I don’t like Biden. I didn’t vote for him. I have no faith he will end the American war machine.
Harris is a cop with a horrible history.
But Biden-Harris won.
Invading the Capitol, in insurrection, is not only despicable but gives more excuse for the Fed to gut our rights.
Trump was “not my president.”
But he did win, according to the rules of the system.
Biden is “not my president.”
But he also won.
Denying democratic results will only result in chaos in the country and the State ramping up domestic tyranny.
Democrat or Republican, the fundamental flaw of every President for decades has been advancing the agenda of the military-industrial complex. America’s constant wars of foreign aggression can be linked to virtually every major domestic problem in the country today.
Violence, abroad and at home, has become a primary distinguisher of what it means for America to be America.
It must end.
Bring the troops home. Defund the police. Preserve our constitutional rights. Respect human life. Defang the State.
The only other option is the expanded misery of the innocents in the countries the US bombs, invades, & occupies & the suppression of every constitutional right of Americans at home under the jackboots of the police who are armed & often recruited from the imperialistic military.
Was there ever a moment when Malcolm X’s remark about the “chickens coming home to roost” was more pertinent. The US has staged coups & toppled elected leaders in countless countries. Now it finds its own citizens adopting its own methods here at home.
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Dear all, I've taken cognizance of all the evidence surrounding alleged Hindutva participation in the Wednesday insurrection. My conclusion? There's not much and it's not worth getting distracted from the bigger picture.
1) An Indian Christian raised an Indian flag. Yes, I think it's safe to conclude that's a sign of Indian nationalists backing Trump. There's some circumstantial evidence suggesting he's associated with Sanghis. But it's not significant.
2) A man, apparently a "Hemant Bhatt" from New Jersey, joined the rally. But there's no obvious connection between him and Hindutva. And the presence of a single individual is not significant.
- February Delhi Pogrom & charges filed against victims
- Foundation-stone laying of both Ram Mandir &New Parliament
- Arrests of Anand Teltumbde, Hany Babu, Stan Swamy
- Lockdown & migrant crisis
- Passage of "Love Jihad" laws
- Passage of farming laws
- RSS staffing police checkpoints & assuming other governmental duties during lockdown
- Australian ambassador meeting & praising RSS
- French ambassador meeting & praising Yogi Adityanath
Amidst all the bad, what was the best thing that happened this year for human rights in India?
I'll start.
Two things come immediately to mind, and they both happened outside of India.
First, Sri Preston Kulkarni, whose campaign was floated by the RSS's #2 man in America, who out-raised his opponent by millions, who was predicted to win by five points, who was a darling of his party running for an open seat, lost because of his support from the RSS.
Second, Australian Senator @janet_rice made history when she became perhaps the first national-level politician to ever speak against the RSS on the floor of the legislature, calling it "a fascist organisation that openly admits admiration for Adolf Hitler."
I am donor-supported. My goal is to raise $50,000 by 1 February. That will fund me for the entirety of 2021. It will allow me to continue my investigation into RSS influence in USA as well as expand it internationally.
I'm creating a recommended book list for students of South Asian history and politics.
What do you think should be on it?
- "Annihilation of Caste" by BR Ambedkar
- "Walking With the Comrades" by Arundhati Roy
- "Hindutva" by VD Savarkar
- "Slavery" by Jyotirao Phule
- "Mogul India" by Niccolao Manucci
- "Sketch of the Sikhs" by John Malcolm
- "Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi" by Mohandas Gandhi
- "The Mughal Throne" by Abraham Eraly
- "Aurangzeb" by Audrey Truschke
- "What Gandhi and Congress Have Done to Untouchables" by BR Ambedkar
- "A History of the Sikhs" by Joseph Davey Cunningham
- "Travels in the Mogul Empire" by François Bernier