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An air strike launched by the United States on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in northeastern Syria Monday claimed the lives of 42 civilians, 19 of whom were children. It is the bloodiest incident thus far in a ramped-up series of strikes over the past eight days that have killed at least 167 civilians, including 59 children.
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar gets bail on the 15th day of her arrest.
The corporate greed is putting our lives in danger. Sally Dugman writes "Whether against grievous government practices or those carried out in corporate boardrooms, critical transformations will, eventually, occur when enough people band together to resist grave wrongdoings. Let us, too, remember about what happens when we forget that we are all in these circumstances together"
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Medha Patkar Gets Bail On The 15th Day Of Arrest
by National Alliance of People’s Movements
Medha Patkar gets bail from Indore High Court today after she was was denied bail from session court. Narmada Bachao Andolan hails it as a victory against the repressive Madhya Pradesh government which came down heavily on the peaceful protest against forceful eviction and illegal unjust submergence
US Air Strike Slaughters Over 40 Civilians In Syria
by Jordan Shilton
An air strike launched by the United States on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa in northeastern Syria Monday claimed the lives of 42 civilians, 19 of whom were children. It is the bloodiest incident thus far in a ramped-up series of strikes over the past eight days that have killed at least 167 civilians, including 59 children.
Increasing Profits In Any Way Imaginable!
by Sally Dugman
Whether against grievous government practices or those carried out in corporate boardrooms, critical transformations will, eventually, occur when enough people band together to resist grave wrongdoings. Let us, too, remember about what happens when we forget that we are all in these circumstances together
How The BEST Bus Undertaking In India Been Driven Into A Crisis
by Vidyadhar Date
The BEST Undertaking, once the pride and icon of Mumbai, is now down in the dumps because of incompetent handling at various levels. One of the reasons people are turning away from buses and ridership is falling is the bad design of bus shelters and buses. So sad since the BEST with its red buses has for long been a defining feature of Mumbai along with icons like Marine Drive and Gateway of India.
How To Revive The spirit Of Quit India Movement?
by Ram Puniyani
The basic ideology and spirit of this great mass movement urges upon us to value the spirit of fraternity and equality rather than paying lip service to Mahatma by making him an icon of cleanliness, to follow him on the path of communal politics. Remarkably Gandhi had refused to endorse to move to ban cow slaughter in deference to the diversity of the country. One hope that the resolution being passed in joint house of parliament will have a mention of Gandhi and Congress, who were the pivot of the struggle for Independence.
Verdict On Triple Talaq Is A Vindication Of The Constitutional Struggles Of Muslim Women
by National Alliance of People’s Movements
National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) congratulates millions of Muslim women of this country along with the Muslim women’s organizations, other feminist, rights groups and lawyers, who deserve to be applauded for the long overdue judgement of the Supreme Court, delivered yesterday, reading down the arbitrary and inhuman Triple Talaq as both ‘Unconstitutional’ and ‘Un-Quranic’.
NGT Serves Notice To Tata Steel Limited, Sukinda For Ecological Damages And Environmental Degradation Caused By Chromite Mining
The National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone Bench, today on Wednesday, 23 August 2017 served notice on the matter of ecological disaster and environmental pollution caused by mining activity to Tata Steel Limited and others
Feminists Condemn Harassment of Prof Nivedita Menon by JNU Administration
We, the undersigned women’s rights groups, activists and academics, are shocked to learn that the JNU administration has adopted a biased and mala fide procedure to institute an enquiry against Professor Nivedita Menon, eminent academic and well-known feminist who is Chairperson of the Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Thought at the School of International Studies, JNU
Walls
by Sheshu Babu
Walls may stall
Movement of humans
But they cannot stop at all
Spread of thoughts and ideas
How Life Got Intolerable For Ghulam’s Mother And His Afghan Family
by Dr Hakim
Just as it must be for today’s 65.6 million refugees, I can taste the isolation and rejection Ghulam and his mother must feel. When our relationships are cut off, our zest for life is cut off.
1967 Was Not The Summer Of Love In Detroit
by Marc Norton
1967 was both the year of the Detroit rebellion, and of San Francisco’s vaunted Summer of Love. The contradictions remain, no matter how hard we try to bury them, although always in new forms and new circumstances. Detroit, the movie, helps us understand our history, which is another way of saying it helps us understand the present.
Democratic Demagogues And ‘The Better Deal’
by James Petras
After 6 months of blaming Russia for the Democratic Party’s Presidential election debacle, the Party stalwarts have finally realized that the American electorate is not listening.
The Long, Long Story: “Principled Realism”, Trump And Afghanistan
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Trump’s none-too-intense scouring of the Afghan problem suggested three conclusions. The first was seeking to honour the US fallen. “The men and women who serve nation in combat deserve a plan for victory.”
Triple Talaq Decision Of Supreme Court Establishes Dignity Of Women And Reformative Principles
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava
The decision of Supreme Court by declaring the Triple Talaq as unconstitutional and with its immediate stoppage of the practice is landmark in every aspect as it has established the dignity of the women at par with others. It is landmark decision in the sense that it has proclaimed that in India nothing is paramount except the Constitution.
How Historians Poisoned India’s Tolerant Legacy
by Moin Qazi
Too much of the thinking about Muslim rulers is now being shaped along predictable, clichéd lines. This is true of all shades of opinion, perception and scholarship. There is evidence from a number of established scholarly discourses that the public perception about Muslim rulers is being increasingly manipulated to fit into a profile built by right wing historians.
Rana Ayyub Denied Opportunity To Speak At The Gurdwara That Hosted Modi
The visiting journalist from India Rana Ayyub has been denied an opportunity to address the congregation at the Ross Street Sikh temple in Vancouver, Canada.
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