‘Yes, We Are Andolanjeevi, You Have Forced Us’: Medha Patkar
Today’s centralised policies are pushing the marginalised communities further to the margins, squeezing all options for the poor but to take to the streets – says the activist.
An Open Letter to the Odisha CM on the Police Repression in Dhinkia
Expressing shock and concern over the ongoing police repression on the peasants and betel growers of Dhinkia, Gobindpur and Nuagaon villages of Jagatsinghpur district who for 17 years have used the most democratic means to resist the forceful acquisition of land for the POSCO project.
Mutual Aid and Solidarity in Nigeria’s #EndSARS Protests
Nigerian #EndSARS protesters were successful in getting a notorious police unit disbanded. But their real legacy is the unity it inspired among the people.
How a Group of Starbucks Workers Emerged Victorious in Their Union Fight
The iconic American coffee chain, Starbucks, employs lakhs of people in nearly 9,000 cafés nationwide. After decades of successfully preventing workers from forming a union, finally, a handful of Starbucks employees at one café in New York recently voted to join Workers United.
Speech as President-Elect; What Can We Expect from Gabriel Boric? – Two Articles
Full text of speech with which Gabriel Boric Font thanks the people of Chile for the enormous vote received; Interview with Bruno Sommer, founder of El Ciudadano, one of Chile’s leading progressive media outlets, on what Chile and the world can expect from Gabriel Boric.
‘Spirit of Anti-CAA Protests Lives on’: Students, Others Recount Police Action at Jamia
On the 2nd anniversary of the police crackdown on students protesting in the Jamia Millia University campus against the enactment of the CAA, students and civil society members recounted the police brutality that had left several injured. The PUDR also released a fact-finding report.
The Pink Tide Rumbles In, South of the Border
November was a good month for sanity and anti-capitalism. A leftist won the presidency in Honduras. Socialists prevailed in elections in Nicaragua and Venezuela. And the supposedly massive, U.S.-backed protest in Cuba against the communist government simply fizzled out.
Chile’s Feminists are the Memory of the Future
In 2019, Chile exploded in a mass uprising against authoritarian neoliberalism. What role did the Chilean feminist movement play in fomenting this revolt?
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Highland Resistance: How the Che Guevara Commune Confronts the Crisis (Part I)
First-hand accounts of the impact of the US sanctions on a coffee and cocoa growing commune in the Venezuelan Andes.
Retired Govt, Army Officers Recommend Nobel Peace Prize for Samyukt Kisan Morcha
The Kirti Kisan Forum, comprising retired IAS, IPS and Army officers as well as civil society members, noted that the peaceful protests brought about unity among the country’s masses and provided a cause which they could all rally behind.