It only took us two years to go from “you’re overreacting” to “public executions.”
Albert Pinto
@70sbachchan.bsky.social
Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development. I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://thepolycrisis.org/
Always, always read the magnificent Arundhati Roy
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d agoArundhati Roy on how India's movement started...in BU! "Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, calling some unemployed young Indians cockroaches, Abhijeet Dipke, a student living in Boston, posted...on Instagram: “What if all cockroaches come together?” Millions responded." thewire.in/rights/cockr...
Was explaining what was happening in India to my kiddos. 6 yo: why aren’t people protesting trump like this? The youth of India showing the world how it’s done.
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d agoPolitics: caught in the pincers of a fascist, hindu supremacist party (RSS, BJP) Economy: ensnared by Oligarchs Ecology: wrecked in the name of Development Grounds for hope? India's most youthful generation bursting with energy & creativity www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-a...
Politics: caught in the pincers of a fascist, hindu supremacist party (RSS, BJP) Economy: ensnared by Oligarchs Ecology: wrecked in the name of Development Grounds for hope? India's most youthful generation bursting with energy & creativity www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-a...
From PhD student to Indian police’s most wanted Gen Z protester: Who is Neha Bora?
Neha Bora becomes a symbol of India’s Gen Z protests over voter roll deletions and calls for the election chief’s resignation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d agoModi has lost it. "The govt has responded by massively increasing the security presence in the capital. Around thirty thousand police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, internet services have been disrupted, trains to Delhi have been cancelled, metro stations and roads have been closed."
Amazing photo in New York Times of Gen Z protests in India.
“We will restore peace, stability and harmony throughout the world"-Donald Trump @katemac.bsky.social & I decided it was time for a Polycrisis podcast about the peace, stability & harmony reigning throughout the world Enjoy our first season ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
'Netanyahu's diatribes against antisemitism aim above all to silence his critics'
'Netanyahu's diatribes against antisemitism aim above all to silence his critics'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu uses the fight against antisemitism to legitimize his alliances with Jewish supremacists and the European far right, writes historian Jean-Pierre Filiu in his column for Le Monde.
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The Art of the Deal, folks. Donald is such an idiot.
Modi has lost it. "The govt has responded by massively increasing the security presence in the capital. Around thirty thousand police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, internet services have been disrupted, trains to Delhi have been cancelled, metro stations and roads have been closed."
From a magnificent ongoing 🧵on both rounds of the Brazilian elections.
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 18h ago"The rally for Lula in São Paulo impresses with its size. Avenida Paulista was...taken over. I dare say it's the largest rally of this election and the last ones in terms of number of people. If the PT's intention was to show strength, the goal was achieved with plenty to spare." -- @alexaguiarpoa
Thank you to the great economist Jayati Ghosh. My essay synthesises recent accounts: Jayati Ghosh Making of a catastrophe Ashoka Mody’s India is broken Puja Mehra Lost Decade Nikita Sud Gujarat model Jairus Banaji on Corporate India Rishabh Kumar on Inequality CEDA @_CMIE data archive.ph/gWGXG
"Growth emerges when states can provide defense against society’s external and internal enemies...." Terrific review: x.com/JesusFerna70...
A wealth of resources here for anyone trying to understand what’s happening in India.
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d agoModi has lost it. "The govt has responded by massively increasing the security presence in the capital. Around thirty thousand police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, internet services have been disrupted, trains to Delhi have been cancelled, metro stations and roads have been closed."
It's wild and entirely predictable how little attention our corporate media is giving to the massive youth protests around the world. From France, to Brazil, to Chile, to Spain, and now India. #cdnmedia
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d agoModi has lost it. "The govt has responded by massively increasing the security presence in the capital. Around thirty thousand police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed, internet services have been disrupted, trains to Delhi have been cancelled, metro stations and roads have been closed."
"Kill us, we will become ghosts and write of your killings, with all the evidence. You write jokes in court; We will write ‘justice’ on the walls." Great poetry from last wave of protests. Roger Waters recites Aamir Aziz's 'Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega' in solidarity www.thenewsminute.com/news/watch-p...
Watch: Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters recites Aamir Aziz’s ‘Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega’
The Citizenship Amendment Act, which makes religion a basis for Indian citizenship, has drawn criticism from across the international community. Even as protest
thenewsminute.com
Gift link for this story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
India Cut 130 Million From Voter Roll, Fueling Protests Against Modi (Gift Article)
Public anger is growing over an exercise that critics say undermines the world’s largest democracy, particularly disenfranchising Muslims under the Hindu nationalist government.
nytimes.com
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · yesterdayAmazing photo in New York Times of Gen Z protests in India.
"Public anger is growing over the government's purge of voter rolls... Nearly a billion people in the world's biggest democracy are being asked to show documents to prove that they should keep the right to vote."
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · yesterdayAmazing photo in New York Times of Gen Z protests in India.
"Public anger is growing over the government's purge of voter rolls, which critics say could undermine the world's largest democracy." Critics do have a point: purging a fifth of the number of voters in the last election sure could do that!
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · yesterdayAmazing photo in New York Times of Gen Z protests in India.
Moved beyond words by the transnational group of freedom fighters rising up in this fascist moment. ❤️✊
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d agoDo read this sparkling profile of Neha Bohra by Rohini Mohan "Indian police’s most wanted student protester is an unlikely heroine When the police drag Bohra along the road,the protester leans back,face placid but eyes blazing,& delivers pitch-perfect political rhetoric in literary Hindi & English"
(this #NewsIfUSAWasAForeignCountry thread is a bit inspired by a legendary thread by the Kenyan satirist Patrick Gathara www.africanews.com/2020/11/06/r...) Meant to poke fun at both US exceptionalism & the Media's silly coverage of 'foreign' news. Ported from my twitter x.com/70sBachchan/...
African officials express concern that the nuclear armed, ethnically volatile former British colony is sleepwalking towards a human rights disaster. #NewsIfUSAWasAForeignCountry
David Rothkopf@djrothkopf.bsky.social · last yr.Tanks being moved into DC. National guard being mobilized in LA. Paramilitary thugs being unleashed across America. It's summer in America in fascism is in full bloom.
The Middle Eastern war could cause the collapse of American fossil-hegemony and help China to remake the global energy order. @katemac.bsky.social & I argue here: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/war...
They stopped all trains to Delhi, all buses, the metro, shut down Uber, ordered hotels to stop taking reservations, turned off the internet, and have detained at least 20,000 people.
It’s not at all like DC. I wish Americans would learn to stop making everything about themselves.
"What does the ruling party have to fear? Why should it listen to anyone? It is the richest political party on earth, backed by the richest industrialists in the world. It can buy anything. And anyone. Or so it believes. But can this game last forever? ...It cannot."
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d agoArundhati Roy on how India's movement started...in BU! "Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant, calling some unemployed young Indians cockroaches, Abhijeet Dipke, a student living in Boston, posted...on Instagram: “What if all cockroaches come together?” Millions responded." thewire.in/rights/cockr...