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Alternatives
International Journal: February 2024
Dear
PM Trudeau and Minister Hussen, I am still
reeling over your decision to cut aid to
UNRWA. What a disgrace! And, this, at a
time when the people of Gaza (and
elsewhere in the Middle East) are in
desperate need of help. Allegations (...)
Caught
up in the incessant drumbeat of publicity
created by the godi (lapdog) media that
masquerades as Hindu religiosity, the goal
of the consecration (pran pratishthan)
ceremony on January 22 at the
partially-constructed Ram Mandir in
Ayodhya (...)
The
merciless bombardment by Israel against
the Palestinian people in Gaza has been
challenged for all the world to see. South
Africa – the historical victim of and
ultimate victor over a racist apartheid
regime – has courageously charged (...)
Let
us assume that Israel’s position at The
Hague is right and just and Israel
committed no genocide or anything close to
it. So what is this? What do you call the
mass killing, which continues even as
these lines are being written,
without (...)
Despite
all the talk about India being the world’s
largest democracy the existing reality is
very different indeed. For persistent
dissidents and opponents of the current
Hindu nationalist regime headed by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, the (...)
“It’s
easy to criticise and condemn the crimes
of others. It’s a little harder to look in
the mirror and ask what we’re doing
because it’s usually not very pretty, and
if we’re minimally decent we’re going to
try to do something about it.” Noam (...)
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