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7 October 2019, by Shireen Mehdi
Gun island by Amitava Ghosh

I will begin by confessing that Amitava Ghosh has been one of my favourite authors from the time I read his book ‘In An Antique Land’. That book left me mesmerized. I too am a student of (...)
4 October 2019, by Besime Konca
21st century is the century of Women’s Revolution!

The following statement was presented by Besime Konca of the Kurdish Women’s Movement at “Defend the Sacred” Conference, 17th August 2019. Dear women, dear friends, We have come together in (...)
2 October 2019, by Rebecca Solnit
The Loneliness of Donald Trump

On the Corrosive Privilege of the Most Mocked Man in the World Once upon a time, a child was born into wealth and wanted for nothing, but he was possessed by bottomless, endless, grating, (...)
2 October 2019, by Pritam Singh
The Sangh’s Ideology Against Federalism Underlies the Centre’s Move in J&K

Excessive emphasis on the constitutionality of the move is deflecting attention away from the ideology that is the driving force behind this decision. There are two fairly distinct ways of (...)
17 September 2019, by Mary Louise Malig and Pablo Solón
The Pioneering World Social Forum: A Groundbreaking Life Deserves a Dignified Death

In life, everything has a cycle. A beginning, a middle, and an end. And what a beginning it was for the World Social Forum (WSF). The year was 2001, the emblematic success of the 1999 Seattle (...)
17 September 2019, by Gustave Massiah
Initiating a New Phase of Alterglobalization

Looking Back The alterglobalization movement is a historical emancipation movement that extends and renews previous historical movements; the workers’ movement, the peasants’ movement, the (...)
10 September 2019, by Donald Cuccioletta
Immanuel Wallerstein Has Departed

Immanuel Wallerstein passed away on August 31st, 2019. This is a very sad occasion for all organic intellectuals, activists, observers of the left on international relations and all those who, (...)
5 September 2019, by Hala Al-Karib
Sudan’s Youth Showed Us How to Counter Sexual Violence

"We need to understand that sexual violence is not an unintended result of the actions of political regimes, but rather a key instrument of their power." In Sudan, sexual violence is a (...)
3 September 2019, by Sumanta Banerjee
Kashmir - Need for International Mediation

“The principle of non-interference with domestic jurisdiction state cannot be regarded as a protective barrier behind which human rights could be massively or systematically violated with (...)
1 September 2019, by Messaoud Romdhani
Gender Equality in Tunisia: Still A Long Way to Go

August 13, is a milestone in the history of women’s emancipation in Tunisia. In 1956 and just a few months after the independence of the country, the new government promulgated the code of (...)