K.Balagopal was a civil rights activist and left-wing intellectual who was mainly active in Andhra Pradesh from the 1980s down to when he died in 2009. In the nineties he became increasingly critical of the People’s War Group, with which he had been associated, and developed those criticisms at length in a famous Telugu essay… Continue reading Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class & The State by K. Balagopal. Curated and Introduced by V. Geetha. Hyderabad: South Side Books, 241p.
Jairus Banaji
Category: Politics
Understanding Fascism: Writings on Caste, Class & The State by K. Balagopal. Curated and Introduced by V. Geetha. Hyderabad: South Side Books, 241p.
Zionism in Crisis after October 7? What Crisis?
Neve Gordon
Editors’ Note: The remarks below by Professor Neve Gordon were made at a teach-in on Gaza at Queen’s University, Belfast (QUB) organised by the QUB University and College Union branch on 7 February 2024. They have been adapted for exclusive publication in Polity magazine with his permission. I was asked to speak on the topic… Continue reading Zionism in Crisis after October 7? What Crisis?
Neve Gordon
Independence Day – Binu Peiris
The Lankan flag sways high and mighty on Galle Face Green, The Lion roars with pride, bowing before Samarakoon’s words, A twenty-year-old is asked by her father, ‘How do you feel on Independence Day?’, She feels a numbness in her throat, She struggles to think, Yet unbidden, understands. The red carpets below, The rotorcrafts above,… Continue reading Independence Day – Binu Peiris