Mainstream WeeklyIn the blink of an eye
they changed the axis of the earth,
the belief that we were equal
that justice would prevail,
but it is of no avail;
and I beg your honour,
for your kind permission,
to place on record,
for I know I cannot afford
to offend,
but some men did descend
to the floor,
to touch their feet,
distributing a mouth-watering sweet,
for raping women
is now an accomplished feat.
We do not aspire to be equal,
we only know,
we are safe,
if we keep out of harm’s way; (…)
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On Rapists’ Remission | Sagari Chhabra
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Stop Denying Political Prisoners the Right to Healthcare in Jails
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16 September 2022Communist Party of India
New Delhi,
September 15, 2022
Press Release
Undemocratic Practice of Chhattisgarh State Government Condemned
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on September 15, 2022):
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Book Review: Hippies in the Soviet Union | Alexander Vari
16 September 2022Reviewed by Alexander Vari (Marywood University)
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Flowers through Concrete: Explorations in Soviet Hippieland.
by Juliane Furst
Oxford: Oxford University Press 2021 496 pp. (e-book), ISBN 978-0-19-109251-0 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-878832-4
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Chilean Folk Singer Víctor Jara Performing at an Anti-Vietnam War Demonstration, Helsinki (1969)
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Review of Che Guevara’s Bolivian Diaries | Chaman Lal
16 September 2022, by Chaman LalBOOK REVIEW
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The Bolivian Diaries - Authorised edition by Ernesto Che Guevara Introduction by Fidel Castro, Preface by Camilo Guevara Ocean Press, Melbourne-New York 1st ed. 2006, Pages 303, Indian price, Rs. 450/ __0__
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