Two Press Releases
Implement PESA and Forest Rights Act in its letter and spirit; SP(I) condemns issue of notice to its UP President
Living the Panther Dream – An Interview with Black Panther Party Veteran Member Aaron Dixon
Dixon discusses the Panthers, his experiences in Seattle, and hopes and fears for the current uprisings.
Massive Public Opposition to Konkan Refinery Project
Sukanya Shantha and Ruchira Petkar (Note: This article has been edited by us.) On May 30, around 15,000 villagers – the police had come prepared for around 10,000 protestors – gathered at the Rajiv Gandhi Maidan in Rajapur to demand an uncompromising roll-back of an oil refinery project announced by Fadnavis’s government early last year….
Breaths of Fresh Air from a Pontifical Mouth of the South
Earl Bousquet Ever since becoming maximum leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics in 2013, Pope Francis has not minced words to take strong positions on major international issues. But on the eve of a visit to his native South American continental homeland, he was called upon to speak out loudly—and act strongly—against men of…