2022 was the Year World Turned Against Strongman Politics. Bharat Jodo Is India’s Chance
From Brazil to the US to UK, this was the year mass democracies shifted the playbook of politics. India could be next in line to do that.
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Farewell to Sasi Etta – Two Obituaries
Our beloved K.P. Sasi is no more. Filmmaker, cartoonist, writer, mentor, friend and above all tireless activist championing the cause of every underdog, Sasi breathed his last, mid-afternoon this Christmas day – after battling a medical condition for months.
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A Day With the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Haryana
From the size of the yatra to the desperation of the people who have come to take part in it, there are many things that are striking about the march.
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Iran: To Veil or Not to Veil
During a two-week visit to Iran in November, I witnessed women of all ages walking freely on the streets without the hijab. But, what we’re not told, is that they have been doing so for years.
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Bharat Jodo Yatra, An Extraordinary Experiment: Two Articles
The appeal of the Bharat Jodo Yatra is not only in what it says, but also in its ability to move millions of hearts and minds.
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The Iranian Protests are the Latest Phase in a Long Cycle of Popular Unrest
To understand today’s protests in Iran, we need to look at the history of the Islamic Republic since 1979. Iran has a tradition of popular mobilization with few parallels in the modern world, and that tradition underpins the current wave of discontent.
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Mexico’s Left Takes to the Street, Celebrates Achievements
On the fourth anniversary of his taking office on November 27, AMLO and his Moreno Party staged a march and then a rally in the Zócalo plaza in Mexico City. The crowd was such that the walk, with AMLO walking too, lasted five hours. Extracts from AMLO’s speech.
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A Factory without Bosses: Voices from Indorca
Indorca is a factory without bosses in the industrial city of Puerto Ordaz in Venezuela. Indorca’s workers carried out a heroic three-year struggle to gain control of the factory after the former owner brought it to a halt. In this interview, Indorca workers talk about their struggle.
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Fishworkers Struggle Against Vizhinjam Adani Port in Kerala
The historical agitation by the coastal people of Trivandrum has crossed 120 days. The people are demanding that construction of the harbour be stopped and the destruction it has already caused to the coast be enquired into by an expert committee acceptable to fish workers also.
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Leader of Our Legions: Sardar Patel’s Tribute to Nehru
‘Priceless possession of a free India’: This was how Vallabhbhai Patel described Jawaharlal Nehru.
