The Imprint of an Insurrectional Past: a Conversation with Iraida Vargas and Mario Sanoja
Two eminent anthropologists talk about the historical and cultural roots of the communes that Venezuelans are building today.
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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.
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SKM Promises Rail Roko, Nationwide Stir If No Action Taken Against MoS Mishra, Son
In the background of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the farmers’ umbrella body announces that it would observe ‘Shaheed Kisan Diwas’ on Oct 12, Rail Roko on Oct 18 and Lucknow Mahapanchayat on Oct 26.
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In Defence of the Westminster Three
In June 2021, three activists were charged with criminal trespass before a London court. They had peacefully climbed up the scaffolding of the UK Houses of Parliament to hang a ten-metre tall letter – calling for honest acknowledgement of the harm and human cost of slavery and colonialism. You can arrest activists, but you cannot arrest the truth.
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Sedition Law: an Imperial Legacy, and a Weapon of Intimidation and Subjugation by the Regime
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the author relies on Mahatma Gandhi’s defence during his 1992 sedition trial to make a case for the abrogation of the colonial-era law, as well as similar other laws that are used to stifle citizens’ democratic rights.
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Mexico’s Move to Shunt out Neoliberal Agenda Holds Lessons for India
Alongside efforts to reclaim control over Mexico’s natural resources, the Lopez Obrador government is also planning to recapture control over its Central Bank.
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Berliners Vote to Expropriate Corporate Landlords
Berlin’s referendum to expropriate corporate landlords is a watershed moment for rental politics and a rare win against international real estate capital.
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Cuba Accelerates Vaccine Drive
Cuba has now become the first country in the world to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children as young as two, and is among the few countries worldwide to be vaccinating under 12-year-olds. By the end of the year the island will be among the first countries in the world to fully vaccinate its population.
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Overcoming Inequalities: A Conversation with Otro Beta
Otro Beta is a cultural project that seeks to bring the Venezuelan barrio youth away from the dead-ends that capitalism imposes on them. It aims to incorporate them into the new horizons of personal and collective development that the Bolivarian Revolution has opened up.
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Need for Bhagat Singh’s Relentless Criticism-Based Reasoning to Defend Constitution
A reflection on Bhagat Singh’s thoughts on reasoning, critical thinking, challenging truth, and retributive justice as expressed in his seminal essay ‘Why I am an Atheist’, and their contemporary relevance in today’s India.
