A Year After the Assassination of its Leaders, South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo Continues to Advance
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A Year After the Assassination of its Leaders, South Africa’s Abahlali baseMjondolo Continues to Advance

Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of Abahlali baseMjondolo’s eKhenana commune, was killed in August last year, only months after the murder of its deputy chairperson Ayanda Ngila, and that of another activist, Nokuthula Mabaso. The commune and the movement keep their memory alive by consolidating their work.

Commemorating March on Washington; Black Inequality Persists – Two Articles
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Commemorating March on Washington; Black Inequality Persists – Two Articles

In this year’s march, commemorating the March on Washington 60 years ago, apart from voting rights and police reform, other issues that the marchers are raising are increased antisemitic hate crimes, and attacks on Asian American communities. Also: “60 Years After the March on Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists”.

Black Resistance and Afro-Venezuelan Feminism
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Black Resistance and Afro-Venezuelan Feminism

Merlyn Pirela is a Venezuelan Afrofeminist activist and organizer. In Part I of this two-part interview, Pirela explores the historical forms of oppression and domination, and the Afro-Venezuelan struggle for emancipation. Part II addresses both the advances and the pending tasks of the movement in the context of the Bolivarian Process.

Rojava: A Beacon of Solidarity, Cooperation and Progress
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Rojava: A Beacon of Solidarity, Cooperation and Progress

In one corner of Syria — the northern border regions known to the Kurds as Rojava — hope for a better world lives on. Bordered on all sides by hostile reactionary forces, Rojava stands defiantly as a beacon for human solidarity, cooperation, and progress.

Independence Day Speech, 1957
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Independence Day Speech, 1957

“We have completed one journey of consolidating our freedom, the foundations of which were laid a hundred years ago by our people with their blood, sweat and tears… We have today to remember the lessons of unity, religious tolerance and fellow feeling taught by Mahatma Gandhi and other great sons of India and go forward in a united and determined manner.”

Rahul Gandhi’s Speech: An Alliance Leader Steering the Ideological Beliefs of INDIA
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Rahul Gandhi’s Speech: An Alliance Leader Steering the Ideological Beliefs of INDIA

The Congress leader not only laid down how INDIA parties considered ‘Bharat’ as a union of diverse and equal voices but also how the Modi government’s decisions have been largely controlled by corporate interests. Also: Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of PM Modi’s reply to no-confidence motion.