Sectarian violence in India’s Haryana State claims five lives, activists condemn government inaction
Violence broke out in the Nuh district of Haryana during a procession led by two Hindu extremist organizations on July 31. The violence spread to adjoining areas in the following hours, with a mob setting ablaze a mosque and killing its 19-year-old deputy imam on Tuesday
We take a look at the problems faced by domestic workers, violence by the right-wing in Tripura, and a protest by students. We also bring you scenes from the massive farmers’ gathering in Muzaffarnagar
The global shift to the right
No matter how successful the right may be in the short-run in mobilizing people around a divisive agenda, it is incapable of leading them out of the current economic crisis. It is only the left that can provide a way out.
Million-strong ‘People’s Brigade’ in India pledges to oust right wing forces
A huge rally was held in the city of Kolkata, India, with the call of overthrowing the governments of Narendra Modi in the center and Mamata Banerjee in the State of West Bengal
A scholar, and a society, take the fight to the right in Kerala
The office of radical scholar and critic Sunil P. Elayidom was attacked on Wednesday, most likely due to his support of the entry of women of all ages to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. However, he and progressive sections in Kerala are determined to continue the resistance to hate and misogyny
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- German police shut down pro-Palestine conference
