Mainstream Weeklyby Martha Rosenberg *
In 2004, bird watchers, golfers and just those passing by in Audubon Park New Orleans were treated to an amazing rookery. Great egrets, cattle egrets, snowy egrets, little blue herons, green and tricolored herons, ibises, night herons and anhinga roosted and bred in trees on Oschner Island, next to the golf course. Mallard and wood ducks, geese and swans patrolled the swampy waters as Mississippi kites and hawks sailed overhead. Cormorants dried their wings on (…)
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Where Have All The Herons Gone, New Orleanians Wonder | Martha Rosenberg
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Monks and militias in Myanmar | Amara Thiha and Marte Nilsen
18 March 2023by Amara Thiha and Marte Nilsen *
The political implications of ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks and ideologies in Myanmar received much attention in the years before the 2021 military takeover. As Myanmar has turned more violent since the coup, ultra-nationalist monks have been radicalised further. What role are these monks playing in the political landscape of Myanmar today? And what is their rationale for supporting the military?
The coup leader, Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw (…) -
Protect Rights of LGBTQIA+ Community: CPI
18 March 2023Communist Party of India New Delhi,
March 15, 2023
Press Release
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on March 15, 2023) demanding full protection of the rights of LGBTQIA+ community:
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India urges the Supreme Court and the government of India to fully protect the rights of LGBTQIA+ community. The party takes note of the decision of the apex court to refer the matter to the (…) -
Attack on Dalit activist Shalin Maria Lawrence - Statement by NWMI
18 March 2023The Network of Women in Media, India, strongly condemns the continuous and ongoing harassment of Chennai-based writer and activist Shalin Maria Lawrence on social media sites. She is a columnist for various English and Tamil publications. Shalin has been facing high-volume targeted harassment on Twitter as well as Facebook over the past year, specifically from handles associated with the DMK and the BJP.
Shalin, who joined Twitter in 2020, and has been active on Facebook for over a decade, (…) -
Unconstitutional and whimsical order of BSF violates life and livelihood of villagers of Paschim Sahebganj in West Bengal | MASUM
18 March 2023Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM)
15 March 2023
To
The Chairman
National Human Rights Commission
Manav Adhikar Bhawan
Block-C, GPO Complex, INA
New Delhi-110023
Respected Sir,
I want to attract your attention towards the illegitimate restrictions on the life and livelihood of the villagers of Paschim Sahebganj village under Dinhata - II Block and Sahebganj police station in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal by the Border Security Force personnel attached with (…) -
How A Secret Meet Between Badal and Rajiv Fizzled Out | M.R. Narayan Swamy
18 March 2023, by M R Narayan SwamyLiving a Life Hardcover by Ravi Sawhney Konark Publishers Pvt.Ltd | 10 February 2023 Hardcover : 264 pages ISBN-10 : 8195678637 ISBN-13 : 978-8195678631 __0__
1980 brought the Congress to power in Punjab and turned the defeated Akalis belligerent. The state began to feel the heat as the Akali Dal launched a massive agitation for the implementation of the Anandpur Sahib Resolution of 1973. Although the Akalis did not create Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, they did not speak (…) -
Economic growth is fuelling climate change – a new book proposes ‘degrowth communism’ as the solution | Timothée Parrique
18 March 2023by Timothée Parrique
March 3, 2023
I’m often told that degrowth, the planned downscaling of production and consumption to reduce the pressure on Earth’s ecosystems, is a tough sell. But a 36-year-old associate professor at Tokyo University has made a name for himself arguing that “degrowth communism” could halt the escalating climate emergency.
Kohei Saito, the bestselling author of Capital in the Anthropocene, is back with a new book: Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of (…) -
Sketch of Barrack No. 6 from Jawaharlal Nehru’s prison diary
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Cartoon: India opposition groups protest through March | Nala Ponnappa
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Photo: Estação da Luz Train Station, Sao Paolo (2008) | Silvio Tanaka
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