India Should Not Go The Nazi Way But Give Citizenship To 1.9 Million People Left Out Of The Assam NRC List
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India Should Not Go The Nazi Way But Give Citizenship To 1.9 Million People Left Out Of The Assam NRC List

Countercurrents Collective   Over 1.9 million people have been left out of the final National Register of Citizens or NRC – a list intended to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants from Assam. Those left out of the NRC can appeal to the Foreigners Tribunal within 120 days. After that those left out…

Latin America and the Caribbean: Between the Neoliberal Offensive and New Resistances
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Between the Neoliberal Offensive and New Resistances

For quite a few years, the people of Latin America and the Caribbean have been confronted by a new advance of imperialism and capitalism, which has revived a process of recolonization in the region. The agenda of ‘reforms’ driven by these various neoliberal and neofascist projects is mirrored from country to country. As these projects…

“We Refuse to be Burned”:  500 Years of Resistance, Colonization, and Coups in Bolivia
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“We Refuse to be Burned”: 500 Years of Resistance, Colonization, and Coups in Bolivia

Maya Ajchura Chipana   I am writing this because I don’t see many Bolivian voices represented in the media. Here is my story.   I saw Evo Morales speak once in La Paz. So many people came out. The boys climbed trees to trying to get a glimpse of him. After each speech, there was…

The clear US role in Bolivia’s tragic hard-right coup
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The clear US role in Bolivia’s tragic hard-right coup

Fiona Edwards   With the backing of the U.S. government, a highly sophisticated and well-resourced coup has succeeded in overthrowing Bolivia’s legitimate and democratically elected president Evo Morales. This massive blow against democracy and social progress comes after more than a decade of U.S. intervention aimed at destabilising Bolivia and overthrowing its successful socialist government….

Women Who Sacrificed Their Life In The Freedom Movement
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Women Who Sacrificed Their Life In The Freedom Movement

Bharat Dogra, Madhu Dogra and Reshma Bharti Women played a many-sided and very significant role in the freedom movement of India. We see them in the battle fronts of 1857, we see them in the frontline of peaceful protests or satyagrahas, we see them in the Rani ki Jhansi regiment of Azad Hind Fouj, we…

The Ayodhya Judgment in India’s Enveloping Darkness
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The Ayodhya Judgment in India’s Enveloping Darkness

Harsh Mander   Something has shifted, something has changed, something has broken in India, after the momentous ruling on the disputed land in Ayodhya.   The learned judges of the Supreme Court of India could not have been unmindful during their marathon hearings in the case that this was not simply a title dispute over…

Phool Walon Ki Sair: A Festival of Communal Harmony among Hindus and Muslims
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Phool Walon Ki Sair: A Festival of Communal Harmony among Hindus and Muslims

Abhishek Kumar & Harshvardhan    Phool walon ki sair (Procession of the Florists) is one of the oldest public festivals held annually in Delhi. The origin of this festival goes back to the early decades of the 19th century during the rule of the penultimate Mughal Emperor, Akbar Shah II (1806-1837). The festival is held…

Gandhi-Nehru Tradition and Indian Secularism
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Gandhi-Nehru Tradition and Indian Secularism

P.C. Joshi   Among the developing countries, India is distinguished by its proclaimed commitment to secularism as the guiding principle of state policy and action. The conception of Indian secularism is not just an intellectual abstraction; it is not a product only of logical constructions and academic debates. It acquired flesh and blood, a moral…