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Ben Roberts-Smith, an Australian veteran of the war in Afghanistan, has launched legal action against journalists for reporting that he murdered six Afghan prisoners of war in 2009 and 2012—and revelled in their killing. At the heart of the case is an attempt to whitewash and rehabilitate the very concept of imperialist war.
10 reasons why nuclear power is still no solution for climate change; Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping.
James Baldwin’s thoughts on his nephew’s future (in the USA)—in a country with a terrible history of racism— first appeared in The Progressive magazine in 1962. Over 50 years later his words are, sadly, more relevant than ever.
With its development of five COVID-19 vaccines and the promise of sharing know-how with developing countries, Cuba has remained faithful to Che Guevara’s values of international solidarity and people-oriented medicine.
On the birth anniversary of Che Guevara, a recollection of the volcanic strength Ernesto Guevara carried within, already evident in the young man who met Fidel in Mexico.
Siddalingaiah, who passed away on June 11, was not only a poet, but also an activist and public intellectual all his life. A key figure in the Dalit movement of the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of the co-founders of the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti in Karnataka.
With FIRs and persistent death threats from Hindutva forces, Husain was forced into self-exile. He died on June 9, 2011 at the age of 95, yearning to return to his country.
“This is beating the pen with the hammer, a death knell for the right to freedom of expression of Gujarati writers” – says the statement.
Keeping Count; Lost Home.
The planet has become a toxic soup of tested, untested, and inadequately tested chemicals that includes deadly toxins. Far and away, it exceeds global warming emissions. Despite it being such a pressing issue, it has not been publicly recognized as such.
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