Category: International
15 years ago: Sri Lanka’s civil war ends with massacre of Tamils
Fifteen years ago in late May 2009, Sri Lanka’s civil war ended in a particularly bloody episode. The Sinhalese army from the south wreaked carnage among the Tamil-speaking minority in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. No war crime more or
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Sides with Casteism in “Land of The Free”
In a stinging blow to caste-oppressed people in the USA, California governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 403, a widely-supported bill that would guarantee protection from caste-based discrimination in a state that is home to nearly a million people of
Read MoreSolidarity with garment workers in Bangladesh!
In the past few weeks, Bangladesh has found itself in the throes of one of the most significant labor revolts in a decade. Tens of thousands of primarily women workers from the country’s weighty Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector, driven to
Read MoreIndo-Canadian Diplomatic Row: How Did We Get Here?
The assassination of Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar once again ripped open the festering wound of India’s long-admired yet paradoxically underserved Sikh community, and brought the issues of this community, in particular of the Sikh diaspora in Canada, to the
Read MoreHINDUTVA AND ZIONISM: AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE–WE DEMAND A CEASEFIRE NOW AND END TO THE OCCUPATION
In the four weeks since the deadly October 7th attack, more explosive ordinance has been dropped on Gaza, an area of 365 square kilometers, than the United States dropped on Afghanistan, an area nearly 2,000 times larger, in 1 year
Read MoreGaza. There is No Bread, No Water, No Electricity and Planes Rain Death from the Sky
The residents of the Gaza Strip are facing hell on earth, while the massacre of revenge led by the Netanyahu-Ganz government is increasing. The poet, journalist and social activist Ahmed Abu Artema was injured in the bombing that also claimed
Read MoreIsrael-Palestine. Amid Normalization of Occupation and Siege, New War Erupts
The dramatic actions of warfare this weekend — with over one thousand dead so far — in Israel and the Gaza Strip has shaken the world. This could be the beginning of further instability and expanded war. Here is a
Read MorePakistan: Exorbitant Power Bills Trigger Countrywide Protests
In recent weeks, Pakistan has been swept by mass protests, as people across the country have expressed their anger over the hikes in electricity bills enforced by the unelected caretaker government led by Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar. What initially ignited in Pakistan-Occupied
Read More1 May. The Working Class is Back! For an International Socialist Alternative to Capitalist Permacrisis
The working class is back. Since May Day 2022, there has been an important upturn in the activity of the multiracial, multi-gendered and multigenerational workers’ movement. It has been active in struggles across the world — shaking the regimes of
Read MoreCanada: Fighting Caste Discrimination in British Columbia
In December 2018, BC taxi driver Manoj Bhangu was physically assaulted at a workplace Christmas party by two of his co-workers when a business dispute got out of control. In the course of the assault, the two men attacked Bhangu
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