As Munawar Faruqui Case Shows, Questioning BJP’s Hindutva Project While Being a Muslim Can Land You in Jail
Several young Muslims have been locked up because they had the temerity to assert their right to equal citizenship.
In 12 Years, 11 States Changed Land Ceiling Laws in Favour of Industry Over Farmers
The draft National Land Reforms Policy recommended that states reduce land ceilings and distribute surplus agricultural land to the landless poor. However, several states have amended their land ceiling laws in favour of industry, six in the last three years alone.
Understanding the Complicated Politics and Geopolitics of the Coup Myanmar
Washington has been trying to push out China from Myanmar; however, both the military and NLD are committed to the strategic link with China. But it does not help that this “new cold war” has deepened the instability that marks Myanmar’s history since 1962.
Appeal to the President: Break the Terrible Divide Between Kisans, Jawans and People
The former Chief of the Naval Staff has penned an open letter to President Kovind expressing his deep concern and anguish regarding the turn of events on Republic Day.
The Arab Spring Ten Years On: “The People Demand the Fall of the Regime!”
The 2011 Arab spring should be understood not as an epic mobilisation that ultimately failed but rather as the opening round of a longer-term process to build a new, democratic, equitable world where the people can lead dignified lives.
2021: A Crucial Year for Nicaragua
2021 is a crucial year for Nicaragua, with national elections due in November. With Biden coming to power, will the US administration continue its attempts to sabotage the elections? And can Nicaragua once again defend its sovereignty against US and other foreign interference?
When Gandhi Put the Entire Colonial System on Trial After Being Charged With Sedition
From the way Gandhi defended himself in the 1922 sedition case, if we have a sense of history and a sense of respect for Gandhi, sedition should never have continued as an offence in the statute books after India won independence.
Patriotism Has No Religion, and Here’s the Proof for Mohan Bhagwat to See
Followers of each religion, including Hinduism, have been unpatriotic at one point or another.
Burying Pinochet
The Chilean government has finally agreed to a process of constitutional reform. Though the government is trying to sabotage the process, it’s a historic opportunity, won by millions of Chileans taking to the streets, to step out from the long shadow of Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Realizing the Dream of Communal Cities: A Conversation with Jennifer Lemus and José Luis Sifontes
Two committed communards walk us through the political and theoretical genesis of a new communal city being built by El Maizal commune in Venezuela, together with 6 other communes, in a process that “puts the people and not capital in the center of territorial organization.”