On August 5, 2019, the Narendra Modi government abrogated Article 370, granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir and revoked its statehood. This was followed by the longest forced lockdown of the entire valley, detention of all mainstream political leaders, suspension of 4G internet and a blanket ban on political dissent in any form by […]
More people have been killed by lightning strikes than by the Coronavirus in Bihar. Till now 134 people succumbed to Coronavirus infections in the last three and half months while lightning strikes took the lives of more than 200 people across the state in between June 25 to July 12, reports Anish Ankur from Patna. […]
On July 8, around 9 PM, Sheikh Waseem Bari, his father and his brother were killed in a suspected militant attack in Bandipora district of Kashmir, about 60 km north of Srinagar. Younis Ahmad, a local journalist visited his house and spoke to his family and people around. The three dead bodies of BJP leader Sheikh […]
Family and friends of Bashir Ahmad Khan, whose death on the morning of July 1 sparked anger across Kashmir and raised several questions as to what led to his killing, recollect his last moments and their fond memories with him. Written by Younis Ahmad and Bilal Ahmad. The wailing of women resumed after the completion of […]
এত দারিদ্র, ক্ষুধা, আশার মৃত্যু ভাইরাসের কারণে নয়, এসব ঘটছে পুঁজিবাদকে মুনাফাযোগ্য চেহারায় ফিরিয়ে আনার জন্য। মুনাফাভিত্তিক এই ব্যবস্থাটাকেই যদি পরিত্যাগ করি তবে কেমন হয়? মুনাফা নিয়ে আর মাথা না ঘামিয়ে যদি নতুন উদ্যম নিয়ে শুধু প্রয়োজনীয় কাজগুলো করি: রাস্তা পরিষ্কার করি, হাসপাতাল গড়ে তুলি, বাইসাইকেল বানাই, বই লিখি, শাকসবজি ফলাই, কিংবা গান-বাজনা করি? লেখক […]
The BJP government has, following its decision of selling the family silver in the footsteps of Manmohan Singh has decided to gradually privatize the railways. There is no credible argument proffered by the government. The only reason seems to be that the government is in a hurry to take advantage of the pandemic and resultant […]
The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a human rights organization, in a statement issued on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Emergency, has described the current situation in the country as worse than what it was during Emergency, when the “Indian government waged a war on its own people, suspending the fundamental […]
On 19th June 2020, 14 members of Indian Parliament, issued a Press Statement addressed to CM of Maharashtra, Mr. Uddhav Thackeray. In the signed statement, the 14 Parliamentarians expressed their concern about the rapidly deteriorating health condition of Varavara Rao and requested the Maharashtra CM to provide him the necessary and urgent medical attention by moving […]
পুঁজিতান্ত্রিক ব্যবস্থায়, অর্থাৎ রাষ্ট্র-পুঁজির আধিপত্যের আওতায় থেকে, অর্থনৈতিক বৃদ্ধির নামে শ্রম ও প্রকৃতিকে নিংড়ে নেবার নিওলিবারাল প্রক্রিয়াকে প্রশ্ন না করে গণতন্ত্র রক্ষা বা ফ্যাসিবাদ বিরোধিতা, এর কোনটাই হয় না। অর্থাৎ, শ্রম/ শ্রমিকের নিজস্ব শ্রেণি-রাজনীতি যদি না থাকে পুঁজিরাষ্ট্রের রাজনীতি থাকবে। নিওলিবারাল ব্যবস্থা নষ্ট হয়ে গেলেও শোষণ/ লুটপাট বন্ধ হবে না, জাতিরাষ্ট্র যদি না থাকে, কর্পোরেশান […]
যাঁরা নিজেদের ‘বামপন্থী’ মনে করেন এবং অন্য সমাজ/ অন্য পৃথিবীর রাজনীতির কথা বলেন, তাঁরা কীভাবে পুঁজিতন্ত্রের এই সঙ্কটকে দেখছেন কিম্বা দেখবেন? করোনা মহামারিজনিত যে আপৎকালের মধ্যে আমরা আনখশির ডুবুডুবু, সেই গোলমেলে সময়ের আশু দাবি ও প্রয়োজনকে যথাযথ গুরুত্ব দিয়েও, মহামারি অবস্থায় এবং তৎপরবর্তী সময়ের রাজনৈতিক মূল্যায়ন অবশ্যকর্তব্য, সে বিবেচনায় কিছু কথা/প্রশ্ন/বক্তব্যর অবতারণা করলেন সৌমিত্র ঘোষ। […]
15 May 2020, marks the 72nd anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe) in Palestine. In 1948, Zionist militants destroyed 531 Palestinian towns and villages and took control of an additional 774. More than 800,000 Palestinians were ethnic cleansed and forced to become refugees in the neighboring countries. Yet, the Nakba did not end in 1948. It […]
The country is under third phase of the lockdown. New cases of infections are rising daily. Health care workers including doctors are needed to treat Covid inflicted persons. Yet, a doctor with vast experience of dealing with viral diseases remains incarcerated behind prison walls. Dr Kafeel Khan, hailing from Gorakhpur in UP, is being continuously […]
A statement has been issued on behalf of gender rights activists, organisations and individuals condemning the UAPA charges against Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra. The statement strongly reiterates that the government must withdraw UAPA charges against Masrat. It also highlights the increasing difficulties that journalists in Kashmir are facing and call on the government to stop […]
Over the last few weeks, several activists, journalists and students in Delhi and Kashmir have been charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the police has filed several FIRs against activists providing relief and against journalists doing their job. Campaign Against State Repression strongly condemns this targeting of activists and journalists […]
Yogesh Swamy, an activist involved in relief work in North East Delhi was arbitrarily picked up by Delhi Police’s Special Cell. Several more activists like Yogesh are being picked up and detained from all corners of the city, especially in those areas where protests against the CAA, NRC and NPR were underway and those affected […]