Stan Swamy – The Man Who Loves His Brother
Stan Swamy has all his life supported the struggles of the poor and the marginalized resisting the plunder of their natural resources, and the crushing of their human dignity and constitutional rights.
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.
The Revolutionary Struggle Against Slavery
Racism today is no longer underpinned by slavery. Racial division remains central to the maintenance of bourgeois power in modern capitalism. The struggle that was required to win abolition of slavery has enormous relevance to modern struggles against capitalism.
When Confronted by Us Hungry Bellies, the Imperialists Reach for Their Guns
Many seeds are being planted by our movements. We need to water them, to tend to them, to make sure that they bloom…. Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. It is now dark enough.
The Move Towards a De Facto Unitary State
The Centre has always tended to encroach on the domain of the states, but this tendency has now acquired a strength where the claim that the country is being pushed towards a de facto unitary State appears to be no exaggeration.
What Swaraj Meant to Gandhi – and Why the Government Wants to Bury that Vision of Freedom
The ideas of justice and the primacy of the individual form the bedrock of the Gandhian world view.
The Revolutionary Beethoven
In the year of the great composer’s 250th birthday, we can retune our ears to pick up the subversive and passionately democratic nature of his music.
Palestinians Are Not Numbers: On the Future of the Palestinian Discourse
Numbers are not meant to tell the story of the human condition, nor should they ever serve as a substitute for emotions.
Hong Kong in Revolt
Hong Kong leftist intellectual Au Loong-Yu retraces the development of the protest movement in his place of birth over the past two decades, setting them within the context of broader political trends in mainland China and beyond.
The Revolutionary Answers of C.L.R. James
Drawing lessons from the works of Trinidadian socialist and revolutionary C.L.R. James, the author argues that anti-racist organising needs to be at the centre of the struggle against capitalism.