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3 February 2020, by Sheena Anne Arackal
The ‘Deal of the Century’ is Apartheid
With great fanfare, President Trump finally unveiled his long-anticipated Middle East peace proposal. The proposal was labeled ‘The Deal of the Century’ because it was supposed to offer an (...) -
29 January 2020, by Donald Cuccioletta
Democracy in Peril: The Rise of Authoritarianism and the Advent of Neo-Fascism
This is the third article in the series of four, the first two were published in the December 2019 and January 2020 issues of the AIJ. As we entered the New Year we were witness to a series of (...) -
29 January 2020, by Front Line Defenders
Attempt to Compromise Independent Probe into Bhima Koregaon Case
On 24 January 2020, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led central government abruptly transferred the inquiry into the Bhima Koregaon case from the Pune Police, in the state of Maharashtra to the (...) -
22 January 2020, by India Civil Watch-Montreal
Stand With Millions In India: Defend Secularism & Democracy From Hindutva Fascism!
On 26th January 2020, Republic Day in India, we, the residents of Tiohtiá:ke (unceded Indigenous territory otherwise known as Montreal), will join people around the globe who stand in solidarity (...) -
22 January 2020, by Alternatives
We Must Support the Revolution in Iraq!
On October 1, 2019, a popular protest movement ("Tishreen" revolution) erupted throughout Iraq, mainly in Baghdad and the cities of Basra, Najaf, Nasriyeh and Diwaniya. Led mainly by youth, (...) -
13 January 2020, by Jehad Abusalim
Obsessing Over ‘Geopolitics’ Dehumanizes Middle East Freedom Struggles
The debate around Soleimani’s assassination ignores months of inspiring protests against local and foreign oppressors in the region. It is unclear whether the U.S.’s assassination of Iranian (...) -
31 December 2019, by Editors, INSAF Bulletin
Welcome to 2020 India: In BJP Ruled States, Police Recreating Nazi Thugs Atrocities Against Minorities and Protestors
We are acutely aware of the unprecedented, non-violent yet militant struggles breaking out all over the country against the arbitrary and undemocratic actions of the Central Government of Prime (...) -
31 December 2019, by Donald Cuccioletta
The Urgency to Struggle Against the Rise of Nuclear Weapons and the Militarization of the Planet
This is the second article in the series of four, the first was published in the December 2019 issue of the AIJ. The implosion of the Soviet Union took the world by surprise but it also gave us (...) -
29 December 2019, by Judith Deutsch
COP-Out: The Military and Climate Change/Justice
The world situation is much worse than generally acknowledged. This December, the coinciding meetings of NATO and of the climate change Conference of the Parties (COP25) were barely reported, (...) -
27 December 2019, by Messaoud Romdhani
Gender Equality: Still a Long Way Down the Line
“Mind the Gap!!” In 1993, the UN General Assembly issued the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, defining such violence as “any act of gender-based violence that results, or (...)