Ricardo Torres
Professor Kubal
Social Movements
03/9/2014
Democracy now
This week on democracy now the idea of India heading towards a totalitarian regime is discussed at length by acclaimed novelist Arundhati Roy. Roy shared some of the brief historical significances that have shaped this future India is heading toward n her view. She spoke of the boom of the nineties and the wealth disparities that have influenced India in making decisions to become a totalitarian government. According to Roy the boom in the nineties allowed India to monopolize on the idea of a middle class in India; however, this came at a much greater cost to those who would end up in the lower class now consisting of India's majority population or ninety percent of the population. Roy discussed the disadvantages to the people in form of land grabs and development contracts. The suicide rate is discussed with Roy claiming the agricultural development has left the farmers discouraged leading to depression, hopelessness and eventually suicide. In her reading from her newest book Capitalism a ghost story which resembled gothic poetry, Roy expresses the way it feels to be one of the middle class who has benefited from the farmers who have suffered and those left in poverty as a result of the aftermath. Roy calls out the owners of the corporations responsible for this that have done nothing to help the situation.
The standoff in Ukraine continues even after formal reply from the Russian government has declared a withdrawal command of all troops. The pro-Russian supporters have armed themselves and refuse to leave their occupied spaces. Senator john Kerry was less than convinced of Russia's noninvolvement. According to Kerry all the signs shown from the provocateurs in The Ukraine are a signal that the Russian government has sent them there to disturb a sovereign state in order to cause trouble. A meeting with all four participants will be held in an attempt to quell this issue.
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