Why We Focus on Africa
Africa can’t demonstrate independence and power because the entire continent has a giant U.S. military boot on its neck.
Why Is it Important to Preserve and Protect our Freedom of Speech, Expression and Right to Protest
Justice Lokur addresses a gradual erosion of one of our most precious fundamental rights – the inalienable right to freedom of speech and expression, an erosion that is leading to the gradual destruction of our human right to dissent and protest.
Mahatma Gandhi’s Seminal Ideas Underpinned the Adoption of the UN Charter
The notion of universality of human rights and the concept of multilateralism as the basis of the UN’s work and its role as a body for all nations was inspired by Gandhi’s core and foundational concepts.
Book Review: Unpacking Religious Nationalism
Book Review: Ram Puniyani, ‘Religious Nationalism – Social Perceptions and Violence: Sectarianism on Political Chessboard’, 2020.
NCRB Report for 2019: 88 Rapes and 126 Cases of Crime Against Dalits a Day
More than 32,000 incidents of rape took place in 2019; also, a total of 45,935 cases of crime or atrocities against Dalits and a total of 8,257 cases of crime against tribal people were recorded.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF): an ABC
The IMF, along with the World Bank, is dominated by the USA and a few allied major powers who work to generalize policies that run counter to the interests of the world’s populations.
PUCL Condemns the Detention and Arrest of Fr. Stan Swamy in Bhima Koregaon Case
The true reason for NIA arresting Fr. Stan Swamy is because he had dared to expose the large scale abuse of anti-terror and sedition laws by the previous BJP-led Jharkhand government.
Capitalism | COVID19 | Print Edition | Socialism | USA | World Economy | World Politics
US Refuses to Recognize Cuba’s Medical Efforts As it Will Show Socialist System Works
As clamor grows for Cuban doctors to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their international work during the pandemic, the US continues to oppose their efforts. It cannot be seen to endorse the idea that the socialist system works.
‘What Was Umar Khalid’s Crime?’: Over 200 Thinkers Across the World Extend Solidarity
Among signatories are journalist P. Sainath, actor Ratna Pathak Shah, authors Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh and Arundhati Roy, and renowned scholars Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, Romila Thapar and Sheldon Pollock.
Arundhati Roy: Rebel With a Cause
In a world of conformists and cowards, Roy’s courage inspires and kindles hope.