2021) inserted culture in the G20 process, recognising it for its social and economic value, and stating a commitment to the protection of cultural heritage and expressions at risk. This Declaration recognises the need for strengthening and developing effective, sustainable, inclusive and … Continue reading Public Libraries Must Be Free! Free Libraries Network (FLN) at the G20 →

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The model for Western countries is the United States, where billionaires have even more freedom than they do in the UK, which has been copying the U.S. ever since in 1979 in UK (Margaret Thatcher) and 1981 in U.S. (Ronald Reagan). Both countries at that time elected fascists (supporters of […]

Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The clearest example of this is today’s UK Government as described by a renegade former UK Ambassador, Craig Murray, headlining on July 19th about the next general election there between the conservative Keir Starmer who leads the Labour Party versus the conservative whomever will be leading the Conservative Party; he […]

Miko Peled on how long-running racial tensions, social divisions and the systemic oppression of Palestanians have all culminated in the current crisis in Israel.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to order a review of the 2030 ban on new petrol cars according to Government sources, amid mounting concern about the impact of costly green policies on household budgets.
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Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On July 24th, a new law passed unanimously in Israel’s legislature that will enable a 50% vote of the legislature — Israel’s Knesset — to nullify a ruling by Israel’s Supreme Court. On that same day, The Week magazine headlined “Critics worry a controversial new law will trigger a constitutional […]

In response to the LCI ‘s invitation to “stakeholders, including public and recognised religious organisations” to share their views on the Uniform Civil Code, some feminist groups and individuals came together in Delhi on July 4-5 2023 to draft a considered response.

The 'New Britain' constitution cooked up by Labour's Gordon Brown threatens to end Britain's parliamentary democracy by embedding the power of the civil service and sub-national Government, says J Sorel.
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In virtually every country that’s allied with the U.S. Government against Russia and against China, there is a low public job-approval-rating for its head-of-state and for its Government, and a rating that is far lower than is the public job-approval for the leaders of the countries that the U.S. gang are trying to regime-change. If […]