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• Satanism, ritual cults and Hollywood: debunking ‘satanic panic’ conspiracy theories | Bethan Juliet Oake

  2 June 2023

  by Bethan Juliet Oake *
  Earlier this year the non-binary singer-songwriter, Sam Smith, performed their song Unholy, at the Grammys. Dressed in a red devil-horned top hat and latex costume, the performance drew upon popular occult and gothic aesthetics. And it attracted a huge amount of criticism for the supposed promotion of satanic imagery that the performance was, in fact, a real, satanic ritual orchestrated by an elite cult of Hollywood satanists. Its supposed aim? To morally subvert (…)

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  Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 Undermines PESA Act 1996 | Statement by Bhumi Adhikar Andolan

  2 June 2023

  Bhumi Adhikar Andolan
  Press Statement
  Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 Undermines PESA Act 1996, FRA 2006, Forest Conservation Act 1980, LARR 2013 and National Forest Policy 1988…
  New Delhi
  30.05.2023
  Bhumi Adhikar Andolan first appreciates the Joint Parliament Committee (JPC) for inviting public in general and NGOs/ experts/ stakeholders/ Institutions in particular to give comments/ suggestions on the proposed Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023.
  Given the (…)

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  Open Statement by Concerned Citzens Condemning the Intimidation of Dr. Navsharan Singh by Enforcement Directorate | May 31, 2023

  2 June 2023

  Open Statement by Concerned Citizens 31.5.2023
  Sub: Condemning the intimidation of academic by ED under PMLA
  We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the recent interrogation and intimidation, without any specific charges, of Dr. Navsharan Singh by the Enforcement Directorate under the PMLA.
  Dr. Singh is a scholar of the highest integrity. She is a well-known researcher in the fields of agriculture, women’s rights, farmers, and peace. She has written extensively on informal sector (…)

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  G7 Leaders Shun Calls for Prohibition and Abolition of Nuclear Weapons | Gensuikyo Statement (May 21, 2023, Hiroshima)

  2 June 2023

  Statement on the G7 Hiroshima Summit
  We Protest against G7 Leaders for Turning their Backs on the Call of the Hibakusha and the People
  Seeking the Prohibition and Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
  May 21, 2023
  Yasui Masakazu, Secretary General
  Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo)
  1. The G7 Summit Meeting of major economies, held from May 19 to 21 in the A-bombed city Hiroshima, ended, issuing a joint statement. During the Summit, the G7 leaders had an (…)

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  Review: ‘Interpreting the World to Change It - Essays for Prabhat Patnaik’ | Rishav Sharma

  2 June 2023

  BOOK REVIEW
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  Interpreting the World to Change It: Essays for Prabhat Patnaik C.P Chandrashekhar and Jayati Ghosh (editors)
  Tulika Books, New Delhi 2018 ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9382381937 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9382381938 __0__
  Interpreting the World to Change it: Essays for Prabhat Patnaik is a collection of essays celebrating the life of the stellar Marxist economist Professor Prabhat Patnaik. The contributors include Ashok Mitra, Irfan Habib, Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Akeel Bilgrami, Prakash (…)

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  Leo Chu Review of ’The Globalization of Wheat by Baranski’

  2 June 2023

  BOOK REVIEW Reviewed by Leo Chu (Cambridge University)
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  The Globalization of Wheat: A Critical History of the Green Revolution by Marci Baranski INTERSECTIONS: Histories of Environment. University of Pittsburgh Press
  2022. 256 pp. (cloth) ISBN 978-0-8229-4734-9.
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  When discussing my research with someone from a different field, the term “Green Revolution” does not always ring a bell—people often think it means transition to renewable energy. Among historians, in (…)

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  An Insightful Peep into Pakistan’s Minorities | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  2 June 2023, by M R Narayan Swamy

  BOOK REVIEW
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  A White Trail: A Journey into the Heart of Pakistan’s Religious Minorities
  by Haroon Khalid
  Vintage/Penguin Random House Pages: xxi + 334; Price: Rs 399 (PP) ISBN: 9780143460770
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  How do religious minorities cope up in overwhelmingly Islamic Pakistan? Pakistan is not just a country founded by and for Muslims but it has taken great pains to educate entire generations to look down upon the "other" (read minorities), particularly since General Zia ul-Haq (…)

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  Cartoon: Free Speech is a Myth . . . | Nala Ponnappa

  2 June 2023
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  Wassily Kandinsky’s Illustrations: On the Dance of Palucca (1926)

  2 June 2023

  Wassily Kandinsky’s line drawings in 1926 based on German dancer and Mary Wigman student Gret Palucca’s angular movements

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  Music: Viva la Quince Brigada - Anthem of Irish Republican Volunteers During Spanish Civil War

  2 June 2023