A Lesson for Our Times
In these troubling times, when many countries experience the unlimited abuse of people’s civil liberties, it is useful to remember the value of individual acts of human courage.
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Two Victories for Cuba, for Life
Hurricane Melissa is the strongest hurricane to hit Cuba in the last 150 years. As of now, no lives were lost in Cuba, and that is due to its national unity and preparedness that was able to evacuate over 700,000 people and their belongings out of harm’s way before the storm arrived.
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Operación Carlota: 50 Years of Cuba and African Liberation
5 November 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Operación Carlota, Cuba’s internationalist mission in southern Africa, which was pivotal in securing Angola and Namibia’s independence and hastening the fall of apartheid South Africa.
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Ritwik Ghatak: 2 Centenary Tributes
‘Ritwik Ghatak: Reaching Out to a Lonely Rebel’: This year marks the birth centenary of the famous film director Ritwik Ghatak. It is a daunting effort – trying to fathom the depths of Ritwik Ghatak’s tortured soul and the times in which he lived, which alone can explain his films. Also: ‘Ritwik Ghatak: Shunned in His Lifetime, Proven Right at the End of it All’.
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Gaza | Israel | Online Blog | Palestine
Gaza’s Triumph of Spirit Against the Architecture of Genocide – 4 Articles
‘The Unvanquished Will: Gaza’s Triumph of Spirit Against the Architecture of Genocide’; ‘The Voice of the Peoples: Hadash Lawmakers Odeh and Cassif Defy Imperialists in the Knesset’; ‘A Warning from Lebanon’; ‘It is Israel That Must be Deradicalized, Not Palestine’
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Gaza | Israel | Online Blog | Palestine
Reading the Gaza Ceasefire
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas brokered by Donald Trump has come into effect. The agreement has drawn triumphal commentary from the Right and hostile criticism from some commentators who believe themselves to be leftist. These commentators have missed the actual significance of what has taken place.
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Capitalism | Fascism | Online Blog | USA
US on the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule; Millions Turn Out for No Kings Protests in USA – 4 Articles
‘On the Precipice of Authoritarian Rule’; ‘Massive No Kings Rallies Express Rising Discontent with Trump’s Authoritarian Agenda’; ‘Seven Million Turn Out for “No Kings” Protests Nationwide. Next Up, Massive Disruptions Backed by Unions?’; ‘What’s Next After the Historic No Kings Protest?’
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Capitalism | Imperialism | India | Online Blog | USA
India Needs to Stand Up to Trump – 2 Articles
‘India’s American Dream in Tatters’: The last couple of months have exposed the humiliating realities of the subordinate alliance that India has been gradually sliding into with the U.S. over the last three decades. Also: ‘India’s Russian Oil Saga is Indeed Ending’.
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Accumulation Amid Distress: Part III
India’s large capitalists and India’s people are both facing problems at present. These problems appear to be direct opposites of each other; but in fact they are two faces of the same phenomenon. In the first part of this article, we described the financial situation of the corporate sector. In the second part, we described the financial situation of the people. In this third part, we link the two.
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Communalism | Fascism | India | Online Blog
Hindutva Urbanism – 2 Articles
‘India’s Bulldozer Problem’: The fig leaf of urban development has produced a ‘Bulldozer Raj’ that wrecks democracy, undermines citizenship and polarises society. Also: ‘Hindutva Urbanism: How National Schemes and Events Displace Marginalised Communities’.
