Orban’s message to the US right: Do as I do
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2022
Viktor Orban’s message to the American right, worshipfully gathered to hear him on May 20 …
Read MoreGoodbye 1968, and all that?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2022
We owe it to The Washington Post to join the dots in what Hungary’s Viktor …
Read MoreNever give the European far right an inch; half-an-inch is all it can manage
by Rashmee
Posted on July 3, 2021
/ FAITH, HOPE… One of the more remarkable changes in the European political landscape is …
Read More#CoupKluxKlan. The headline that said it all came from India
by Rashmee
Posted on January 15, 2021
The nuanced way the world understood Donald Trump’s racially charged call to a mob to …
Read MoreWhat is the deal with ‘woke’ culture and writing letters?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 16, 2020 / The National
A battle of letters is under way on the broad and bitterly contested theme of …
Read MoreXenophobia is stock-in-trade of Europe’s far right
by Rashmee
Posted on March 1, 2020 / The Arab Weekly
Until very recently, the threat posed by white supremacists was underestimated in Germany and across …
Read MoreHere’s how to re-make our world. First, find that visionary leader…
by Rashmee
Posted on June 21, 2019
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz recently diagnosed neoliberalism as a spectacular failure. The free-market agenda, of …
Read MoreEurope just got less predictable
by Rashmee
Posted on May 31, 2019 / First Post
The Centre-right and centre-left took a beating in the EU elections. What else is in …
Read MoreA legitimating moment for European bigotry?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 19, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
Opinion polls indicate a surge in support for the far right ahead of the elections, …
Read MoreA clutch of crucial elections this month, not least in the three I’s
by Rashmee
Posted on April 10, 2019
Lots of elections are coming up. The three I’s – Israel, India and Indonesia. As …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK