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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…
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…
Parvin Sultana On April 8, a Muslim man was assaulted by a mob in Assam on the suspicion of serving beef. Later, he was also forced to eat a piece of pork. Shaukat Ali runs an eatery at the bi-weekly market (haat) that convenes in Baihata Chariali every Thursday and Sunday. He sells meat…
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….
John Pilger Newspapers and other media in the United States and Britain have recently declared a passion for freedom of speech, especially their right to publish freely. They are worried by the “Assange effect”. It is as if the struggle of truth-tellers like Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning is now a warning to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Arjun Sengupta Jawaharlal Nehru was not the only aristocrat who entered politics and joined the struggle for independence in India. There were also others who came from similar background of secure family roots, extravagance and style, and who courted imprisonment, flirted with hardship and enjoyed the luxury of sacrifice. If Nehru was a…
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