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29 October 2018, by Alfredo Saad-Filho
Brazil: The Collapse of Democracy?
Brazil will elect its new President on 28 October 2018. Since the judicial-parliamentary coup that removed elected President Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers’ Party (PT), the new administration (led (…) -
15 October 2018, by Pritam Singh & Niemeyer Almeida Filho
Brazil Poll Results: Anxieties and Hopes
A white backlash much like India’s upper caste consolidation makes it appear that the right-wing candidate might win in the second round as he was close to the 50 per cent threshold in the first (…) -
15 October 2018, by Tapan Bose
Indian Supreme Court Blundered in Sending the Seven Rohingya Refugees Back to Myanmar
India deported seven Rohingya asylum seekers who had entered India “illegally” in 2012 on October 5, 2018. The Indian Supreme Court allowed the deportation as the government told the Court that (…) -
11 October 2018, by Joint statement
Call for Asian Countries to End the Death Penalty and Respect the Right to Life
Bangkok, 10 October 2018. The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and 28 civil society organizations in Asia condemn the recent imposition of the death penalty by the (…) -
11 octobre 2018, par Tapan Kumar Bose
The Economic Basis of Assam’s Linguistic Politics and Anti-Immigrant Movements
Many accounts ignore the fact that the Assamese territory saw massive geographical expansion under the British and that despite immigration, there was an increase in the Assamese speaking (…) -
9 octobre 2018, par Landless Rural Workers’ Movement
MST Open Letter on Brazil Election
Comrades and Friends of MST around the World, We would like to share some of our views on this delicate moment of Brazilian politics in the last week of the election campaign : 1. This (…) -
2 octobre 2018, par Yemeni Coalition for Education (YCEA), Arab Campaign for Education (ACEA), Global Campaign for Education
Position Paper On Education Crisis In Yemen
Education needs immediate and collaborative support to prevent one whole generation missing out on education While the world celebrated the anniversary of International Literacy Day, more than (…) -
20 septembre 2018, par Defenders of the Land, Truth Campaign and Idle No More
Working Together ? First Nations Movements Respond to Liberal Government
Statement on Recognition and Implementation of the Inherent and Treaty Rights of Indigenous Peoples Framework Legislation Engagement Document This Fall, the Trudeau government is planning on (…) -
17 September 2018, by Irfan Engineer
Theatre of Absurd: Modi and the Dawoodi Bohra Pontiff
The invite by the High priest of Dawoodi Bohras, a Shia Muslim sub-sect, to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address their religious congregation on 14th September 2018 on the occasion of (…) -
13 septembre 2018, par Pritam Singh
Why Kanupriya’s Election Win in Punjab University Is So Significant
A woman student, Kanupriya, being elected to the top post in the student union elections at Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, for the first time in the history of this university is significant (…) -
10 septembre 2018, par Sumanta Banerjee
Rat Poison
There is a nation-wide scare about a plot to kill our beloved prime minister Narendra Modi-ji by Maoists. Thanks to the ever alert police force of Maharashtra – and (…) -
4 septembre 2018, par CERAS & ICW-Canada
Arrest of Montreal Student in Tamil Nadu
Montreal 3 September, 2018 We write with great concern at the arrest of Ms Lois Sofia, an MSc (graduate research) student in Mathematical Physics at the Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec, by (…) -
30 août 2018, par Pritam Singh
No Room To Say ‘No’
The arrest of human rights activists is the arrest of democracy The coordinated action in many cities of India on August 28 to arrest rights activists marks a qualitative scaling up of attack (…) -
29 July 2018, by Ilan Pappe
Israel’s New Law is a Form of Apartheid
International support for racism in historical Palestine is only going to add fuel to the fire The Israeli nationality law is now a fact. Its full name is “Israel, the nation state of the (…) -
28 July 2018, by Farooq Tariq
Pakistan’s Most Rigged General Elections
ON 26th July 2018, in his election victory speech, Imran Khan gave a sober talk contrary to his very violent language used throughout the election campaign. He has “won” 116 seat of the 342 seats (…) -
27 July 2018, by Najam Sethi
Welcome to “New” Pakistan!
Before the elections, every political party (except PTI), every foreign newspaper and every independent journalist had concluded that The Aliens, Khalai Makhluk, Agriculture Department, (…) -
25 July 2018, by Barkha Dutt
Will Modi Stop India’s Cow Terrorists From Killing Muslims?
There is a repugnant euphemism that has entered the lexicon of Indian prime-time television lately. “Cow vigilantes” has become contemporary shorthand for murderous right-wing mobs who kill (…) -
17 July 2018, by Julie Bindel
Prostitution is Slavery
The free-market arguments won’t wash: prostitution trades on the lives of the poor and marginalised – just like slavery Prostitution is a system of commercial sexual exploitation, which is (…) -
13 July 2018, by Apoorva Mandavilli
The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding
In Bhopal, residents who survived the massive gas leak and those who arrived later continue to deal with the consequences. In old Bhopal, not far from the small Indian city’s glitzy new shops (…) -
11 July 2018, by Pritam Singh
LIC Stake in IDBI — Another Misadventure
Amongst all public sector banks, the IDBI has the highest share of gross NPAs of nearly 28 per cent. Instead of making the defaulters accountable, it is LIC finance, ie the public’s insurance (…) -
8 July 2018, by Sergio Aguayo
Change is coming to Mexico: This Time, No Blood Will Be Shed
This Sunday, Andrés Manuel López Obrador became the president-elect of Mexico. He won because he convinced a majority that through him, a change of regime in Mexico can be achieved through (…) -
7 July 2018, by Baris Karaagac
Turkish Elections, Looming Fascism and Left Politics
The elections on 24 June in Turkey for a new president and parliament, which took place under a state of emergency, constitute an historic moment in Turkish republican history with important (…) -
3 July 2018, by Adam Shatz
American Carnage
I’m in Europe this summer, though not in exile. I have not been driven to find sanctuary, much less thrown into a cage awaiting deportation, or forcibly separated from my child. When I fly home to (…) -
21 June 2018, by Judith Deutsch
Grieve the Beloved Children: Israel and the War on Children
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported on June 1st that a beautiful young woman medic, Razan Ashraf Najjar, 21, was the second medic to be killed by Israeli army fire since March 30th. To date, (…) -
21 June 2018, by Tapan Bose
The OHCHR Report on Kashmir: Will India Succeed in Blocking Discussions on the Report in Geneva?
The United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), on June 14 published “Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir: Developments in the Indian State of Jammu (…) -
19 June 2018, by Tapan Bose
Questioning Amnesty International’s “New Evidence” on ARSA’s Brutal killing of Hindu Rohingyas in Kha Maung Seik
On May 22, 2018, Tirana Hassan, Crisis Response Director at Amnesty International released a briefing note titled, “Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine (…) -
7 June 2018, by CERAS
India: Widespread Arrests and Harassment of Civil Liberties Activists and Lawyers
In the early hours this morning, three Dalit rights activists, a professor and a social activist from across three cities – Mumbai, Nagpur and Delhi were arrested — Surendra Gadling, who is the (…) -
3 June 2018, by Mustafa Barghouti
PMRS Volunteer Medic Killed by Israeli Sniper in Gaza Yesterday
Ramallah, Saturday 02 June 2018 Today the Palestinian Medical Relief Society mourns the loss of one of our own. 21-year old volunteer medic Razan Al Najjar was shot and killed by an Israeli (…) -
1 June 2018
Success of Trans-Sectarian ‘Sairoun’ Alliance in Recent Iraqi Elections
The following is a recent interview with Comrade Salam Ali, member of the Central Committee of the Iraqi Communist Party, published by ‘Nameh Mardom’, the central organ of the Tudeh Party of Iran, (…) -
30 May 2018, by Bill McKibben
Say Hello To Justin Trudeau, The World’s Newest Oil Executive
The Canadian prime minister presents himself as a climate hero. By promising to nationalise the Kinder Morgan pipeline, he reveals his true self In case anyone wondered, this is how the world (…) -
30 May 2018, by John Packer
Need More Proof of Genocide in Myanmar? It’s Being Born Right Now
Nine months since the violent attacks of Aug. 25, 2017, the first of thousands of pregnancies as a result of rape are coming to term Nine months since the violent attacks of Aug. 25, 2017, and (…) -
19 May 2018, by Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative
Years of Civil Society Protest Bring Change to Iraq
Forming a government, following the recent parliamentary elections in Iraq, will take time, but there is now hope for significant change and reform. The strong showing of the Saeroun Lil-Islah (…) -
17 May 2018, by Pritam Singh
Obituary: Ashok Mitra (1928–2018)
For me, the greatness of Ashok Mitra, who passed away recently, lies in the fact that his contributions to the understanding of centre–state relations in India were most illuminating. What (…) -
30 April 2018, by Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed
Mosque as Public Space in City and Community
In established scholarship Islam has long figured as, distinctively, an urban phenomenon.(1) In appreciation of this, and under the impress of important recent/contemporary developments such as (…) -
4 April 2018, by Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Insidious Colonialism
In memoriam: Marielle Franco The German word Zeitgeist has come to be used in different languages to designate the cultural, intellectual and moral climate of a given moment – literally, the (…) -
2 April 2018, by Richard Greeman
Student Strikers Attacked; ‘Fascist’ Dean Jailed
Not an April Fool’ joke. Here are the facts: Four days ago, (March 29) the ultra-conservative Dean of the Montpellier University Law School was summoned to police headquarters, interrogated, (…) -
29 March 2018, by Tapan Bose
Rohingyas: Pawns in the Geopolitical Chessboard
The protracted Rohingya refugee crisis and in particular the latest cycle of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people fleeing the massive military crackdown on an un-armed minority community (…) -
29 March 2018, by Jay Saper
Anatomy of a Righteous Slap
Fifty years ago, just months after Israel began its occupation of Ahed Tamimi’s West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, Beate Klarsfeld walked up to the podium where German Chancellor Kurt Georg (…) -
23 March 2018, by Francine Mestrum
The World Social Forum is dead! Long live the World Social Forum?
This was my conclusion, but it did not last for long, just the first days of the Forum. Today, I am not that sure anymore. Maybe we are stuck with the old apolitical forum and with a powerless (…) -
22 March 2018, by Manon Karatas
In Memory of Asma Jahangir
Geneva, 16 March 2018: Asma Jahangir was known for speaking up when many others feared doing so. And I apologise in advance, as no speech can do justice to her profound investment to the cause. (…) -
19 March 2018
Call for Release of Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, India’s Malcolm X!
We the following writers, film makers, artists, students, academics and social movements express our deep concern over the continued, unjust imprisonment of Dalit activist and Bhim Army leader (…) -
15 March 2018, by DAWN
We Condemn the Murder of Feminist Marielle Franco in Brazil
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) expresses condemnation against the assassination of the black feminist Marielle Franco, councilor from Rio de Janeiro, who had denounced (…) -
12 March 2018, by Firefly
The Story of Um S and Her Family
Um S is employed at the Firefly centre in Antakya as a cleaner. Um S has five children. Three of her daughters are registered in the centre’s educational programmes. Displaced inside Syria, her (…) -
28 February 2018, by Ryan Mallett-Outtrim
What Could a Left Presidency Look Like in Mexico?
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) could become Mexico’s first progressive president in generations, but what would such a presidency actually look like? It is not an easy question to answer, (…) -
15 February 2018, by Immanuel Wallerstein
"Twenty-First-Century Geopolitics: Fluidity Everywhere"
The most fluid arena in the modern world-system, which is in structural crisis, is arguably the geopolitical arena. No country comes even near to dominating this arena. The last hegemonic power, (…) -
15 February 2018, by I.A. Rehman
How She Became Asma
HER death was the top news in all media outlets. Tributes to her from national and international leaders have been pouring in large numbers. Millions of people across the country, in jhuggis as (…) -
13 February 2018, by Bjørnar Moxnes
BDS Movement Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
As a member of the Norwegian parliament, I proudly use my authority as an elected official to nominate the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights for the Nobel (…) -
12 February 2018, by ICW
Resist Bigotry, Recover Solidarity: Say No to “Hindus for Trump”
February 12, 2018: We, the members of India Civil Watch (ICW) reject unequivocally the rank opportunism of “Hindus for Trump” (henceforth HFT) that leads them to offer to pay for President (…) -
12 February 2018, by Ahmed Rashid
Obituary: Pakistan’s Bravest Citizen Is No More
NOBODY in Pakistan’s brief history, which has witnessed four military coups, has matched Asma Jahangir for her dedication to public service, her belief in the rule of law, her relentless defence (…) -
5 February 2018, by Michael Löwy
Red and Green: The Ecosocialist Perspective
The contemporary international political economy is marked by a great contradiction. On a planet characterized by finite resources, the economy is predicated upon an absurd and irrational logic of (…) -
1 February 2018, by Marcel Cartier
Afrin and the Rojava Revolution
The dark clouds of 21st-century fascism are once again hanging over the heads of the people of northern Syria. As if the inhabitants of the region often referred to as Rojava haven’t suffered (…) -
30 January 2018, by Ali Abunimah
Israel Embarrassed by its Holocaust-Denying Allies in Poland
A crisis is brewing between Warsaw and Tel Aviv over a new Polish law criminalizing mention of the role some Poles played in the German genocide of Jews during World War II. The law passed in (…) -
26 January 2018
Boaventura de Sousa Santos interview to the Greek periodical Epohi
Epohi: Europe is in a big and multifaceted crisis. Do you think it is a temporary crisis, or do you think it will get permanent and irreversible features? Boaventura de Sousa Santos (BSS): (…) -
26 January 2018, by Ercan Ayboga
The Geopolitics of the Kurds and the Case of Rojava
How does the military cooperation of the Kurds in Rojava and Northern Syria with the US, Russia and other forces affect their standing in the larger Syrian context? Nowadays, with the defeat (…) -
26 January 2018, by Bruce A. Dixon
Intersectionality is a Hole. Afro-Pessimism is a Shovel. We Need to Stop Digging
The US left has a fundamental problem, perhaps the root of most of its other problems. That fundamental problem is that the US left is not organized as or led by any class conscious or class (…) -
25 January 2018, by Dipankar Bhattacharya
The Yechury-Karat Debate Frames Left Politics In a False Binary
Media reports on the Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s central committee meeting held in Kolkata (January 19-21, 2018) indicate that the party is majorly divided on the issue of its current (…) -
10 January 2018, by McGill Reporter Staff
Women’s health advocate, Emerita Professor Abby Lippman (1939-2017)
Abby Lippman (1939-2017) was a formidable presence in Montreal. Often seen striding down Sherbrooke Street, she was a force to be reckoned with. Lippman died on December 26, 2017, of natural (…) -
10 January 2018, by BDS South Africa
Israeli Government Blacklists South African NGO
The South African human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation, BDS South Africa, a registered NGO and Public Benefit Organization (PBO), is among 20 international groups that have been (…) -
8 January 2018, by Jonathan Marshall
While Pundits Condemn Iran, Honduran Police Kill Street Demonstrators
Do you smell a double standard? You should—and hardly for the first time. As the usual crowd of neo-conservative regime-changers, liberal humanitarian interventionists, and Israel lobbyists (…) -
22 December 2017, by Patrick Bond
In South Africa, Ramaphosa Rises as Lonmin Expires
Workers, Women and Communities Prepare to Fight, Not Mourn Monday night’s internal African National Congress (ANC) presidential election of Cyril Ramaphosa– with a razor-thin 51 per cent (…) -
8 December 2017, by Thomas Blom Hansen
Babri Masjid and Its Aftermath Changed India Forever
Twenty five years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, The Wire, through a series of articles and videos captures how the act of destruction changed India forever. The demolition of the (…) -
20 November 2017, by HRCP
Freedom of Press and Expression Needs to be Restored in Balochistan
Lahore: November 20, 2017: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grave concern over the prevailing situation in Balochistan in terms of curbs on freedom of expression and a (…) -
19 November 2017, by Sumanta Banerjee
After One Hundred Years Of The Russian Revolution, Where Does The Left Stand?
The history of the 1917 Russian Revolution and its aftermath, can be divided into four phases – (i) the historical circumstances surrounding the 1917 revolution that led (…) -
9 November 2017
Concern for Life of a Disabled Political Prisoner
G.N. Saibaba, Professor of English at Delhi University and convener of an open organisation called Revolutionary Democratic Front, was arrested from the Indian capital, Delhi, on 9 May 2014 and (…) -
1 November 2017
Communiqué on the Situation in Catalonia Anticapitalistas
Following the Catalan Parliament’s declaration of independence on October 27, Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias tweeted: “We are against repression and for a negotiated referendum [which the Madrid (…) -
31 October 2017, by David Mandel
They Dared: The Legacy of the October Revolution
A hundred years later, the question of the historical legacy of the October Revolution is not an easy one for socialists, given that Stalinism took root within less than a decade after that (…) -
30 October 2017, by Corinne Laporte
Destruction City
The construction of Port City by the Western coast of Sri Lanka has been raising a number of issues since the release of its first plan. The fishing community is rallying in different protests to (…) -
26 October 2017, by FIDH & HRCP
Pakistan: 285 Turkish Teachers And Families Risk Forcible Deportation And Persecution
Lahore, Paris, 26 October 2017: Pakistan must protect 285 Turkish nationals from forcible repatriation, arbitrary arrest, and other human rights abuses, FIDH and its member organization Human (…) -
24 October 2017, by Tapan Bose
The Rohingya: Rejected by the Country they Call Home and Unwanted by its Neighbours
Rejected by the country they call home and unwanted by its neighbours, the Rohingya are impoverished, virtually stateless and have been fleeing Myanmar in droves and for decades. Current (…) -
16 October 2017, by Pritam Singh
Catalonia — Not Yet Independent
Developments in Spain and Catalonia may be distant, but the manner in which this conflict plays out has a relevance far beyond Europe, specially for their Kashmiri and Kurd compatriots. In (…) -
10 October 2017, by HRCP
Death Penalty: HRCP For Urgent Safeguards To Comply With State Obligations
Lahore, October 10, 2017: On the World Day against the Death Penalty on October 10, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the government to urgently institute safeguards to (…) -
5 October 2017, by Pierre Rousset
Rohingyas Near End: ’Terror There Is, But It’s Of The Burmese Regime’
The Burmese government is pursuing a policy of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya, who are being driven out of the country. Never has the persecution of this Muslim minority reached such a (…) -
29 September 2017, by Boaventura de Sousa Santos
The Left and Catalonia
The Catalonia referendum this Sunday will become part of the history of Europe, possibly for the worst of reasons. I will not discuss here the substantive questions, which can be interpreted as (…) -
28 September 2017
Editor Gauri Lankesh’s Murder Hits Rights & Freedoms In India
Well-known Indian journalist and editor Gauri Lankesh was gunned down on Sept 5, 2017, by unidentified assailants. Her assassination comes on the heels of murders of M.M. Kalburgi, Govind (…) -
28 September 2017, by Medea Benjamin
The Driving Ban Was Not the Biggest Impediment to Saudi Women
It looks like 27 years of protesting, along with international pressure and government recognition that it needs more Saudi women in the workforce, has finally paid off. In a royal decree, (…) -
27 September 2017, by Pritam Singh
Marx’s Das Kapital, 150 Years On....
150 years ago, Marx correctly identified the looming trend of the threat of mass unemployment due to the increasing robotisation in the modern world. In September 1867, Kapital Volume 1 by (…) -
19 September 2017
Allahabad University Withdraws Permission for Liberty Fest
Sep 18th 2017 The university of Allahabad withdrew at the last minute its permission for holding an event scheduled for Monday to celebrate the Indian Constitution. Among the invitees were (…) -
16 September 2017
Rohingya Crisis is Deteriorating Very Fast
AN OPEN LETTER TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO INTERVENE TO END THE HUMAN CRISIS IN RAKHINE, MYANMAR Dear President and Members of the Security Council, Thank you for holding the UNSC meeting on (…) -
13 September 2017, by Ram Puniyani
Myanmar: Persecution of Rohingya Muslims
Massive protests are being witnessed in many countries, Bangla Desh, Pakistan, India among others against the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (September 2017). This time around violence (…) -
9 September 2017, by Satya Sagar
A Wild Flower in the Indian Wasteland, Gauri Lankesh: 1962-2017
On that dreadful evening of 5th September, if Gauri Lankesh had seen her own corpse lying in a pool of blood outside her house she would have -I am very sure- simply smiled For even in her (…) -
9 September 2017, by George Monbiot
The Lady Has Turned
Aung San Suu Kyi should lose her Nobel Prize, as a result of her disgraceful complicity in genocide Those of us who have spent our adulthood demanding higher standards in government are used (…) -
7 June 2017, by Bernard Duterme, Guy Bajoit
François Houtart Has Passed Away
François Houtart has passed away. He founded CETRI (Centre Tricontinental) in 1976 and was its director till 2004. We are sadly, painfully mourning. From ‘third-worldism’ to alter-globalism, from (…) -
7 June 2017, by Ram Puniyani
Three Years Down the Lane, Has the Modi Government Taken the Citizens For a Ride?
On May 26, 2017, the Modi Government completed three years in office. Various programmes such as the Modi fest were organised at various places and there are plans to celebrate them in different (…) -
5 June 2017
‘To Live or to Perish’ — Norman Finkelstein on the Six-Day-War and its Mythology
On May 2, James North and Phil Weiss talked with Norman Finkelstein in his Brooklyn home about the Six Day War, its history, its mythology and its impact on US Jewish life. Finkelstein then (…) -
4 May 2017, by Ravi Nair
Death Wish
The Indian government’s push, through a pliant media, for the use of plastic bullets bodes disaster for Kashmir One has to muster every last ounce of one’s incredulity at the latest (…) -
1 May 2017, by Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
The Zia Generation
WHEN I insist before my students that they are part of the ‘Zia generation’, some of them cringe. But it is true. Ours is a country in which the vast majority of the population — there are (…) -
5 April 2017, by Federico Fuentes
‘World Without Walls’
Bolivia’s government and social movements have announced they will host a global people’s summit on migrants and refugee rights. The "People’s Conference for a World without Walls and Universal (…) -
29 March 2017, by Pritam Singh
It’s More Than Just a Congress Win in Punjab
The Congress, despite its decline in the rest of the country, won in Punjab because the personal appeal of Amarinder Singh transcended that of the party. The AAP and the SAD-BJP combine lost the (…) -
7 March 2017, by Emilio Dabed
Palestinian Legal Activism, Between Liberation And The ‘Desire’ For Statehood
Contemporary Palestinian politics is marked by paradoxical dynamics: while we observe an entrenchment of the colonial regime, division within the national movement, territorial and institutional (…) -
14 February 2017
Right to Dignity and Privacy
Humanity has historically fought against the abuses of governments that use their economic, military and technological power to adopt and impose policies and measures that threaten the dignity of (…) -
8 February 2017, by Donald Cuccioletta,
Michel LAMBERT
Make Montreal a Sanctuary City!
In the aftermath of the Quebec City tragedy, we need more than solidarity messages Toronto, Vancouver and Hamilton have adopted "Sanctuary City" status. So have 37 cities in the United (…) -
6 February 2017, by Patrick Bond
Will Washington’s New Pro-Moscow, Anti-Beijing Gang Drive a Wedge Through the BRICS in 2017?
The weeks following an underwhelming Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) mid-September summit in Goa and the United States presidential election in November have unveiled ever-widening (…) -
2 January 2017, by Immanuel Wallerstein
"The World in the Era of Trump: What May We Expect?"
Short-term prediction is the most treacherous of activities. I normally try never to do it. Rather, I analyze what is going on in terms of the longue durée of its history and the probable (…) -
9 December 2016
The Guadalajara Manifesto For Internet Rights and Governance in Brazil
We, as representatives of civil society organizations from all over the world present at the 11th Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara, Mexico, come together to declare our concern about the (…) -
6 December 2016, by Donald Cuccioletta
The American Socialist Left Reflects on the Next Four Years
With the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States for the next for years we can be sure that we are in for a roller coaster ride of authoritarian and reactionary politics. The (…) -
4 November 2016, by Immanuel Wallerstein
"The World Social Forum Still Matters"
The World Social Forum (WSF) has met regularly since its first meeting in Porto Alegre in 2001. And just as regularly, there have been analysts who have announced its demise as a relevant (…) -
26 October 2016
Authorities Prolong Unlawful Detention Of Kashmiri Human Rights Defender Khurram Parvez
Joint Press Release The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (The Observatory) The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) The Asian Human Rights (…) -
5 October 2016
Petition for Peace
We the following signatories from West Bengal are deeply concerned about the escalating tension between the two neighbouring countries, India and Pakistan, and the jingoism in support of armed (…) -
16 September 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 (…) -
15 September 2016, by Rachel Small
Ecuadorians in Court in Toronto Seeking Justice from Chevron
Humberto Piaguaje and Pablo Fajardo never imagined that their decades-long search for justice would ever bring them to Canada. Both made their first trip here this week for the beginning of a (…)