Restore campus democracy, lift ban on student unions, demands Student Solidarity March in Pakistan
By GroundXero, November 27, 2021 A report on the Student Solidarity March 2021 held in many cities across Pakistan on Friday demanding lifting of the ban on campus politics and…
India: Ground Report: Farmers at Ghazipur Border Mark Year of Protest, Vow to Keep the Fight On
By Indra Shekhar Singh, 27/Nov/2021 Notwithstanding the fact that the government has announced its intention to repeal three contentious farm laws, farmers have vowed to continue their agitation until “all”…
India: How the Farmers’ Movement Brought the Modi Government to its Knees
By Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta, 19 Nov 2021 At every stage of the agitations, the BJP-led government attempted to crush the farmers’ movement. And failed. New Delhi: In what will be hailed…
India’s farmers have won – but this doesn’t mean Modi is softening
By Rukmini S, 23 Nov 2021 This is a rare climbdown from the prime minister. But the space for dissent is still diminishing under his government It is not often…
Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary
By Oliver Milman, 21 Nov 2021 The wrapping of ecological disaster with fears of rampant immigration is a narrative that has flourished in far-right fringe movements in Europe and the…
“Thalu Gas”: The Other Version of the “Thai Youth Movement”
By Anusorn Unno, 15 November 2021 Introduction The protests in Thailand which started in early 2020 are of great significance. On the one hand, they mark students’ return to the…
194 church leaders in Papua call for end to military operations, peace talks
By Atamus Kepno, November 12, 2021 One hundred and ninety-four Catholic leaders from across Papua have explicitly called for an end to military operations in Papua. The Pastors hope that…
The “forgotten fight” for prison abolition in France
By Jacques Lesage de La Haye, Scott Branson, November 13, 2021 Long-time prison abolitionist Jacques Lesage de La Haye reflects on decades of anti-prison organizing in France and his personal…
How to Democratize Cuba
By Samuel Farber, November 12, 2021 The demonstrations of July 11 were the first great autonomous and democratic movement of Black and poor Cubans since 1959. The demonstrators did not chant any of the…
India: Most Farmers Who Died at Delhi’s Borders Owned Less Than 3 Acres Land: Study
By Vivek Gupta, 07/Nov/2021 The study, carried out by economists associated with Punjabi University, implies that lives lost during the protest were of small and marginal farmers, and landless cultivators….
Live today: Global Assembly on the Amazon and the Climate Crisis
There is no solution to the climate crisis without the Amazon. The Amazon is on the verge of collapse due to the predatory activities of agro-livestock corporations, monocultures, the planting…
India: ‘Jai Bhim’ director Tha Se Gnanavel: ‘More brutal than lock-up torture is the silence of society’
By Nandini Ramnath, November 7, 2021 The Suriya-led legal drama is based on an actual incident of police brutality in Tamil Nadu. Tha Se Gnanavel’s phone has been ringing non-stop…
Poles march against abortion ban after pregnant woman’s death
By Weronika Strzyżyńska, 6 Nov 2021 Protesters link woman’s death by septic shock to new restrictions on ending unviable pregnancies “Her heart was beating too,” thousands of protesters across Poland chanted on…
Register online: Global Assembly on the Amazon and the Climate Crisis
There is no solution to the climate crisis without the Amazon. The Amazon is on the verge of collapse due to the predatory activities of agro-livestock corporations, monocultures, the planting…
Cambodia ‘bleeding’ as space for civil society shrinks
By Phorn Bopha, 3 Nov 2021 Activists and rights groups say COVID-19 law is now being deployed by the government as another tool to further curtail freedoms. Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Vorn Pao…