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The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, while the Spanish parliament has approved direct rule over the region.
Earlier this month, the largest national organization representing farmers and agricultural workers in India, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), has announced that it has joined the BDS movement. AIKS is is spread across 21 states in India and is over 16 million members strong.
Adani Port in Vizhinjam, near Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India has hit a road block with local people started agitating against the port. The agitation has entered into the fourth day and is likely to intensify as there is no immediate solution to their demands. Piling and other work is stalled.
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From Gandhi To Catalans, The Revolutionary Movement Of Peacemakers
by Nozomi Hayase
Recently, leading up to the independence referendum on October 1 in Catalonia, Spain’s richest province, Spanish police engaged full force to stop the voting. WikiLeaks founder and editor in chief Julian Assange, who has remained confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London for more than five years, acknowledged the peaceful act of self-determination by the Catalonian people in facing this police violence. Calling it “the most disciplined Gandhian project since Gandhi,” he said that “its results will spread everywhere.” Peace is a revolutionary force that largely remains untapped. How can social movements be created by this innate transformative power and bring harmony to this divided world?
16 Million-Strong Organization In India Joins The BDS Movement
Earlier this month, the largest national organization representing farmers and agricultural workers in India, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), has announced that it has joined the BDS movement. AIKS is is spread across 21 states in India and is over 16 million members strong.
Granting Palestinians The Right To Work Can Salvage Lebanon’s Economy
by Franklin Lamb
Lebanon’s deeply polarized and politicized sects will come to a decision to put their country and its economy first and allow their Palestinian sisters and brothers to help make it happen.
Photo Essay: Palestine’s Disappearing Cinemas
by Ahmad Al-Bazz
There are currently only two dedicated cinemas in continuous operation in Palestinian cities in the West Bank – Cinema City, opened in Nablus in 2009, and Palestine Tower, opened in Ramallah in 2014. Other cinemas throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip have been shuttered – some of them demolished – and others turned into wedding halls or garages. Some Palestinian cities have never had a proper movie theater.
Adani Port In Vizhinjam Hits A Road Block As Locals Step Up Agitation
Adani Port in Vizhinjam, near Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India has hit a road block with local people started agitating against the port. The agitation has entered into the fourth day and is likely to intensify as there is no immediate solution to their demands. Piling and other work is stalled.
The Seamless Web Of Life VS. Greed
by Sally Dugman
An interpretation of the grim, bleak story of “The Fisherman And His Wife”
Pain
by K P Sasi
The pain in my mind
Affect my body.
The pain in my body
Affect my mind.
Wonder whether these two
Had arranged marriage
Or love marriage.
Since I remain single
I am trying to keep away
From these two idiots.
Redefining Pain
by Anitha S
This forced rest, recuperation and recovery also made me reflect on myself. And pain and the redefining of pain along with the understanding of the marvel called the human body together with the human hands and mind that work to repair it…it was a reconnaissance about Anitha- my past, present and future!
Inspiring Stories: Why Is Hearing Important?
by Shubhda Chaudhary
Imagine the story, the internal struggle of a new born baby born with hearing loss? For an instant, the magnitude of future and its impact on this new born child cannot be envisaged. Now imagine, how many such children are actually suffering worldwide? Quite astonishingly, a large percentage of 360 million people worldwide who suffer from deafness are young, innocent toddlers. Tragic, indeed!
Reexamining Professional Development Wisdom
by Moin Qazi
As Verghese Kurien, the father of India’s Milk Revolution repeatedly emphasized: “India’s place in the sun would come from the partnership between wisdom of its rural people and skill of its professionals”
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