Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) issued a statement against AUKUS, a trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, announced on 15 September 2021 for the Indo-Pacific region. Under the pact, the US and the UK will help Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines.
[यह लेख पहले जनवादी लेखक संघ की पत्रिका नया पथ के जनवरी-मार्च २०२१ अंक में प्रकाशित हुआ था. आगामी 11-12 सितम्बर को अमेरिका में होने जा रहे Dismantling Global Hindutva सम्मलेन से उद्वेलित हिंदुत्व के प्रचारक अब इस सम्मलेन को रद्द कराने की मुहीम में उतर चुके हैं. उनका चालाकी भरा तर्क यह है कि … Continue reading किसे है बेनक़ाब होने का डर?
Guest Post by NABIYA KHAN Our valiant young activists, defenders of democracy, continue to be in prison for almost a year – some a bit more and some a bit less. All under entirely framed charges, while the actual perpetrators of violence continue to roam free, spreading hate. Celebrating the commitment and courage of these … Continue reading A Poem For Umar, Khalid Saifi and Other Political Prisoners: Nabiya Khan →
A statement signed by 900 individuals and groups We, the undersigned women’s rights groups and concerned individuals are outraged by the reprehensible targeting of Muslim women on GitHub, a free web platform, where Twitter handles, and photographs of Muslim women were uploaded with the explicit aim of directing sexualised hate and harm at these women. … Continue reading An open letter demanding action on the online targeting of Muslim women →
There are just no words left to express the anger and helplessness that overcame hundreds and thousands of people like me when they heard of the custodial murder of an ailing, frail, octogenarian, Fr Stanislaus Lourduswamy, known to the world as Stan Swamy.
For more information on continuing Israeli attacks on Palestine, see Electronic Intifada and What is happening in Sheikh Jarra. Issued in 1981 Statement by Radical Socialist Resist the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians! Oppose Zionism in the Streets! Fight for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel. Radical Socialist holds that the very existence of Israel is … Continue reading Resist the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians: Radical Socialist →
As close to 8.5 lakh voters spread over 35 Assembly constituencies go to vote today in the last phase of Bengal’s elections, the line from the famous jatra Nabab Siraj-Ud-Doula from which the title of this post is extracted, haunts. The original ‘jatra pala’, written by Sachin Sengupta was staged in 1938 had a dialogue … Continue reading Ominous Dark Clouds Over Bengal’s Skies… →
As the news of the killings of four youth in Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar district by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) came in on 10 April, reactions of horror and anger became evident all around. This reaction among politically informed sections was only natural, for anybody with a little bit of common intelligence will … Continue reading Sitalkuchi And After – A Flashback to CPI-M Rule in West Bengal →
[In this column this time, I am reproducing a piece that I recently wrote at the request of some friends – as a popular pamphlet, meant primarily for election purposes. Therefore, while it draws on the work of experts in the field, it does not really address the academic reader.] “Hinduize all politics … Continue reading Hinduism, Hindu Way of Life and RSS Hindutva →
STATEMENT BY WOMEN AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND STATE REPRESSION Demand the immediate release of Nodeep Kaur and Shiv Kumar and cessation of targeting of workers and peasants by the Haryana Police! On January 12th 2021, the Haryana Police began firing at a workers’ rally in the Kundli Industrial Area.
