[GreenYouth] Manufacturing complicity: Paramakudi killings

2011-09-13 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=3670%3Amanufacturing-complicitycatid=119%3AfeatureItemid=132 http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=3670:manufacturing-complicitycatid=119:featureItemid=132 Manufacturing complicity: Paramakudi

[GreenYouth] Anna seeks speedy execution of terrorists' death sentences

2011-09-08 Thread Afthab Ellath
sentence. Read at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anna-hazare-speedy-execution-of-terrorists/1/150541.html?cp Regards Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email

[GreenYouth] Re: [media.crit.debate] Why Ramlila surge worries minorities and those on margins

2011-08-26 Thread Afthab Ellath
, institutions and processes. Regards Afthab Ellath 2011/8/26 ഫാസില്‍ Fasil fasi...@gmail.com * HAZARE OFFERS SANGH ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY* Rajesh Ramachandran/MAIL TODAY 26 Aug 2011 THE GREATEST story of deceit in war ever told is that of the killing of Bhishma, during the mythical

[GreenYouth] Re: [media.crit.debate] Why Ramlila surge worries minorities and those on margins

2011-08-26 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://kafila.org/2011/08/25/the-fallacy-of-progressive-yearnings-guest-post-by-ghazala-jamil/ Regards Afthab Ellath On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: The Fallacy of Progressive Yearnings: Ghazala Jamil August 25, 2011 by Shuddhabrata Sengupta

[GreenYouth] Re: [media.crit.debate] Why Ramlila surge worries minorities and those on margins

2011-08-25 Thread Afthab Ellath
*Valley feels fight against corruption is facade for something else* http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws230811Kashmir.asp Remains antiseptically indifferent to Hazare campaign, despite the fact that JK is the second most corrupt state in India *Riyaz Wani * Srinagar Fewer

[GreenYouth] After 4 years of stir, Kerala Dalits yet to get homes

2011-08-23 Thread Afthab Ellath
After 4 years of stir, Kerala Dalits yet to get homeshttp://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=3561:after-4-years-of-stir-kerala-dalits-yet-to-get-homescatid=1:current-newsItemid=103 Sunday, 21 August 2011 15:28 by *VR Jayaraj * Four years have passed since the

[GreenYouth] 2156 unidentified bodies in 38 graves in Kashmir: state human rights panel inquiry

2011-08-21 Thread Afthab Ellath
-in-kashmir-state-human-rights-panel-inquiry/834890/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/21/kashmir-unmarked-graves-thousands-bodies http://www.madhyamam.com/news/39/110821 Regards Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth

[GreenYouth] Re: [media.crit.debate] Re: India Murders (MSS Pandian's Facebook Note)

2011-08-13 Thread Afthab Ellath
Please sign the petition at http://www.change.org/petitions/plea-to-cancel-the-death-sentence-wrongly-given-to-innocent-perarivalan Regards Afthab Ellath On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: But I think the Perarivalan death sentence was not just a case

[GreenYouth] India Murders (MSS Pandian's Facebook Note)

2011-08-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
India Murders by Mss Pandian https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12420125008 on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:22pm I am deeply distressed about the hanging order which the President of India, as a mindless Congress (I) clone, has delivered on the so-called killers of Rajiv Gandhi. Some

[GreenYouth] Re: India Murders (MSS Pandian's Facebook Note)

2011-08-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
murdered by our republic of INDIA?? Won’t you take moral responsibility for a decision of an elected government?? *What are we going to do to save such Perarivalans??* On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: India Murders by Mss Pandian https://www.facebook.com

[GreenYouth] Re: [media.crit.debate] HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS EXPRESS CONCERN ON MA'DANI CASE

2011-08-03 Thread Afthab Ellath
A much needed and delayed initiative... In Solidarity, Afthab Ellath On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS EXPRESS CONCERN ON MA'DANI CASE We the following organisations and concerned individuals hereby express

[GreenYouth] When Two Muslims Meet: The Media(ted) case of Madani and Shahina

2010-11-29 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://thefishpond.in/ashraf/2010/when-two-muslims-meet/ When Two Muslims Meet: The Media(ted) case of Madani and Shahina *K Ashraf Jenny Rowena* http://img.thefishpond.in/shahina.png Shahina K K, a journalist with *Tehelka* went to Karnataka to prepare an investigative report on the case on

[GreenYouth] KK Sahina's note in Facebook

2010-11-29 Thread Afthab Ellath
കേസന്വേഷ ണം പോലീസിന്‍റെ ജോ­ലി തന്നെയാണ് ,അത് മാധ്യമങ്ങളുടെ ജോലി ആണെന്ന ഒരു തെ റ്റി ദ്ധാ ര ണ­യും എനിക്കില്ല. പക്ഷെ പോലിസ് പറ­യുന്ന കഥകള്‍ സാമാന്യ യു ക്തി ക്ക് നി ര­ക്കാ തെ വരു മ്പോള്‍ മാ ധ്യ മ ങ്ങള്‍ അവ­രു ടെ തായ രീ തി യില്‍ അന്വേ ഷ ണ­ങ്ങള്‍ നട ത്തി എന്ന് വരും .അ തൊ രു പു തിയ കാ ര്യ മ ല്ല .തെ ഹല്‍

[GreenYouth] Why is this man still in prison? SHAHINA KK

2010-11-28 Thread Afthab Ellath
*Why is this man still in prison?* * Is the incarceration of Abdul Nasar Madani a devious project of the Karnataka Police? asks SHAHINA KK* WHEN I met him, he looked very tired. The skin under his eyes had turned black,” says PM Subair Paduppu, the Kasargod district president of the People’s

Re: [GreenYouth] Digest for greenyouth@googlegroups.com - 5 Messages in 4 Topics

2010-10-23 Thread Afthab Ellath
? Afthab Ellath On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:47 AM, deepa vasudevan chaka...@gmail.com wrote: hey, we are not in police custody now... we have given a case... Thanks... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post

Re: [GreenYouth] Ayodhya Verdict: A Different View

2010-10-06 Thread Afthab Ellath
hahahah... Afthab Ellath On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:55 PM, damodar prasad damodar.pra...@gmail.comwrote: Peace is Doabale! Now you get the correct semantics of it!! On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: Is this a different view? Or is this a Hindu view

Re: [GreenYouth] Ayodhya Verdict: A Different View

2010-10-05 Thread Afthab Ellath
and confront the real issue being faced by it than being bogged down on an issue like mandir-mosque controversy.. Good... Afthab Ellath On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com wrote: [As quite a few have already pointed out that the (majority) judgement is a move towards

Re: [GreenYouth] ayodhya verdict

2010-09-30 Thread Afthab Ellath
Today Golwalker's nationhood is defined conclusively, leaving no room for any doubts... Afthab Ellath On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Hari Das haridas...@gmail.com wrote: A verdict one expect from a court of hindu country Best, Haridas “Freedom is always and exclusively freedom

[GreenYouth] Justice for Ma'dani Forum requests for Donation...

2010-09-08 Thread Afthab Ellath
Justice for Ma'dani Forum, Central Committee, request all the people who stand for justice, to* donate whole-heartedly, f*or meeting the huge expenses of the forum's endeavours to resist the state terrorism to put Abdul Nassar Ma'dani to an infinite and inhuman jail sentence and be part of the

[GreenYouth] Fwd: The media and the Great Kerala (Muslim/Dalit) Terrorist Hunt -- B.R.P. Bhaskar

2010-08-20 Thread Afthab Ellath
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sudeep K S sudeep...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:50 PM Subject: The media and the Great Kerala (Muslim/Dalit) Terrorist Hunt -- B.R.P. Bhaskar To: Bobby Kunhu bobby.ku...@gmail.com, Shahina Nafeesa shahin...@gmail.com, Afthab Ellath aftha

[GreenYouth] Re: The media and the Great Kerala (Muslim/Dalit) Terrorist Hunt -- B.R.P. Bhaskar

2010-08-20 Thread Afthab Ellath
Sorry for the repost.. I didnt see Venugopal's post.. Afthab Ellath On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Sudeep K S sudeep...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:50 PM Subject: The media and the Great

Re: [GreenYouth] Shocked to know ... AIDS spread like this also.............]]

2010-08-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
As Anil Said, this can be nothing other than a vicious campaign against the street vendors, may be with a purpose or just to express the hate towards them.. Afthab Ellath On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Anil M toan...@gmail.com wrote: Not correct I guss..As per what I remember seeing

Re: [GreenYouth] തെറ്റിദ്ധരി പ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ദാറ ുല്‍ ഖദാ

2010-08-11 Thread Afthab Ellath
Like Islamophobia, Islamophilia is also doesnt capture the truth about muslims, and both are damaging to Muslims...I am talking about the tone of the article, not about Dar-ul-Khada... Afthab Ellath 2010/8/11 reny ayline renyayl...@gmail.com *തെറ്റിദ്ധരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ദാറുല്‍ ഖദാ *thejas

Re: [GreenYouth] Re: Facebook Warning

2010-08-06 Thread Afthab Ellath
I suspect an organized underground campaign happened that forced the FB to remove this group.. Shrinking spaces of dissent... Afthab Ellath On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Bobby Kunhu bobby.ku...@gmail.com wrote: the group praveen swam - the agent provocateur has been removed from face book

[GreenYouth] Walking proud

2010-07-17 Thread Afthab Ellath
in closet. http://thefishpond.in/admin/2010/walking-proud/ Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email

[GreenYouth] A Muslim cartoonist on Draw Muhammad Day

2010-07-17 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/07/by_g_willow_wilson_when.html A Muslim cartoonist on Draw Muhammad Day *by G. Willow Wilson* When Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris was put on an Al Qaeda hit list for her Draw Muhammad Day project, my inbox started filling up. Since

[GreenYouth] Veiled Threats? - Martha Nussbaum

2010-07-13 Thread Afthab Ellath
Veiled Threats? - Martha Nussbaum http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/veiled-threats/ ... ... A third argument, very prominent today, is that the burqa is a symbol of male domination that symbolizes the objectification of women (that they are being seen as mere objects). A

[GreenYouth] Khairlanji Again !!!

2010-07-10 Thread Afthab Ellath
will be sentenced on August 6th. This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, the War and Peace Report. Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com

[GreenYouth] Playboy Portugal to shut after blasphemy outrage

2010-07-10 Thread Afthab Ellath
*Playboy Portugal to shut after blasphemy outrage* The Portuguese edition of Hefner’s magazine showed Christ with topless models By David Cairns Playboy magazine is to terminate its Portuguese edition after an outcry over a photo shoot depicting Jesus Christ alongside topless models. It emerged

[GreenYouth] The Myth of Impasse By CHARLES HIRSCHKIND: A Ceaseless and Undisturbed Expansion

2010-07-10 Thread Afthab Ellath
’ refusal to remain within the generous territorial divisions allotted them, and by their continual recourse to violence and acts of terror against peaceful colonists. ... Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post

[GreenYouth] The invisible capital of identity

2010-07-10 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://expressbuzz.com/magazine/the-invisible-capital-of-identity/186131.html He (MSS Pandian) says it’s taken people a long time to rea­lise that caste needs to be taken seriously. “Caste exists, and caste works as capital. It determines things like access to information and resources. If a

[GreenYouth] Citizens Appeal on Kashmir (9 July, 2010)

2010-07-10 Thread Afthab Ellath
Citizens Appeal on Kashmir (9 July, 2010) 9 July, 2010 New Delhi, India To, National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for the Protection of Children, Office of the Chief Justice of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Chief Minsiter of J K, Planning Commission, Dear Sir, We, the

[GreenYouth] Why I am not a moderate Muslim

2010-07-08 Thread Afthab Ellath
I am a Muslim who embraces peace. But, if we must attach stereotypical tags, I'd rather be considered orthodox than moderate. Moderate implies that Muslims who are more orthodox are somehow backward and violent. And in our current cultural climate, progress and peace are restricted to moderate

[GreenYouth] Re: Why I am not a moderate Muslim

2010-07-08 Thread Afthab Ellath
It was a quote from an article..I forgot to attach the url.. http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0423/p09s01-coop.html Afthab Ellath On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: I am a Muslim who embraces peace. But, if we must attach stereotypical tags, I'd rather

Re: [GreenYouth] Press release on attack against professor

2010-07-07 Thread Afthab Ellath
I read the statement for PDF.. I was just bringing into your notice that doc file was unreadable.. Thanks... Afthab Ellath On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 8:40 AM, sunil kumar ksunilgout...@gmail.com wrote: Althaf Kindly find attatched PDF file -- Forwarded message -- From: Afthab

[GreenYouth] മഅ്ദനിക്കെതിര െ മൊഴി നല്‍കിയിട്ടില് ലെന്ന് സാക്ഷി

2010-07-02 Thread Afthab Ellath
മഅ്ദനിക്കെതിരെ മൊഴി നല്‍കിയിട്ടില്ലെന്ന് സാക്ഷി Thursday, July 1, 2010 കൊച്ചി: ബംഗളൂരു സ്‌ഫോടനക്കേസില്‍ മഅ്ദനിക്കെതിരെ മൊഴി നല്‍കിയിട്ടില്ലെന്ന് കേസിലെ സാക്ഷി. ആലുവ ചാലക്കല്‍ മാറമ്പിള്ളി കുരിക്കല്‍ വീട്ടില്‍ ജോസ് വര്‍ഗീസ് (37) ബംഗളൂരു ശേഷാദ്രിപുരം അസി.കമീഷണര്‍ ഒ.എം.ഓങ്കാരയ്യക്കെതിരെ എറണാകുളം

[GreenYouth] The poverty of atheism

2010-06-29 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/06/29/the-poverty-of-atheism/ The poverty of atheismhttp://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/06/29/the-poverty-of-atheism/ posted by Gil Anidjar http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/author/anidjar/ Famously posing a peculiar problem of translation, names are a necessary feature of our

Re: [GreenYouth] Going back to print journalism

2010-06-28 Thread Afthab Ellath
Wish you all the best... Afthab Ellath On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Shaji K A shajiwaya...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, After pursuing magazine journalism for six years, now it is time for me to return to daily newspaper journalism. I am joining Times of India in Coimbatore

Re: [GreenYouth] Arab Queers say NO to Pinkwashing at the USSF

2010-06-18 Thread Afthab Ellath
, and that Israel’s multi-tiered oppression hardly makes a distinction between straight and gay Palestinians.* Afthab Ellath On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:03 PM, aryakrishnan ramakrishnan aryakr...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends An interesting statement from Arab queer people at the US social forum. While

[GreenYouth] Respect My Authoritah

2010-06-17 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-15-2010/respect-my-authoritah Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group

[GreenYouth] Why the French Hate Chomsky

2010-06-17 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.counterpunch.org/johnstone06142010.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[GreenYouth] An Ugly Toll of Technology: Impatience and Forgetfulness

2010-06-15 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brainside.html An Ugly Toll of Technology: Impatience and Forgetfulness By TARA PARKER-POPEhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/tara_parkerpope/index.html?inline=nyt-per Are your

Re: [GreenYouth] Helen Thomas and the moral failure of US liberals Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 10 June 2010

2010-06-15 Thread Afthab Ellath
hitting back at the oppressor.* Afthab Ellath On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Venugopalan K M kmvenuan...@gmail.comwrote: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11332.shtml Helen Thomas and the moral failure of US liberals Jonathan Cook, *The Electronic Intifada,* 10 June 2010 The ostracism

[GreenYouth] Jewish challenges to Zionism on the rise in the US

2010-06-15 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11337.shtml Zionism is also anti-Semitic in its rejection of Jewish cultures and histories -- including both Jews who are other than European and the European Jewish victim which it attempted to distance itself from in the creation of the new Jew. While

Re: [GreenYouth] Jewish Ideology And Psychosis – A Danger To World Peace By Gilad Atzmon

2010-06-10 Thread Afthab Ellath
I find this article highly anti-Jewish... Identifying the Zionist project as a entirely Jewish (erasing the European interest and not differentiating it from the Jewish faith is the continuation of the present day technique of finding the religious zeal and scriptural sanctions behind the Islamic

[GreenYouth] INDIA'S WAR ON PEOPLE - Gautam Navlakha Arundhati Roy, Mumbai, June 2, 2010

2010-06-05 Thread Afthab Ellath
=oVoCkHeWlWUfeature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi59mi8rkQ0feature=related Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group

[GreenYouth] Gaza flotilla activists were shot in head at close range

2010-06-05 Thread Afthab Ellath
-activists-killed-last-monday-were-shot-30-times.html Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth

[GreenYouth] What exactly is the blockade of Gaza?

2010-06-04 Thread Afthab Ellath
What exactly is the blockade of Gaza? http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/03/what_exactly_is_the_blockade_of_gaza In recent days, coverage of the attack on the aid flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip has focused on the lack of availability of certain humanitarian goods. This fact sheet

[GreenYouth] Terror In the Name Of Terror

2010-06-04 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.countercurrents.org/rabbkhan030610.htm *Terror In the Name Of Terror * *By M Shamsur Rabb Khan* 03 June, 2010 *Countercurrents.org * A probe report by Jammu and Kashmir (JK) Police that has accused an army Major and his team of entering a criminal conspiracy to abduct three Kashmiri

[GreenYouth] Nigeria's agony dwarfs the Gulf oil spill. The US and Europe ignore it

2010-06-03 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/30/oil-spills-nigeria-niger-delta-shell With 606 oilfields, the Niger delta supplies 40% of all the crude the United States imports and is the world capital of oil pollution. Life expectancy in its rural communities, half of which have no access to clean

[GreenYouth] Israel’s Explanation for Deadly Gaza Aid Attack Full of Holes as a Window Screen–Former US Am bassador Edward Peck - Democracy Now

2010-06-03 Thread Afthab Ellath
Israel’s Explanation for Deadly Gaza Aid Attack Full of Holes as a Window Screen–Former US Ambassador Edward Peck [image: Carmon] Former US Ambassador Edward Peck was on the Gaza aid flotilla that came under attack by Israeli forces. At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded. Peck says

[GreenYouth] Hitch-22: a Memoir - Terri Eagleton

2010-05-31 Thread Afthab Ellath
Hitch-22: a Memoir Terry Eagleton http://www.newstatesman.com/print/201005310006# http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2010/05/christopher-hitchens-iraq-self http://www.newstatesman.com/print/201005310006# Published 31 May 2010 The great Christopher Hitchens, erstwhile revolutionary, became

[GreenYouth] Deadly Israeli raid on aid fleet

2010-05-31 Thread Afthab Ellath
*Deadly Israeli raid on aid fleet * Al Jazeera's report from the ship *Mavi Marmara* before communications were cut http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/201053113252437484.html Israeli commandos have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships off the coast of the Gaza Strip,

[GreenYouth] Turks march against Israeli attack

2010-05-31 Thread Afthab Ellath
*Turks march against Israeli attack * *Israeli security forces fired tear gas at protesters in the occupied West Bank [AFP]*** http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/05/201053116143622331.html Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Turkish city of Istanbul and around

[GreenYouth] Beware Bigotry – Free Speech and the Zapiro Cartoons: Mahmood Mamdani

2010-05-31 Thread Afthab Ellath
Just a few weeks after the Danish cartoons were published, the German writer Gunter Grass was interviewed in a Portuguese weekly news magazine, Visão. In that interview, Gunter Grass said the Danish cartoons reminded him of anti Semitic cartoons in a German magazine, Der Sturmer. The story was

[GreenYouth] A macabre May - By Javed Iqbal

2010-05-27 Thread Afthab Ellath
A macabre May - *By Javed Iqbal 21 May 2010 03:47:47 PM IST* A macabre May In the tribal regions of central India, one rule seems to hold good. Whenever there is an incident, it is the tribals who will be at the receiving end. Even by that yardstick, this month seems to be a particularly

Re: [GreenYouth] jokes of Jtc. Sreedevi

2010-05-27 Thread Afthab Ellath
One cannot expect a more masculinist chairperson for women's commission... Afthab Ellath On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 2:06 PM, reny ayline renyayl...@gmail.com wrote: *THE JOKES OF JTC. SREEDEVI* *THEJAS 27 MAY 2010* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[GreenYouth] Veiled Threat The many problems with France's proposed burqa ban. - Wajahat Ali

2010-05-25 Thread Afthab Ellath
Veiled ThreatThe many problems with France's proposed burqa ban.By Wajahat Ali Posted Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at 2:37 PM ET -- As a practicing Muslim, even I admit to being somewhat startled by the appearance of the black burqa that entirely veils a woman's face and

[GreenYouth] Ghoshwood’s Mendacity

2010-05-23 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://pulsemedia.org/2010/05/11/ghoshwoods-mendacity/#more-23169 Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send

[GreenYouth] DALITS NOT WELCOME IN IIT MADRAS

2010-05-23 Thread Afthab Ellath
DALITS NOT WELCOME IN IIT MADRAShttp://roundtableindia.co.in/the-news/special-features/1715-caste-in-campus.html http://roundtableindia.co.in/the-news/special-features/1715-caste-in-campus.html There are only a handful of Dalit students and faculty members at the elite institute, but they face

[GreenYouth] Obama, please phone the Muslim ’stree t vendor hero’ too - Hamid Dabashi

2010-05-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
Obama, please phone the Muslim ’street vendor hero’ too * http://newyorknewstoday.com/obama-please-phone-the-muslim-street-vendor-hero-too/021152 * *Editor’s note: Hamid Dabashi is the author of “Iran: A People Interrupted.” He is the Hagop Kevorkian professor of Iranian studies and comparative

[GreenYouth] Modi Vomits Caste Venom

2010-05-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
*Modi Vomits Caste Venom* *http://www.countercurrents.org/teltumbde100510.htm* *By Dr. Anand Teltumbde* 10 May, 2010 *Countercurrents.org* On 25 April 2010 Narendra Modi is reported to have observed while releasing his book Samajik Samrasata that Dalits were like mentally retarded children. It

[GreenYouth] Blame the Grand Mufti - Israel’s prop aganda war

2010-05-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
Israel’s propaganda war Blame the Grand Mufti Many Israelis and Palestinians would like peaceful coexistence, but myths, propaganda and denial have a habit of getting in the way by Gilbert Achcar Israel’s propaganda war with the Palestinians and the Arab world has intensified in recent years, and

[GreenYouth] Re: Blame the Grand Mufti - Israel’s propaganda war

2010-05-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://mondediplo.com/2010/05/14blamethemufti On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: Israel’s propaganda war Blame the Grand Mufti Many Israelis and Palestinians would like peaceful coexistence, but myths, propaganda and denial have a habit of getting

[GreenYouth] The Myth of the ‘Misuse’ of Laws Me ant for the Protection of Dalits and Tribals

2010-05-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
*http://kafila.org/2010/05/11/in-search-of-brahmeshwar-singh-the-absconder/ * *The Myth of the ‘Misuse’ of Laws Meant for the Protection of Dalits and Tribals* Are the laws meant for the protection of Dalits and tribals are put to misuse? It is a theme which recurs regularly in the discussions

Re: [GreenYouth] Fwd: [IHRO] Maoist Brutalities and Repressive State: Threats and Challenges to Democratic Rights in India

2010-05-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
I couldnt understand the question? Is this an invitation for a wrestling session? :) Afthab Ellath On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com wrote: Anyone wants to respond? Sukla -- Forwarded message -- From: Subhashini Ali subhashini_...@yahoo.com

[GreenYouth] Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black - Tim Wise

2010-05-08 Thread Afthab Ellath
Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black - Tim Wise http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_VXHu9xPIdSU/S9DCy6RnahI/AxQ/YHYQoj2E6Gs/s1600/sam_the_man.jpgLet’s play a game, shall we? The name of the game is called “Imagine.” The way it’s played is simple: we’ll envision recent happenings in the news, but

[GreenYouth] The ban on SIMI and Indian democracy

2010-05-07 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://kafila.org/2010/05/04/4128/ The ban on SIMI and Indian democracy Dr Shahid Badar, national president of Students Islamic Movement of India, recently decided not to contest any more the ban on SIMI, his stated reason being: “to put an end to this mindless, futile, unequal, unethical and

[GreenYouth] Where were all of the feminists? Oh, right, busy planning

2010-05-02 Thread Afthab Ellath
Where were all of the feminists? Oh, right, busy planning http://switchintoglide.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/where-were-all-of-the-feminists-oh-right-busy-planning-a-boobquake/ http://switchintoglide.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/where-were-all-of-the-feminists-oh-right-busy-planning-a-boobquake/ Afthab

[GreenYouth] Europe struggles with Muslim dress code

2010-04-17 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100416/ap_on_re_eu/eu_europe_burqa_ban/print Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group

[GreenYouth] CNN IBN Interviews Arundhati Roy

2010-04-15 Thread Afthab Ellath
*Sagarika Ghose:** You wrote your article ‘Walking with the comrades’ in The Outlook before Dantewada happened. In the aftermath of the Dantewada, do you still stand by the tone of sympathy that you had with the Maoists cause in that essay?* *Arundhati Roy:* Well, this is a odd way to frame

[GreenYouth] Kafila - Response to Rohini Hensman: Soumitra Ghosh

2010-04-13 Thread Afthab Ellath
*http://kafila.org/2010/04/13/response-to-rohini-hensman-soumitra-ghosh/ * *Soumitra Ghosh is with the National Forum of Forest Peoples and Forest Workers. This post came as a response to Rohini Hensman’s recent post Getting Indian Democracy

Re: [GreenYouth] Plz endorse Circulate-In Solidarity with Arundhoti Roy, Statement by Concern Citizens

2010-04-13 Thread Afthab Ellath
This is a brutal conspiracy... In solidarity Afthab Ellath On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Mahtab Alam mdmahtaba...@gmail.com wrote: *In Solidarity with Arundhoti Roy, Statement by Concern Citizens*** * * We the under signed, condemn the conspiracy under way to maligning

[GreenYouth] the moderate Muslim

2010-04-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=233848 *The moderate Muslim* Monday, April 12, 2010 Afiya Shehrbano The last decade has been a particularly compelling one for many self-conscious Muslims with regard to the moderate vs radical Islam debate. Through the process, in varying

[GreenYouth] The fall out of Dantewada: Need tribal voices for their rights to counter corporate propagandist nationalism?

2010-04-10 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://manukhsi.blogspot.com/2010/04/tribal-question.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[GreenYouth] Haiti, now and next - What is a metaphor a metaphor for?

2010-04-09 Thread Afthab Ellath
Haiti, now and next http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/category/haiti-now-and-next/ : What is a metaphor a metaphor for?http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/03/24/a-metaphor-for/ http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/2010/03/24/a-metaphor-for/ posted by Colin Dayan http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/author/dayanc/

[GreenYouth] Re: Ami Goodman on Collateral Murder

2010-04-09 Thread Afthab Ellath
that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, we play never-before-seen eyewitness interviews filmed the day after the attack. [includes rush transcript] Afthab Ellath On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: Collateral Murder

[GreenYouth] Siras: An 'outsider' at AMU?

2010-04-09 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://urdufigures.blogspot.com/2010/04/siras-outsider-at-amu.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[GreenYouth] Ami Goodman on Collateral Murder

2010-04-08 Thread Afthab Ellath
,*https://www.amazon.com/dp/193185999X?tag=commondreams-20camp=0creative=0linkCode=as1creativeASIN=193185999Xadid=168FYYRVQP3AREBDYBDC;recently released in paperback and now a New York Times best-seller. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Afthab Ellath aftha...@gmail.com wrote: http://kafila.org/2010

Re: [GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-08 Thread Afthab Ellath
consistent in their positions and strategies than the mainstream parties, got omitted incidentally from your list of complaints... Afthab Ellath On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:01 PM, venukm kmvenuan...@gmail.com wrote: I will say yes to your first poser. Consistent demonization of Dalit/OBC

[GreenYouth] Collateral Murder

2010-04-07 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://kafila.org/2010/04/06/nice-nice-good-shot-thank-you/#comment-9067 Bloodthirsty neo-cons who would defend barbecuing Arab babies on the White House lawn if they were told it was part of the “war on terror” are disgracefully scrambling to defend a shocking video released by Wikileaks which

Re: [GreenYouth] Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-06 Thread Afthab Ellath
I hope you will go back to the argument put forwarded my Ram and the subsequent discussion once again, rather than relying on Ad Hominem attacks to silence the interlocutors... Afthab Ellath On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com wrote: Quote As if the male leaders

Re: [GreenYouth] Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-05 Thread Afthab Ellath
of subquota yet... But It came from CPM, clearly stated... So Brinda Karat and Sushama Swaraj hugging each other will not be a rare moment on the floor of the parliament.. We are going to see this again and again... Afthab Ellath On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Abdul Rasheed rasheed

Re: [GreenYouth] Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-05 Thread Afthab Ellath
the corners of the country will suddenly appear in the media t the very moment a successful muslim woman gets public attention I dont have to deconstruct this further... Afthab Ellath On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Sukla Sen sukla@gmail.com wrote: The point is: Quote The demand

Re: [GreenYouth] Fwd: Women's Reservation Bill- Reservation forDalit/OBC/Minority women- pl endorse

2010-04-01 Thread Afthab Ellath
position that they would oppose any subquota within women's quota, other than casteism? Is not caste by other means (to use MSS pandian's phrase) ? Afthab Ellath On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:18 AM, ranju radha ranjura...@gmail.com wrote: First of all, the SC and ST will automatically have their quota

[GreenYouth] Norman Finkelstein Interview

2010-03-26 Thread Afthab Ellath
Norman Finkelstein Responds to Clinton, Netanyahu AIPAC Comments http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/23/norman_finkelstein_responds_to_clinton_netanyahuPart II: Scholar Norman Finkelstein on Next Steps Towards Resolution in Israel-Palestine

[GreenYouth] Fwd: Appeal for Support- Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association

2010-03-26 Thread Afthab Ellath
Please see the forwarded appeal... -- Forwarded message -- From: ahmed sohaib sohaibnir...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:04 PM Subject: Appeal for Support- Jamia Teachers Solidarity Association To: aftha...@gmail.com Dear Afthab Ellath , Many thanks for endorsing our

[GreenYouth] Obama and the age of permanent war

2010-03-26 Thread Afthab Ellath
Obama and the age of permanent war John Pilger http://www.newstatesman.com/print/201003250010# Published 25 March 2010 America has emerged from the era of outright aggression on the rest of the world and into the age of nuanced terror. Here is news of the Third World War. The United States has

[GreenYouth] Why I Was Banned in the U.S.A - Tariq Ramadan..

2010-03-23 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.tariqramadan.com/spip.php?article11060 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[GreenYouth] Why do they Hate us?

2010-03-23 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15820 - 72 months of destruction - $607 Billions spent on the war - 2 Million Barrels of oil being sold per day - 2 Million Displaced Iraqis inside of Iraq - 3 Million Iraqis forced to leave the country - 2615 professors, scientists,

[GreenYouth] Walking With The Comrades - Arundhati Roy

2010-03-20 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264738-0 Afthab Ellath -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send an email to greenyo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email

[GreenYouth] Zimbabwe’s land reform is common sens e

2010-03-19 Thread Afthab Ellath
Zimbabwe’s land reform is common sense Grasian Mkodzongi 2010-03-11, Issue 473 http://www.pambazuka.org/en/issue/473 http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/62917http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/62917 There are 3 commentshttp://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/62917#commentson

[GreenYouth] Civil Society, Victim Industry and Keralam-Damodar Prasad

2010-03-18 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://thefishpond.in/damodarprasad/2010/civil-society-victim-industry-and-keralam/ Civil Society, Victim Industry and Keralam-Damodar Prasad “Chithralekha is a symbol and sign of the marginalization that Dalits face in modern Kerala”, notes the solidarity mission in its report after visiting

[GreenYouth] Doing it for ourselves

2010-03-18 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2010/02/muslim-women-woman-british Doing it for ourselves Salma Yaqoob http://www.newstatesman.com/print/201002150029# Published 15 February 2010 Muslim women are talked about by others in the west as if they are powerless victims, in need of rescue. Give us

[GreenYouth] Federal Panel Finds NY Dept. of Education Discriminated Against Arabic School Principal

2010-03-18 Thread Afthab Ellath
Federal Panel Finds NY Dept. of Education Discriminated Against Arabic School Principal [image: Almontaserweb_ok] The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled the New York City Department of Education discriminated against the founding principal of an Arabic-language school in

[GreenYouth] Refusal to Surrender: 'My Father was a Freedom Fighter' Reviewed

2010-03-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15796 *Refusal to Surrender: 'My Father was a Freedom Fighter' Reviewed*'My Father was a Freedom Fighter' is an invaluable social history of this people. *By Robin Yassin-Kassab* *(An edited version of this review appeared at

[GreenYouth] Coming out against Israeli apartheid: The case for solidarity

2010-03-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
http://rabble.ca/print/news/2010/03/coming-out-against-israeli-apartheid-case-solidarity Coming out against Israeli apartheid: The case for solidarity By *Cathryn Atkinson* Created *Mar 11 2010 - 1:58am* Story Publish Date: March 11, 2010 Each year, in the lead up to Israeli Apartheid Week

[GreenYouth] 7 Years After Killing, Family of Slain US Peace Activist Rachel Corrie Heads to Israel for Wrongful Death Suit Against Israeli Gov’t Rachel-corrie-double

2010-03-12 Thread Afthab Ellath
*http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/10/family_of_slain_us_peace_activist * *CINDY CORRIE: *I think Rachel knew that Reem and Iman, that Kareem, that those children were behind that wall. She had been helping them with their English homework and with their—they were helping her learn Arabic. She

[GreenYouth] Zizek - Return of the natives

2010-03-07 Thread Afthab Ellath
Return of the natives Slavoj Zizek http://www.newstatesman.com/print/201003040015# http://www.newstatesman.com/film/2010/03/avatar-reality-love-couple-sex http://www.newstatesman.com/print/201003040015# Published 04 March 2010 Beneath the idealism and political correctness of Avatar, in the

[GreenYouth] Be Your Father’s Son - AN OPEN LETTER TO AMITABH BACHCHAN

2010-03-05 Thread Afthab Ellath
*http://www.tehelka.com/story_main44.asp?filename=Ne060310be_your.asp# * *Be Your Father’s Son* *AN OPEN LETTER TO AMITABH BACHCHAN* *Main hoon unkey saath, rakhte jo seedhi apni reedh...* (I am with those who keep their spine straight) FROM *MADHUSHALA* BY HARIVANSH RAI BACHCHAN * Najid

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