Have We Really Done Away with Our Constitution?
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Have We Really Done Away with Our Constitution?

Fr. Cedric Prakash     Exactly, seventy years ago on November 26, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted and gave to “we, the people” a landmark Constitution. ‘The Constitution of India’ is the sacred book of every Indian citizen; it is a bulwark of fundamental rights and directive principles, which are a prerequisite for any…

Colombian National Strike Continues
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Colombian National Strike Continues

Tanya Wadhwa   The resistance of the Colombian people, against the right-wing government of President Iván Duque and his policies of neoliberalism, war and violence, continues.   On November 27, under the banner of ”Against Duque’s neoliberal package, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Monetary (IMF) and the World Bank. For…

The Rising Fight Against Neo-Liberalism in Chile
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The Rising Fight Against Neo-Liberalism in Chile

Alison Bodine   Chile despertó! (Chile Has Woken Up!) Piñera, renuncia! (Piñera Resign!) These are some the powerful chants that have echoed throughout the streets of cities small and large in Chile during mass protests that began in October 2019. Poor, working and oppressed people and students have united to demand dignity and human rights…

Ambedkar For Our Times!

Ambedkar For Our Times!

Subhash Gatade    (Presentation made at Dept of Social Work, Delhi University, during their programme centred around 1st Ambedkar Memorial Lecture.)   “If Hindu Raj does become a fact, it will no doubt, be the greatest calamity for this country. No matter what the Hindus say, Hinduism is a menace to liberty, equality and fraternity….

 Argentina’s President-Elect Alberto Fernandez Rejects Remaining IMF Money
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 Argentina’s President-Elect Alberto Fernandez Rejects Remaining IMF Money

Countercurrents Collective   Argentina’s leftist president-elect Alberto Fernandez said Tuesday that he would renounce the remaining $11 billion tranche of the country’s International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan as soon as he takes office next month.   Outgoing center-right President Mauricio Macri agreed a massive $57 billion loan package last year, but the austerity measures he…

India’s Shadow Lobbies: How Business Captured the Government
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India’s Shadow Lobbies: How Business Captured the Government

Divya Guha   It has come to light that according to its profit and loss statement for the quarter ended March 2019, Tata Consultancy Services donated Rs 220 crore to an unnamed beneficiary.   This makes the infotech consultant the single largest political donor.   TCS has outdone Prudent Electoral Trust, which supplied a total…

Welcome to Bengal, Where Thirty Muslim Professors Teach Sanskrit
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Welcome to Bengal, Where Thirty Muslim Professors Teach Sanskrit

Shabina Akhtar   At a time when faculty members both present and past have even written to the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, requesting him to intervene and stall the appointment of Dr Feroze Khan in Banaras Hindu University (BHU)’s Sanskrit Dharam Vidya Vigyaan department, West Bengal seems to embracing its Sanskrit professors hailing…

POSCO to Jindal: A Fact Finding Report

POSCO to Jindal: A Fact Finding Report

Press Release Ganatantrik Adhikar Surakhya Sangathan, Odisha   A four-member fact-finding team of Ganatantrik Adhikar Surakhya Sangathan, Odisha visited Gadakujanga, Dhinkia, Noliasahi and Govindapur villages of Jagatsinghpur district on 19th November 2019. The government of Odisha is handing over the land already acquired for POSCO to Jindal Steel Works Ltd for setting up of a…

NRC & Citizenship Issue Today a Rights Crisis of Epic Proportions Assam: Fact-Finding Report
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NRC & Citizenship Issue Today a Rights Crisis of Epic Proportions Assam: Fact-Finding Report

Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression   Between the November 5 and 10, 2019, a nine person team comprising of Nisha Biswas, Ajita Rao, Swapna, Maheen Mirza, Bondita, Nikita Agarwal, Seema, Sohini and Shreya K from Women against Sexual Violence and State repression (WSS)  visited the state of Assam in order to understand the…