Why India’s Farmers’ Protests Have Sikhs Fearing Violent Attacks

Sunny Hundal OpenDemocracy
In December, Indian farmers march to Delhi to protest recent legislation.
Since India’s farmers protests began last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s far-right Hindu nationalist government has tried to violently suppress them, revealing how close “the world’s largest democracy” is to becoming an authoritarian state.

What Trump’s Prosecution Omits

Jules Bernstein The American Prospect
House prosecutors should make clear that Trump’s conduct wasn’t merely ‘dastardly,’ but specifically criminal.

Coop Naysayers as “Religious” Thinkers Who Keep the System Going

Jonathan Michael Feldman The Global Teach-In
Cooperatives historically have provided an option when few alternatives to exploitation were available. In contrast, today some leftists would deny women and others these options because of a promise of what social movement activity could bring.

Friday Nite Videos | February 5, 2021

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The Sedition That Nobody's Talking About. "Have You Been To Jail For Justice" | Anne Feeney. Mothers Deported Without Their Children Seek to Be Reunited. Racially Charged: America's Misdemeanor Problem. Marjorie Taylor Greene Gets Punished.

Slave-built Infrastructure and Reparations

Joshua F.J. Inwood and Anna Livia Brand The Conversation
Recognizing that enslaved men, women and children built many of the cities, rail lines and ports that fuel the American economy is a necessary part of any accounting for the legacy of slavery.

"Have You Been To Jail For Justice" | Anne Feeney

"Have You Been To Jail For Justice" performed by self-described "performer, producer, hell-raiser" Anne Feeney at the Seattle WTO Protests in 1999. Feeney died from Covid-19 this week at age 69.