An Interfaith Couple, a Demolition, a Life on the Run: No Place for Love in MP?
What is the price of ‘forbidden’ love – opposition from families, harassment, social ostracisation?
UP Urban Bodies’ Elections: BJP Faltering in Small Towns
59% of Nagar Palika Parishad members and 67% of Nagar Panchayat members are independents.
Macron vs the French Workers – Who Is Winning?
The movement against attacks on pension is showing great resilience, but needs to move towards general strikes in order to win.
Rahul Gandhi Getting a Notice for Visiting Delhi University Is a Matter of Deep Concern
The Congress leader apparently trespassed by making an unannounced visit. This incident prompts us to ask if university authorities think only one voice is allowed in educational institutes.
Lula’s Return and the Legacy of Destruction
Even if the Lula Government succeeds in undoing most of the measures implemented by the last government and confronting the structural problems within the economy, with its extreme inequality and privileges, the contradictions made explicit by the class struggle will remain, hindering the adoption of more progressive measures.
Equal Marriage Rights: A Review of Arguments by Those For and Those Against
The ludicrous opposition by the Union government, BCI and retired judges all reek of homophobia, aimed at upholding the heteronormative hegemony existing in Indian society.
The Principles of Democracy Can’t be Scarified at Altar of Majoritarianism
Former Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court Justice Mathur’s keynote address at the 11th Rajasthan state convention of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties in Bhilwara on April 1 and 2.
A French Spring: An Interview on the Mass Uprising Against Pension Reform
The mass uprising against French President Macron’s pension reforms has been historic. The undemocratic and repressive methods of the government have called into question the legitimacy of the Macron government and the French state. An interview with Sylvestre Jaffard about the dynamics.
Socialists and ‘Sanghis’: A Decades-Long Love-Hate Relationship
In the context of Satya Pal Malik’s decision to reveal the “truth” about the Pulwama attack, the author discusses Malik’s decision to part ways with Modi – and says this is part of an old socialist ethos of immense ideological fluidity.
How B.R. Ambedkar has Become a Global Icon in the Fight Against Injustice
The mobilisations by Dalit Ambedkarite diaspora in the West have received support from other socially marginalised communities and minority groups. Also: Guardian Editorial, “Unthinkable? An Ambedkar Memorial”.