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• Why Ecosocialism? For a red-green future | Michael Lowy

  4 November 2023

  (This paper was first distributed in December 2018 for discussion in the Great Transition Initiative)
  The capitalist system, driven at its core by the maximization of profit, regardless of social and ecological costs, is incompatible with a just and sustainable future. Ecosocialism offers a radical alternative that puts social and ecological well-being first. Attuned to the links between the exploitation of labor and the exploitation of the environment, ecosocialism stands against both (…)

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  PUCL Statement for Immediate Ceasefire and Unhindered Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

  4 November 2023

  PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES (PUCL) 332, Patpar Ganj, Opp. Anand Lok Apartments, (Gate No. 2), Mayur Vihar-I, Delhi 110 091 E.mails:puclnat[at]gmail.com Please visit our website: www.pucl.org
  01st November, 2023
  CONDEMN THE ONGOING GENOCIDAL WAR WAGED BY ISRAEL AGAINST PALESTINIAN CITIZENS! Demand Immediate Ceasefire and Unhindered Humanitarian Aid.
  PUCL strongly condemns the genocidal violence and crimes against humanity perpetuated against Palestinians by Israeli forces in the (…)

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  Stop the War in Gaza - Joint Statement by CPI & CPI(M)

  4 November 2023

  October 28, 2023
  Press Statement
  Stop this Genocidal War in Gaza
  It is shocking that India abstained on a Resolution overwhelmingly adopted by the UN General Assembly calling for a humanitarian truce titled “Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations” in the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza.
  India’s abstention on a resolution that was overwhelmingly adopted shows the extent to which Indian foreign policy is being shaped by being a subordinate ally of US (…)

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  India’s abstention UN GA vote on a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza - IDPD statement

  4 November 2023

  Date: 28.10.2023
  India’s stand at the UN General Assembly on the resolution on the Middle East against our accepted policies of Peace and Disarmament - IDPD
  The Indian Doctors for Peace and Development (IDPD) has expressed anguish at the abstention of India in the voting in the UN General Assembly on the resolution for ceasefire and peace in the Middle East. This is a total hypocrisy on the part of the Indian government and a reflection of its insensitivity towards the genocide being (…)

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  Review of O’Keeffe’s, Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia

  4 November 2023

  BOOK REVIEW
  Reviewed by Jasmine Calver
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  Esperanto and Languages of Internationalism in Revolutionary Russia by Brigid O’Keeffe
  London: Bloomsbury Academic 2021. 266 pp. $35.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-350-16067-5; $35.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-350-16066-8.
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  Esperanto and Internationalism
  Historians of internationalism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries will have at least some knowledge of Esperanto, although for most the international language project remains (…)

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  Documentary: Eyal Weizman explains the Architecture of Violence

  4 November 2023

  Eyal Weizman explains architecture’s key role in the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the evolution of urban warfare.

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  Cartoon: This book is empty! | Nala Ponnappa

  4 November 2023
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  Video: Easily Overlooked Dangers of a Soft Tyranny by Hartosh Singh Bal (2023 Shorenstein Journalism Award acceptance speech)

  4 November 2023

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  2023 Shorenstein Journalism Award | Hartosh Singh Bal | Easily Overlooked Dangers of a Soft Tyranny by Stanford APARC https://youtu.be/m0Z1enNfgM0?si=o6VzrCrGzMHBEmWO

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  Music: Holm (A Dream) - Emel Mathlouthi

  4 November 2023

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  E M E L - Holm (A Dream) (Official Video) by E M E L - آمال مثلوثي https://youtu.be/d2SNX3bfYKw?si=81l_ytCqDY8OeC1E
  Video shot by Emel Mathlouthi on phone.
  English translation of the Arabic lyrics:
  If I could close my eyes and the dreams take me by the hand, I would rise and fly in a new sky and I will forget my sorrows.
  If I could travel in my imagination, I would build palaces and nights where love and my hopes can grow and we will erase the pain ..
  A (…)

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Oct 21 & 28, 2023

  21 October 2023

  * Assault on the Media: Subversion of Democracy | Arup Kumar Sen
  * Mizoram and the upcoming November 2023 state polls | Papri Sri Raman
  * Diaspora Dynamics: India’s Global Footprint | S N Tripathy
  * Nandini Satpathy: a moderniser who changed the political map of Odisha | Radhakanta Barik