Remembering Thomas Sankara – Two Articles
“Thomas Sankara Remains a Global Icon”; Also: “Speech by Thomas Sankara: ‘Imperialism Is the Arsonist of Our Forests and Savannas’”.
Are Anti-Conversion Laws Antithetical to the Constitution of India?
In recent years, a slew of anti-conversion laws have been passed in many states. They blur the line between forced conversions and the right to choose one’s religion.
An Abominable Business
“I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves – such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine”, writes the great scientist.
Profiteers of Armageddon: The Nuclear-Industrial Complex
The film “Oppenheimer” has earned widespread attention. The author says that what “Oppie” began then has by now become a full-scale nuclear-industrial complex on a planet where ultimate destruction, it often seems, always lurks just around the corner.
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For a Breath of Dignity: The ‘Unfreedom’ of India’s Caste-Driven Labour Migration
Dalits and Adivasis are preponderant in the temporary labour migrant workforce across the country. While they form only 25% of the population, official estimates show that they make up more than 40% of the seasonal migrants.
The Super-Rich Have Taken it All Away from Others
Liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation have left us with an internal colonisation.
Greek Coastguard Tried to Tow Hundreds of Migrants to Italy, Capsized the Vessel
On June 14, a fishing vessel carrying hundreds of refugees, the Adriana, sank off the Greek port city of Pylos. Roughly 600 people, including children, drowned. It has now been revealed that the sinking of Adriana was an act of mass murder.
Peruvians Take Over Lima, Continuing to Pressure Boluarte Coup Regime
Seven months in, and in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the Boluarte coup regime.
Healing the Wounds of War in Vietnam
War is much more than a memory for Việt people who continue to navigate a landscape of unexploded ordnance and chemical contamination. All wars are fought endlessly in the bodies, minds, and lands of those who are invaded as well as those who fight.
Three Poems
‘A Poet Regrets’; ‘A Song from the Ruins’; ‘Migrants, COVID-19’.