On this day, 27 November 1981, 300 mostly migrant women workers at the Kortex textile factory in Brunswick, Australia walked out on strike when they were furious that Textile Workers’…
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202 YEARS SINCE THE BIRTH OF FRIEDRICH ENGELS
“All my life I’ve been doing what I was meant to do—I’ve been playing second fiddle—and I think I’ve done my job pretty well. I was glad that I had…
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Socialist Action Canada The Municipal Socialist Alliance is a coalition of socialists, labour unionists, community organizations, and social justice activists, who are presenting a team of candidates to fight for…
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HAWAI’IAN SUGAR WORKERS
◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇ From the time the US came to dominate Hawai’i, the sugar industry dominated the islands’ economy. By 1900, the economy was controlled by the “Big Five” sugar companies: Castle…
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Unchecked impunity for crimes against media workers in South Asia:
From: the IFJ’s monthly media bulletin for South Asia’s Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) In FocusUnchecked impunity for crimes against media workers in South Asia: Despite promises of reform, protection and justice,…
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15th November, 2022 Dear Ambassadors/High Commissioners, Re: Call on the GoSL to stop repression against peaceful protesters and unconditionally Release IUSF student leaders held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act…
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33 years ‘Since’ the killing of Wijeweera and other JVP leaders!
BY Raju Prabath Lankaloka On November 13, 1989, Rohana Wijeweera, the inaugural leader of the Janata Vimukti Peramuna (JVP), who was arrested the previous night by the state armed forces,…
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The fall of the Berlin Wall has passed into history as a synonym for the collapse of “Communism”.
By Raju Prabath Lankaloka The fall of the Berlin Wall has passed into history as a synonym for the collapse of “Communism”. In the following decades since those momentous events,…
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Dr. Ambedkar’s Contributions to Social, Political, and Constitutional thought in Indian Polity
Dr. B. R. AMBEDKAR ENDOWMENT LECTURE Dr. Thol. ThirumaavalavanMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha Chidambaram Constituency DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF MADRASAndDr. AMBEDKAR ACADEMYTHE PEOPLE’s EDUCATIONAL TRUSTUniversity of Madras
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