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  Punjab police crackdown on protesting farmers - Statement by PUCL

  29 March 2025

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  AIKS statement on crackdown on protesting farmers at the Shambhu and Khanuri Borders

  29 March 2025

  All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)
  President : Rajan Kshirsagar (Cell: +91 9860488860) General Secretary : Ravula Venkaiah (Cell : 9490952231) Tel. No. 011 - 41052522 Fax No : 011-23235543 E-Mail : allindiakisansabha[at]gmail.com
  PRESS RELEASE 23 March 2025 | New Delhi
  All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) condemns the Punjab Governments Repression on farmers ! Exposes Government Betrayal & Calls for Nationwide Resistance!
  The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) unequivocally condemns the violent (…)

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  Cartoon: in defence of comedian Kamra | Nala Ponnappa

  29 March 2025
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  Photo: A visible visual presence of the communists in small town southern Italy - Photo by Gianni Berengo Gardin [1950s]

  29 March 2025

  A visible visual presence of the communists on Piazza Scanderbeg - in the city of Cosenza in Calabria, Italy (1950)

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  Music from the Spanish Civil War: A Las Barricadas! - To the Barricades!

  29 March 2025

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  ¡A LAS BARRICADAS! 2010 by CNT Bilbao https://youtu.be/-x-kASelyyU?si=ufV4KXfYccWnNfOa
  one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Spanish Civil War

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  Video: Who is a Citizen? Varghese K George in conversation with Nirja Gopal Jayal

  29 March 2025

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  Who is a citizen? | Varghese K George in conversation with Niraja Gopal Jayal | Terms of Engagement by The Hindu https://youtu.be/uZnBXrLwfrI?si=EsXWNSz2mrsTuU2T

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  Table of Contents - Mainstream, Vol 63 No 12, Mar 22, 2025

  22 March 2025

  * Open Letter to Director General, Rosatom, Russia | S. P. Udayakumar
  * Portrait of Paul Nizan | Jairus Banaji
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  22 March 2025, by Disha

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  This article explores the challenges of living without a surname in a world that expects one. The author, Disha, shares personal experiences of struggling with official documents, online platforms, and academic recognition due to the absence of a last name. While her parents made a conscious decision to avoid caste and religious associations, modern systems remain rigid, demanding both first and last names.
  The article also examines the significance of surnames in academia and (…)

• Politics of Language in Contemporary India | Arup Kumar Sen

  22 March 2025, by Arup Kumar Sen

  Very recently, the language debate has taken a distinctly political turn in India. The present political regime of the BJP at the centre is currently locked in an intense language debate with Tamil Nadu, where the ruling DMK has been contesting the alleged imposition of Hindi through the three-language formula under the National Education Policy, 2020. The Tamil Nadu chief minister, M K Stalin, reiterated his stance on the language debate, asserting that the State is

• AIPF debates futuristic impact of AI on society | Anil Rajimwale

  22 March 2025, by Anil Rajimwale

  Intellectuals, social thinkers and activists from all over India gathered in Patna on February 7-9 in an all India seminar-cum-workshop to discuss in detail the growing impact of artificial intelligence on science, technology, and on theory and practice of society. They came from Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Maharashtra, Haryana, UP and others places.
  In a continuation of a series of national seminars held every year by the All India Progressive Forum, a platform of open (…)