The Fine-Grained Struggle for Indian Independence
Review of P. Sainath’s book, “The Last Heroes, Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom”
Dharavi Dreams: The New Redevelopment Plan Ignores the Rights of the People Who Built It
The Adani group recently won the bid to redevelop 260 hectares of Mumbai’s Dharavi settlement. While planning profit-focused redevelopment of Dharavi, no one ask’s what Dharavi is, what the people who live here worry about, and how they would themselves like this area to be transformed.
A Fishing Village’s Last Gasp, as Climate Change, Industry & Pollution Sound a Death Knell
Climate change, industrial pollution in violation of existing laws, and overfishing by trawlers have devastated the livelihood of the mostly hand to mouth fishermen in this village on the coast of Andhra Pradesh.
Conspiracy to Reopen the Murderous Sterlite!
A continuous attempt is being made to disrupt the people’s protests and re-establish the Sterlite plant. It is a well-known fact that the government and Tamilnadu police are helping this effort of Vedanta Sterlite Corporation. People’s power strongly condemns this.
‘India Only Seems to Wake Up to Reality When There is an Atrocity’
On the 10th anniversary of the brutal gang-rape of a physiotherapy student in New Delhi, human rights activist and senior advocate Indira Jaising looks back at a decade of change.
Violence Against Women and Girls Is Not Cultural but Criminal
Violence against women and girls remains the most pervasive human rights violation around the world. Explicit and implicit cultural legitimation for violence against women has to end if we are to deliver on the promise of a socially just and ecologically sustainable world order for everyone.
An Image of Hope: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s Fight for Dignity and Land, 17 Years On
A photo exhibition titled ‘Socialism or Death: Abahlali baseMjondolo on the Frontlines of Struggle’ recently opened in Johannesburg. The work displayed chronicles the years-long struggle of South Africa’s shack dwellers movement to secure land and housing for the urban poor.
Peru: Chronicle of a Coup in Slow Motion
The removal of an elected president and the hasty swearing in of a de facto president is reminiscent of the coup against Evo Morales of Bolivia in 2019, although there are important differences.
Nicaragua’s Humane Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
Nicaragua has achieved one of the lowest rates of excess COVID-19 deaths in Latin America, the highest rates of COVID-19 vaccinations in Central America and one of the highest GDP growth rates in the region and world.
The Road to De-Dollarisation Will Run Through Saudi Arabia
Western media has been near silent on the region’s humiliating loss of economic prestige and dominance during Xi’s trip to Riyadh. China can now simultaneously navigate complex relations with Iran, the GCC, Russia, and Arab League states.