Remembering Mangoo Ram Mugowalia, the Revolutionary Leader Who Challenged Caste
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Remembering Mangoo Ram Mugowalia, the Revolutionary Leader Who Challenged Caste

Mangoo Ram Mugowalia passed on April 22, 1980 at the ripe age of 94. In a political career spanning 65 years, Mangoo Ram made remarkable contributions. Most notably, he was a member of the Ghadar Party and shaped the Ad-Dharm movement in Punjab.

2022 Election in the Philippines: Repression and Resistance
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2022 Election in the Philippines: Repression and Resistance

With national elections approaching in the Philippines on May 9, there has been a rise in human rights abuses, and so the need for international solidarity is more pressing. A report by a US activist who visited Philippines in solidarity with the democratic movement there.

This Is Not the Age of Certainty. We are in the Time of Contradictions
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This Is Not the Age of Certainty. We are in the Time of Contradictions

It is hard to fathom the depths of our time, the terrible wars, and the confounding information that whizzes by without much wisdom. Certainties that flood the airwaves and the internet are easy to come by, but it appears that much of the ‘certainties’ are caught up in the ‘Cold War mentality’.

Revisiting Marx on Race, Capitalism, and Revolution
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Revisiting Marx on Race, Capitalism, and Revolution

Did Karl Marx have a theory of race and capitalism? Not exactly, but he theorized on these issues for over four decades and much of what he wrote still speaks to us today. At a time of global and U.S. struggles for liberation in the face of a deeply racialized fascist threat, these writings are worth revisiting.

Three Indomitable Women: Rosa Luxemburg, Manuela Sáenz and Harriet Tubman
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Three Indomitable Women: Rosa Luxemburg, Manuela Sáenz and Harriet Tubman

Rosa Luxemburg was a Polish and naturalized German revolutionary socialist; Manuela Sáenz fought by the side of Simón Bolívar to unify South America; Harriet Tubman fought during the US Civil War as a leader of Black and white troops fighting for freedom.