Túpac Amaru’s Rebellion Lives On
In November 1780, Túpac Amaru led an indigenous uprising against Spanish control of Peru. Centuries on, he and his wife and co-organiser Micaela Bastidas are still potent symbols of liberation in the Andes.
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In November 1780, Túpac Amaru led an indigenous uprising against Spanish control of Peru. Centuries on, he and his wife and co-organiser Micaela Bastidas are still potent symbols of liberation in the Andes.
Remembering Batukeshwar Dutt’s revolutionary career, most of which was either spent in jail or hospitals, on his birth anniversary.
More than 1,000 nuclear bomb tests have been conducted in the U.S. between 1945 and 1992, exposing hundreds of millions of people to varying levels of radiation over the years, causing enormous pain and suffering.
Despite intense repression, the protests in Nigeria continue to escalate.
The most important victory, however, did not come at the ballot box, but rather on the
streets.
Farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh use unconventional methods to protest against the Centre’s farm laws.
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.
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.
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.
Review of Ashley Bohrer’s book, “Marxism and Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality under Contemporary Capitalism”.
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