An Unrealized Political Possibility: Remembering the Grenada Revolution
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An Unrealized Political Possibility: Remembering the Grenada Revolution

The United States overthrow of the Grenada Revolution in 1983 initiated a vicious and unrelenting regime of neoliberalism that has gutted the Caribbean nation. But revolutionary Grenada showed the world that a radical alternative to capitalism and neocolonialism is possible.

The RTI Law: 16 Years On, Still a Contested Space
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The RTI Law: 16 Years On, Still a Contested Space

As the RTI Act completes 16 years it becomes increasingly clear that democracy, and the right to information are inextricably linked to one another. Despite all the effort to weaken and dilute the law, it is clear that the RTI is much more than a law. It is a people’s movement.

Justice Arun Mishra Needs a Lesson on Peace and Human Rights in the Northeast
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Justice Arun Mishra Needs a Lesson on Peace and Human Rights in the Northeast

The NHRC chief recently praised the Union home minister for ushering in ‘a new age of peace’ in the region. Perhaps he knows something people in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura don’t.

What Today’s Farm Protests Share with Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bardoli Satyagraha
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What Today’s Farm Protests Share with Vallabhbhai Patel’s Bardoli Satyagraha

Of Patel’s numerous contributions to India’s freedom struggle, it is Patel as a Sardar (leader) of the kisans which seems most relevant to us today when, for more than a year now, peasants in northern India have sustained a satyagraha against the Narendra Modi government.