Two articles by David Bergman based on US state department cables from 1973 to 1976, which were declassified some years ago.
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Bangladesh: US diplomatic cables and the assassination of Sheikh Mujib in 1975
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Stooping to Conquer: The Indian Left avoids seeing caste as a political category
by , 19 April 2013The failure of the traditional communist parties to make political headway in the Indian hinterland beyond their eastern and southern redoubts of Kerala and Bengal has something to do with their unwillingness to come to terms with caste as a political category and as lived reality.
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Greece, Blood Strawberries, and Hate Crimes crisis
by , 18 April 2013About 30 migrant workers, mainly Bangladeshi, have been wounded in a shooting on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had not been paid
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India: Sarsanghchalaks have never projected themselves the way Modi is being projected
18 April 2013Jairus Banaji speaks to Hardnews on the multiple layers of emerging fascism in India and the urgent need for a united and secular struggle.
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Modi as Pakistan’s candidate
by , 18 April 2013Pakistan only has to bet on a total sway of religious fanaticism in India, which buoys Mr Modi. India’s fascism has flourished on a successful campaign of religious revivalism that was set in motion even before 1947 by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh with generous help from Muslim leaders, though everyone from the left to the right was complicit in its growth.
