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Vijay Prashad On 13 November 2019, as part of its deadly attack on the people of Gaza, Israeli armed forces bombed a building in the Deir al-Balah neighbourhood of Gaza City. That strike killed eight people: Rasmi Abu Malhous (age 45), Miriam Asoarka (age 45), Yoseri Asoarka (age 39), Sim Mohamed Asoarka (age 13),…
V. Arun Kumar “Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil mein hai, Dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e-qatil mein hai” [The desire for revolution is in our hearts, we shall see how much strength lies in the arms of the enemy]. On Friday, November 29, the whole of Pakistan reverberated with this revolutionary poem written by…
Minakshi Rajdev Who is Firoz Khan? What is his identity in Indian society? How did he develop an interest in learning the Sanskrit language? Is it because of something beyond the narrow peripheries of religion but a reason which is deeply rooted in the culture of India? Firoz Khan, the newly appointed assistant…
Ronak Chhabra After introducing starvation-level wages and removing protections available to the workers, the next target of the labour law codification is the trade unions and the industrial action. To tame the former and dismantle almost every possibility of the latter seems to be the objective of the reforms. This is how Prime Minister…
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, Press Release For over three decades, several survivor led organisations have been fighting for justice and a life of dignity (proper health care, economic and social rehabilitation and safe living conditions). On the 35th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster, the survivors have specific demands of the Governments…
Subodh Varma Silently, indeed clandestinely, a major change has been brought about in the relations between employers and employees. This will affect not just crores of employees of all types—private or public sector, in industries or in services—but also future generations. Jobs are no longer going to be the same again, ever. On…
Sandeep Pandey, Rajendran Narayanan A ‘Restoration of Democracy’ march, part on feet and part on vehicles, was planned from Jammu to Srinagar between 26 November and 1 December, 2019 in Jammu and Kashmir after the decision of Government of India earlier on 5 August to abrogate Articles 370 and 35A and divide and downgrade…
Subhash Gatade (This article has been edited by us for reasons of space. The full article is available on Janata blog.) At a time when we are witnessing a concerted attempt from the powers that be to water down Ambedkar’s legacy and appropriate his name to peddle an agenda which essentially hinges around…
Ian Angus While I was writing this article, the press reported: A maternity hospital in Romania shut down because thirty-nine newborns were infected by a drug-resistant superbug. Eleven staff members were found to be carriers. In Gaza, the wounds of thousands of Palestinians shot by Israeli soldiers are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and…
Courtesy: The Wire Staff Bajaj Group chairman Rahul Bajaj on Saturday, November 30, raised concerns over the ability of the Narendra Modi government to accept criticism, its lack of action against mob lynchings and BJP MP Pragya Thakur’s recent remarks on Nathuram Godse to a crowded room of India Inc elite and top ministers…
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