Why Is a Public-Spirited Lawyer Like Sudha Bhardwaj Who Protected Rights of the Poor Under Attack
She is facing repression because she has tried to protect democratic rights of the poorest.
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‘What Was Umar Khalid’s Crime?’: Over 200 Thinkers Across the World Extend Solidarity
Among signatories are journalist P. Sainath, actor Ratna Pathak Shah, authors Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and Arundhati Roy, and renowned scholars Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, Romila Thapar and Sheldon Pollock.
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Preserving the Human Experiment Through One of History’s Darkest Periods
Positioning itself squarely against what Noam Chomsky calls the ‘Reactionary International’, the Progressive International seeks to unite the forces of sanity and progress around the world.
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COVID-19 on the Decline in Nicaragua Despite No Lockdown – Two Articles
No country can yet claim to have defeated Covid-19, but clearly some are having more success than others; Nicaragua is one of these, and could yet be recognized as a world leader.
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A Tribute to Venezuela’s Endless Pursuit of Democracy
Venezuela is again the shining light of Democracy – pushing ahead with the 6 December 2020 National Assembly elections despite the endless challenges being faced by it both domestically and internationally.
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Time Magazine Calls Shaheen Bagh’s Bilkis Dadi Global Icon, But for the Indian State, She is a Conspirator – Two Articles
The hundred days of light and hope that was Shaheen Bagh cannot be extinguished by official slander and police chargesheets.
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On PM Modi’s Birthday, ‘National Unemployment Day’ Trends on Social Media
On the occasion of Narendra Modi’s 70th birthday, Twitter users took upon themselves to remind the prime minister of the growing joblessness and acute economic crisis that the country is facing.
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Voices of Dissent Course Through the Country on September 23
Thousands of people came together to decry anti-labour, anti-farmer and anti-people laws passed by the Centre in recent days.
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Highlights of National Protest Day Called by Farmers’ Organisations on September 25
Protests were organised by farmers across the country in at least 5,000 places on September 25 against the three farm Bills. Farmers organisations have now given a call for Delhi Gherao on Nov. 26-27. Meanwhile, state governments of Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and Maharashtra have decided not to implement these farm bills in their states.
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The Many Legacies of Shankar Guha Niyogi
Niyogi and CMSS can offer intellectual and practical ideas on how to counter the normalisation of Hindutva discourse.
