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Under Modi, the Northeast Is More United With India, but More Divided Within
India’s ruling BJP claims to have overcome the “tyranny of distance” that has plagued Northeast India, but its politics have created...
Michael Laxer
Apr 29, 202414 min read
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India’s Billionaire Wealth Is on Display as Nation Votes
India’s Ambani family has enjoyed flaunting its obscene wealth, a perfect reminder in the midst of an election, of the economic...
Michael Laxer
Apr 26, 20246 min read
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Modi Could Squander an Unprecedented Chance at Normalizing India-Pakistan Ties
Mired in economic and internal crises, Pakistan is primed for normalization and trade with India—but Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist...
Michael Laxer
Apr 25, 20248 min read
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Candidates in India’s Election Must Prioritize Health, Suggest Activists
Representational image By Global News Service As the election process unfolds in India, right-to-health networks are urging that more...
Michael Laxer
Mar 27, 20241 min read
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Nepal Experiences Another Political Reversal as Public Takes a Backseat
Nepal’s recent political changes, forming a coalition government led by the two largest communist parties, have implications for...
Michael Laxer
Mar 15, 20246 min read
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Growing Clues That India’s Central Narmada Valley Was a Key Hub in the Human Story
India's Central Narmada Valley -- via Wikimedia Commons By Saurav Sarkar In December 1982, a geologist digging in India’s Central Narmada...
Michael Laxer
Feb 21, 20244 min read
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Indian Port Workers Refuse to Handle Military Cargo Bound for Israel
Port of Chennai, India -- representative image, Alexey Seleznev, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia...
Michael Laxer
Feb 21, 20242 min read
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Close to Two Million Join Human Chain in Kerala Against BJP-Led National Government’s Apathy
Image via the Democratic Youth Federation of India By Global News Service On January 20, more than two million people joined the massive...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 20241 min read
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Houthis Emerge as Latest Threat to U.S. Control Over Global Shipping
A powerful symbol of the U.S.-led global security order is increasingly under threat by the Yemeni rebel group. The lack of a robust...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 20246 min read
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'India Lurches Toward Full-Fledged Fascism' as Modi Opens Contentious Hindu Temple
"The people of India have struggled for decades to secure a democracy that is secular, just, and equal. Modi must not be permitted to rob...
Michael Laxer
Jan 23, 20244 min read
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The Suffocation of Democracy in India
By Vijay Prashad On December 18 and 19, 141 members of the two houses of India’s Parliament were suspended, as of December 19, by the...
Michael Laxer
Dec 20, 20235 min read
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Thousands of Women March in Delhi to Protest Modi Government’s Anti-Women, Anti-Poor Policies
Image via Twitter By Global News Service Thousands of women from across India gathered in the capital of Delhi on October 5 to protest...
Michael Laxer
Oct 10, 20231 min read
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Human Trafficking: Women Lured by Promise of Jobs, Sold as Brides
Women walk in a village in Indian-administered Kashmir. Women here often find themselves lured by the promise of a job into unsuitable...
Michael Laxer
Sep 14, 20234 min read
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Community Health Workers in South Asia Forge Joint Struggle for Rights and Recognition
ASHA workers in Haryana have been on strike since 8 August. Seen here, a protest in Gurugram -- image via Twitter By Global News Service...
Michael Laxer
Sep 13, 20232 min read
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Flooding, Water Insecurity Looms as Indian Kashmir’s Titanic Water Bodies Shrink
Boats floating in Wular Lake -- Image via Maxx786 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 By Athar Parvaiz – IPS UN Bureau / Globetrotter...
Michael Laxer
Sep 1, 20234 min read
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Red Review #112 -- International Left and Labour Report
With reports from Cuba, Angola, BRICS, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Greece, Bulgaria, Zambia and elsewhere . Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez...
Michael Laxer
Aug 23, 20239 min read
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Red Review #102 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Cuba, Germany, Spain, Austria, the UK and elsewhere. Thousands march to submit Left Front nominations in West...
Michael Laxer
Jun 14, 20237 min read
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Red Review #98 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Turkey, Thailand, Nepal, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Kenya, Swaziland, the Czech Republic, South Korea, Vietnam,...
Michael Laxer
May 17, 202316 min read
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Red Review #93 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, France, the USA, Zambia, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Greece, the UK and elsewhere. There is also a section related to...
Michael Laxer
Apr 12, 202312 min read
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Red Review # 86 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from Turkey, Syria, Tunisia, Peru, France, South Africa, the USA, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Greece and elsewhere. There is...
Michael Laxer
Feb 20, 202320 min read
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