2016

Articles

• 1 December 2016, by Chris Hedges

  It’s Worse Than You Think

  Widespread social unrest will ignite when Donald Trump’s base realizes it has been betrayed. I do not know when this will happen. But that it will happen is certain. Investments in the stocks of (...)
• 1 December 2016, by Saib Bilaval

  Hillary Clinton Is Not Simply A Symptom Of Our Corrupt System, She Is A Leading Cause

  Since the results of the US Presidential election were announced, media focus has been on how Donald Trump won, rather than how Hillary lost. In the two days after the results, most of the media (...)
• 1 December 2016, by Immanuel Wallerstein

  "The U.S. Election: It’s over at last, or is it?”

  Almost everyone is astonished at Trump’s victory. It is said that even Trump was astonished. And of course now everyone is explaining how it happened, although the explanations are different. And (...)
• 1 December 2016, by Yanis Varoufakis

  Trump Victory Comes With A Silver Lining For The World’s Progressives

  The election of Donald Trump symbolises the demise of a remarkable era. It was a time when we saw the curious spectacle of a superpower, the US, growing stronger because of – rather than despite – (...)
• 1 December 2016, by Martin Lukacs

  Justin Trudeau’s Giant Corporate Giveaway

  A privatization spree in Canada could cost regular people billions, erode democracy and undermine the fight against climate change While prime minister Justin Trudeau flogged our public assets (...)
• 1 December 2016, by Matthew Behrens

  Armed Drones Part of Trudeau’s New Military

  A proposed Canadian Mission Sequence of Events takes readers through the log of a drone mission, with demonstrators referred to as “moving targets” and drones employed to “assist ground security (...)
• 1 December 2016, by Jean Drèze

  The New Abnormal In Kashmir

  Continued repression is likely to intensify the alienation in Kashmir. It would be much wiser for the government to realise the futility of stonewalling and initiate unconditional talks with all (...)
• 1 December 2016, by Antoine Khalili

  Montreal Convergence Assembly on Rojava and the Kurdish Struggle for World Kobane Day

  On Tuesday, November 1st 2016, World Kobane Day, activists and allies of the inspiring social movements in Rojava (the northern region of Syria) gathered in a large number of cities across the (...)
• 1 November 2016, by Francesco Amoruso and Endika Rodriguez-Martin

  Settler Colonialisms of a Special Type: Apartheid in Palestine/Israel and South Africa

  A review of Israel and South Africa: The Many Faces of Apartheid. Edited by Ilan Pappé. Zed Books (2015). If the reader is searching for a thorough academic comparative work on Israel and South (...)
• 1 November 2016, by Siddharth Varadarajan

  As Modi Dumps Palestine at UN, His Praise for Israeli Army Does India Military No Credit

  In his zeal to harvest political capital from the Indian army’s recent action targeting terrorists along the Line of Control, Modi has conveniently forgotten that the Israeli army’s ‘valour’ has (...)
• 1 November 2016, by Tommaso Segantini

  Norman Finkelstein: Prospects, Hope and Strategies for the Future in Palestine

  The year 2017 will mark the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories during the 1967 war. In this exchange with freelance journalist Tommaso Segantini, Norman (...)
• 1 November 2016, by Jooneed Khan

  Aruna Roy And The Grassroots Revolution In India

  In the “multiple Indias” where firebrand social activist Aruna Roy has earned herself a world-wide reputation for integrity and commitment, women of all castes, classes and creeds come together (...)
• 1 November 2016, by VOICES

  The “Canada Brand”: Violence and Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America

  Executive Summary The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project of York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School has documented troubling incidents of violence associated with Canadian mining (...)
• 1 November 2016, by Jehan Perera

  Sri Lanka: Justice Must Also Be Seen To Be Done

  COLOMBO: The common cause of the National Unity Government to tackle the corruption of the past and to put an end to it in the present seemed to come apart at the seams when President Maithripala (...)
• 1 November 2016, by Marti

  A Weekend of Rights and Peace in “Another Iraq”

  The Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative celebrates the tremendous success of the Iraqi Social Forum and The Baghdad Marathon for Peace in Iraq (22-24 September 2016, Baghdad). Where can (...)
• 1 November 2016

  Women Resist Militarization, Occupation And Wars Of Aggression!

  International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women As we approach the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we are reminded that the greatest form of (...)
• 1 November 2016, by Pritam Singh

  Nurture Artistic & Academic Freedom

  Let the sons and daughters of Haryana develop as a hundred flowers bloom. Universities must support creative endeavour to enable cultural renaissance and human development. I have had a soft (...)
• 4 October 2016, by Jeremy Wildeman

  Canadian Government and Political Party suppression of Palestinian Rights

  Elizabeth May’s recent crackdown on her own Green Party membership over its support for Palestinian human rights parallels mainstream oppression by Canada’s other political parties against (...)
• 4 October 2016, by I.A. Rehman

  Should We Rethink Kashmir?

  PRIME MINISTER Nawaz Sharif has perhaps done all that he could to draw the international community’s attention to the Kashmiri people’s ordeal. He and members of his large entourage spoke of (...)
• 4 October 2016, by Sukumar Muralidharan

  When Media Fantasies Collide With Strategic Realities

  An army of newsroom warriors used the Uri attack to create one illusion after another Security anxieties spiked after the September 18 suicide attack on an army post near Uri in northern (...)
• 4 October 2016, by Aiyanas Ormond

  Duterte, the Drug War and Prospects for Peace in the Philippines

  Since his swearing in as President of the Republic of the Philippines on the 30th of June, Rodrigo Duterte has been dominating headlines. Most recently, Duterte’s war on drug sellers and users, (...)
• 4 October 2016, by Nada Elia

  Honor Edward Said’s Legacy by Supporting BDS

  September 25, 2016 marked the thirteenth anniversary of the passing of Professor Edward Said, one of the most influential intellectuals of the twentieth century, and a political icon for anyone (...)
• 4 October 2016, by Tapan Bose

  Modi’s Newfound Interest in Balochistan: Why India Could Be on a Sticky Wicket

  When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declared that his government would highlight the violation of Baloch people’s human rights by Pakistan, it was welcomed by Baloch nationalists. The (...)
• 4 October 2016, by Moroccan Climate Justice Coalition

  The Casablanca Declaration

  Record-breaking temperatures month after month, a succession of cyclones, hurricanes, floods, forest fires and debilitating droughts remind us that climate change is a reality which already (...)
• 4 October 2016, by Pritam Singh

  Let Us Not Lose Sight of Cost of Escalation

  Reducing India-Pak tensions is a historic necessity. Regions far from the borders can afford to play warmongering games, but the border regions would be devastated in both countries if war breaks (...)
• 6 September 2016, by Tapan Bose

  Why Kashmiris Don’t Trust India

  I have been reading op-ed page articles about the current agitation being led by Kashmiri youth who have grown up under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). While most of these articles (...)
• 6 September 2016, by Sophia Reuss

  Beyond ‘Green’ Jobs

  The World Social Forum drew to a close on August 15 after a hectic week of over 1,500 self-managed committees, a handful of star-studded keynote panels, creative actions, demonstrations and (...)
• 6 September 2016, by Yusur Al Bahrani

  The Omrans of Yemen

  The ash-covered child seemed terrified. Omran Daqneesh was not crying as the medical worker carried him to the back of an ambulance. In shock, the boy was sitting on the orange chair. For weeks, (...)
• 6 September 2016, by Taha Öztürk

  Reflections on The Turkish Coup

  “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” - Malcolm X Throughout history, rulers had (...)
• 6 September 2016, by Pritam Singh

  IMF’s Autocritique of Neo-liberalism?

  In a recent article published in Finance and Development, an International Monetary Fund magazine, three economists have critically evaluated the policies the IMF promotes. They acknowledge (...)
• 6 September 2016, by ICSSI

  Third Iraqi Social Forum

  September 22-24, 2016 Baghdad Why the ISF? Within the difficult situation Iraq is going through, the war against Daesh, the terrorist organization, and its impact of millions of Iraqi IDPs, (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Samia Constantin

  Shia in Saudi Arabia: A History of Discrimination, Oppression

  The relationship between Saudi Sunni and Shia has always been characterized by conflict. Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia are a minority group that account for 10 to 15 percent of the population in a (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Yusur Al Bahrani

  I Am Human

  The aroma of hookah smoke pierces the air and finds its way to me as I walk down one of Amman’s most traditional streets in Al-Balad, or Down Town. I follow a smell that leads me to stairs. After (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Chelsea Barnett

  In Defence of Sympathy: VR, Empathy, and Real-World Storytelling

  From July 15th to 17th, TIFF Bell Lightbox showcased a virtual reality (VR) exhibition entitled POP 02: VR + Empathy + Real-World Storytelling. It was the second in a three-part immersive media (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Ronald Cameron

  WSF in Montreal and the Relevance of the Social Forum Process

  The first World Social Forum (WSF) to take place in a Northern Country will be held in few weeks in Montreal, from August 9 to 14. Most of the programming is now set on the eve of its holding. (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Jooneed Khan

  Turkey Between Two Fascisms

  In Turkey, where the attempted coup failed and arms went silent after 24 hours of clashes and killings, civilian fascism has won over military fascism – even as both competed to project each camp (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Peoples’ Democratic Party

  The Way Out of This Crisis is not Declaring State of Emergency, but Democracy

  Five days after the coup attempt on 15th of July, the NSC and Council of Ministers declared a state of emergency in the country. This step shows the coup attempt might have been blocked, but the (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Ilan Pappe

  Why Brexit May Be Palestine’s Gain

  The British referendum on membership in the European Union on 23 June has exposed deep layers of racism and xenophobia in the United Kingdom and raises serious concerns about the welfare of (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Sukumar Muralidharan

  War of the Worlds

  The IS claim of a new caliphate would be laughable but for troubling resonances with Turkey’s ambitions A killer truck ploughed through a festive crowd in the French Riviera town of Nice on the (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Saib Bilaval

  “You Can Have Your Weak Nominee If You Wish”

  Ultimately, what the Sanders endorsement has proved is what the candidate was arguing from the beginning – that it was not Sanders and his campaign that was holding Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers (...)
• 1 August 2016, by Benoit Renaud

  A March For Our Rivers And Against Pipelines

  Stop oléoduc Outaouais (Outaouais against the pipeline) is organizing a march to protect our rivers and the climate, starting on August 14, in Saint-André d’Argenteuil, a small town approximately (...)
• 8 July 2016, by Malcolm Guy

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte: A Socialist in Disguise?

  Time magazine called him "the punisher" while other publications refer to him as “Duterte Harry”, the Trump of the Philippines, or a “dictator in waiting”. I feel compelled by the somewhat simplistic (...)
• 4 July 2016, by Sophia Reuss

  An Interview with Ali Abunimah: BDS and Palestinian Solidarity

  Ali Abunimah is a prominent Palestinian-American activist and journalist. Abunimah is the Vice-President on the Board of Directors of the Arab American Action Network, a fellow at the Palestine (...)
• 4 July 2016, by Samia Constantin

  “I Am a Victim of Injustice”: Dilma Rousseff and Sexism in Brazilian Politics

  Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff faces an impeachment trial after accusations of burying an important budget deficit to guarantee her re-election in 2014 sparked massive public outrage. The (...)
• 4 July 2016, by Kyle Jacques

  What Hillary and Trump’s Foreign Policies Have in Common

  Hillary Clinton’s major speech on foreign policy was surely a disappointment for anyone who wanted to hear about, well, foreign policy. Take away the many digs at Donald Trump and the many (...)
• 4 July 2016, by Catherine Larouche

  The Other Side of The War on Terror: False Terror Charges Against Muslim Youth in India

  I first met Mohammed Aamir Khan in the office of Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD), a Delhi-based organization working on communal harmony and human rights, in which he was formerly (...)
• 4 July 2016, by Dylan Boyko

  The Results that We Got: The Contradictions of American Gun Violence

  There is a problem in America with the economics of safety. Early in Evan Osnos’ stunning New Yorker article on the subtle proliferation of gun ownership and gun discourse in America, he quotes (...)
• 4 July 2016, by Messaoud Romdhani

  Torture: Legislations and Reality

  « To combat torture without compromise, we need to know our major opponent: the dark side of our humanity.” Serge Portelli, Why torture A few weeks after the Assembly of People’s Representatives (...)
• 4 July 2016, by Jooneed J Khan

  In Dedication to Amjad Sabri & All Qawwals

  Qawwalis can be deadly. Case in point: the assassination of Pakistani Qawwal Amjad Sabri, brought down June 22 in a hail of bullets fired by two gunmen on a motor-bike as he drove with a friend (...)
• 4 July 2016, by Voices-Voix

  BDS in Canada

  What Happened On February 22, 2016, the House of Commons passed a Conservative motion to “reject the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement” and “call upon the government to condemn any (...)
• 2 June 2016, by Dylan Boyko

  Who Drives the Story: The Panama Papers and Narrative Control

  The Panama Papers may prove to be the single most important leak in a new era of data-driven activism. Delivered by an unnamed source to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, and investigated with (...)
• 2 June 2016, by Samia Constantin

  The Legacy of LuxLeaks: Whistleblowers, Privacy and European Law

  Antoine Deltour, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) employee, attracted international attention on illegal tax agreements between Luxembourg authorities and multinational corporations by (...)
• 2 June 2016, by Katrina Gibbs

  The Violence of Intolerance: Bangladeshi LGBT Activist Murdered

  The latest in a series of chilling murders in Bangladesh has been the death of Xulhaz Mannan on April 25 in Dhaka. The murder of Xulhaz Mannan and his friend and fellow activist Tonoy Mahbub (...)
• 2 June 2016, by Sophia Reuss

  Lubicon Lake Nation Demands Action, Justice For Ongoing Discrimination And Exploitation

  On Wednesday May 18, Lubicon Lake Nation Chief Bernard Ominayak met with Alberta’s Indigenous Relations Minister, Richard Feehan, following the Nation’s recent human rights complaints. In a Skype (...)
• 2 June 2016, by Zoë Wilkins

  Fort Mcmurray Forest Fire Displaces Temporary Foreign Workers

  80,000 people were evacuated from Fort McMurray during and following the forest fire that ravaged the city last month. Among these 80,000 were hundreds of temporary foreign workers, who have been (...)
• 2 June 2016, by Katrina Gibbs

  Resisting Modi: In Conversation with Noor Zaheer

  In the midst of the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) elections in India, activist Noor Zaheer gave a talk at Alternatives on May 12 entitled ‘Nationalism and Intolerance in India Today’. Zaheer (...)
• 2 June 2016, by Medea Benjamin

  Israel and Saudi Arabia: Strange Bedfellows in the New Middle East

  Israel and Saudi Arabia are burying the hatchet. For at least 10 reasons, that’s not such a good idea. On the surface, it would seem that Saudi Arabia and Israel would be the worst of enemies — (...)
• 2 June 2016, by Patrick Bond

  Imperialism’s Junior Partners

  On May 12, Brazil’s democratic government, led by the Workers’ Party (PT), was the victim of a coup. What will the other BRICS countries (Russia, India, China, and South Africa) do? Will they stand (...)
• 6 May 2016, by Katrina Gibbs

  Bernie Sanders and the Awakening of the American Left

  On Thursday, April 14th, a conference was held by Donald Cuccioletta on Bernie Sanders: Le Réveil de la Gauche Américaine. The talk focused on an analysis of the phenomenon of Bernie Sanders and (...)
• 6 May 2016, by Dylan Boyko

  Fighting Against the Bureaucratic Tide

  The problem posed by the current refugee crisis in Turkey, Greece, and much of Europe is, on one hand, an economic and political morass and, on the other hand, a very simple human crisis. There (...)
• 6 May 2016, by ICSSI

  The Iraqi Intifada, a Weekend of Popular Nonviolent Uprising

  On the 1st of May 2016, Baghdad looked much safer, without separation walls between the government and the Iraqi people. Those concrete walls built to protect politicians in the Green Zone, to (...)
• 6 May 2016, by Michel Warschawski

  Gideon Levi: BDS-The Only Way

  BDS is progressing, even within Israeli society. Two of my good friends, Uri Avnery and Gideon Levi, used to argue against the efficiency of this strategy, claiming its sole result would be to (...)
• 6 May 2016, by Mansoor Raza

  On Death’s Door: Trade Unions in Pakistan

  At an estimated 63.34 million workers in total, Pakistan has the 10th largest labour force in the world. Besides federations and confederations, there are 945 trade unions currently active in (...)
• 6 May 2016, by John Hilary

  End For TTIP?

  The documents show that US corporations will be granted unprecedented powers over any new public health or safety regulations to be introduced in future. If any European government does dare to (...)
• 6 May 2016, by Jakob Reimann

  One Last Chance for Peace in Yemen

  On the night of January 5, a squadron of F-15 fighter jets from the Royal Saudi Air Force carpet-bombed a neighborhood in the densely populated Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Following the assault, the (...)
• 6 May 2016, by Josh Hoxie

  Wealthy Americans Don’t Have to Go to Panama to Hide Their Wealth

  The first thing you notice on the cab ride from the airport to downtown Panama City is the skyscrapers. They’re architecturally beautiful, but jumbled together as if there was no plan or (...)
• 6 May 2016, by Monojit Majumdar

  What the ‘Revolutionary Terrorism’ of Bhagat Singh Really Means

  There has been uproar in Indian Parliament over the alleged reference to Bhagat Singh as a ‘terrorist’ in a well known book, the sale and distribution of whose Hindi version has been stopped by (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Sophia Reuss

  The Murder of Berta Caceres and American Foreign Policy

  Tourists, government employees, and people strolling through downtown Washington D.C. last week likely noticed two large banners outside the buildings at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest. One (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Katrina Gibbs

  Rifts, Racism, and Refugees: The German Elections and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

  Reactions to the refugee crisis have varied throughout Europe, and have led to a particularly polarized political landscape in Germany. As is well known, Germany has become one of the epicenters (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Messaoud Romdhani

  Democracy and Corruption

  “Corruption is much the way Mark Twain once described the weather: everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it." John D. Sullivan, Executive Director, CIPE One third of (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Dylan Boyko

  USA Elections 2016: Violence and Currents and Why We Should Worry

  When we think of Donald Trump, and the possibility of violence that comes with his candidacy, we might be thinking of what a normal American is and isn’t. What we (the collective we that (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Frank Barat

  Brussels: March 22, 2016

  The second day of Spring in my hometown, Brussels, started like any other day. I took the kids to school and nursery this morning, then went to work. Or, rather, came back home, where most of my (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Vijay Prashad

  Brazil’s Summer of Discontent

  What is striking about the protests in Brazil against the Rousseff government is that these are not coming mainly from the slums or the industrial working class. They mark the collective hatred (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Harsh Mander

  Can An Indian Spring Be Far Behind?

  The past winter months in India were grimly overcast, with gathering dark clouds. A deeply divisive manufactured binary sought to pit youthful idealism and dissent against love for the country. (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Sukumar Muralidharan

  Rule of Law in Trauma

  An account of 14 years spent in the darkest recesses of the Indian penal system, Mohammad Aamir Khan’s book is a searing indictment of what passes for terror investigations Terrorism is a form (...)
• 1 April 2016, by Bruno Kern

  Eco-Socialism or Barbarism-11 Theses

  1. The history of capitalism has always been also the history of its crises. This has been so because of its self-contradictory nature, which by itself generates crises and undermines its own (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Sophia Reuss

  “The People of Rojava are Staging a Social Revolution”

  Dimitri Roussopoulos, a Montreal-based political activist, writer, editor, publisher, and community organizer, was a member of an International Peace Delegation that visited Istanbul, Turkey from (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Melis

  Beyond Female Soldiers: The Feminism of Rojava

  Rojava, the newly autonomous Kurdish region in Syria, became a household name in the summer of 2014, during the war between the Islamic State and the Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units) and (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Messaoud Romdhani

  When History Repeats Itself

  There is no big difference between what happened in Sidi Bouzid, December 17th, 2010 when the street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolated after being harassed by some officials, inspiring wide (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Sophia Reuss

  Crises in France: the left’s response

  The people of France have been confronted with multiple challenges lately: while the migrant crisis and the situation in Calais is ongoing, Paris was a target of a terror attack in November last (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Katrina Gibbs

  The Protection of Net Neutrality in India: Who Benefits from Free Basics?

  As the Internet grows increasingly essential, governments must face decisions about if and how the government should regulate the Internet. Growing monopolization amongst the ‘Internet Giants’ (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Dylan Boyko

  What The Nation Can(‘t) Give You

  The sheer amount of wealth in America is disturbing. The vast acres of untouched and untouchable – at least for some – resources is a quixotic kind of problem. There seems to be too much to do any (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Tapan Bose

  Indian Nationalism and Execution of Afzal Guru

  Afzal Guru, convicted of conspiracy to wage war against India and murder in December 2001, was hanged on February 9, 2013, has reemerged as a martyr. The Democratic Students Union (DSU) had (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Satya Sagar

  Reinventing the Indian Left

  It is an inspiring moment as the students of JNU fight back magnificently against a paranoid, malicious rightwing regime, bent on persecuting them through mob violence and misuse of state power. (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Michel Warschawski

  The State of Israel is Changing its Nature

  It sounds like fascism, it smells like fascism, it looks like fascism. Usually I don’t like to use the concept "fascism" to describe the Israeli regime. First of all and above all, the State of (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Messaoud Romdhani

  Pride and Shame

  “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (Martin Luther King) (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Romila Thapar

  JNU and Our Democracy

  Recent events at the Jawaharlal Nehru University raise many questions pertinent to us as citizens of India. The questions have become imperative because it is apparent that many who govern us (...)
• 2 March 2016, by Patrick Martin

  Parliament Votes to Reject Israel Boycott Campaign

  Canada’s Parliament has voted by a wide margin to condemn the growing international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign being waged against Israel for what is alleged to be the Jewish (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Katrina Gibbs, Sophia Reuss

  The Fight for $15: A National Cry for Workers’ Rights in the United States

  As Iowans gathered on February 1st to endorse party nominees for the American presidential election, thousands of fast-food, home-care and child workers in Des Moines staged Iowa’s first fast-food (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Dylan Boyko

  Politics on Island Time

  The saggy middle of American international intervention stretches into the multitudinous crevices of other nations. Paradise is corrupted or lost or confounded, as a fervent U.S. desire for (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Katrina Gibbs, Sophia Reuss

  An Interview With Indian Political Activist Satya Sagar: Part I

  Sophia: Yesterday we spoke with a French political activist who talked about how the French classical political parties are not adapted to proposing political alternatives and no longer drive the (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Taran Khan

  With a Suicide Attack, the Taliban Unwittingly Puts Focus on its Target: A Vibrant Afghan Media

  The media, which has grown steadily in Afghanistan since 2001, is in the crosshairs of the Taliban. What it needs now is government support and unionization. The suicide attack on Afghan (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Zoe Zakin

  A Brief History of the Landless Workers Movement

  While the “Occupy Movement” of 2008 onwards captured the mainstream media’s attention, becoming synonymous with leftist and anti-corporate protest, a much larger and lesser-known movement of (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Sukumar Muralidharan

  Mahatma, The Empire’s Loyal Subject

  The popular legend of Gandhi in South Africa has a backstory, that of a man with fawning loyalty to the British. There is a backstory to the legend of Mahatma Gandhi, enacted in South Africa, (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Tanika Sarkar

  Book Review: The Last Word

  Book-The Phoenix Moment: Challenges Confronting the Indian Left Author: Praful Bidwai Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 600 Price: Rs 407 Massive research, penetrating analysis, strong and (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Sam Pizzigati

  Here’s What the Millionaires at Davos Can Do About Global Inequality

  Instead of just talking about inequality, the global business elites gathering in Switzerland can do something about it: Stop dodging their taxes. Every winter the world’s political and (...)
• 2 February 2016, by Norman G. Finkelstein

  How Israel Has Benefitted From an International Double Standard

  Far from singling Israel out for criticism, the international community has repeatedly turned a blind eye to its breaches of international law. The superficially most compelling case for a (...)
• 4 January 2016, by Sophia Reuss

  Turkey in Syria: A Web of Contradictions

  On November 26th, 2015, Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of Turkish opposition daily Cumhuriyet, was arrested alongside Erdem Gul, the newspaper’s chief Ankara representative, over their allegation (...)
• 4 January 2016, by Dylan Boyko

  The Disinformation Age

  I love populism. The more participation in government, the more educated the electorate is regarding important issues. A system, potentially, of accountability and responsibility can then be (...)
• 4 January 2016, by Messaoud Romdhani

  “Freedoms Are More Powerful Than Security Measures In Combating Terrorism”

  “I will not give you the gift of hating you. You have sought it, but responding to it would be to give in to the same ignorance that made you what you are.” (Antoine, husband of a terrorist victim (...)