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12 September, by
A Fighter and a Thinker, Sitaram Yechury Leaves Behind a Towering Legacy
He was a cementing force in Indian polity when communal and profit-greedy forces registered their presence like never before. Sometime in August 2003, Sitaram Yechury, then a senior leader of (…) -
7 September, by
Israel’s Genocidal Campaign: The Struggle Continues
The assassination of Ismael Haniyeh only confirms that Israel has no interest in ending its genocidal and terrorist campaign on Gazans, in particular, and Palestinians, more generally. Over 500 (…) -
23 August, by
India’s ‘Sheikh Hasina Problem’ is Not Going Away Easily
For one and a half decades, India unabashedly supported Sheikh Hasina’s brutal and dictatorial regime. The 20-day-long violent uprising that forced her to flee to India in a military cargo plane, (…) -
16 August, by
Dreaming of Downfall
What just happened? For almost a week, towns and cities across England and Northern Ireland were in the grip of pogromist reaction. In Hull, Sunderland, Rotherham, Liverpool, Aldershot, Leeds, (…) -
9 August, by
Overwriting Palestine
The most intense bombardment of a concentrated urban space in recent memory, the fastest deliberate starvation of any population in recorded history, the greatest number of journalists killed in (…) -
7 August, by
Sudanese Female Activists Provide Beacon in Fog of War
In Sudan, after a whole year of war, women human rights defenders in Sudan continue to try and help those who are suffering. Women human rights defenders with the Support Sudan Campaign lost (…) -
5 August, by
Lessons of Political Arrogance in Dhaka Need to be Heeded in New Delhi
It could just be a coincidence. Barely twenty-four hours before Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was made to flee from Dacca, India’s Home Minister was making a statement of Prime Minister (…) -
26 July, by
The Crisis of Electoral Democracy
The crisis that afflicts what earlier generations on the left used to call bourgeois democracy is palpable. Despite the claims of ideologues like Francis Fukuyama who proclaimed the end of history (…) -
26 July, by
Evil Empires?
China’s growing presence in Africa has captured global attention. As its trade deals and investments have eclipsed those of the West, politicians from the US and EU have raised the alarm: Beijing, (…) -
16 July, by
The Menace of Hindutva
Renowned political scientist, academic, and writer, Achin Vanaik (b.1947) is a well-known scholar and commentator on global politics and international relations. He graduated in economics and (…) -
10 July, by
Philippine Mall Culture: A Capitalist Reimagining of Public Spaces
What struck me most when I first set foot in the Philippines was the abundance of shopping malls. On the way from the airport to our residence, I counted nearly a dozen shopping malls, passing one (…) -
22 June, by
The Collapse of Zionism
Hamas’s assault of October 7 can be likened to an earthquake that strikes an old building. The cracks were already beginning to show, but they are now visible in its very foundations. More than (…) -
3 June, by
Claudia Sheinbaum vs The Global Right-Wing
On June 2, elections were held in Mexico, the second most populous State in Latin America and the Caribbean, with around 130 million inhabitants. Another 11 million Mexicans live in the United (…) -
2 June, by
How BJP Masked its Class Agenda With False Religious Narrative
In attacking the wealth tax proposal, the PM whipped up hatred against Muslims, trashed Congress, thereby protecting his super-rich patrons. An object lesson in how fascistic outfits operate (…) -
1 June, by
How Lying, Autocratic Behavior, Stupidity & Official Malfeasance Are Tending to Destroy India’s Democracy
Whichever result the Indian election delivers on June 4th, the conduct of the entire campaign by the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Narendra Modi has seriously shamed the country and (…) -
13 May
Johannesburg Declaration on Israel’s Settler-Colonialism, Apartheid and Genocide
Towards Building a Global Anti-Apartheid movement We, delegates from more than two dozen countries around the world, expressing the views of millions of people from all walks of life, of all (…) -
8 May, by
First Nation in Solidarity with McGill Students
Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine The past two weeks [in October 2023] of horrific violence in Gaza resulted from 75 years of Israeli settler colonial dispossession, 56 years of military (…) -
26 April, by
Narendra Modi, The Man Who Manages to Be Exactly What Everyone Wants To See In Him
As India prepares to re-elect its parliament, Christophe Jaffrelot, Director of Research at the CNRS and a leading expert on India, answers our questions about the elections that are taking place (…) -
17 April, by
2024: Wake Up Call For The Left
The coming 2024 national and provincial elections are the most significant since the ’94 ‘freedom elections’. Yet once again there is no credible left-wing or anti-capitalist force contesting. By (…) -
22 March, by
Undoing Oslo
Five months into Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people – a compendium of colonial violence, from the bombing of maternity wards to what Raphael Lemkin once called ‘racial (…) -
19 March, by
WSF 2024 Reveals True Face of Nepal’s Communist Rulers
Nepal’s socio-political landscape, dominated by international aid-driven initiatives and limited grassroots activism, stands in contrast to the WSF’s ethos of grassroots mobilization and (…) -
23 February, by
Line of Succession
This year, elections across the world are offering a stark reminder that voters can expect very little from liberal democracy, even under conditions of ‘free and fair’ competition. It’s easy to (…) -
23 February, by
International Court and Justice for Gaza: A Public Meeting On The ICJ Ruling
By January 11, 2024, the daily death rate in Gaza was higher than in any other major 21st-century conflict. The death toll in Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza has now crossed 29,000, most of whom (…) -
16 February, by
It Is Dark Before the Dawn, But Israeli Settler Colonialism Is At an End
Professor Ilan Pappé spoke at Islamic Human Rights Commission’s (IHRC) annual Genocide Memorial Day in London, UK, on 21st January 2024, on the need to understand that the genocide of Palestinians (…) -
5 February, by
Trudeau, Restore UNWRA Funding Now: An Open Letter
Dear PM Trudeau and Minister Hussen, I am still reeling over your decision to cut aid to UNRWA. What a disgrace! And, this, at a time when the people of Gaza (and elsewhere in the Middle East) (…) -
3 February, by
Ram Mandir: The Unholy Union of God And Greed
Caught up in the incessant drumbeat of publicity created by the godi (lapdog) media that masquerades as Hindu religiosity, the goal of the consecration (pran pratishthan) ceremony on January 22 at (…) -
17 January, by
Canada and the South African Genocide Charges Against Israel at the ICJ
The merciless bombardment by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza has been challenged for all the world to see. South Africa – the historical victim of and ultimate victor over a racist (…) -
14 January, by
If It Isn’t a Genocide in Gaza, Then What Is It?
Let us assume that Israel’s position at The Hague is right and just and Israel committed no genocide or anything close to it. So what is this? What do you call the mass killing, which continues (…) -
13 January, by
The Tragedy of India’s Authoritarian Descent
Despite all the talk about India being the world’s largest democracy the existing reality is very different indeed. For persistent dissidents and opponents of the current Hindu nationalist regime (…) -
25 December 2023, by
Neither Cricket nor Humanity
“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” That immortal sentence from CLR James should be the guiding motto of the International Cricket Council, but it seems farthest from their (…) -
25 December 2023, by
A Deceptive Definition: Criticism and Accountability
“It’s easy to criticise and condemn the crimes of others. It’s a little harder to look in the mirror and ask what we’re doing because it’s usually not very pretty, and if we’re minimally decent (…) -
22 December 2023, by
Master and Servant
The Israeli massacre in Gaza is a catastrophe, and not just for the city’s tortured inmates, languishing for decades under a merciless occupation. The United States in particular, but also (…) -
11 December 2023, by
The United Nations and the Radical Reform of the International System
The United Nations (UN) was created at a unique moment, following the end of the Second World War. Inspired by the experience of the League of Nations (LON), it was built upon that institution’s (…) -
28 November 2023, by
Statement of Solidarity with Palestine and Condemnation of Attacks on Academic Freedom Related to Palestine
As academics and other concerned persons, we, the undersigned, are outraged at the manner in which discussions on the ongoing war against Palestine are being silenced on Indian campuses, and in (…) -
23 November 2023, by
Voices For Palestine
Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 1-7pm, Palestine time Live on Radio AlHara https://www.radioalhara.net A global broadcast of solidarity aiming to highlight voices from around the world expressing (…) -
14 November 2023, by
No to Export of Indian Workers to Israel to Replace Palestinian Workers
Issued on 9th November 2023 The Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Federations/Associations oppose any move to: EXPORT INDIAN WORKERS TO ISRAEL TO REPLACE PALESTINIAN (…) -
3 November 2023, by
RSS, Hindutva and the Ongoing Nakba
As the horrific, genocidal slaughter of the civilian population continues in Gaza, with almost 10,000 killed including thousands of small children at the time of writing, public demonstrations by (…) -
30 October 2023, by
India’s Abstention in UN Gaza Truce Vote Reflects Amoral, Apathetic Exceptionalism
India abstained in the UN General Assembly vote on a Jordanian-led resolution that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict. More recently, the UN Security Council (…) -
22 October 2023, by
Urgent Message from Palestine
Israel is committing three war crimes in the Gaza Strip: The crime of collective punishment and the prevention of access to water, food, medicine, electricity, and communications to the Gaza (…) -
19 October 2023, by
A Letter to My Friend Najwa in Gaza
Dear Najwa, I woke up to the news Monday morning. I was told you were safe, but that you lost your sister and her children in the bombing. Only one of her daughters survived; she’s in the (…) -
19 October 2023, by
Western Media and the Danger of Dehumanizing Language in Palestine
Do you remember the famous phrase used by George Orwell in his phenomenal novel Animal Farm, “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than other”? That quote has become famous as (…) -
17 October 2023, by
A Letter to the Friendships I Have Lost and Will Lose
This letter is not to those who I do not know, and yet claim to know me. The people who have followed me on social media just to say that they are unfollowing. The people I’ve never met or (…) -
12 October 2023, by
Uprising in Palestine
In December 1987, a new intifada erupted in Palestine, shaking Israel as well as the elites of the Arab world. A few weeks later, the grand old Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani wrote ‘The Trilogy of the (…) -
12 October 2023, by
We Are All Palestinians
2023 will be recorded historically as the year that Palestinians stood boldly in the face of colonial fascism and screamed in defense of their homes, humanity and life. Palestinians as a people (…) -
10 October 2023, by
The Israeli and Palestinian Avenger Circle
In one day Israeli citizens went through what Palestinians have experienced and have experienced for decades as a resident: Military invasion, death, cruelty, children killed, bodies laying on (…) -
2 October 2023, by
The New National Planning: An Analysis Inspired by The Thought and Work of Pierre Beaudet
Introduction We live in the era of the “great return to (national) planning”(1). In the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, most governments stopped trying to plan their economies and wrapped up their (…) -
8 September 2023
Canadians on the Streets for Human Rights, Equality, Dignity in India and Pakistan
Demonstrators call out growing fascism in India and protest the rise of Hindu Supremacist, groups in Canada Ottawa, ON, August 20, 2023. Over hundred protestors from several cities, including (…) -
25 August 2023, by
Racism and Complicity on Both Shores of the Mediterranean
Remember the Tunisian revolution that ignited protests all over the Arab World in 2011? Well, one of its achievements was a law that penalizes racial discrimination and allows victims of racism to (…) -
17 August 2023, by
How the Son of a Wealthy Indian family Decided to Become a Pakistani Communist
For Hassan Nasir, a Pakistan without Islamic egalitarianism or leftist ideals would make the new nation nothing but a bulwark for imperialists against the Soviets “I went to India, but after (…) -
6 August 2023, by
Hypocrisy, Deceit, And Divisiveness: Hallmarks of The Regime Ruling India Today
It is a measure of the insanity of our time that Narendra D. Modi is hailed as a vishwaguru (world-guru) and embraced unconditionally and unabashedly by the leaders of the United States and France (…) -
1 August 2023, by
A Decolonial Foreign Policy for Canada
AS Canada kicked out Brian Mulroney’s Tories and brought back the Liberals under Jean Chrétien in November 1993, the new Foreign Minister, André Ouellet, assembled a national brainstorming event (…) -
24 June 2023, by
Human Rights Violations in Jerusalem
Introduction Violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories by the Israeli occupation authorities have become an almost daily prominent feature. These violations affect all (…) -
21 June 2023, by
Will Israel’s Offensive Against Jenin End Palestinian Resistance?
Israeli occupation forces and border police carried out a broad offensive on Monday morning against the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp. The Israeli troops killed at least (…) -
9 June 2023, by
Migration, a Revolution in the Making
We are experiencing a turning point in the long history of migration. The history of migration merges with the history of mankind; it is part of the long, shaping history of the human race. This (…) -
9 June 2023, by
Bajrang Dal and Making of the Deeper State
During the Karnataka election campaign, the Congress committed itself to banning organisations such as the Bajrang Dal if they indulged in illegal activities. This promise is very important given (…) -
9 June 2023, by
’Betting on India is a Shortsighted Strategy for France’
The French government has just announced that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the guest of honor at the Bastille Day Parade. This comes at a time when India is moving towards a form of (…) -
1 June 2023, by
Protest Disrupts Opening of North America’s Largest Weapons Fair
Over a hundred people have disrupted the opening of CANSEC, North America’s largest military weapons convention in Ottawa, where 10,000 attendees were expected to gather. Activists carrying 50 (…) -
19 May 2023, by
Civil Society Organizations Condemn Harassment of Dr. Navsharan Singh
The Modi regime’s harassment and intimidation of progressive public figures who oppose its divisive policies and actions has been ongoing for the last nine years. The latest victim, reportedly, is (…) -
3 May 2023, by
Global Warming from Fossil Fuels is A Virulent Symptom of the Underlying Disease: Global Capitalism
For the last three decades, there has been an increasing recognition of the extremely damaging and deleterious effect on the earth’s climate and environment of the emission of greenhouse gases (…) -
30 April 2023, by
Sudan: ‘Life-and-Death Battle’
Professor of international relations at SOAS in London Gilbert Achcar explains that it would be simplistic to represent the conflict in Sudan as a proxy war in an interview with Dina Ezzat On (…) -
21 April 2023, by
Gunshots in Khartoum
On 15 April, clashes began in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, pitting the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), loyal to Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the general who runs the country’s governing council, against the (…) -
21 April 2023, by
Fantasies of Israel
Watching the news in Israel this month, you’d think the country was under attack from all sides. Three Anglo-Israeli settlers were killed by guerrillas in the West Bank; an Italian tourist was (…) -
17 April 2023
Palestinian Trade Unions’ Anti-Apartheid Call
The global trade union movement, which has played a key and inspiring role in its commitment to workers’ rights and human rights more generally, has stood in principled solidarity with the (…) -
14 April 2023, by
Vivan Sundaram (1943-2023)
Vivan Sundaram, an artist whose leadership was instrumental for the deep commitment of recent generations of Indian artists to a secular and pluralist state, passed away at age seventy-nine on (…) -
5 April 2023, by
An Ecological and Democratic Social Movement
In 2023, France has entered a new period of social and political crisis. The crisis has highlighted the social, ecological and democratic contradictions. The mobilizations are significant. The (…) -
26 March 2023, by
Anti-Colonial Labour Internationalisms: The Saharawi and Palestinian Liberation Struggles
Based on an interview with Mustafa Mohamed Lamin al-Kattab, representative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguía el Hamra and Río de Oro (Frente POLISARIO) for the Mashriq (Near East). (…) -
22 March 2023, by
Far Right Extremism: The Perfect Storm
Rampant populism, identity politics, widespread disinformation, xenophobia and Islamophobia that fuel growing far right extremist violence around the world have created one of the most complex (…) -
22 March 2023, by
The Iraq War Changed Our World for the Worse
Twenty years ago today, the US government and a “Coalition of the Willing” invaded the sovereign country of Iraq. According to Richard A. Clarke, former US chief counter-terrorism adviser, US (…) -
20 March 2023, by
The Bloodbath in Iraq Shows the US Can Never Be a “Global Policeman”
The anniversary of the Iraq War has led to widespread discussion of the US’s “mistaken” invasion. But the deeper problem is Washington’s continued claim to be judge, jury, and executioner for the (…) -
17 March 2023, by
The Ukraine Conflict and the Peace Question
1. What do we mean by constituent peace in the context of the Ukraine War? What will peace constitute so that it becomes a constituent power? This is important if any suggestion to launch a peace (…) -
13 March 2023, by
Who Is Afraid of Caste Equity in Canada?
Anyone familiar with caste stigma and the violence endured by caste-oppressed Dalits and other minorities should have welcomed the Toronto school board’s move. So why are some Indian-origin groups (…) -
10 March 2023, by
What Does the US Get Out of Shielding Israel From Accountability at the UN?
In his eloquent 2012 memoir, Kofi Annan, the former secretary general of the United Nations, wrote that the failure of the UN to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East was a deep internal wound (…) -
28 February 2023, by
Multipolarity, the Mantra of Authoritarianism
The Left’s advocacy for ’multipolarity’ against a US-led unipolar order has, in effect, defended authoritarianism across the world. The Left must reflect on how its language enables such regimes. (…) -
27 February 2023, by
Paresh Chattopadhyay (1927–2023): Singleness of Purpose
The eminent Marxian socialist scholar and critic of Lenin’s Marxism, Paresh Chattopadhyay (PC) passed away on January 14, 2023, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was emeritus professor of political (…) -
24 February 2023, by
Turkey’s Statequake
On 6 February, southern Turkey and northern Syria were shaken by two massive earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.7 respectively. At the time of writing, the death toll has climbed to over (…) -
9 February 2023, by
Farewell to Europe?
The war between Russia and Ukraine is a much wider war A new-old ghost is hovering over Europe – war. The most violent continent in the world in terms of deaths in warfare for the last hundred (…) -
6 February 2023
The Havana Declaration on the New International Economic Order
The Havana Congress on the New International Economic Order (NIEO), organised by the Progressive International, closed this weekend with delegates agreeing on a declaration and a commitment to (…) -
25 January 2023, by
EU Says it’s Anti-Semitic to Call Israel an Apartheid State
It is anti-Semitic to say Israel perpetrates the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people, according to the European Union. That would mean that major rights groups including Human (…) -
18 January 2023, by
More Cops? Not What Our Communities Need
Listening to Chief Myron Demkiw’s pitch for the 2023 budget request to the Toronto Police Services Board (TPS), it sounded like the rationale for the budgets put together by school boards: the (…) -
10 January 2023, by
Socio-Political Formations Behind Israel’s Neo-Zionist Government
Two months after the election of the new government of Israel, the blurred picture is becoming more transparent, and it seems one can offer some more informed insights about its composition, (…) -
1 December 2022, by
Does COP Stand For “Confession Of Powerlessness?”
Another COP (COP27), Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to give its full title) held in Egypt, has come and gone leaving, well, nothing much (…) -
30 November 2022, by
Back to Year Zero of the 1979 Iranian Revolution: The ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ Revolt
The time seems to be ripe for the women and the Kurds to write the last year of the Islamic State’s history through rewriting the year Zero of the Revolution. On July 14, 1789, when the (…) -
27 November 2022, by
The Last First Israeli Anti-Zionist
Sixty years after co-founding the radical leftist group Matzpen, Moshé Machover reflects on the organization’s enduring legacy, the internal splits that led to its demise, and its lessons for (…) -
26 November 2022, by
AYITI (HAITI) TALKS BACK TO CANADA
From Toronto Star-Week of November 20/22): Last week, Defence Minister Anita Anand noted that Canada could play a role by sending aid to the country. “We’re being very prudent about the next (…) -
22 November 2022, by
Morbid Symptoms, Premature Obituaries: The American Empire
Globalization, which now confronts us as a locked-in inevitability, looked quite different in the first half of the 20th century. Then, in the face of the horrors of two world wars and the (…) -
31 October 2022, by
Bring Politics Back Into Society: 40% Abstained – Not Without Justification
Now, either we confront the very core of our system of producing, consuming, and living – requiring a real revolution – or the road will be open to the violence inevitably produced by (…) -
29 September 2022, by
Building an Emancipatory Program Based on Social Movements
We have entered a period of fundamental rupture, a period of transition marked by strong contradictions. The various social, ecological, geopolitical, political and ideological institutions are (…) -
29 September 2022, by
The Sankara Affair: The Glimmers of Justice
Amid a pandemic, while the world seems to be holding its breath and COVID is taking up all the media space, a courageous and tenacious effort continues to obtain justice for the death of Thomas (…) -
19 September 2022, by
Extreme Events Are the New Normal, And Not Just In The Weather
’We face today the genesis of a global social hurricane’ September 21 is the day the dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in the Philippines. For 49 years, it has been a day of (…) -
14 September 2022, by
The Bewildering Vote in Chile That Rejected a New Constitution
On September 4, 2022, more than 13 million Chileans – out of a voting-eligible population of approximately 15 million – voted on a proposal to introduce a new constitution in the country. As early (…) -
11 August 2022, by
Trial! Not an Apology
Leading up to Pope Francis’ arrival, the government prepared Canadians to expect a genuine apology for a crime that the Church could no longer mask: the forceful removal of over 150,000 indigenous (…) -
10 August 2022, by
PIPFPD Expresses Solidarity With Jammu & Kashmir People
As August 5 this year marks the third anniversary of the reading down of the Article 370 and the partition of J&K, Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace & Democracy (PIPFPD) expressed (…) -
14 July 2022, by
Sri Lanka’s Crisis is Endgame for Rajapaksas
Sri Lanka’s citizens’ movement known as the Janatha Aragalaya (‘Peoples’ Struggle’), notched its most significant victory yet, when Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced through the Speaker of Parliament (…) -
14 July 2022, by
The First Principle of Union Organizing: Spontaneity Isn’t Enough
If today’s unionization rate in the US was the same as it was forty years ago (already a low bar, as that number is significantly down from the mid-1950s peak), the number of union members would (…) -
6 July 2022, by
“We Seek Lasting Peace While NATO Prepares for Perpetual War.”
Between 28 and 30 June, the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) met in Spain in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine. But rather than seeking to secure collective (…) -
26 June 2022, by
The Supreme Court Has Made Progress. It Now Directs ‘Those Seeking Justice’ to Be Put in the Dock
The apex court judgment on Zakia Jafri’s plea has made the victims of the alleged state-sponsered violence lonely, threatening them against seeking the help of human rights workers. Revenge (…) -
25 June 2022, by
One More Nail in the Coffin of Trudeau’s Latin American Strategy
Sunday’s presidential vote in Colombia strengthens the socialist, regional integrationist forces Ottawa has sought to undercut Gustavo Petro’s election victory in Colombia is a major blow to (…) -
21 June 2022, by
Some Questions For the World Revolutionary Movement
Translated from French: Le livre de la jungle insurgée. Plongée dans la guérilla Naxalite en Inde Auteur: Alpa Shah Préface de Naïké Desquesnes, éditrice, Editions de La dernière lettre, 2022 (…) -
16 June 2022, by
Why Peace and Disarmament Are at the Heart of Nonalignment
As our world spirals toward the catastrophe of nuclear war, there has never been a greater need for a new global balancing, a rejection of great power war, exploitation, and aggression. Now more (…) -
11 June 2022, by
Ukraine: Making a War of Liberation
Vladyslav Starodubtsev, an activist of the socialist organisation Sotsialniy Rukh (Social Movement) in Ukraine, spoke to Tom Harris. TH: The war has shifted focus towards the Donbas. What does (…)
