India’s new privatisation drive will hurt the poor – and especially the lower castes and tribes.
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Gandhi’s non-violent resistance helped topple an empire, but he was also a racist.
The events of January 26 constitute an unprecedented moment in Indian history.
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The only causes Mukherjee served were not those of the Indian public, but of those in power.
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And American educational institutions are not doing nearly enough to protect us from racism and discrimination.
Protests are escalating against the systematic exploitation of teaching assistants by academic institutions in the US.
India’s decision to revoke Article 370 is just another chapter in Kashmir’s long history of imperial oppression.
The Left Front failed miserably at the last election. Does this mean there is no future for leftist politics in India?
Some argue that science should stay away from BDS and politics. But science is not apolitical and never was.
