Kashmir
-
PEPE ESCOBAR: The India-China, Himalayan Puzzle
It was straight from an Orientalist romantic thriller set in the Himalayas: soldiers fighting each other with stones and iron bars in the dead of night on a mountain ridge over 4,000 meters high, some plunging to their deaths into a nearly frozen river and dying of hypothermia. Continue reading
-
Is Kashmir a US Trap to Confront Russia and China?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), founded in 2001 by the Shanghai Five (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) and to which Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan were later added would be the ALBA and Iran countries hard core of resistance to world hegemony of the United States and Great Britain. Consequently, the avowed objective of the United… Continue reading
-
With eye on Trump, India scrambles for Russian support By M.K. Bhadrakumar
Within a week of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s consultations in Moscow on August 21, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is travelling to the Russian capital for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday. Continue reading
-
India’s move on Article 370 came six months late
The statement issued by the Taliban on Thursday regarding the situation surrounding the state of Jammu & Kashmir merits serious attention. The statement recalls media reports on the abrogation of the special status of J&K by the Modi government, the deployment of additional troops in the state, and the lockdown in the valley that have… Continue reading
-
India’s Tryst with Destiny: Freedom Struggle from Exploitation and Degradation Is Global By Colin Todhunter
Today, we are in the grip of a globalised system of capitalism which drives narcissism, domination, ego, anthropocentrism, speciesism and plunder. A system that is using up oil, water and other resources much faster than they can ever be regenerated. We have poisoned the rivers and oceans, destroyed natural habitats, driven wildlife species to (the… Continue reading
-
China reacts to J&K, India demands reciprocity
In the aftermath of the Modi government’s decision to remove ‘special status’ for J&K and bifurcate the state into two union territories, the most keenly awaited regional and international reaction — and a hugely consequential one — would be that of China’s, not the US’ or even of the other three P5 member states. Continue reading
-
Wikileaks Newslinks 11 August 2011
11 August 2011 — williambowles.info Shmoop Snoops the Facebook Profiles and Email Inboxes of the Gods, Launches … San Francisco Chronicle (press release) @shmoop went all WikiLeaks on us… mere mortals are all up in our Olympian business. SOCTLB* According to an anonymous Valhalla-based publicist, Shmoop’s team of private investigators infiltrated some seriously personal files Continue reading
-
New at Strategic Culture Foundation 23-30 July 2011
30 July 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation A US-Iran pantomime over Iraq 30.07.2011 | 10:25 | Melkulangara BHADRAKUMAR Al-Qaeda’s virulent Wahhabi, anti-Shi’ite ideology is sheer poison for Iran…The US has sought and obtained Iran’s acquiescence in its strategies in Iraq ever since the invasion in 2003…The “pro-West” Persian Gulf states are terrified of Shi’ite empowerment, Continue reading
-
In India and Israel, the burden of protest falls on the victims of injustice By Pankaj Mishra
At a dark moment in postcolonial history, when many US-backed despots seemed indestructible, the great Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz, whose centenary falls this year, wrote: “We shall witness [the day] when the enormous mountains of tyranny blow away like cotton”. Continue reading
-
New at Strategic Culture Foundation 29 January – 4 February, 2011
5 February, 2011 — Strategic Culture Foundation A Thaw in Kashmir or Shimmering Volcano? 04.02.2011 | 08:39 | MAHAPATRA Aurobinda (India) Last year till the end of August, the Kashmir valley witnessed some of worst incidents in a decade with loss of more than hundred lives… The developments this year has further raised the issue Continue reading
-
Statement on Media and Mobs By Arundhati Roy
A mob of about a hundred people arrived at my house at 11 this morning (Sunday October 31st 2010.) They broke through the gate and vandalized property. They shouted slogans against me for my views on Kashmir, and threatened to teach me a lesson. The OB Vans of NDTV, Times Now and News 24 were… Continue reading
-
I Pity The Nation That Needs To Jail Those Who Ask For Justice By Arundhati Roy
For her recent talk on Kashmir writer Arundhati Roy has come under threat of “sedition” charges in India. These speeches are currently being analyzed by Delhi police. Continue reading
-
Strategic Culture Foundation 2-8 October, 2010: US Dollar vs. Yuan / Elections in Brazil / Kashmir as a Great Game Pawn? / Europe / Ecuador / US Right
8 October, 2010 — Strategic Culture Foundation US Dollar vs. Yuan: Reasons Behind the Conflict 08.10.2010 | 17:42 | SALITZKI Alexander Debates between the US and China over the valuation of the yuan are currently gathering momentum. A new campaign of pressure on Beijing is initiated by the US Congress which proposed a bill authorizing Continue reading
-
MERIP: PAKISTAN UNDER PRESSURE
To outside observers, Pakistan has been “a problem” since its inception in 1947 — because its generals are enemies of Western-friendly India, because its frontiers are uncontrolled by the capital, because its nuclear arsenal is controlled by a coup-prone state. The summer 2009 issue of Middle East Report, “Pakistan Under Pressure,” peels back the clichés… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 