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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 (...) -
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 (...) -
11 September 2016, by Solidaires (France)
Interview: Youssef Nasser
An interview with Youssef Nasser (Union of Agricultural Workers Committee in Palestine): http://wsftv.net/Members/focuspuller/videos/fsm2016-montreal-canada-youssef-nasser-palestine -
19 August 2016
World Parliamentary Forum: Final Declaration
We, World Parliamentary Forum participants gathered in Montreal on August 10, 2016 as part of the World Social Forum, elected representatives from all continents representing the political (...) -
16 August 2016, by Saib Bilaval
Independence: Partition Politics and Popular Rhetoric Today
Yesterday was Independence Day in India - a day of celebrating our national sovereignty and saluting the anti-colonial freedom struggle. The triumph of Indian independence, however, is (...) -
5 August 2016, by MONTREAL INDYMEDIA CONVERGENCE ORGANIZING TEAM
Canadian Embassies’ Unjust Withholding of 170 Visas for Global South WSF Participants is Unacceptable
Organizers call for response: “We call on the World Social Forum (WSF) Montreal local organizing committee, the International Committee of the WSF, and all organizers, media-makers and activist (...) -
4 August 2016, by George Monbiot
The Purse is Mightier Than the Pen
What is salient is not important. What is important is not salient. The media turns us away from the issues that will determine the course of our lives, and towards topics of brain-melting (...) -
2 August 2016, by Michel LAMBERT
The Future of the Peoples Social Forum
The next World Social Forum (WSF) will be held in Montreal from August 9 to 14. This WSF will be crucial as it will provide to the WSF International Council an opportunity to advance the (...) -
17 June 2016
Important Stage Victory For BDS Oldenburg And Freedom Of Speech
Local German SPD politician forced to abstain from charges of anti-Semitism by court order OLDENBURG, GERMANY - 16 June 2016 On 14 June 2016 the Regional Court Oldenburg ordered Sara Rihl, (...) -
16 May 2016, by Immanuel Wallerstein
"Brazil: Coup or Fiasco?"
The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, has been suspended from her office while she goes on trial by the Senate. If convicted, she would be removed from office, which is what is meant in (...) -
19 April 2016, by Jawed Naqvi
A Dream That Could End The Nightmare
INDIA may be waking up from its unwarranted nightmare. A call has gone out from the head of an impoverished and populous province to cobble an anti-Hindutva alliance to foil a fascist takeover. (...) -
12 April 2016, by Saib Bilaval
The Spectre of Donald Trump – An Assessment
The candidate in the 2016 American presidential race who has garnered the most amounts of coverage, controversy and concern is Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate tycoon whose hate-fuelled (...) -
9 April 2016, by Saib Bilaval
The Prairie Fire Has Two Fronts: the Sanders Superdelegate Strategy
After having won the Democratic primary in Wisconsin, Bernie Sanders has unprecedented momentum in a winning streak involving massive margins in seven out of the last eight states that voted (...) -
5 April 2016, by Rana Bose
Syria: The Sexed-Up Libya Plan That Derailed NATO
Jooneed J. Khan is a journalist, writer and human rights activist. Born in Mauritius, he was for 35 years a reporter and analyst on international affairs for the Montréal dailyLa Presse. He (...) -
5 April 2016, by Mohan Guruswamy
Panama: No Questions Asked
The ways of India’s rich and famous are increasingly becoming public knowledge. The disclosure that as many as five hundred prominent Indian’s, including Incredible India’s latest brand (...) -
24 March 2016, by Aslam Khwaja
Role of Karachi in the 1946 Naval Rebellion
The following is a paper presented by the author at an international conference on Karachi at Karachi in November 2015. February 2016 marked the seventieth anniversary of the Royal India Navy’s (...) -
11 March 2016, by Equal Rights Trust
Safe, Effective and Vital Human Rights Reporting in Sudan and South Sudan
Since 2010, the Equal Rights Trust has supported the Journalists for Human Rights (JHR) Network, the only platform of its kind that provides an essential means for journalists to report safely (...) -
24 February 2016, by Palestinian Educational Coalition
Crisis of Education and Teachers
The Palestinian Educational Coalition expresses its deep concern regarding the escalation of the educational process and the teacher crisis, and announce its rejection of all measures taken (...) -
23 January 2016, by AI
Alternatives International Condemns the Arrest of Mr. Saeed Baloch
January 20, 2016 We the members of Alternatives International condemn the arrest of Mr. Saeed Baloch by Pakistani paramilitary forces and demand his immediate and unconditional release. (...) -
21 January 2016, by SANSAD
End the Systemic Violence Against Dalit Scholars in India
SANSAD mourns the suicide of Dalit PhD student, Rohith Vemula at the University of Hyderabad on January 17 and joins the students, academics, civil society organizations, and politicians across (...) -
18 January 2016, by Awami Workers Party
Awami Workers Party Condemns the Arrest of Saeed Baloch
Awami Workers Party (AWP) condemns the arrest of Saeed Baloch, General Secretary of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum by paramilitary forces in Karachi and calls for his immediate release. Saeed (...) -
12 January 2016, by securetheinternet.org
An Open Letter To The Leaders Of The World’s Governments
We urge you to protect the security of your citizens, your economy, and your government by supporting the development and use of secure communications tools and technologies, rejecting policies (...) -
7 January 2016, by Budour Hassan
Palestinians Refuse to Be Deported from Where They Fell in Love
Israel is citing vague security fears to justify removing Palestinians from Jersulem, but those who have been targeted are putting up a fight. For Palestinian activist and filmmaker Samer (...) -
22 November 2015, by PACBI
AAA Passes BDS Resolution With 88% Majority!
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is the largest US scholarly institution to endorse academic boycott of Israel. With over 10,000 members, the American Anthropological (...) -
18 November 2015, by Michel Warschawski
Paris Clash, But Not of Civilisations
The Israeli government has the nerve to laugh at "French impotence" vis-a-vis terrorism. Wars are never unilateral, and aggression provokes reaction, whether in the field or in the (...) -
15 November 2015, by Bernard Dreano
The Demon of Death
The real goal of the attacks in France, as well as those in the Shia southern suburb of Beirut a few hours before this, is through fear, to spread division. It was like spring in autumn. The (...) -
9 November 2015, by Nathan McDonnell
Kurds and Allies Demonstrate for the Rojava Revolution
On Sunday 1st November, on the day of Turkish elections and World Kobane Day, some sixty of us demonstrated in Phillips Square in solidarity with the Kurdish Freedom Movement and Syrian (...) -
16 October 2015, by Ahmad Jaradat
Palestinian Youth Intifada
Young Palestinians resist, challenging both Israel and internal political divisions. Friday was a bloody day in Palestine, as clashes with Israeli military forces reverberated throughout the (...) -
7 October 2015, by Charles Amjad-Ali, Ph.D., Th.D.
The Expansive Prejudice: Israel vs. Muslim citizens - A Matter of Democratic Social Virtue
In light of the upcoming elections in Canada, I googled “Stephen Harper’s pro-Israeli stance.” The result in Google Images was a whole plethora of his Israeli/Jewish connections with most (...) -
6 October 2015
Freeze Fossil Fuel Extraction To Stop Climate Crimes
We are at a crossroads. We do not want to be compelled to survive in a world that has been made barely livable for us. From South Pacific Islands to the shores of Louisiana, from the Maldives to (...) -
5 October 2015
Stop Interfering in Nepal
After seven tumultuous years following the overthrow of the more than two century old monarchy which led to elections to form a Constituent Assembly, and many governments failing to fulfill the (...) -
2 October 2015, by Sukumar Muralidharan
The Globalisation of War
Contemporary tensions are clearly being signposted in the commemoration of past military events Movie franchises could be planned in advance with a number assigned to each production in (...) -
30 September 2015, by Anand Swaroop Verma
Nepal in Vicious Circle
Nepal’s Constitution-making process has moved forward despite all ups and downs. In the meantime, those forces have also become active who do not want to see Nepal’s political stability. (...) -
4 September 2015, by Dimitri Roussopoulos
The Nuclear Age Turns 70, But We Are Not Talking About It
I can never forget, the heavy impact that August 6, 1945 had on me. And again, another heavy blow against my mind and body, a few days later on August 9, 1945. On the first day, I learnt many (...) -
3 September 2015, by Amalya Dubrovsky, Ahmad Jaradat
Gaza Needs Action by the UN, Not Another Report
A study was released Wednesday by the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) arguing that Gaza may be uninhabitable in five years if current economic conditions persist. The report described (...) -
16 August 2015
Palestinian Administrative Detainee on Hunger Strike in Critical Condition
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council, the Arab Association for Human Rights, Adalah and Physicians for Human Rights - Israel call for urgent action to save the life of Palestinian (...) -
9 August 2015
Counterterrorism Law Used to Curb Free Speech
(Tunis, August 6, 2015) – Tunisian authorities have brought charges against a journalist and a blogger under the country’s 2003 counterterrorism law, Human Rights Watch said today. Judicial (...) -
14 July 2015, by Theodoros Karyotis
Syriza Surrenders: Time For Renewed Popular Resistance
Now that Syriza has caved in to the creditors, the need for grassroots mobilization is more urgent than ever. A new cycle of struggles is ahead of us. For two weeks now, political time has (...) -
7 July 2015, by Ahmad Jaradat
OXO, Greece and Palestine
The strong OXO vote by the Greek people against European austerity and economic policies is not simply a stab at the EU economic system, but illustrates the contradictions between the needs of (...) -
28 May 2015
FREE MOUSSA TCHANGARI!
LET US CONTINUE THE MOBILIZATION FOR MOUSSA TCHANGARI Moussa Tchangari, secretary general for Alternative Espaces Citoyens in Niamey (member of the International Council of World Social (...) -
23 May 2015, by Taran Khan
’This is Not Our City’: Latest Attacks Bring the Battle Into Kabul’s Stately Courtyards
So much has changed since I first came to Kabul in the spring of 2006, living in a small guesthouse close to the target of last week’s The name of Kolola Pushta, an upmarket residential area (...) -
15 May 2015, by BDS South Africa
Nakba Day in South Africa
On Nakba Day more than 10 000 South African School Learners March Against Woolworths over Israel Trade MEDIA STATEMENT More than 10 000 South African school learners protested earlier (...) -
11 May 2015, by Zohra Yusuf
Towards Greater Protection for Human Rights Defenders in Pakistan
A consultation organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) here on Thursday concluded with an 11-point charter of demands calling upon the government to ensure safety and (...) -
7 May 2015
Naomi Klein on 30 March 2015 in Paris
“I wanted to start by talking a little bit about the title that I chose for this book, which was actually quite difficult, we went through many titles and changes. It wasn’t like my first book (...) -
1 May 2015, by Sungur Savran
The Armenian Genocide: An Open Wound
On April 24, 1915, hundreds of Armenian intellectuals, politicians and community leaders were rounded in Istanbul (or Constantinople as it was then called in the West) by the Ottoman state, to (...) -
18 March 2015, by Michel Warschawski
Huge Victory for Netanyahu and the Right
Yesterday’s elections yielded a huge victory for Benjamin Netanyahu and the right in Israel. What we see from the results of the elections for Israel’s 20th Knesset: 1. Israeli people (...) -
21 February 2015
CJPME Warns Against Growing Islamophobia In Canada
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Montreal, February 19, 2015 — While all Canadians are concerned about the threat of violent extremism in the world, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (...) -
19 February 2015, by Reporters Without Borders
Spectacular Wave of Censorship in Khartoum
Sudan is undergoing a disturbing wave of censorship, with the confiscation of a total of 19 newspaper issues in the past three days. The seizures not only constitute a grave violation of media (...) -
16 February 2015, by SAHMAT
Noam Chomsky, Irfan Habib, Romila Thapar: Solidarity For Teesta And Javed
Politics of Vendetta Shall not Defeat the Cause of Justice Statement in Solidarity with Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand, who have fought a long and heroic (...) -
11 February 2015, by APCNews (APC)
APC Stands in Solidarity with Sudanese Journalists, Calls on Government to Drop Charges Against Madeeha Abdalla
On 13 January, Madeeha Abdalla, the editor-in-chief of Al-Midan, was charged by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) with crimes against the state. These charges appear to be (...) -
11 February 2015, by ICSSI Baghad
The Iraqi Coalition for Freedom of Expression in Solidarity with the Sudanese Journalist Madiha Abdullah
Baghdad – Feb 10th, 2015 The Iraqi Coalition for Freedom of Expression is demanding that Sudanese authorities halt the prosecution of Madhiha Abdullah, the leftist journalist and (...) -
8 October 2014, by Stephen Shenfield
Israel’s ‘Post-Zionist moment’ and the Triumph of ‘Neo-Zionism’
Ilan Pappé, The Idea of Israel: A History of Power and Knowledge (London and New York; Verso, 2014) The name of Ilan Pappé will be familiar to many readers of Mondoweiss as the Israeli “new (...) -
7 October 2014, by Richard Falk
Is Israel Guilty of Genocide in Its Assault on Gaza?
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, inspired by the 1967 inquiry into American war crimes in Vietnam, examined the case. On September 24, a special session of the Russell Tribunal critically (...) -
18 September 2014, by Tariq Dana
The Misery of Palestinian Unity
Contrary to some optimistic expectations about positive internal political changes stemming from the recent Israeli war on Gaza, intra-Palestinian division continues to define and fragment the (...) -
15 September 2014, by Nicola Nasser
Palestinian Reconciliation At Crossroads
President Mahmoud Abbas and the Fatah movement, which he commands, have unleashed a media campaign against Hamas and the resistance. If pressure from the Palestinian public fails to stop the (...) -
10 September 2014
What’s Going On in Pakistan
A trip through the dark corridors and political galleries suggests that what we are witnessing in Pakistan today – street demos in Lahore and Islamabad, attempts to seize the prime minister’s (...) -
8 September 2014
Invitation to Sign on Statement to Denounce Corporate Takeover of Climate Summit
We call upon all fellow social movements, peoples organizations and environmental and climate justice movements to sign on this statement and join us in this call to action. On the 23rd of (...) -
3 September 2014, by Tapan Bose
Modi’s Kashmir Policy
Narendra Modi calling off the Foreign Secretary level talks should not have come as a surprise, particularly after his August 12 speeches in Kargil and Leh. During his visit to Jammu, Ladakh and (...) -
26 August 2014
Declaration from Palestine Assembly
Declaration of participants in the Convergence Day on Palestine on August 23 2014 at the Peoples’ Social Forum Assembled in the Peoples’ Social Forum, August 21-24, 2014, in Ottawa: We, (...) -
13 August 2014, by Ahmad Jaradat
Winner in Gaza? Unified Palestinian Resistance!
Why did Israel decide it could destroy Palestinian resistance while framing it as a war on Hamas? This fatally flawed decision has clarified what was downplayed in Oslo: there is an occupation, (...) -
11 August 2014, by Amira Hass
A European Green Light To Kill, Destroy And Pulverize Gaza
If the security of Jews in the Mideast were of real interest to European countries like Germany and Austria, they wouldn’t continue subsidizing the Israeli occupation. In its ongoing (...) -
6 August 2014, by Sergio Yahni
What Next For Gaza After Current Ceasefire?
Israel and Hamas agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire as of Tuesday morning, and negotiations continue for a longer-term solution. What comes now for Gaza and are the results of Israel’s military (...) -
5 August 2014, by Tariq Dana
Saudi Arabia and Israel Against Gaza
Israel’s assault on Gaza has confirmed warm ties between Israel and several Arab regimes. Now, however, these ‘moderate regimes’ have made a strategic alliance with Israel to finish off (...) -
5 August 2014, by Kaveh Boveiri and Michaël Séguin
The Dilemma of the Israeli Government in Gaza
For the last three weeks, we heard over again from the Israeli government that the killing of the civilians in Gaza was inevitable because they are being used as human shields. This analysis (...) -
31 July 2014, by Michel Warschawski
Israeli Leaders, They are Waiting for you in the Hague!
Israeli state and military leaders will eventually be held accountable for the premeditated mass massacre in Gaza. Accountable to the world, legal tribunals and history. There will be no (...) -
26 July 2014, by Rahul Varma and Majdi Bou-Matar
Waging War is not a Right
We, as artists committed to social justice, respect for human life and world-peace, and in a resolute opposition to war, violence and destruction – oppose the war in Gaza and invite dialogue for (...) -
23 July 2014
An Open Letter for the People in Gaza
We are doctors and scientists, who spend our lives developing means to care and protect health and lives. We are also informed people; we teach the ethics of our professions, together with the (...) -
14 July 2014, by Sergio Yahni
Palestine Asks For International Protection
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, is to ask the United Nations to put the state of Palestine under "international protection" due to the worsening violence and the subsequent humanitarian (...) -
13 July 2014, by Mustafa Barghouti
The World Must Intervene to Restrain the Israeli Army
Behind the fresh conflict in Gaza is the same old problem – a occupation which makes peace impossible for both Israelis and Palestinians The world watches but does nothing as yet another (...) -
11 July 2014, by Stefan Christoff
Canadian Hands Involved in Gaza Bombings
Details on Canadian complicity in Israeli apartheid Canada’s complicity in the ongoing Israeli war crimes being carried out against Palestinians in Gaza runs deep. In Ottawa the (...) -
9 July 2014, by The National Committee of the Iraqi Social Forum
A Call from the Iraqi Social Forum
A call from the Iraqi Social Forum to civil society groups and social movements inside and outside Iraq for positive and constructive social action: Baghdad 09/07/2014 Our country, Iraq, is (...) -
8 July 2014, by David P. Ball
The Peoples’ Social Forum
Will the largest gathering of activists in years succumb to the left’s culture of complaint, self-victimization, and fracture, or can platforms for renewed organizing and real strategizing (...) -
3 July 2014, by Alternative Information Center (AIC)
“This is Campaign of Collective Punishment”
The past 24 hours have brought about an unprecedented explosion of settler aggression against Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Jerusalem, says Dr. Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian (...) -
16 June 2014, by Sergio Yahni
Israeli Army Operation Against Palestinian Unity Government
Israeli security officials have yet to confirm that three Israeli teenage settlers who went missing on Thursday night were in fact kidnapped. Regardless, the Israeli political and military (...) -
13 June 2014, by Iraqi Civil Society Solidarity Initiative, Editor
How did Extremists Take Over one of Iraq’s Biggest Cities in Just Five Days?
Inside Mosul: how did extremists take over one of iraq’s biggest cities in just five days? From the first suicide bombings to an attack on the next province, it has only taken Sunni Muslim (...) -
11 June 2014, by Judy Maltz
Alan Dershowitz: BDS a Strategic Threat to Israel in the Long Term
One of Israel’s staunchest defenders abroad on Tuesday warned that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction movement could pose a strategic threat to the country in the future. Speaking at the (...) -
9 June 2014, by Paul Weinberg
How Racism, Hysteria and Militarism are Gripping Israel
The return visit from far right Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin to Toronto, where he called for an exclusivist Jewish state, minus the indigenous Arab population, sparked barely a whimper of (...) -
4 June 2014, by BRICUP, USACB
Keynote Speakers Withdraw In Reaction To BDS Calls!
Recent success of the BDS movement in deterring leading academics from participating in Israeli conferences is a marked move forward in removing academic respectability from Israeli (...) -
4 June 2014, by Manuela Picq
Self-Determination As Anti-Extractivism: How Indigenous Resistance Challenges World Politics
Indigeneity is an unusual way to think about International Relations (IR). Most studies of world politics ignore Indigenous perspectives, which are rarely treated as relevant to thinking about (...) -
3 June 2014, by Alternative Information Center
New Palestinian Government Sworn In
The Palestinian national consensus government was sworn in on Monday at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah. The ceremony was made possible after obstacles the negotiations towards an (...) -
27 May 2014, by Pankaj Mishra
Narendra Modi and the New Face of India
With the rise of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi culminating in this week’s election, Pankaj Mishra asks if the world’s largest democracy is entering its most sinister period since independence (...) -
26 May 2014, by Siddharth Varadarajan
The Promise, and Peril, of Modi’s Mandate
If the struggle of Narendra Modi for power is the struggle of forgetting over memory, his victory represents a collective leap towards an uncertain future. Mr Modi’s remarkable election (...) -
25 May 2014, by Tahir Mehdi
“India Has No Option But To Colonise Itself.”- Arundhati Roy
In Pakistan, apprehensions are rife about Narendra Modi’s flamboyant success. But fervent Modi supporters in the Indian middle classes prefer to place him in the economic governance arena. Dawn (...) -
21 May 2014, by Lal Khan
India: A Vote of Despair
The landslide victory of the BJP and the meteoric rise of Narendra Modi as a populist leader have stunned a large number of secular and liberal analysts in India and elsewhere. They were in (...) -
20 May 2014, by William Dalrymple
Narendra Modi: Man of the Masses
Modi, implicated in a massacre in 2002 while chief minister of Gujarat, has been elected as India’s new prime minister. Is he a dangerous neo-fascist, as some say, or the strongman reformer that (...) -
14 May 2014, by Siddharth Varadarajan
If Narendra Modi Wins …
What can India and the world expect if Narendra Modi, the self-styled “Hindu nationalist” who is front-runner in the elections, ends up winning a plurality of seats when results are declared on (...) -
7 May 2014
Saving the Climate, Booting Out Harper and Changing the World
The decision concerning the development of Northern Gateway’s pipeline will be revealed sometime during the first week of June. It’s safe to say that no one is waiting with bated breath. (...) -
2 May 2014, by Sungur Savran
May Day in Istanbul a Battle Ground
After the people’s revolt last summer, after the immense crisis of the state caused by the breakup of the Islamic power bloc in December 2013, after the local elections that gave a new lease on (...) -
14 April 2014, by Atul Sood
Non Inclusive Growth and A Divisive Social Perspective: The Untold Story of Gujarat
The current ruling coalition’s inability or failure to manage the Indian Economy is a point of discussion in the recent political commentaries. Attention is also being drawn to specific (...) -
13 April 2014, by Daya Varma and Vinod Mubayi
The Marriage Of Arrogance And Ignorance - Modi’s Victory Could Unleash Terror By Hindu Outfits
If a BJP-led administration does come to power in the current election, democratic and progressive institutions are likely to face attack on two fronts. One line of attack would be directed by (...) -
10 April 2014, by Priyamvada Gopal
If Modi Wins the Election, India Will Have Crossed a Moral Rubicon
The world’s media regard it as a postcolonial success story – a functioning democracy that has managed to remain formally pluralist and inclusive – and describe the spectacle of India’s vast (...) -
7 April 2014, by Frank Barat
‘Palestine is Paradise’ – Interview with Leila Khaled
FRANK BARAT: How are you Leila? What are you doing nowadays in Amman? Leila Khaled: I am fine as long as I am a part of the struggle for freedom, for our right of return and for an (...) -
6 April 2014, by Praful Bidwai
Shrinking Base: The Left is Painting Itself Into a Corner
India’s Left parties, among the world’s biggest parties belonging to the Communist tradition, face a huge crisis as the Lok Sabha election approaches. The election will largely decide if they (...)