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17Sep

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Gates of Hell?

BOOKS, INTERVIEWS BY JAMIE FOSTER In this powerful and hard-hitting analysis, Daniel Jupp examines the enormous personal power and political influence of one of the world’s richest men. The Gates of Hell covers everything from the childhood influences that shaped Bill Gates to the Microsoft years and his current incarnation as the most powerful philanthropist on the planet. Jupp traces just how vast and unaccountable the influence of Gates has become, including his leading role in current global health policies and the drive toward a net zero “Green Revolution,” which threatens the economic and social fabric of the entire western world. Firmly asking the questions that mainstream commentators often avoid, Jupp supplies a damaging criticism not just of Gates himself but of the pol...

Disturbing Questions Over Death Of CBI Judge Justice Loya

8Sep

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Disturbing Questions Over Death Of CBI Judge Justice Loya

Posted by: John Phoenix Special CBI Judge Justice Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin murder case in which Narendra Modi’s lieutenant Amit Shah and several top Gujarat police officers were implicated, died suddenly at a Government guest house in Nagpur on 30 November 2014 – two weeks before the next hearing in the case. Within a month of the death of the 48-year-old Justice Loya, his successor had discharged Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin murder case. Justice Loya’s predecessor, who had been tough on Shah, had been transferred just a day before a hearing date he had fixed in which he had required Shah to be present. Justice Loya too had shown every sign of diligence in the case rather than leniency towards Shah.Now, three years on, the late Justice Loya’s family...

Meet Niranjan Takle, the journalist who broke the Judge Loya story

8Sep

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Meet Niranjan Takle, the journalist who broke the Judge Loya story

Posted by: John Phoenix Eight months after breaking one of the biggest stories of 2017, Takle remains unemployed. By: Cherry Agarwal In Class 4, Niranjan Takle, the journalist who broke the Judge Loya story, wanted to become a lawyer.This was because in 1971, the state government had acquired 16 acres of his family’s agricultural land, for development of low-cost housing projects, without due compensation. As the family waited for their due, Niranjan’s dream of owning a bicycle was also put on hold. Back then, a municipal school student in Nashik, Maharashtra, Takle would spend part of his morning delivering newspapers. Recalling those days, Takle says, “My father owned a small newspaper and magazine stall. While I did not understand the depth or the social and politic...

8Sep

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Brijgopal Harkishan Loya

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brijgopal Harkishan LoyaBorn12 December 1966Gategaon, LaturDiedDecember 1, 2014 (aged 47)OccupationJudgeSpecial Judge to the Central Bureau of InvestigationIn officeJune 2014 – December 2014Preceded byJ. T. UtpatSucceeded byM. B. Gosavi Brijgopal Harkishan Loya (1966–2014) was an Indian judge who served in a special court which deals with matters relating to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He was presiding over the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case, and died on 1 December 2014 in Nagpur. A bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, on April 19, 2018, dismissed the public interest petition (PIL), and stated the death to ...

8Sep

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Who Killed Justice Loya

Posted by: John Phoenix Niranjan Jha Showman (Author)FORMAT Paperback $9.00 BACKORDER (TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK)BACKORDER ADD TO WISHLIST Description Brijgopal Harkishan Loya was an Indian judge who served in a special court which deals with matters relating to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He was presiding over the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case during which he died on 1 December 2014 in Nagpur. A bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, on April 19, 2018, dismissed the public interest petition (PIL), and stated Loya's death to be natural and such petitions to be an attack on the Judiciary. In June 2014, Loya was appointed to the special CBI court on the Sohrabuddin case. Loya allowed Amit Shah, the accused ...

Who killed judge Loya?: Book promises to tell you the ‘whole truth’

8Sep

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Who killed judge Loya?: Book promises to tell you the ‘whole truth’

Posted by: John Phoenix Isn’t the book likely to land him into trouble? For the moment, author Niranjan Takle is not ready to address the question, convinced that as a journalist he is duty bound to speak truth to power A book self-published by journalist Niranjan Takle, ‘Who killed Judge Loya’ being formally launched on Sunday, May 1, has generated considerable curiosity. In an interview Takle opened up about the controversial case and the mysterious death of the CBI special judge BH Loya who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case in which the Union Home Minister Amit Shah was an accused. The judge who replaced Loya after the latter’s death acquitted Shah in record time of less than a fortnight in December 2014. Admitting that the story, published finally ...

Book Review: ‘Who Killed Justice Loya’ Delves Into The Many Unanswered Questions

8Sep

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Book Review: ‘Who Killed Justice Loya’ Delves Into The Many Unanswered Questions

Posted by: John Phoenix Investigative reporter Niranjan Takle's page-turning read sheds light on the mystery and secrecy which formed part of the events that led up to Justice Loya's death. Was Judge Loya, in fact, killed on the intervening night of November 30 and December 1, 2014? Or was he just the victim of a heart attack (“coronary artery insufficiency”, as recorded in the post-mortem report. The book was lying unread on my bookshelves for the past several weeks. I then idly took up the book – and could not drop it till I had been through all its 315 pages. It is the astonishing story of an investigative reporter with the Mumbai bureau of The Week magazine being dragooned by a friend into meeting in the lobby of a Pune hotel with the niece of the dead ma...

22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight

5Sep

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Literature, USA

22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight

BY MAHA HILA An MQ-1 Predator, armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, piloted by Lt. Col. Scott Miller on a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt) “I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer gray skies. The drones do not fly when the skies are gray.” That’s what a young Pakistani boy named Zubair told members of Congress at a hearing on drones in October 2013. That hearing was during the Obama years at a time when the government had barely even acknowledged that an American drone warfare program existed. Two years earlier, however, a Muslim cleric, Anwar Al-Awlaki and his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman, both American citizens, were killed by U.S. drone strikes in Yemen just weeks apart. Asked to comm...

31Aug

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Oppenheimer the film, a review

This film, directed and written by Christopher Nolan, currently on release and the subject of much publicity and hype, is well worth seeing on many levels. It is a fascinating story, filmed with great artistry. It is acknowledged to be based on the book American Prometheus by Kai Bird (2005). The authors view Oppenheimer as a tragic figure, a scientist of great stature who was brought low by a collection of people motivated by their own personal ambition, who saw Oppenheimer in the post-war years as the obstacle in their way and who accordingly took steps to remove him from his positions of influence, using whatever means came to hand. The film is essentially a biopic covering the adult life and work of the famous US scientist, J (Julius) Robert Oppenheime...

29Aug

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Book: Manifesto for the crisis

What do workers need to understand if they are to solve their problems for good? Ella Rule This pamphlet pulls together analysis, demands and a programme for trade unionists and others to take to their workplaces and organisations as the crisis deepens and the class war intensifies. Download a digital copy of this pamphlet. Buy a copy from our shop. Read the other articles in this pamphlet. ***** Following the pandemic, the whole world is finding itself in a situation of economic chaos. The living standards of working people are falling precipitously almost everywhere in the world. Countries such as Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Ghana are already bankrupt and unable to purchase essentials needed by their populations – medicine, food and&nbs...