Farmers’ Protest Once Again Brings to Fore the Power of Women in Mass Mobilisations
No movement in India’s history – including the movement for independence from British colonial rule – saw this degree of participation by women.
Parleying with the Infinite: India in Beethoven’s Imagination
There are many surprising ways in which Western classical music, and more particularly the music of Beethoven, has relations with India. The name of Beethoven is also inextricably linked up with the name of someone who is inescapably present in nearly every conversation—Gandhi.
NEP in Action: The Dismantling of Democracy in Gujarat University
The BJP has mounted a sustained attempt to dismantle all democratic institutions within the University so that democratic resistance to the saffronisation and auctioning off of higher education is broken.
Gahela Cari: ‘In Peru, People are Questioning the System’
In an interview, Gahela Cari, the first trans candidate for Congress in Peru, discusses the country’s political situation, the feminist struggle, and challenges facing the Left.
U.S. Bombs Syria and Ridiculously Claims Self Defense
The U.S. is just taking it as a given that it has de facto jurisdiction over the nations of Syria, Iraq, and Iran, and that any attempt to interfere in its authority in the region is an unprovoked attack which must be defended against.
Tuvalu as Metaphor for Black America
The people of Tuvalu are losing access to significant portions of their livable land mass, due largely to the actions of people in the western world, especially the United States.
Class, Gender, Race & Colonialism: The ‘Intersectionality’ of Marx
Many people believe that Marx was obsessed only with class and had little appreciation of how issues of gender, racism and colonialism inter-related with class and the struggle for human emancipation. The author says that Marx’s writings have been misrepresented.
Wall Street Admits Curing Diseases Is Bad for Business
Goldman Sachs is openly saying in financial reports that curing people of terrible diseases is not good for business.
The Arab Spring Ten Years On: “The People Demand the Fall of the Regime!”
The 2011 Arab spring should be understood not as an epic mobilisation that ultimately failed but rather as the opening round of a longer-term process to build a new, democratic, equitable world where the people can lead dignified lives.
2021: A Crucial Year for Nicaragua
2021 is a crucial year for Nicaragua, with national elections due in November. With Biden coming to power, will the US administration continue its attempts to sabotage the elections? And can Nicaragua once again defend its sovereignty against US and other foreign interference?