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Italian Elections: There is a Connection Between their Roots in Fascism and their Embrace of these Ideas

7Dec

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Italy

Italian Elections: There is a Connection Between their Roots in Fascism and their Embrace of these Ideas

Neo-Nazi Italian Fascism The far-right is on the rise in Europe. In Sweden, once seen as a bastion of social democracy, the Sweden Democrats, a virulently racist and anti-immigrant party with neo-Nazi roots won second place in national elections in September, backed by one in five voters, and its parliamentary support is crucial for the new centre-right coalition government. Similar authoritarian parties marked by ultra-nationalist and racist ideologies, anti-migrant policies, crusades against women’s and LGBT+ rights, and attacks on the left (often framed by rhetoric about ‘elite’ conspiracies) have been in power or close to power in recent years in Poland, the Netherlands, Austria, Spain and Serbia and of course in Hungary, where far-right pro-Putin prime minister, Viktor Orbán, ...

Pakistan’s devastating floods: A historical legacy

7Dec

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Pakistan & Kashmir

Pakistan’s devastating floods: A historical legacy

By: Tooba Syed More than thirty three million people were displaced in less than a month in Pakistan after the devastating monsoon floods hit the country. Pakistan experienced unusual rains in July and early August leading to inundation of one third of the country. The rainwater was accompanied by glacial melting and a flawed drainage system. The intervention in Pakistan’s waters began in the 19th century when the French and British engineers set out to take control of the unruly waters and people of British India. The world's largest canal irrigation system was built using the justification that it would irrigate “wasteland” and bring an end to famine. In reality, the canal colonisation was a means to increase revenue and to find an avenue for capital investment of London finan...

7Dec

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Iran

Victory to the Fighting Women of Iran!

By: Dipankar Bhattacharya The death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran's morality police for alleged 'dress code' violation has sparked off a veritable rebellion in Iran. The simmering anger among Iran's women and the working people against the repressive theocratic regime and worsening conditions of life is now exploding in protests across Iran. More than fifty people are already reported to have been killed by the regime, but defying brutal repression protests continue to spread. Mahsa Amini was a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who had come to Tehran to visit her family. On 13 September she was detained by the Guidance Patrol, Iran's infamous morality police, and sent to a 'reeducation centre' ostensibly for a briefing on the right way of wearing the hijab. While her brother waite...

WHY WAS CHILE’S NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION REJECTED?

7Dec

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Chile

WHY WAS CHILE’S NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION REJECTED?

New Constitution After years of consistent protests by people's movements in Chile, a new draft Constitution, with several progressive provisions, was prepared to replace the Pinochet dictatorship era Constitution. During the first referendum held in October 2022, the new draft Constitution, received more than 60% approval votes, but in the second referendum held in September 2022, the proposed text of new Constitution was rejected by a majority. Below is a note on the situation by Sergio Reyes, a social and political activist from Chile. On October 25, 2020 Chileans had voted overwhelmingly to write a new constitution and to have a Constitutional Convention with more than 150 members, with gender parity, and reserved posts for representatives of indigenous nations. Tr...

The Progressive Tide in Latin America and the Spectre of the New Monroe Doctrine

7Dec

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Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, South America, Venezuela

The Progressive Tide in Latin America and the Spectre of the New Monroe Doctrine

By: Aishik Saha “They have the force and will be able to dominate us, but social forces can be arrested by neither crime nor force. History is ours, and the people make history”- The Last Radio Broadcast of Salvador Allende The defeat of Jair Bolsonaro in the recently held elections in Brazil at the hands of Lula led Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) marks the latest and perhaps most significant victory in a chain of leftist victories in the continent that the United States has traditionally regarded as its backyard. The long history of intervention by the US in order to install dictators overthrowing popularly elected rulers in the region has left a deep and indelible mark on the politics, economy, and history of the region. American private companies have developed entrenched ...

30 YRS of Demolition of Babri Masjid: Sangh Brigade’s Escalating War on India’s Diverse Culture and Secular Democracy

7Dec

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India

30 YRS of Demolition of Babri Masjid: Sangh Brigade’s Escalating War on India’s Diverse Culture and Secular Democracy

Babri Masjid December 6, 2022 will mark the completion of three decades since the demolition of the Babri Masjid. The time bomb that was planted in the wake of India’s independence, with the surreptitious installation of idols at the mosque on the night of 22-23 December 1949, exploded in broad daylight on 6 December 1992 afternoon, when a mob pulled down the mosque in the cheering presence of top BJP leaders. If future historians ever seek to identify a specific moment to trace the rise of communal fascism in today’s India, the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 will undeniably be that moment. India has changed dramatically since that demolition. With every passing day we are now realising ever more acutely that the Ayodhya campaign of the Sangh-BJP camp was not ab...

Climate Crisis: Another Conference, Another Fund

7Dec

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Environment

Climate Crisis: Another Conference, Another Fund

By: N. Sai Balaji The 27th Convention of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Convention of Parties (COP) was held at Sharm El-Sheikh Egypt from November 6th to 18th, 2022 to address the growing concerns of climate change. This COP 27 took place at a time when in 2022, the world has witnessed rise in extreme weather events. From massive floods in cities of India, Pakistan, etc., to the worst heat wave in a century across Europe, the failure of countries to come together to address climate change and its impacts has been left exposed. The COP 27 was organised in the backdrop of the Paris Agreement of 2015, that discarded the Common But Differentiated Responsibility (CBDR) (distributing the burden of emission reductions based on historical emissions) ...

Left Resurgence in Latin America and Tasks Ahead

6Dec

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Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

Left Resurgence in Latin America and Tasks Ahead

LATIN AMERICA: LEFT RESURGENCE, FAR RIGHT THREATS Recent developments in Latin America epitomise the global struggle between a resurgent left, and a powerful, internationally linked far-right, between visions of social justice and environmental protection, and a destructive corporate capitalism bent on escalating plunder. The rise to power of left wing political forces in Chile and Colombia, and the hair's-breadth defeat of the fascist Bolsonaro by Lula's Worker's Party in Brazil have been deeply heartening for progressive observers across the world. At the same time, there are many complexities to this picture including the limitations of 'post-neoliberal' welfare measures based on extractivism and high commodity prices, continuing deeply embedded structural racism and exclusion o...

6Dec

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Colombia

Colombia: La Lucha Continua

By: Tamarai Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez of the Historic Pact Coalition made history by winning the elections in Colombia on June 19, 2022 and were elected the President and Vice-President. Rodolfo Hernandez, the opposition candidate, lost by more than 700,000 votes. When the results were announced, Francia Marquez said, "After 214 years we finally have a government of the people - a people’s government, a government of people with calloused hands, a government of ordinary people." The Historic Pact Coalition was formed in February 2021 and as the name signifies it is a coalition of political parties and social movements like Humane Colombia, Patriotic Union formed by the Communist Party, The Commons (a political party founded by the former members of Revolutionary Armed Fo...

Ratnagiri Refinery: People’s Resistance to Defend Land, Livelihood and Environment

6Dec

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India

Ratnagiri Refinery: People’s Resistance to Defend Land, Livelihood and Environment

By: Ajit Patil The Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemical Project, mooted in 2014 by the Modi government and the BJP-Shiv Sena government of Maharashtra, was touted as Asia’s biggest oil refinery. It was supposed to be a joint venture involving three Indian PSUs - Indian Oil, HPCL and BPCL – and Saudi Arabia’s Aramco and United Arab Emirates’ National Oil Company. The project was proposed to be located at Nanar over a vast area of 200 square km. While land-grabbers, speculators and BJP leaders keen on expanding the party’s presence in Konkan region lapped up the project idea, local people started protesting against the project. They had very valid concerns as the area is already replete with several major plants and the environment has been taking a heavy toll. Beginning ...