The Little-Known Radical History of Gambia
The fire was once aflame and blazing in this small country. May its memory serve as a spark to rekindle its embers.
One School’s Missing History
This is an all-too-symbolic tale of how one institution in Topeka, Kansas, once a vocational college for Black students, became over the decades — and all too symbolically — a women’s prison. Then consider the remarkable story of one man who tried not just to stem but turn the tide there.
Self-Respect and Socialism
One of the earliest propagandists of socialism from the non-Left camp in southern India was the patriarch of the Dravidian movement, E.V.R. Periyar. The choice Periyar made then changed the course of history and politics in Tamil Nadu.
The Victory of an Untouchable
This article appeared in ‘The Reader’s Digest’, March 1950: After swallowing insults for centuries, India’s 45 million lowly Untouchables – one-eighth of the country’s population are breaking their shackles of economic slavery and social degradation. At their head is handsome, jet-eyed, 56-year-old Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar …
The Double Objective of Democratic Ecosocialism
Humanity in this moment faces two major crises: one ecological, growing more acute with every planetary boundary passed; the other social, leading to deprivation and despair across the globe. An effective ecosocialist approach to these crises must aim to resolve both in a single stroke