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Dr G.N.Saibaba Professor at Delhi University and now in solitary confinement in Nagpur Central Jail has spoken out for help. Saibaba 90 per cent disabled and suffering from multiple ailments, wrote this letter to his wife Vasantha that he might not be able to survive the winter months in jail. He has been convicted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in what those convinced of his innocence describe as a travesty of justice. Saibaba has been branded a Maoist and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Spanish Senate formally voted 214-47 on Friday to authorize the implementation of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, suspending parliamentary rule in Catalonia. It handed Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy full powers to suspend the Catalan regional government, proceed with punitive measures outlined in Rajoy’s October 21 speech, and impose an unelected Catalan government answerable only to Madrid.
Meanwhile a big rally is going on in Barcelona in favor of Catalonia staying with Spain.
The staff at the nonprofit organization HullCoin has done something very unusual in the city of Hull in northeast United Kingdom. They’ve launched their own local cryptocurrency — programmed on top of Bitcoin to be issued by nonprofits and social institutions — as a way of combating financial exclusion and other problems that are at the root of poverty.
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Dr G.N Saibaba’s Life In Danger: Writes, He May Not Survive The Winter Months
Dr G.N.Saibaba Professor at Delhi University and now in solitary confinement in Nagpur Central Jail has spoken out for help. Saibaba 90 per cent disabled and suffering from multiple ailments, wrote this letter to his wife Vasantha that he might not be able to survive the winter months in jail. He has been convicted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in what those convinced of his innocence describe as a travesty of justice. Saibaba has been branded a Maoist and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Spain Imposes Military Rule In Catalonia To Preempt Independence Bid
Co-Written By Alex Lantier and Alejandro López
The Spanish Senate formally voted 214-47 on Friday to authorize the implementation of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution, suspending parliamentary rule in Catalonia. It handed Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy full powers to suspend the Catalan regional government, proceed with punitive measures outlined in Rajoy’s October 21 speech, and impose an unelected Catalan government answerable only to Madrid.
The English City With Its Own Cryptocurrency: Q&A With The Founders Of HullCoin
by Aaron Fernando
The staff at the nonprofit organization HullCoin has done something very unusual in the city of Hull in northeast United Kingdom. They’ve launched their own local cryptocurrency — programmed on top of Bitcoin to be issued by nonprofits and social institutions — as a way of combating financial exclusion and other problems that are at the root of poverty.
Afghanistan’s Painful, Never-Ending War Takes A New Bad Turn
by Justin Podur
The return of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Butcher of Kabul, is the latest symbol of the country’s destruction.
Strafing Parliament: Australia’s High Court Citizenship Ruling
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
And they fell like ninepins. Weeks of predictions, optimistic readings, and hopeful signs were dashed as the members of the highest court of Australia laid waste to members of Parliament. Citing a section in the Australian constitution that has become something of a heavy footnote in popular consciousness, the judges ruled five out of seven applicants ineligible to sit in Parliament.
The Origins of Modern Democracy
by Sally Dugman
Part of the hegemonous stupidity or just plain ignorance that many people entertain is that modern democracy originated in Greece, with the French Revolution or with US Constitution writers. In other words, it’s the myth that our most modern forms of democracy came from the so-called whites.
Terse Turse Take
by Richard Oxman
I have reservations about Democracy Now!, but often Amy Goodman & Co. provide a highly instructive segment. A recent exchange with Nick Turse is a good example of that. It’s a telegraphic treatment, of course, of the horror of what AFRICOM has blossomed into, but there’s enough given to serve as a basis for an entire year’s worth of geopolitical discussion at the next academic post I embrace. Really, the interview is pregnant with crucially important issues which beg to be spotlighted in and around educational institutions.
The Voiceless Left Stands Before The Monster Of History
by Phil Rockstroh
Drawing on the Method, I reach down deep within and feel the rage of the besieged earth, thus knowing what my son will come upon later in life: Our humanity is inseparable from the monstrous. To live is to live off death — but, in the case of Late Stage Capitalist humankind, the monster imperative has shifted into runaway, has become a self-resonating feedback loop of destructive impulses.
The Savings Revolution: World Thrift Day-30th October
by Moin Qazi
The importance of savings has been understood from very early times even in the modern age .As early as 1924, the international community designated October 30 as World Thrift Day with the objective to stress the importance of savings for modern economies and for individuals alike. Wealth begins with the first coin in the piggy bank. What sounds like a banal commonplace is today as true as ever,
Who Was Tipu Sultan
by Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad
A large part of the stereotype of Tipu Sultan as a persecutor of Hindus and Christians comes from an influential text book written in the 1920s by professor Harprasad Shastri, professor and head of the department of Sanskrit at Calcutta University. Unfortunately, Harprasad Shastri's textbook was based entirely on hearsay, and not on any verification of facts from Mysore.
Babari Masjid Dispute – But Is It?
by Mirza Yawar Baig
I am all in favor of standing by a decision of the Supreme Court which is made on the basis of the Law of the Land. After all, that is what Rule of Law is supposed to mean, right? That is what differentiates civilization from barbarism. We should know. After all we have been civilized for the past 5000 years. Or so we claim.
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