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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 (…) -
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, much (…) -
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, (…) -
23 December 2019, by Alternatives international
Statement by Montreal Academic Community Against Police Brutality in India, CAA, NRC
We, the members of the Montreal academic community, stand in solidarity with students exercising their fundamental right to dissent and protest across India. We condemn the brutality unleashed (…) -
21 December 2019, by India Civil Watch and CERAS
Statement by Montreal Residents Against Police Brutality in India, CAA, NRC
We, the residents and citizens of Tiohtiá:ke (e.g. unceded Indigenous territory otherwise known as Montreal), stand in solidarity with students and citizens exercising their fundamental democratic (…) -
18 December 2019, by PADS
PADS Denounces Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens
People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism (PADS) strongly condemns the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by the Parliament on Dec 11,2019. Modi government used its brute majority to (…) -
12 December 2019, by Cole Stangler
In Marseille, the French Left is Finally Uniting
For years, divisions on France’s left have helped Emmanuel Macron and Marine le Pen dominate the political terrain. But in the country’s second city, grassroots pressure has forced them to put (…) -
12 December 2019, by Alex MacDonald
Iraq’s Communists Given New Life by Protests
Compared to the ostentatiously huge buildings afforded to some of the parties in Baghdad, the headquarters of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) are relatively humble. The building comprises a shop, (…) -
11 December 2019, by Ania Loomba and Partha P. Chakrabartty
Debate: Fascism Is Not Simply Imposed From Above
It is time to call this regime by its name. What we are seeing is not procedural or substantive fascism; this is fascism. We woke up today to professor Arjun Appadurai’s insightful piece in (…) -
11 December 2019, by Rahul Varma
35th Anniversary of Bhopal Disaster – Problem is Systemic
“People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money, and fairy tales of eternal economic (…) -
9 December 2019, by Vijay Kolinjivadi
Why a ’Green New Deal’ Must be Decolonial
The Green New Deal will not work unless it dismantles neocolonial structures exploiting nature and people. Discussions of a Green New Deal (GND) have been all the rage these days, as hundreds (…) -
2 December 2019, by Donald Cuccioletta
The Struggle Against Climate Change and the Need for Ecology
The position paper by Donald Cuccioletta titled “The Capitalist Crisis and The Case for Eco Socialism” will consist of four articles, which will touch the different crises that are weakening and (…) -
29 November 2019, by Robert Cavooris
Origins of the Crisis: On the Coup in Bolivia
Regarding recent events in Bolivia, some things are simple: Was it a coup? Yes. On Sunday, November 10, the commander-in-chief of Bolivia’s armed forces, General Williams Kaliman, publicly told (…) -
27 November 2019, by Carlos Torres and Oakland Socialist
The Neoliberal Miracle Under Fire
Unexpected turmoil erupted in Chile on October 18th, when high school students mobilized against a subway fare increase. On October 25th, another two million Chileans joined them in opposition to (…) -
25 November 2019, by Greg Shupak
Attacking Palestine’s Future
Traveling across Palestine, as I did to give lectures earlier this year, means following a perpetually fresh trail of repression. Omnipresent are the prison guard towers, the barbed wire, the (…) -
22 November 2019, by Mohamed Naeem
In Egypt, Nothing Has Changed — But Perhaps Everything Has
Can we venture to declare that Egypt has arrived at a new and dangerous turning point? Yes and no. For although nothing significant has materialized recently, the specter of a major shift looms. (…) -
16 November 2019, by Sumanta Banerjee
Voices of Non-Violence in a Wilderness of Violence
Attempts are being made by well-meaning civil society activists to examine and explore potentialities of the tactics of non-violent protests against the current BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) regime (…) -
3 November 2019, by Pritam Singh
India’s Moral Cancer- Delhi’s November 1984 Sikh Genocide
It is 35 years back that the massacre of Sikhs took place mostly in Delhi but also in many North Indian towns in the first week of November to ‘teach them a lesson’ i.e. to beat them to submission (…) -
31 October 2019, by Vinod Mubayi and Raza Mir
Kashmir: Three Months Later
For the vast majority of the people of Kashmir, the agony continues with no end in sight. Dribs and drabs of the reduction of oppressive measures, like restoration of landline telephones that few (…) -
28 October 2019, by Fouad Oveisy
Revolution and Counterrevolution in Rojava
As I write, the revolution in Rojava is under existential threat. This threat was aggravated by a controversial roller coaster of recent events. After a late Sunday night phone conversation (…) -
28 October 2019, by Satya Sagar
A Brief History of Politeness
From political speech to social media tirades, for half a decade or more now, the use of rude language, gestures and threats has become ubiquitous around the globe. The complete absence of (…) -
26 October 2019, by Iraqi Women Journalists Forum (IWJF)
Iraqi Women Journalists Forum Takes Part in Demonstrations: Demands Protection of Journalists and Demonstrators
IWJF took part in protests in Baghdad and the provinces on Friday 25th October to demand constitutional rights, change the government, and hold early elections. The demonstrations in Baghdad (…) -
24 October 2019, by George Monbiot
Our Brezhnev Moment
Neoliberalism has stalled, so the fanatics in government are using Brexit to revive it. At first sight it’s incomprehensible. Why risk everything for a no-deal Brexit? Breaking up their own (…) -
24 October 2019, by Felipe Lagos-Rojas and Francisca Gómez-Baeza
Chileans Have Launched a General Strike Against Austerity
Chile is the original home of neoliberalism, first begun after the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in 1973. If you listen closely to mass protests on the streets today, you can hear (…) -
24 October 2019, by Alternatives international
Appeal to Bollywood Actors to Support BDS Movement
We, members of the artistic community in Canada and the USA, appeal to the actors from Bollywood to withdraw their participation to the Indo Fest TLV to be held in Tel Aviv, Israel later this (…) -
23 October 2019, by Jeremy Wildeman
Justin Trudeau’s Political Setback: A Surprise to the World, but Not to Canada
From riding to power comfortably four years ago, the Canadian prime minister must now head a minority government. Canada’s federal election campaign highlighted a struggle that caught the (…) -
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 (…) -
1 September 2019, by Kavya Kamal
“Jammu Kashmir: They Make a Desolation and Call it Peace”
The abrogation on August 6 of Article 370 and 35 A, that provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir, received a mixed response. While politically the decision has been hailed by several parties, (…) -
1 September 2019, by Justin Podur
Imagine a Free Palestine
I wrote Siegebreakers because I can’t liberate Gaza or Palestine, but I can dream about it. I wanted it to be a proximate dream, a dream of the next step from now, not a distant dream that depends (…) -
1 September 2019, by Beena Sarwar
The Humanist Who Was Pakistan’s Malayali Comrade B.M. Kutty
He died wanting the same peace that his comrades, young and old, yearned and will keep working for. Early on Sunday morning in Karachi, a little over a month after his 89th birthday on July (…) -
1 September 2019, by Achin Vanaik
Hindutva on the March
Progressive Indians must oppose governmental violence against Kashmiris. The powers that would seek to deny the oppressed people of Kashmir the right to freely pursue their goal of collective (…) -
30 July 2019, by Sumanta Banerjee
Indian Mass Psychology
The variety of post-mortem reports coming out from the analysis of the Lok Sabha election (held in April/May this year) results is quite confusing. Each contradicts the other. Some psephologists (…) -
25 July 2019, by Samuel Earle
“A Mockery of What Democracy Is Supposed to Be”
Arundhatti Roy interviewed by Samuel Earle in The New Republic “In India,” Arundhati Roy wrote in 2002, “if you are a butcher or a genocidist who happens to be a politician, you have every (…) -
25 July 2019, by Boaventura de Sousa Santos
What Now, Brazil?
The words that come to mind the most are astonishment and perplexity. The Brazilian government has slipped into the abyss of absurdity, into an absolute trivialization of abuse and aggression, (…) -
25 July 2019, by Messaoud Romdhani
Trump Administration: Redefining Human Rights
Bible in hand Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Prize winner cleric, known for his anti-apartheid and human rights militancy in South Africa, said: When missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible (…) -
14 July 2019, by Saladdin Ahmed
The Significance of the Sudanese Revolution
The ongoing Sudanese revolution has emerged at a time when most of us had already given up any realistic hope for what has become known as the Arab Spring. Yet, if anything, the revolutionaries in (…) -
10 June 2019, by Vijay Kolinjivadi
Why a Hipster, Vegan, Green Tech Economy is Not Sustainable
Improving eco-efficiency within a capitalist growth-oriented system will not save the environment. On the western borderlands of Montreal’s well-to-do Outremont district and the (…) -
6 June 2019, by PADS
Public Statement on the Suicide of Dr Payal Tadvi in Mumbai
Dr Payal Tadvi, an Adivasi Muslim from one of the most backward tribes of India committed suicide on 22 May in her hostel room in a Mumbai hospital. She was a post-graduate resident doctor in the (…) -
1 June 2019, by Alternatives International
Indian Elections 2019: Challenges Ahead
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a second mandate to run the government as the election results announced on May 23, 2019 clearly show. They got more seats than they had won in 2014 and their vote (…) -
30 May 2019, by Messaoud Romdhani
European Union-Tunisia Relationship: "Stop People but Let Goods Through"
In the aftermath of what ’s often been referred to as the "Arab Spring", the European Union (EU) gave much more attention to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region, especially to Tunisia, (…) -
29 May 2019, by Amartya Sen
Democracy Demands More Than the Counting of Votes
Winning cannot be the only concern in fighting an election. It makes a big difference how the winners are viewed in the post-election world. The excitements of the recent general elections are (…) -
29 May 2019, by Samuel Earle
“A Mockery of What Democracy is Supposed to Be”
I recently spoke to Roy over email about the Indian election result, the meaning of Modi, and the role of a writer when—in her words—“the world is in a churning.” This interview has been lightly (…) -
28 May 2019, by Vinod Mubayi
Indian Elections 2019: An Analysis
In the wake of the recently concluded 2019 elections India has been dubbed a “majoritarian democracy”. In the near future, it is very likely that more emphasis will be placed on “majoritarian” and (…) -
25 May 2019, by Iraqi Women Journalists Forum
Rise in Discrimination Against Iraqi Women Journalists
According to the indicators that Iraqi women journalists forum (IWJF) recorded in the period of May, 2018 – May, 2019, there were many violations, discrimination and violence against women (…) -
24 May 2019, by Dr. Nibras Al-Mamory
Evaluation of the Speech of the UN Representative on Iraq
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Mrs. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, in her speech during the meeting of the Security Council on 21 May 2019 spoke (…) -
17 May 2019, by David Barsamian
Iran Notes
“Boys go to Baghdad, but real men go to Tehran” – Bush official, 2003 Gibbon in his The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire writes of the Romans, "They endeavored to convince mankind that (…) -
17 May 2019, by Richard Greeman
The Yellow Vests of France: Six Months of Struggle
I am writing you from Montpellier, France, where I am a participant-observer in the Yellow Vest movement, which is still going strong after six months, despite a dearth of information in the (…) -
17 May 2019, by The Real News Network
German Parliament Criminalizes Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
German parliament, the Bundestag, has just passed an unprecedented piece of legislation condemning the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement, known as the BDS. They deemed BDS as anti-Semitic (…) -
10 May 2019, by Phyllis Bennis
A Green New Deal Needs to Fight US Militarism
We can’t heal the climate if the US war machine keeps raining destruction, absorbing resources, and gobbling up fossil fuels all around the world. Here’s how to stop it. The war on terror (…) -
1 May 2019, by Messaoud Romdhani
Hard Time for Arab Dictators
At a time when good memories of the 2011 Arab Spring are about to fade away, when the then raised hope is about to give place to despair and disillusion, Sudan and Algeria have caught the world’s (…) -
1 May 2019, by Sudanese Communist Party
No Compromise on the Civilian Transitional Power
The Sudanese Communist Party has declared its clear Stance: No compromise on the Civilian Transitional Power. In a separate development, the Alliance for Freedom and Change stressed in a (…) -
24 April 2019, by Katja Hermann
A Vote For Apartheid: The End of the Two States Proposal
Katja Hermann, director of the West Asia Unit at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung in Berlin, in conversation with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, general secretary of the Palestinian National (…) -
22 April 2019, by Sudanese Communist Party
Update on Sudan
The Central Committee of the Sudanese Communist Party has issued a statement demanding: An end of the rule of the Military Transitional Council (MTC) and the immediate transfer of power to the (…) -
17 April 2019, by Bashir Ali
Social Movements in the Arab and African World: Factures and Features
The landscape of the position of social movements in Sudan, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region indicates that a fundamental change in the structure of collective action is occurring in (…) -
16 April 2019, by Richard Greeman
Yellow Vest Movement Struggles to Reinvent Democracy as Macron Cranks up Propaganda and Repression
After five months of constant presence at traffic circles, toll-booths and hazardous Saturday marches, the massive, self-organized social movement known as the Yellow Vests has just held its (…) -
16 April 2019, by Sungur Savran
A First Victory for the Sudanese Revolution
Will the People be Able to Override the “Orderly Transition”? Omar al Bashir, the 30-year long dictator of Sudan, the perpetrator of the massacre of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the (…) -
12 April 2019, by Gideon Levy
Israel’s New Wretched Republic
On Tuesday, the Second Republic of Israel was born. It will be different from its predecessor. The First Republic chalked up impressive achievements, accompanied by lies and deceptions. The Second (…) -
12 April 2019, by Boaventura de Sousa Santos
The Age of Pardon or the Age of Aggression?
Throughout the 20th century there were frequent apologies and claims for reparations for the atrocities committed in the context of the relations between peoples and countries, as illustrated by (…) -
12 April 2019, by Liemia El-Abubkr
President Ousted After Brutal Repression of Protests in Sudan
Protests in Sudan have spread to an unprecedented level, with women and young people being at the forefront of a movement for change that seems to have succeeded in ousting President Omar (…) -
4 April 2019
“Happy Birthday, Abdullah Öcalan!”
“Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but … life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in (…) -
1 April 2019, by Vinod Mubayi
Majoritarianism: Malady of Our Time
The recent release of all the accused Hindutva terrorists by Indian courts in the Samjhauta Express bombing case that killed 68 persons including 44 Pakistani citizens, following the fizzling out (…) -
1 April 2019, by Eric Toussaint
Brazil: Celebration of the 1964 Military Coup
Brazil: 55 years after the army staged a coup on 31 March 1964 and overthrew President Joao Goulart, the new far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro has announced a celebration of this sad event. (…) -
1 April 2019, by Chip Gibbons
Let Chelsea Go
The US government is holding Chelsea Manning in solitary confinement again. It’s a vindictive, unconscionable attack on a brave truth teller. On June 1, 2013, I joined a thousand people on a (…) -
1 April 2019, by Dawn Foster
The Tories’ Islamophobia Problem
The Tories are incredibly racist, and have been forever, and somehow they’re still getting away with it. Shortly after the Christchurch killings, a Conservative party activist, who had posted (…) -
26 February 2019, by PIPFPD
Joint Statement by the National Committees PIPFPD of India and Pakistan
Issued to media on 26th of February 2019 from Lahore and New Delhi (also Mumbai, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Jammu, Bhubaneshwar & Srinagar): We, the members of (…) -
15 February 2019, by Morgan Bartz
Race, Place, and Resistance in Nova Scotia: A Review of “There’s Something in the Water”
In the autumn of 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a dire climate report (1) outlining the necessity of limiting global warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius within 12 (…) -
4 February 2019, by The Wire
UN’s Support Sought for Withdrawal of Charges Against Anand Teltumbde
In a letter with over 150 signatories, the charges against Teltumbde were called fabricated and the case a severe human rights violation. New Delhi: Over 90 organisations, 50 institutions and (…) -
4 February 2019, by Patrick Bond
Zimbabwe: Capitalist Crisis + Ultra-Neoliberal Policy = “Mugabesque” Authoritarianism
Once again, a formidable burst of state brutality against Zimbabwe’s citizenry has left at least a dozen corpses, scores of serious injuries, mass arrests, Internet suspension and a furious (…) -
4 February 2019, by Kanishka Goonewardena
The Crisis in Sri Lanka
“In the name of God, go!” Rarely have these words of Oliver Cromwell been recycled with such farce and frequency as during Sri Lanka’s recent political crisis, not least by parliamentarians (…) -
25 January 2019, by GGJ
Solidarity with the Venezuelan People
"Grassroots Global Justice Alliance strongly condemns the aggression of the US government towards President Nicolas Maduro and the legitimate government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela." (…) -
23 January 2019, by Shireen Zaidi
Cities of Salt
Cities of Salt, was first published in Beirut in 1984. Translated from Arabic by Peter Theroux. Published by Vintage International, New York. ‘By god, Your Excellency, we were as happy as we (…) -
21 January 2019, by Rushdia Mehreen
“Landgrab is a Universal Phenomenon With Historical Roots”
In her new novel, Land for Fatimah, Veena Gokhale brings to life the experiences of an Indo-Canadian expatriate, Anjali, working for an NGO in a fictional African country named Kamorga. Anjali (…) -
18 January 2019, by Bernard Dreano
Yellow Fever in France
Almost everyone agrees on the analysis of what caused this movement: the growth of inequalities, the marginalization of certain regions and social categories, austerity and neoliberal politics. (…) -
16 January 2019, by Anand Teltumbde
‘My Hopes Lie Shattered, I Need Your Support’
Coming from the poorest of poor families I wanted to contribute… You may have learnt from the media that my appeal for quashing the false FIR against me filed by the Pune Police was rejected (…) -
6 January 2019, by Shireen Zaidi
Book Review: Go, Went, Gone
Go, Went, Gone By Jenny Erpenbeck Translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky There didn’t seem to be any apparent references or connections but for some reason Richard from the novel ‘ Go (…) -
5 January 2019, by Michel LAMBERT
In Baghdad, the Social Forum Regains its Relevance
Last November 22nd to the 25th, I had the opportunity to participate in a little known event (at least in the North!) in Baghdad. A meeting bringing together activists of various faiths, from (…) -
14 December 2018, by Ranabir samaddar
Popular Uprising in Paris and Left’s Fear of Populism
I For the fourth consecutive week ending with 9 December 2018, Paris reverberated with the march of the Yellow Vests, angry protesters denouncing the government, asking President Macron to (…) -
8 December 2018, by Édouard Louis
Can the Yellow Vests Speak?
France’s elites were quick to condemn the gilets jaunes protesters as stupid and backward. But as novelist Édouard Louis writes, they’re just standing up for their rights. For some days now, (…) -
8 December 2018, by Richard Greeman
Self-organized Yellow Vest Protest Movement Exposes Inequality and Hollowness of French Regime
Ignored by Macron, distorted by the media, courted by the Right, snubbed by the Left, the self-organized mass movement known as the Yellow Vests is seriously challenging the political and economic (…) -
8 December 2018, by Mehdi Hasan
The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush: War Crimes, Racism, and Obstruction of Justice
The tributes to former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday aged 94, have been pouring in from all sides of the political spectrum. He was a man “of the highest character,” said his (…) -
8 December 2018, by Christophe Jaffrelot
Farmers And Others
Will the kisan take care of interests of landless peasants as well? In the aftermath of the demonstrations by farmers in the name of agricultural prices and loan waiving, it is important to (…) -
29 November 2018, by PHM
Dr. Amit Sengupta: People’s Health Movement (PHM) Tribute
It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing away of our dear comrade Dr. Amit Sengupta, a beloved colleague, friend, mentor and activist. Amit passed away on 28 November 2018, in a (…) -
21 November 2018, by Amal Barghouti
Global Campaign For Education Welcomes New President
KATHMANDU - A newly elected President Refat Sabbah, the General Secretary of the Arab Coalition for Education for All (ACEA), takes the reins and leads the movement into a transformative, (…) -
5 November 2018, by Amnesty International Report
Sudan: Relentless Harassment, Intimidation and Censorship of Journalists Must End
2 November 2018 Sudanese authorities have this year been unrelenting in their quest to silence independent media by arresting and harassing journalists, and censoring both print and broadcast (…) -
5 November 2018, by HRCP
After the Aasia Bibi Verdict, A Longer Battle
Lahore, 1 November 2018. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has greatly welcomed the Supreme Court’s landmark judgement acquitting 47-year-old Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted (…) -
30 October 2018, by Roger Rashi
Quebec Solidaire: Understanding Its 2018 Electoral Breakthrough
Summing up the October 1st provincial election results, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, co-spokesperson of Québec solidaire, said it best: “the era of the two-party system is finished in Quebec.” Indeed, (…)