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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 (...) -
2 February 2016, by ,
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
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
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
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
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 clear (...) -
2 February 2016, by
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 business (...) -
2 February 2016, by
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 (...)
