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40 Years of Suffering and Injustice Since Bhopal Disaster
  • Commentary
  • December 2, 2024

We should never forget that Dow Chemical was behind the infamous 1984 chemical leak in India. Neither should we forget the courage of those who have never stopped fighting for justice on behalf of the victims.   By Mark Dummett Dec 02, 2024 Amnesty International   Shortly before midnight on December 2, 1984, a terrible cloud, […]

Native Americans Hold National Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving
  • International
  • November 28, 2024

“Thanksgiving’ is a white-washed holiday designed to conceal its true origins of violence, genocide, land theft, and forced assimilation,” said the Indigenous Environmental Network.   Jessica Corbett Nov 28, 2024   In contrast with Thanksgiving celebrations across the United States on Thursday, Native Americans held a National Day of Mourning, promoted accurate history, and championed […]

সংবিধান রক্ষা করার জন্য সাধারণ নাগরিককে পথে নেমে লড়তে হবে: তুষার গান্ধী
  • News
  • November 28, 2024

৭৫তম সংবিধান দিবস উপলক্ষে গত ২৬ নভেম্বরের আগের সন্ধ্যায় এক অনলাইন আলোচনায় সমাজকর্মী তুষার গান্ধী বলেন ভেদাভেদ, বৈষম্যের সীমা পেরিয়ে সকল নাগরিকের অধিকার, সকলের জন্য ন্যায় সুনিশ্চিত করতে যে সার্বভৌম সমাজতান্ত্রিক ধর্মনিরপেক্ষ গণতান্ত্রিক প্রজাতন্ত্র প্রতিষ্ঠার কথা প্রস্তাবনায় রয়েছে তার পরিবর্তন করতে চাইছে বর্তমান কেন্দ্র সরকার। সুদর্শনা চক্রবর্তীর প্রতিবেদন।   পেরিয়ে এলাম আরও একটা ২৬ নভেম্বর। ২০২৪-এর […]

Thousands Join Worker-Farmer Protests Held Across India
  • Peoples' Movements
  • November 26, 2024

Thousands of farmers and workers join the nationwide protest mobilization called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and a combination of central trade unions demanding immediate solution to their charter of demands.   Groundxero | Nov. 26, 2024   Thousands of farmers and workers held joint protest demonstrations in over 500 districts across India demanding immediate solution to their charter […]

The Mirabal Sisters’ Rebellion and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
  • State Repression
  • November 26, 2024

Sixty four years ago, on November 25, 1960, three women activists — the Mirabal Sisters (Minerva, Patria and Maria Teresa) — were killed by agents of the government of the Dominican Republic, then under the dictatorship of General Rafael Trujillo. The sisters were leading critics and opponents of Trujillo’s dictatorial regime, and inspired by Fidel Castro and […]

How women’s basic rights and freedoms are being eroded all over the world
  • Gender
  • November 20, 2024

If the world can tolerate the Taliban’s abuses, Iraq’s restrictive laws and the US restrictions on abortion access, it reveals the fragility of women’s and girls’ rights globally, and how easy it is to take them away.   Hind Elhinnawy, Nottingham Trent University   From Iraq to Afghanistan to the US, basic freedoms for women […]