A Triumphant Return to Power for Bolivia’s Social Movements
The most important victory, however, did not come at the ballot box, but rather on the
streets.
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A Different Dasara: Farmers Use Creative Methods to Protest Farm Laws
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh use unconventional methods to protest against the Centre’s farm laws.
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Global Significance of Champaran Satyagraha
The launching of the Champaran Satyagraha by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917 marked a revolutionary landmark as much in the history of India as in the history of humanity for reconstruction of society and polity based on non-violence.
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Western Civilization?
Western imperialism was, and is, a society marked by the commission of barbaric acts and those in the West who still claim it as high civilization are apologists for the society they benefit from materially.
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There Is More to Dissent Than We Dream Of
The act of participating in a protest movement that seeks to re-establish the precept of natural justice transforms a citizen from a periodic voter into a political agent conscious of her rights.
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Marxism and Intersectionality
Review of Ashley Bohrer’s book, “Marxism and Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality under Contemporary Capitalism”.
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Chile’s New Constitution, Wiping Away the Last Stains of Pinochet
The US people would do well to learn some valuable lessons from the heartening sight of ordinary people in Chile forcing a small ruling elite to accept, against all odds, the need for radical reforms.
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The Fight for Abortion has been the Struggle of Polish Women for Generations
Last week’s ruling in the Constitutional Court placing further restrictions on abortion access in Poland sent a shockwave through society and brought tens of thousands on to the streets in protest.
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Women Lead Protest in Odisha’s Jharsuguda Against Vedanta Plant
Odisha’s Jharsuguda is witnessing massive protests owing to rampant rampant issues of displacement and loss of livelihoods, along with pollution.
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Remembering Ashfaqullah Khan – Kakori Martyr, Poet, Dreamer and Revolutionary Intellectual
On his 120th birth anniversary, it is important to emphasise that he wasn’t just a ‘Muslim’ martyr of the Indian freedom struggle but also an evolving ideological thinker reflecting on the larger revolutionary movement.
