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How Modi colonises our minds

The convening of the special session of Parliament is prime minister’s method of dominating the minds of supporters and critics alike, which is driven by his fear of losing elections, writes Ajaz Ashraf.

mid-day.com/news/opinion/artic

#narendramodi #parliament #laws #constitution #manipur #manipurviolence #wrestlersprotest #COVID19 #CovidLockdown #adani #gautamadani #modi #cronycapitalism #BJP #india

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Empiricism · @empiricism
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vs. : A Soho Forum Debate youtu.be/YJQSuUZdcV4?si=H0_4kD

I constructive debate in which both "sides" of the argument were maturely considered (Although with a touch of the usual melodrama)

#capitalism #socialism #politics #economics #degrowth #cooperatives #cronycapitalism

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Miguel Afonso Caetano · @remixtures
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The New Yorker - Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

: "In the past twenty years, against a backdrop of crumbling infrastructure and declining trust in institutions, Musk has sought out business opportunities in crucial areas where, after decades of privatization, the state has receded. The government is now reliant on him, but struggles to respond to his risk-taking, brinkmanship, and caprice. Current and former officials from nasa, the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration told me that Musk’s influence had become inescapable in their work, and several of them said that they now treat him like a sort of unelected official. One Pentagon spokesman said that he was keeping Musk apprised of my inquiries about his role in Ukraine and would grant an interview with an official about the matter only with Musk’s permission. “We’ll talk to you if Elon wants us to,” he told me. In a podcast interview last year, Musk was asked whether he has more influence than the American government. He replied immediately, “In some ways.” Reid Hoffman told me that Musk’s attitude is “like Louis XIV: ‘L’état, c’est moi.’ ”"

newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08

#usa #musk #privatization #corporativism #bigtech #cronycapitalism

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The Reporters' Collective - Adani Group complained against farm law. Gov’t diluted it to allow hoarding by corporates

Adani Group complained against farm law. Gov’t diluted it to allow hoarding by corporates

Before a Niti Aayog task force on farmers’ income, the conglomerate advocated to remove restrictions on corporates hoarding agricultural commodities.

reporters-collective.in/trc/ad

#FarmLaws #adanigroup #adaniagro #nitiaayog #BJP #sharadmarathe #FarmersProtest #adani #gujarat #adaniports #mahindra #patanjali #itc #fci #cronycapitalism #agriculture #agribusiness #india

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Al Jazeera - Deloitte to resign as Adani auditor on Hindenburg concerns: Report

Deloitte to resign as Adani auditor on Hindenburg concerns: Report

The auditor’s move casts new shadows on financial management at Adani Group, which has been under scrutiny since January.

aljazeera.com/economy/2023/8/1

#adanigroup #deloitte #adaniports #gautamadani #hindenburgresearch #adani #corporatefraud #billionaires #wealth #cronycapitalism #business #industry #india

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The Wire - The Modi Govt Used Ordinary Indians' Money to Square the Accounts of Wilful Defaulters, Fraudsters

The Modi Govt Used Ordinary Indians' Money to Square the Accounts of Wilful Defaulters, Fraudsters

According to the Reserve Bank of India, banks in India lost Rs 12,50,553 crore during the nine-year Modi government. Never before in Indian history had banks lost such a gigantic amount without a whisper of a scam or any public debate of consequence.

thewire.in/banking/the-modi-go

#banks #publicsectorbanks #BJP #badloans #npas #narendramodi #NirmalaSitharaman #niravmodi #mehulchoksi #cronycapitalism #billionaires #wealth #economy #hindutva #modi #india

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Close to Half of Adani's Rs 34,000 Crore Mundra PVC Project To Be Funded By SBI-Led Consortium

The project will be undertaken by an Adani subsidiary called Mundra Petrochem. Work on the project was halted in March following Hindenburg Research's scathing attack on the conglomerate.

thewire.in/energy/sbi-led-cons

#gujarat #mundra #adanigroup #adani #mundraport #sbi #mundrapetrochem #mundrapvc #billionaires #hindenburgresearch #corporatefraud #cronycapitalism #industry #BJP #india

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Open media

US Republicans oppose climate funding as millions suffer in extreme weather

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j

Nearly 90 million Americans are facing heat alerts this week, yet GOP members are wrangling over spending to reduce emissions.

#profitbeforepeople #fascism #ecofascism #indirectplutocracy #neoliberalism #cronycapitalism #bribery #corruption #norepresentation

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Gautam Adani: the Indian billionaire vs the short seller

Gautam Adani: the Indian billionaire vs the short seller

In 2022 the Indian businessman was the third richest man in the world but a short report at the start of 2023 saw the value of his listed companies fall by over $100bn. The fallout has spread beyond the markets and into politics as the story of Adani has become inextricably linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of the new India.

Watch: ft.com/video/5de54044-3095-467

#gautamadani #adani #adanienterprises #hindenburgresearch #corporatefraud #narendramodi #stocks #industry #BJP #billionaires #cronycapitalism #india

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openDemocracy - Did minister mislead Parliament over public rights of way?

Having access to green spaces is a basic human right, even if rich land owners don't want the public to access their large estates - land that years of crony capitalism has privatised for the privileged rich minority.

Minister ‘gave Parliament false answer’ about landowner lobbying

Exclusive: Defra minister Richard Benyon lies.

opendemocracy.net/en/lord-rich

#cronycapitalism #elitism #corruption #commongood #land #health #righttoroam #uk #footpath #walking #nature #wildlife

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Empiricism · @empiricism
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Having access to green spaces is a basic human right, even if rich land owners don't want the publics access to access their large estates - land that years of crony capitalism has privatised for the privileged rich minority.

Minister ‘gave Parliament false answer’ about landowner lobbying

Exclusive: Defra minister Richard Benyon lies.

opendemocracy.net/en/lord-rich

#cronycapitalism #elitism #corruption #commongood #land #health #righttoroam #uk #footpath #walking #nature #wildlife

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The super-rich have taken it all away from others

Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation have left us with an internal colonisation.

tribuneindia.com/news/comment/

#economy #liberalisation #privatisation #globalisation #capitalism #cronycapitalism #inequality #poverty #billionaires #wealth #india

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kierkegaank · @kierkegaank
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Open media

Underfunded public schools = BAD 🚫

Private schools where corporations draw profit from equally underfunded budgets = GOOD ⭐️

Todays sermon brought to you by propaganda disguised as discourse




#schools #propaganda #insanity #cronycapitalism

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The Washington Post - India cracks down on critics of coal

India cracks down on critics of coal

Documents reveal government anger over opposition of Indian nonprofits and their Western allies to the project of a powerful ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

washingtonpost.com/world/2023/

#adanigroup #coalmining #gautamadani #narendramodi #hasdeoanand #oxfamindia #life #environment #ecology #billionaires #dissent #cronycapitalism #BJP #modi #adani #india

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Sara Causey · @sara_causey
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They learned nothing from The Great Resignation. Zippety-doo-dah. Ничего. Nichts. Zero. They waited for it to end and they are ready for their banker cronies to crash this economic jalopy, which very much includes the job market.

medium.com/@sara_causey/its-co

#economy #recession #jobmarket #labormarket #unemployment #bogusreports #thefed #cronycapitalism

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Sara Causey · @sara_causey
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"And he stood up and I hit him, and it was crazy. It was one of those crazy moments and I look around and I was smiling, and I looked. Nobody moved, nobody stopped me. He was on the floor and I said, 'That’s what you did to my mother and father.' It was the most satisfying day of my life, ever, ever, still, to this day."

medium.com/@sara_causey/the-ti

#thegreatdepression #economy #recession #cronycapitalism

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Sara Causey · @sara_causey
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Same ole, same ole. These central banks and their cronies wreck the economy and then point the finger of blame at John & Jane Q. Public. How dare you try to survive inflation by asking for a raise at work! Naughty peon!

medium.com/@sara_causey/just-a

#economy #inflation #costofliving #recession #centralbanks #cronycapitalism

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BJP ‘tweaked’ rules to gift Dharavi to Adani

BJP government allegedly tweaked terms and conditions in the tendering process, and despite a break due to a change in government, managed to get back into power after engineering cracks in the Shiv Sena. Strangely, the Adani Group bagged the multi-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project.

telanganatoday.com/bjp-tweaked

#maharashtra #Mumbai #dharavi #drp #adanigroup #BJP #devendrafadnavis #eknathshinde #Shivsena #adani #corruption #cronycapitalism #law #industry #india

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Sara Causey · @sara_causey
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And I feel like this concept of shadow banking and what has happened vindicates what I’m telling you: the banks will just simply move into the shadows. They’ll set up these hedge funds and these shell companies to do what they really want to do in the shadows in this very smarmy, unregulated, dark world.

medium.com/@sara_causey/its-no

#economy #banks #bankingsystem #bankingcrisis #bankfailures #shadowbanking #cronycapitalism

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SEBI Chairperson maintains studied silence on Adani-Hindenburg issue and NSE setback

Chairperson Buch also mentioned that the market regulator will submit all its findings to the probe panel set up the Supreme Court.

moneycontrol.com/news/business

#sebi #adanigroup #adani #hindenburgresearch #madhabipuribuch #corporatefraud #stockmanipulation #stocks #cronycapitalism #india

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