Red Crescent Worker Who Survived Israeli Massacre Recounts Horror
In one of the deadliest attacks on emergency workers in the world in years, Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian first responders and buried them in a mass grave.
Brazil: Landless Workers’ Movement Pressures the Government with Occupations
A series of actions on Thursday (13 March) led by women from Brazil’s Landless Rural Workers’ Movement (MST) increased the pressure on the Lula government to push agrarian reform policies forward.
South Africa’s Expropriation Act: Between Legal Reform and Historical Justice
The author examines South Africa’s Expropriation Act—presented as legal reform yet bound by legal bureaucracy, market interests, and political hesitation. Does it offer real redress, or is justice once again deferred?
Saluting Zakia Jafri; Remembering the Gujarat Carnage 2002
On 1 February 2025, Zakiaben was called to her eternal reward. In her death, the people of India have lost a great soul. She suffered much since that fateful day, when her dear husband Ehsan Jafri was brutally murdered. Since then, she fought relentlessly for justice not merely for herself but all women and other victims of an unjust and violent system.
Debt and Austerity – the IMF’s Legacy of Structural Violence in the Global South
In light of the mass anti-austerity protests in Kenya and Argentina in 2024, a historical analysis of the neo-colonial relationship between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and these two countries.
Who was Hansa Mehta, Tireless Feminist and ‘Founding Mother of the Indian Republic’?
Mehta’s greatest contribution in the Constituent Assembly was to the cause of women’s rights. As one of only fifteen women members in the Constituent Assembly, her constant demand for equal rights for women shaped the nature of the Constitution.
2024 Saw 84% Rise in Communal Riots; The Loneliness of Being a Christian – 2 Articles
According to a CSSS report, 49 out of 59 cases of communal riots took place in states where the BJP is ruling either on its own, or in coalition with other parties. Also: What kind of country is it where only Christians have to worry about attacks on Christians, and the rest of society remains deaf to their concerns?
Maharashtra Government’s Negligence in Prevention of Atrocities of SC-STs: 2 Articles
“Will Maharashtra Government be Held Accountable for Negligence in Prevention of Atrocities of SC/STs?”; and: “’Take Action Against Cops Who Brutalised Dalit People’: Hundreds Begin Foot March from Parbhani to Mumbai”.
Gaza’s Unbreakable Resistance – 2 Articles
“Dear World: This is What Palestinian Unity Looks Like”: This unity is visible in the millions of Palestinians who have demonstrated against the war, chanted for Gaza, cried for Gaza, and developed a new political discourse around it. Also: “Gaza’s Unbreakable Resistance: A Historical Perspective on the War and Its Aftermath”.
Indian Women Struggle To Get Even A Legal Abortion – 2 Articles
Conservative attitudes, poor awareness and misconceptions are major hurdles in getting the reproductive health procedure which is perfectly legal.