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 MoreA crisis in the International Socialist Alternative (ISA)
Content warning: abuse, betrayal of survivors This statement is issued by the Faction to Defend Safeguarding, Socialist Feminism and Internal Democracy (SSFID), an organized opposition within the International Socialist Alternative (ISA). It was initiated by members in the ISA’s leading
Read MoreIndian Election: Fight For Democratic Rights! No Faith in BJP or INDIA Alliance in 2024
Since the BJP came into power in 2014, Hindutva ideology has gradually taken over the country’s political imagination. Violence, intimidation and harassment of religious minorities are their tools of choice. Hate mongering against Muslims and Christians is an everyday reality.
Read MoreNo to the Deucha-Panchami Coal Block in West Bengal!
Joint statement PAPA (Project Affected People’s Association) and ISA (International Socialist Alternative) About PAPA: Our journey started in 2001, where the Sarisharatali Project Affected People’s Association took its form around the forced acquisition of land for Sanjeev Goenka’s Sarishatali open-cast
Read MoreLaunch of ROSA in India
This year on International Women’s Day, join ROSA and International Socialist Alternative as we launch our organization in India with a public speakout. Joining us will be socialist feminist activists, international organizers of ROSA, and award-winning writer and poet Meena
Read MoreSandeshkhali’s struggle against systemic sexual violence and political machinations
A disturbing, systemic scheme of widespread sexual atrocities has come to light in Sandeshkhali, a village nestled in the southeastern part of West Bengal, close to the Bangladesh border. The perpetrators are local strongmen belonging to the party ruling the
Read MoreRam Mandir: Fight Back Against Hindutva, No More Monuments of Malice
Following the completely undemocratic suspension of 141 MP’s and the ramming through of the BNS, BNSS, BSA and Telecommunications Act, the BJP has mounted its crown jewel of communalism in the most lavish and expensive display of chest beating so
Read MoreFarmers Resume their Protest in “Dilli Chalo” march
The New Delhi border looks like an international conflict zone with multiple layers of barricades, concrete blocks, barbed wire and iron nail spikes on the road. More than 50,000 paramilitary troops, equipped with sonic weapons, drones, tear gas and even
Read MoreAyodhya: Stop Modi’s escalating communal violence!
Following the completely undemocratic suspension of 141 MP’s and the ramming through of the BNS, BNSS, BSA and Telecommunications Act, the BJP has mounted its crown jewel of communalism in the most lavish and expensive display of chest beating so
Read MoreStop the attacks on democratic rights!
The vile communalist and totalitarian BJP government has once again escalated repression against political opposition in an unprecedented suspension of 141 Members of Parliament. Though just one of many violations of democratic rights, this move qualitatively changes the nature of
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