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As the pandemic continues to devastate America’s poorest, coalitions of unhoused people are finding inspiration in the powerful history of homeless organizing.
After his unjust incarceration, which was part of the state’s larger counterrevolution against progressive movements in the U.S. and abroad, Mumia continued his work as a militant journalist live from death row. Review of Mumia Abu-Jamal’s book, ‘Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?’
Knowledge, scientific discoveries, and technical processes ought to be common goods of humankind. However, Big Pharma is engaged in private appropriation of knowledge and techniques, notably through patents, enabling it to rake in colossal profits, esp. during the corona pandemic.
There was no heroic adventure in Columbus’ expedition to the Americas, only bloodshed. Columbus Day should not be a celebration.
Women’s work was not only “reproductive”, from the first civilisations it has always been very diverse. However, it was, and it continues to this day to be, moulded by class relations. Exploring the role of women in the ancient world in this fascinating account of life in Mesopotamia.
Henri Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-31) came in the Bengal’s intellectual horizon for a very brief period like a volcano and made a tremendous impact among the Bengali youth. However, today, Bengalis have forgotten Derozio.
Haldane (1892–1964) was a fascinating man. An eminent scientist, prolific writer and speaker, fiery political activist, and all-round colorful character, he has been the subject of several full-length biographies and multiple biographical sketches.
This tropical paradise was a penal colony during the French colonial era and the US War in Vietnam. For 22,000 Vietnamese and some Cambodians, Côn Sơn Island was literally the last stop on a journey that began with their arrest and incarceration on the mainland.
The health emergency of the coronavirus is inseparable from the health emergency of extinction, biodiversity loss and climate change.
Official Statement from La Via Campesina, as We Mark 25 Years of Our Collective Struggles for Food Sovereignty, 13 October 2021
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