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South Africa’s emerging new left: the birth of a new socialist party

The aim is to create a movement similar to the United Democratic Front that fought the apartheid government. BY MARTIN PLAUT PUBLISHED 27 JANUARY 2014 12:09   Striking petrol station attendants, many of whom are members of the Numsa union, protest in… Continue Reading →

Modi says India has no War Memorials ?, here’s a quick refresher on India’s War Memorials for #Feku #NaMo

Modi says India has no War Memorials, here’s a quick refresher on India’s War Memorials for Mr Bluff Master Pratik Sinha January 28, 2014 |  On January 27th, 2014, Mr Modi was in Mumbai to felicitate legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on the… Continue Reading →

Are you opposed to fracking ? Then you might just be a terrorist

From North America to Europe, the ‘national security‘ apparatus is being bought off by Big Oil to rout peaceful activism Are the hundreds of peaceful protesters who blockaded the Cuadrilla oil drilling site outside Balcombe, West Sussex, dangerous “extremists”? Photograph:… Continue Reading →

Asaram Bapu’s ashram demolished in Jabalpur

Jan 28, 10:14 pm New Delhi, Jan.28, (ANI): The district administration of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday demolished ashram of jailed spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, who has been accused of sexual assault on a minor.   The district administration… Continue Reading →

#India – Modernity and Godmen #Asarambapu

Vol – XLIX No. 3, January 18, 2014 | Ajay Gudavarthy Any amount of incriminating evidence does not seem to dither the followers and devotees of godmen, and they continue to invest their faith, trust and affection in them. The sociology of… Continue Reading →

#India – The appalling reasons for rape #Vaw

Ranjona Banerji, Mid- day Tarun Tejpal is stuck in jail somewhere in Goa and we’ve forgotten all about him   Tarun Tejpal is stuck in jail somewhere in Goa and we’ve forgotten all about him. And have we also forgotten… Continue Reading →

The Smiles of a hard fought victory – Valmiki Safai Workers score a significant victory after 28 days of militant strike

Mukul Sinha January 28, 2014 |  Joyous Safai Workers after a Victorious 28 day militant strike Seldom have they smiled together; stigmatized, fearful of their upper caste higher-ups, the Valmiki safai workers had accepted their social and economic subjugation in silence. The… Continue Reading →

Clean Chit, Soiled Justice – Closure of infamous Pathribal case #AFSPA

Closure of infamous Pathribal case proves army cant adjudicate its own crimes fairly Sameer Arshad The armys decision to close the infamous Pathribal case involving alleged extrajudicial killing of five innocent Kashmiri civilians in 2000 is yet another confirmation of… Continue Reading →

Asha Mirage of Maharashtra Women’s Commission blames women for rape #WTFnews

Women’s panel member draws flak for blaming victims in rape cases Wednesday, January 29, 2014 – 06:15 IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Karishma Goenka  Maharashtra State Women’s Commission member Asha Mirge on Tuesday passed a controversial statement, blaming… Continue Reading →

Odisha Miners made a killing, thanks to helpless law: Shah panel

NITIN SETHI ‘The pursuit of super profits has drained the miners of feeling for fellow human beings’ It is one of the most scathing reports from the stable of Justice M.B. Shah Commission on illegal iron and manganese ore mining…. Continue Reading →

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