В «Что может быть самым большим ударом в мировой истории» миллионы людей в Индии протестуют против политики премьер-министра Моди

Примерно четверть миллиарда рабочих в Индии бастовали сегодня, протестуя против политики расизма и антинародной политики Нарендры Моди.

Alan Macleod
От Alan Macleod
India Strike Feature photo

An estimated quarter billion Indians – roughly three percent of the world’s entire population – went on strike today across the subcontinent, protesting the government of Narendra Modi’s racist and “anti-people,” “anti-worker” policies. The protests were called by the Center of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and are thought to be perhaps the largest in

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Моди доставляет ироничное сообщение «День мира» Нетаньяху, заимствованный у Гитлера

Речь Моди о том, как следует уважать только «сильных», и при этом скрытая угроза применения ядерного оружия против врагов государства, поразительно похожа на речь премьер-министра Израиля Биньямина Нетаньяху — союзника Моди. в прошлом сентябре

Whitney Webb
От Whitney Webb
Narendra Modi

SURENDRANAGAR, INDIA -- As India’s election season drags on and nears its conclusion, current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has continued to use speeches on the campaign trail to threaten using nuclear bombs against neighboring Pakistan in an attempt to portray himself as tough on “terrorism.” In a speech delivered last Wednesday that was

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Роберт Фиск раскрывает скрытую роль Израиля в назревающем конфликте между Индией и Пакистаном

Экспорт Израилем сионистского национализма и неоколониализма и сопровождающего его угнетения, которое на практике помогает создать многие из тех террористических группировок, с которыми они борются, столь же опасен, как и экспорт оружия.

Whitney Webb
От Whitney Webb
Narendra Modi | Benjamin Netanyahu

LONDON -- Well-known British journalist Robert Fisk recently wrote a very telling and troubling article in The Independent regarding the outsized role of the state of Israel in the burgeoning tensions between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers. The story -- despite its importance, given the looming threat of nuclear war between the two

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The Ideology That Unites Trump and the Authoritarians He Admires

For Trump and his majoritarian cronies, it’s about propping up «besieged majorities» in multiethnic countries.

John Feffer
От John Feffer
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for Israe from Saudi Arabial, the next stop in his international tour, at King Khalid International Airport, Monday, May 22, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Washington and New Dehli are having a mutual lovefest these days. Donald Trump is popular in India — where only 17 percent of the population considers the president “intolerant,” compared to a global average of 65 percent — and he has warmly welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House. Both leaders are eager to bump up bilateral

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Marginalized Indian Muslims Ambivalent At Election Time

Largely left behind by India’s development wave, Mumbai’s Muslims say they’re not sure any political party can help them though they represent nearly 14 percent of the electorate.

Brianna Sacks
От Brianna Sacks
A Kashmiri woman watches Martyrs' Day ceremony from the window of her house in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, July 13, 2017. July 13 is observed as Martyrs' Day in memory of the day when the region s Hindu king ordered more than 20 Kashmiri Muslims executed in a bid to put down an uprising in 1931. (AP/Mukhtar Khan)

MUMBAI — The humid Tuesday evening wanes as Akeel Shaikh, 19, spews a blend of Hindi and Urdu commands into his cell phone, rounding up members of his Muslim political group from the narrow booth of a Mumbai bakery and milk bar. One after the other, 20 young Muslim men begin to appear on the darkening sidewalk. The teenagers and

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India Starts Voting In World’s Largest Election

With 814 million eligible voters, India will vote in stages over the next five weeks in a staggered approach made necessary by the country’s vast size. Voters will choose representatives for the 543-seat lower house of parliament.

Associated Press
От Associated Press
India Election

GAUHATI, India — Voters in India's remote northeast cast ballots on the first day of the world's biggest election Monday, with the opposition heading into the polls with strong momentum on promises of a surge in economic growth. With 814 million eligible voters, India will vote in stages over the next five weeks in a staggered approach made

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