Refaat Alareer: In Memoriam – Article, Poem
‘‘Let It Be a Tale’: Israel Kills the Storytellers of Gaza But Will Not Kill the Story’; To Refaat Alareer: In response to Refaat al Areer’s poem, ‘If I Must Die’.
Thirty-One Years After Babri Demolition, an Important Reminder
December 6, Ambedkar Smriti Din, is significant in Indian history for one more reason – it was on this day in 1992 that the Babri Masjid was demolished. Former president Dr K.R. Narayanan has described this as the greatest tragedy India faced after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
United for Gaza: Time Now for Palestinians to Protect Their Collective Sumud
Western leaders and officials are speaking out now because they understand that the Palestinian cause has become a global one, and that the prolonging of Israeli occupation will not bode well, neither for Tel Aviv nor for the collective West. It is time for Palestinians to utilize this significant moment.
On the Perpetration of Mass-Death Events
The holocaust now visited on Palestine by U.S./Israel is unique in many ways. Rates of killing and maiming exceed those of previous Israeli assaults on Gaza, the perpetrators announce their genocidal intent with unusual frankness, and Western media and official apologists are especially shameless.
Largest Pro-Palestine Protests in History; Growing Diplomatic Backlash Against Israel’s War on Gaza – 3 Articles
‘The Largest Pro-Palestinian Protest in U.S. History was “a Turning Point.” Now it’s Spreading’; ‘Hundreds of Thousands Join London March to Demand ‘Cease-Fire Now’ in Gaza’; Also: Increasing number of countries breaking ties with Israel in protest over its intense assault on Gaza.
We are Spartacus
There can’t be democracy and colonial war; one aspires to decency, the other to fascism. Meanwhile, once welcomed mavericks are heretics now in an underground of journalism amid a landscape of mendacious conformity.
The Road to Freedom Runs Through Palestine
We should be grateful to the Palestinian people. We stand with them, but it is the steadfastness of their popular struggle for universal freedom and dignity that shows the way. Also: Huge protests in New York and London in support of Palestine.
Genocide in Gaza – Five Articles
A Textbook Case of Genocide; Impending Genocide; Over 1 Million Displaced in Gaza, Unprecedented Destruction: UNRWA; World Health Organisation Condemns Israel’s Evacuation Orders to Hospitals in Northern Gaza; Dispatches from Gaza.
Uprising in Palestine
Do the Palestinians have a right to resist the non-stop aggression to which they are subjected? Absolutely. There is no moral, political or military equivalence as far as the two sides are concerned.
On the Biggest Crackdown on the Indian Press by the Indian State – Articles and Statements of Condemnation
October 3, 2023 will go down in history for the biggest crackdown on Indian journalism by the Indian state. Also: Journalists Organisations Express Outrage; Journalists, Artists and Academics Worldwide Slam NewsClick Raids; ‘NewsClick: Lessons from the Kashmir Template’; ‘NewsClick Case: If Modi Govt is Really Serious About ‘Terror Financing’, Why Hasn’t It Rung the US, China and FATF?’; NewsClick Case: ‘Never Received Funds From a Foreign Govt’, Says Neville Roy Singham’s Company.