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553 Shelley Walia Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Panjab University Derek Chauvin, a former American police officer, was recently convicted of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last year. Though the verdict received an earsplitting response that resounded across the world, this is not the end of long-ingrained racism in America, even as Chauvin has now sought a new trial. The shooting of 21-year-old Daunte Wright in the same week as the trial has made many skeptical of any radical change in the mindset of the overzealous police force that is habitual of using pepper spray, tear gas, and rubber bullets at the smallest of provocations. Attacks on mediapersons are common. Chicago recently saw the shooting of Laquan McDonald in the back and the video conveniently disappeared; in North Charleston, we saw on video a police officer shoot Walter Scott in the back, and a Taser, a non-lethal electroshock weapon, dropped near his body to imply theft. All cases ended in a mistrial.
The roots of a decentred international order Updated: Updated: April 17, 2021 00:47 IST In the post-pandemic period, developing economies should rise to meet the U.S.-led liberal hegemonic world order Share Article AAA In the post-pandemic period, developing economies should rise to meet the U.S.-led liberal hegemonic world order The International Institute for Strategic Studies puts the overall estimate of China’s military budget at $230 billion (https://bit.ly/3sofrDw). The intentions for global supremacy are apparent, chiefly to outrun the Pentagon. The primary geopolitical rivals, namely Russia and China may possibly provide the strategic and tactical counterbalance to the hegemony of America. Moreover, the international order is under threat of the rising economic power of the BRICS
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Reinventing radical politics, by looking Left Updated: Updated: March 16, 2021 11:00 IST The Left needs to actively pursue agents of change such as secularism, the Green, ethnic and national movements Share Article AAA The Left needs to actively pursue agents of change such as secularism, the Green, ethnic and national movements In recent years, radical politics has faced a number of new challenges, not least of which has been the re-emergence of the aggressive, authoritarian state. Hyper-masculine nationalism, and a systemic assault of racist and religious politics on the marginalised are the latest rationale for the aggressive assertion of indiscriminate control of all democratic institutions. Add to this the hegemony of the neo-liberal corporate world along with the demise of the Left and you have the free play of muscular majoritarianism of the Far Right. The Left finds itself in an ideological vacuum.