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Rape, Rape Culture and Patriarchy #Feminism #Vaw

April 29, 2014 by Robert Jensen |  This year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, drawing to an end tomorrow, was full of the usual stories about men’s violence, especially on university campuses. From football-obsessed state schools toelite private campuses, the reality of rape and rape culture… Continue Reading →

Why We Can’t Support Hotels Owned by the Sultan of Brunei

April 30, 2014 by Ms Magazine |   Much of Hollywood’s money goes to the Beverly Hills Hotel as it’s a popular spot for conferences, galas, award ceremonies and fundraisers. However, the tony hotel is part of the Dorchester Collection, a hotel group… Continue Reading →

14 year old Dalit student attacked

सरकारी स्कूल में दलित छात्र का जातिगत अपमान और मारपीट सूअर की औलाद तथा ढ़ोलडा कहा और लातें मार कर घसीटते हुए स्कूल से निकाल दिया ——————————————- घटना का दिनांक -23 अप्रैल २०१४ पीड़ित का नाम –भगवती लाल लालावत पिता… Continue Reading →

All the Modi men

Who are the men who are quietly orchestrating Narendra Modi’s electoral campaign? Radhika Ramaseshan zeroes in on a disparate group that’s come together on a one-point mission: to see the Gujarat CM installed as Prime Minister The young women are in their… Continue Reading →

Anatomy of a Rape and Its Immediate Aftermath – A Report from Kolkat

MAY 2, 2014 Guest post by KASTURI Time flew fast. Over the last two days and sleepless nights. A girl I knew, a cheerful bubbly college first-year, eyes wide open with dreams, has been subjected to sexual violence. We had walked… Continue Reading →

Statement by Academics, Artists and Activists – condemning attack on Shabnam Hashmi

Uphold Democratic Values and Condemn Violence against Activists Violence, hooliganism, and disruption of the democratic process is common to all fundamentalist elements in the political sphere. Last evening some goons (a.k.a party workers) from the muslim fundamentalist Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party attacked noted… Continue Reading →

Gujarat model hyped ? The Clash of Models

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, May 01, 2014 First Published: 00:49 IST(1/5/2014) | Last Updated: 12:58 IST(1/5/2014) Ads by Google Kirusa Voice SMS www.kirusa.com  – Send SMS with voice Reply to text SMS with voicONT SIZE Gujarat’s developmental model has dominated this election season,… Continue Reading →

Green Nobel winner Ramesh Agrawal awaits unravelling of plot to kill him in Chhattisgarh in 2012

Wednesday, 30 April 2014 – 11:21pm IST | Agency: DNA DNA Correspondent Activist Ramesh Agrawal, 56, is among the six people who will be awarded the prestigious Goldman Environment Prize. However, two years after he was shot at immediately after… Continue Reading →

#India – Manual Scavenging – Raising a stink

Prakash SINGH/AFP A manual scavenger carries human waste after cleaning dry toilets in Nekpur village, Muradnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The court noted with dismay that dry latrines continued to exist notwithstanding the presence of the 1993 Act. The Supreme Court’s intervention has… Continue Reading →

May Day: US workers’ struggle, then and now

A bloody assault on striking coal miners 100 years ago helped shape the fight for workers’ rights in the US. Sadie Luetmer Last updated: 01 May 2014 14:24 Coal miners prepare to confront Colorado National Guard troops on April 16, 1914 [AP/Denver… Continue Reading →

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