In the Lives of Three Gandhians, Lessons for Today’s India – and for the Future
Celebrating the contributions of Sunderlal Bahuguna of Uttarakhand, HS Doreswamy of Karnataka and KM Natarajan of Tamil Nadu.
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‘Shaheen Bagh and Mumbai Bagh, Sister Fields’: New Poems for Our Times
Excerpts from ‘Song of a Rebel and Other Selected Poems’ by Bina Sarkar Ellias.
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Colombia: One Month Later, the National Strike Continues, with Mothers on the Frontlines – Two Articles
The struggle, which began in rejection of a neoliberal tax reform bill, has transformed into a social uprising in Colombia demanding structural changes and an end to policies that deepen inequality and deprive the majority of the population of basic rights. Mothers are in the frontlines of the struggle.
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A Victory for Democracy in Chile
On May 15-16, the people of Chile voted to elect members to a new Constituent Assembly that would draft a new Constitution to replace the Pinochet era neoliberal Constitution. Progressive forces won more than two-thirds of the seats, in a stunning win. Plus: Chile: Two Women Symbolise Historical Progressive Victory.
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Colombian Uprising Continues for Third Week; and Roots of Crisis – Two Articles
Mass demonstrations in Colombia continue for the third straight week. After defeating the unpopular tax reform that sparked the movement, protesters push new demands. Plus, an article on why the government imposed the tax package and its impact on the people that led to the uprising.
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Unity at Last: the Palestinian People Have Risen; Plus: History of Israeli Occupation of Palestine
For the first time in many years, the Palestinian people are united, from Jerusalem Al Quds, to Gaza and the West Bank, to the Palestinian communities, towns and villages inside historic Palestine – today’s Israel. Plus – an Article on the Palestinian Nakba of 1947-9.
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Why Does the United States Support Israel?; also: Rashida Tlaib – End the Apartheid System
The ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Israel has been made possible by Israel’s utility to US imperialism. Plus: Speech by Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of US Congress, about the humanity of Palestinians and the need to dismantle Israeli apartheid.
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This Is Not a Crisis, This Is a Rebellion: a Report from the Front Lines of Haiti
All of Haitian society is in revolt. The fundamental demand of the popular sectors is a “sali piblik,” or a united transition away from dictatorship and neocolonialism that involves and empowers the masses of Haitian people.
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Wamandada Kardak: Singing a Casteless Republic into Being
Maharashtra’s Wamandada Kardak was the one singer, shahir, musician, poet and lyricist who changed the structure and politics of music. He is called the modern Kabir, for he made music the weapon of the masses, by imagining and singing the idea of Prabuddha Bharath.
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Dinesh Mohan: Contrarian Scholar Who Championed Public Transport – Two Obituaries
Dinesh Mohan had a heart and was a great supporter of public transport, auto rickshaw, cycle rickshaw, pedestrians. He was not opposed to cars but he was certainly against monopolization of street space by cars. He was also an extraordinary faculty member and a public intellectual.
