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26 February, by PIPFPD
Joint Statement by the National Committees PIPFPD of India and Pakistan

Issued to media on 26th of February 2019 from Lahore and New Delhi (also Mumbai, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Jammu, Bhubaneshwar & Srinagar): We, the members of Pakistan (...)
15 February, by Morgan Bartz
Race, Place, and Resistance in Nova Scotia: A Review of “There’s Something in the Water”

In the autumn of 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a dire climate report (1) outlining the necessity of limiting global warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius within 12 (...)
4 February, by The Wire
UN’s Support Sought for Withdrawal of Charges Against Anand Teltumbde

In a letter with over 150 signatories, the charges against Teltumbde were called fabricated and the case a severe human rights violation. New Delhi: Over 90 organisations, 50 institutions and (...)
4 February, by Patrick Bond
Zimbabwe: Capitalist Crisis + Ultra-Neoliberal Policy = “Mugabesque” Authoritarianism

Once again, a formidable burst of state brutality against Zimbabwe’s citizenry has left at least a dozen corpses, scores of serious injuries, mass arrests, Internet suspension and a furious (...)
4 February, by Kanishka Goonewardena
The Crisis in Sri Lanka

“In the name of God, go!” Rarely have these words of Oliver Cromwell been recycled with such farce and frequency as during Sri Lanka’s recent political crisis, not least by parliamentarians (...)
25 January, by GGJ
Solidarity with the Venezuelan People

"Grassroots Global Justice Alliance strongly condemns the aggression of the US government towards President Nicolas Maduro and the legitimate government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela." (...)
23 January, by Shireen Zaidi
Cities of Salt

Cities of Salt, was first published in Beirut in 1984. Translated from Arabic by Peter Theroux. Published by Vintage International, New York. ‘By god, Your Excellency, we were as happy as we (...)
21 January, by Rushdia Mehreen
“Landgrab is a Universal Phenomenon With Historical Roots”

In her new novel, Land for Fatimah, Veena Gokhale brings to life the experiences of an Indo-Canadian expatriate, Anjali, working for an NGO in a fictional African country named Kamorga. Anjali (...)
18 January, by Bernard Dreano
Yellow Fever in France

Almost everyone agrees on the analysis of what caused this movement: the growth of inequalities, the marginalization of certain regions and social categories, austerity and neoliberal politics. (...)
16 January, by Anand Teltumbde
‘My Hopes Lie Shattered, I Need Your Support’

Coming from the poorest of poor families I wanted to contribute… You may have learnt from the media that my appeal for quashing the false FIR against me filed by the Pune Police was rejected (...)