Dear Friend,
Every day incidents are being reported from around the country that India still a deeply casteistic country. Yes, a blood one at that. Two incidents are reported from Meerut, where one Dalit woman was beaten to death and another in which an upper caste Brahmin was beaten up to force him to do puja at a Dalit family.
We are observing two earth shattering events in history. The Great October Revolution and the Balfour Declaration that changed the Middle East for ever. Farooque Chowdhury and Gideon Polya looks back at those earth shattering events.
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Bloody Caste Violence In Meerut: A Balmiki Woman Beaten To Death, A Brahmin Priest Beaten Up
by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Two incidents were reported from Meerut and nearby places yesterday shows the brutality of the social structure in India. One was that a woman from Balmiki community was mercilessly beaten and later she succumbed to the injuries at the hospital. That this woman Savitri Devi had gone for her regular safai work at the house of a family whose woman got touched ” inadvertently’ and hence the punishment meted out to Savitri was the brutal and outrageous assault on her.
Corker And Flake Take Aim: GOP Rumblings Against Trump
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
GOP members were fuming. Republican Senator Bob Corker of the Foreign Relations Committee was incandescent; Senator Jeff Flake oozed regret and despondency. Both spoke with the freedom of those not seeking re-election, a chance, in other words, to ponder the direction of the US Republic. Ammunition for an unscripted show had been allocated, and there was no bigger target than the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.
The Great October Revolution: Condemnation And Class Interest
by Farooque Chowdhury
A century has passed since the Great October Revolution. But the Revolution still stirs debate – one camp defending it while another condemning the historical development. It’s the normal within a class-based reality. Only a stupid and a lunatic will feel hurt with the condemnations of the Revolution the bourgeoisie carry on a regular basis as the Revolution harmed the bourgeois class interest.
100th Anniversary Of Australian Beersheba Charge, UK Balfour Declaration & Palestinian Genocide Commencement
by Dr Gideon Polya
There are 3 Apartheid Israel-related centenaries this week, namely the victorious 31 October 1917 charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba that led to conquest of Palestine by Britain and massive famine, the nefarious and racist UK Balfour Declaration of 2 November 1917 that gave Palestine to Zionists as a Jewish Homeland as an inducement to help keep Russia in WW1, and (3) commencement of the Palestine Genocide (2 million Palestinian deaths from violence, 0.1 million, or imposed deprivation, 1.9 million, since WW1).
Confronting The West With Its Responsibilities Is Essential!
by Dr Salim Nazzal
The West has a black history in the middle east that must be recognised. In 1916, Arabs joined the allied forces but deceived.The victorious western powers divided the region as they wished without any consideration to the peoples’ will. Then completed this crime by planting the state of Israel, which since day one spread state terrorism throughout the region.
This Is Not National Unity: Hamas And Fatah Must Transform To Speak On Behalf Of Palestinians
by Dr Ramzy Baroud
The reconciliation agreement signed between rival Palestinian parties, Hamas and Fatah, in Cairo on October 12 was not a national unity accord – at least, not yet. For the latter to be achieved, the agreement would have to make the interests of the Palestinian people a priority, above factional agendas.
Harvey Weinstein: The Will To Power Is The Corrupting Force
by Romi Mahajan
We are judged by what we do. We should also be judged by what we overlook. Being a victim of predation is terrible but it does create responsibility- to help other victims and to act to prevent more people from being hurt. The symbiosis between corruption and power prevents people from understanding this responsibility and from acting on it.
A Letter To Men With Love?
by Aprisyta
To all those dear men who’ll like this post or share this post or comment on this post or just give it a quick read, will you ever change?
War
by Gaither Stewart
If you have you ever seen a monkey hanging from a tree by its tail and showing its red ass to onlookers, then you have seenthe animal kingdom’s representation of war. According to French playwright Jean Giraudoux, the pacifist and Legion d’onore holder in WWI, war looks just like that monkey’s ass.
1 Minute Read: The Role of Money in the Age of the Sixth Biodiversity Extinction and Global Warming
by Anandi Sharan
60 central banks got together recently to discuss the algorithms for creating and managing a sovereign electronic currency, also known as digital fiat currency (DFC) or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). By issuing such a currency they will be making banks obsolete, and debt along with them. This is not only my opinion but is mentioned in most of the discussions about these changes that are going to be introduced in all central banks in the next ten years.
The Unbearable Heaviness of Being
by Nivedita Dwivedi
It may seem to the reader that this small incident, which may be occurring and recurring with thousands of individuals every day, is unworthy of such elaborate description and for penning a full article on. However, this penning down is a cathartic act, that allows one to survive these shattering to pieces of one’s beliefs, dreams and ideologies, and still survive in this murky world of pretenses, injustice and unfairness.
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