City of temples hosts the 24th congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) As a delegate to the party’s 24th congress, HARSEV BAINS connects historical threads from Harry Pollitt’s 1954 visit to today’s challenges of building left unity against corporate-backed Hindu nationalism
Saturday 08th Mar 2025 Amidst the ruins, flowers bloom: the resilience of Gaza’s women Despite facing destruction, humiliation, and the loss of loved ones, Palestinian mothers and daughters demonstrate extraordinary courage as they struggle to create normalcy from the ruins of their former lives, writes NISREEN MORQUS
Saturday 08th Mar 2025 International Women's Day 2025 Sexual violence use to silence dissent widespread in Afghanistan The failure of international institutions, from the UN to the ICC, to hold the Taliban accountable for the brutal repression of women creates a climate of tolerance for daily crimes by the patriarchal regime, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
Friday 07th Mar 2025 Universities wage lawfare on students over Palestine In response to the massive wave of campus protests and encampments against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the managers of our leading higher education institutions are targeting their own students, reports SABINA PRICE
Friday 07th Mar 2025 Mandelson’s Russia-Ukraine conflict of interest You’ll never guess why a quick peace in Ukraine might be in the ambassador to Washington’s interests, writes SOLOMON HUGHES. Actually, of course you will – he stands to make a lot of money from his business links to Russia
Friday 07th Mar 2025 Strategic autonomy or Stockholm syndrome: whither Europe? CARLOS MARTINEZ condemns Europe’s failure to develop genuine autonomy from US hegemony, as leaders like Starmer and Macron cling to a declining imperial order rather than building good relations with the emerging powers
Friday 07th Mar 2025 The terrifying militarisation of Europe Behind the war fever, there is more than just the alleged threat of Russia; economic decline and the struggle for geopolitical dominance play a crucial role in the increasing militarisation of our continent, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
Thursday 06th Mar 2025 Why decriminalising prostitution puts women and migrants at risk Wherever prostitution laws are ‘liberalised,’ the result is a surge in human trafficking and abuse, writes STELLA BAILEY
Thursday 06th Mar 2025 The challenging path to freedom ROGER McKENZIE argues that Africa's ultimate liberation depends on its ability to decolonise itself including the redrawing of its present national borders imposed by Europe
Thursday 06th Mar 2025 ‘Palestinians aren’t going anywhere’: Gaza’s defiant reconstruction begins While the US president dreams of a grotesque, neocolonial ‘Riviera of the Middle East,’ Architects for Gaza are working to restore services and rebuild communities on the exact sites of homes destroyed by Israel, writes EMMA DENT COAD
Thursday 06th Mar 2025 Panama Canal: the next flashpoint of US imperialism? Trump’s threats to ‘take back’ the canal amid false claims of Chinese influence have sparked nationwide protests and evoked painful memories of 1964, when US troops killed 21 Panamanian student protesters, reports TAN WAH PIOW
