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1 April 2016, by
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ,
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
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 (...)
