India’s democracy and its non-Hindu populations are under threat from the Modi regime and the far-right Indian People’s Party (Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP) that he leads.
China’s boom is well and truly over. Through the 2000s, the economy enjoyed double-digit annual growth. Now, few expect it to hit the 5 percent target announced at this year’s National People’s Congress.
More than 500 Palestine supporters, including hundreds of university students and staff, rallied on Friday morning at Sydney University to support the student Gaza solidarity encampment.
Minouche Shafik is a warrior for the ruling
class. Her assault on the democratic rights of students is only the latest in a
litany of crimes committed against ordinary people the world over.
