Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Judd Legum discusses how Donald Trump's corruption includes such blatant market manipulation as buying stocks then using speeches to promote the companies involved. -…
India
Roshan Gopal Krishnan Menon – Count Roshculla
I noticed it had been a long time since I’d seen something from my blogger friend Roshan, and looked him up on Facebook only to find that he’d passed away…
The rules-based world order isn’t dead yet
Amidst the economic and other mischief that President Trump is fomenting, much of the world... The post The rules-based world order isn’t dead yet first appeared on Views from the…
Who should pay the piper for pollution?
“A paltry sum,” said Chandni Raina, India’s representative at the recent United Nations Climate Change... The post Who should pay the piper for pollution? first appeared on Views from the…
Some countries we like, others … not so much
A recent survey of Canadian attitudes toward various countries by the Angus Reid Institute produced some interesting results. The survey covered nine countries that have been much in the news…
Good news from India
Having just posted bad news about democracy, specifically the loss of Hong Kong to Xi Jinping’s autocracy, I read some good news. In India’s recent election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Indian author Arundhati Roy may face prosecution for 2010 speech on Kashmir[AJ]
Indian author Arundhati Roy may face prosecution for 2010 speech on Kashmir The New Delhi government approves for the case to proceed before the courts for speech allegedly advocating the…
India—too big to hold accountable?
The world isn’t a fair place. The rule of law doesn’t apply globally. Might is often right. This reality overarches Canada’s accusation that the Indian government orchestrated the murder/assassination of…
The Spat With India
So, India is expanding its temper tantrum over Canada expressing concerns over the suspected role of the Modi government in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. To a certain extent,…
Hindu nationalism in the United States: Challenging racial subordination from the far right? [ThreeWayFight]
Prime Minister Modi and President Trump at “Howdy Modi” rally in Houston, 22 September 2019 A growing U.S. network of Modi supporters mixes Hindu supremacism with MAGA politics. The result…
[Aug. 30, MTL] India’s Descent Into Fascism And Far-Right Hindu Supremacist Networks In The US & Canada: A conversation with Raqib Hameed Naik
*Please share widely / SVP partagez largement* *India’s Descent Into Fascism And Far-Right Hindu Supremacist Networks In The US & Canada* *A conversation with Raqib Hameed Naik* *Tuesday, August 30,…
Indians—tolerant, but don’t marry my sister
A recent Pew Research survey of religious attitudes in India revealed some interesting insights into a society tolerant of, yet divided by, religion. First, Indians are a very religious people.…
The Decline, Decay, Death and Rebirth of Democracy and Freedom
The two greatest threats to democracy and freedom in the West, or to peace, justice, equality, or even a viable future for humanity, are without question, the currently reigning…
Is the Democratic World Losing India?
India has been a jewel in the crown of democracy ever since it achieved independence in 1947. Despite mass poverty, religious and caste violence, insurgencies, separatism in Jammu and Kashmir,…
Hope Lies In The Streets
The decay and rupture of the social bonds that once held our societies together have unleashed the dark pathologies of opioid, alcohol and gambling addictions and led to an explosion…
My latest: why isn’t Andrew Scheer way ahead?
So, Andrew. You don’t mind if I call you Andrew, do you? It’s better than what I sometimes used to call you, which was Blandy Andy. I stopped calling you…
Andrew Scheer’s Farcical and Humiliating Visit To India
Justin Trudeau's visit to India last April was the best thing that ever happened, to Andrew Scheer.For the Cons with the help of our shabby Con media were able to…
UCP leader discovers there’s no affliction more persistent than an outbreak political theatrics in India
Jason Kenney’s mid-September sojourn to India with a couple of his United Conservative Party sidekicks was pure political theatre, likely aimed as much at the Alberta Opposition leader’s real main…
Jason Kenney’s Passage to India is nothing more than a nice fall holiday with two friends
United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney and UCP MLAs Prasad Panda and Devin Dreeshen took off for India yesterday. The main problem with the UCP passage to India is that,…
India is Crafting 21st Century Jugaad
The Hindi term jugaad roughly translates to “a type of frugal innovation or creative hack” and can be found throughout India. It’s not so much one thing as it is…