Modi and the Criminalization of Indian Politics

By Asad Ismi The election of Narendra Modi as India’s prime minister in May, with strong backing from the country’s capitalist class, placed a mass murderer at the head of the world’s largest democracy. It was a shocking and unprecedented development whose consequences for India’s political and economic future are ominous. A history of […]

The Latin American Revolution (Part 24): Morales and Social Movements Continue to Transform Bolivia

By Asad Ismi The Latin American Revolution would not have been possible without an unprecedented coalescing of political power and social movements. In this series, I have documented the many progressive changes brought by the ten elected left-wing governments in Latin America. Many of these changes owe their inspiration in part to social organizations. Some […]

Civil War Rages in India: Maoist Insurgency Spreads Like Wildfire Over 40% of India

By Asad Ismi On May 25, 2013, Maoist insurgents in the Indian state of Chattisgarh wiped out almost the entire leadership of the Congress Party in that state by killing 28 of its members in an ambush. The Congress Party forms the central government in India, but is in opposition in Chattisgarh, which is ruled […]

The Latin American Revolution (Part 21): Denying Morales’ Plane Fuel Seen As Attempted Assassination

By Asad Ismi On July 2, the United States put pressure on several European countries to prevent a plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales from landing to refuel at any of their airports. The excuse for this unprecedented denial of landing rights was the unfounded claim that Morales was hiding American whistleblower Edward Snowden on […]