In the part 2 of this exclusive interview to Peoples Dispatch, former Prime Minister of Nepal and senior leader of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Madhav Kumar Nepal talks the recent historic victory of communist parties in Nepal. He also looks into the global rise of right and the ways to counter it.
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Categories Iran | United States of America
What will be the impact of a US war on Iran?
We take a look at the various implications on global oil trade and on India.
Categories Iran | United States of America
Did the US almost launch a war against Iran?
He also talks about the implications of Iran shooting down a US drone and the failure of the European Union and countries like India to intervene in any way in this issue.
Categories Nepal
Dalit liberation and communist movement in Nepal
Sabitra Bhusal, central committee member of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) talks about the legal and constitutional provisions and the impact of the communist movement in the process of eradication of caste-based discrimination in Nepal.
Categories Venezuela
Explained: War on Venezuela (Part 1)
In this first episode of a three-part explainer series on the international war on Venezuela, Peoples Dispatch will take a look at the sanctions that have been imposed on the country and the debilitating impact these measures have on the lives of the people.
Also read: Dossier 17: Venezuela and Hybrid Wars in Latin America by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research
(Editing & Production: Surangya | Script: Surangya & Zoe | Camera: Chandan, Mohit & Saurav)
Categories Australia
Despite protests, Adani gets permit for Carmichael mining project in A …
After a period of 10 years since the project was first proposed, Indian multinational company, Adani Group has received the permit to begin work on the Carmichael Mining project in Australia. Amidst legal cases and heated protests from Australian conservation bodies and citizens, the coal mine was finally handed over to the group after approval from the Federal and Queensland government. Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta discusses this development that has come in the wake of the decade-long lobbying by the Indian business conglomerate.
Categories Egypt
Mohammed Morsi and the legacy of the Arab Spring
He also talks about the context in Egypt that led to Morsi’s fall and the positions of various sections that contributed to the emergence of the oppressive military regime in power today.
Categories Russia | United States of America
US cyber bombs against Russia: A dangerous escalation
He traces the trajectory of similar attacks by the US in the past and how the recent revelation marks a qualitative shift in the nature of US aggression.
Categories Iran | United States of America
Iran and US on brink of war after alleged tanker attacks
While the US and Iran are pointing fingers at each other, the world is bracing itself for a military escalation. Was this a false flag attack by the US? Newsclick’s editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha discusses the possibilities.
Categories Pakistan | World
Revolutionary rhythms aka how art can change the world
In an interview to Peoples Dispatch, Pakistan-based Laal band’s Taimur Rahman, who is also the general secretary of Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party, talks about the role of music and culture in people’s struggles. Laal had been in forefront of taking revolutionary music to masses in Pakistan.
(Editing: Vyshakh & Arun | Camera: Arun & Zoe)
Categories Brazil
João Pedro Stedile of the MST on Bolsonaro, mobilizations and freeing …
Today tens of thousands of workers in Brazil will take the streets in a national general strike against the pension reform proposed by the government of far-right Jair Bolsonaro. To learn about the current context in Brazil today and the importance of these mobilizations we spoke to João Pedro Stedile of the Landless Rural Workers’ Movement about Bolsonaro’s attacks on the working class and the need now more than ever to mobilize the masses. He also reaffirms the call to fight for the freedom of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Categories Kashmir
The Dirty War in Kashmir: In Shujaat Bukhari’s words
Shujaat Bukhari (1968-2018) was a journalist based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. He worked as the Srinagar correspondent for the Frontline and was the editor of Rising Kashmir. On June 14, 2018, Shujaat was brutally gunned down outside his office. Before he was killed, he had documented the damage done to Kashmir for Frontline. Leftword has curated a compilation of Shujaat Bukhari’s reports from May 2017 to his assassination titled ‘The Dirty War in Kashmir’. Excerpts of the book along with archival footage of the valley bring to life the Kashmir that Shujaat writes about in these Frontline reports. Shujaat points to the growing discontentment among the people and the increasing civilian support for militants that arises as a consequence of this. He also highlights the violence inflicted by the state and the impact that this has had on the minds of Kashmiri youth. He warns about the growing danger of communalisation in Jammu since the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power. With stone-pelting, curfews, encounters and death characterizing the new Kashmir, these excerpts of Shujaat’s reports offer insights into the ways and means to bring about lasting peace in the valley – a cause for which Shujaat lived and died.
