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 (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)

* 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

Israel’s War on Gaza is laden with risks and implications for our hyperconnected world. The October 7 attacks by Hamas inside Israel and the subsequent military operation by the Israelis on Gaza sent a wave of (pro-Modi Government, pro-right wing) journalists to Israel from big TV networks in India and they have over the past week been broadcasting high-decibel Israeli propaganda to TV viewers in India. None of these Indian journalists have gone into the Palestinian territories of Gaza and (…)

In his address on a public occasion in March 2023, the chief justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, argued: The media is the fourth pillar in the conception of the State, and thus an integral component of democracy. A functional and healthy democracy must encourage the development of journalism as an institution that can ask difficult questions to the establishment – or as it is commonly known, “speak truth to power” …The press must remain free if a country is to remain a democracy. (See The (…)

FIVE STATES IN India will hold elections in November to select their governments, just six months before the country heads to general elections to decide on the colour of the Union government. The smallest assembly among these States is Mizoram’s, with 40 seats. So, let us begin our overview with this north-eastern State, south of strife-torn Manipur. To understand Mizoram, we cannot ignore all that happens in Manipur, nor can we discount the fact that Mizoram is a State with two (…)

The evolving political influence of the Indian diaspora in the global context signifies a remarkable transformation in India’s approach towards its overseas citizens. Traditionally, India maintained a non-interference policy in other countries’ internal affairs, treating its diaspora as citizens of their host nations. However, this perspective has undergone a significant shift, with the diaspora now recognized as a strategic asset for India’s economic and diplomatic interests. This (…)