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Sep 13, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Mahadev Ghosh |Anu Muhammad |ABHISH K BOSE |BZ Khasru
According to Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Imperialism is the state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power and dominion, especially by direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other territories and peoples.” This is a very simple and succinct definition of imperialism that captures the essential characteristics of the concept.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Anu Muhammad |ABHISH K BOSE |BZ Khasru |Vijay Prashad
Hundreds of students from Dhaka, Chattogram and districts in between were seen marching towards Feni on August 22 last. They travelled in trucks, with speedboats and life jackets, on a mission to rescue those stranded by the unprecedented floods that swept through the region.(Photo: Daily Star, Bangladesh)That was a report by Mashfiq Mizan and Naimur Rahman, of Daily Star, largest circulated English daily of Bangladesh, Sat Aug 31, 2024.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Anu Muhammad |ABHISH K BOSE |BZ Khasru |Vijay Prashad
There is a common perception that the bilateral relationship benefits India much more than it does Bangladesh…It should be clear to everyone that subordination and friendship are not the same. We want friendship, and that can only be achieved when we are treated as equals, says the author, in this article published weeks before the political change there. India is Bangladesh’s biggest neighbour. We are connected through our shared border, history, cultural traits, and language, among other things.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | ABHISH K BOSE |BZ Khasru |Vijay Prashad |Suresh Khairnar
Salil Tripathi is the author of The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and its Unquiet Legacy (Aleph 2014) about the liberation war and its aftermath. He is a journalist and writer based in New York.” In this Exclusive interview with ABHISH K.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Bhabani Nayak |Binoy Kampmark |VladislavB Sotirovic |BZ Khasru
In a Labour Party Election Broadcast on April 16th, 2024, Sir Keir Starmer highlighted how his working-class background influences his approach to politics. In a BBC interview on May 27th, 2024, Sir Starmer reinforced his working-class roots and promised to serve the interests of the working people in Britain. He even described himself as a progressive and a socialist.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | BZ Khasru |Vijay Prashad |Suresh Khairnar |Ellen Isaacs
This article is based on B.Z. Khasru’s upcoming book, One Eleven, Minus Two, Prime Minister Hasina’s War on Yunus and America, which will be published shortly by Rupa Publications, New Delhi. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who lost power on August 5 following month-long violent street protests in Bangladesh, formulated her foreign policy based on her instincts and perceptions rather than sound diplomatic analyses.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Vijay Prashad |BZ Khasru |Suresh Khairnar |Ellen Isaacs
The day after former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka, I was on the phone with a friend who had spent some time on the streets that day. He told me about the atmosphere in Dhaka, how people with little previous political experience had joined in the large protests alongside the students—who seemed to be leading the agitation. I asked him about the political infrastructure of the students and about their political orientation.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | BZ Khasru |Suresh Khairnar |Ellen Isaacs |Sumanta Banerjee
[This is an excerpt from B. Z. Khasru’s upcoming book, “One Eleven, Minus Two, Prime Minister Hasina’s War on Yunus and America,” which will be published shortly by Rupa Publications, New Delhi.]Many political scientists argue that the military, often the only organized institution in the nations with fledgling political infrastructures, can supplant ill-trained politicians and ensure stability.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | Sumanta Banerjee |M Adil Khan |Indian Muslims |BZ Khasru
In a repeat of the same political script, the army has stepped in Bangladesh to replace an elected government.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
countercurrents.org | M Adil Khan |Indian Muslims |BZ Khasru |M K Bhadrakumar
On August 5, 2024 an angry mob of hundreds and thousands who were protesting and venting their anger against Hasina and her Awami League government’s years of despotism, injustices and brutalities, marching towards her official residence, the Gonobhabon, demanding her resignation. Sensing an imminent bloodbath, the military commanders asked Hasina to resign.
