Protest Works! Turkish Political Prisoner Is Freed on Bail
Shining a light on the case of Cihan Erdal, a trade union, peace and LGBTI+ campaigner, who faces trumped-up charges in one of Turkey’s biggest mass trials.
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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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The Charade of a ‘Bad’ Bank
The entire exercise seems to be motivated by the desire to clean up the balance sheets of public sector banks so that these are dressed up for sale to private entities
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Unpacking the Pandora Papers Revelations
The Pandora Papers show how several rich and powerful Indians form offshore trusts and companies by exploiting loopholes in our tax laws, park their money and buy assets in tax sanctuaries while the ordinary citizen shudders at the prospect of missing the deadline for filing tax returns.
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Reservation in Faculty Recruitment: A Necessity for Merit, Not a ‘Premium for Mediocrity’
Invoking ‘merit’ to deny affirmative action has a long history in India. But it is not supported by any empirical evidence.
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What the Myth of ‘Love Jihad’ Tells Us about the Hindu Right
It underlines their vicious Islamophobia, investment in controlling female sexuality, and a preference for religious segregation.
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Fifteen Years Since Assange Established WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks was founded by Australian publisher Julian Assange 15 years ago, on October 4, 2006. In the years since, it has become synonymous with the courageous exposure of government and corporate crimes, as well as the ferocious attempts of the ruling elites to suppress independent journalism.
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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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From Alcatraz to Standing Rock: The 50-Year Arc of Native Activism
While the battle of the American Indian Movement against injustice and disenfranchisement is far from over, the Hopi prophecy still rings true: “We’re growing and we’re coming back… it’s the spirit of resistance that continues.”
