Message from Irom Sharmila Chanu

By Irom Sharmila Chanu | June2010

Sunday, 6th June 2010,
JN Hospital, S/W
Porompat, Imphal,
Manipur - 795001

Beloved Brothers and sisters of Kerala,

The defiant lady of Manipur here, sincerely would like to convince her deep sense of gratitude to you Keralans whose solidarity with her struggle is great and selfless. You know, we the national human beings are masters of conscience. Why should we feel agraid o  ....Read More

Of Israel's cowardly attack on Gaza Aids Flotilla

By Seema Mustafa | June2010

Israel has demonstrated not just its intolerance but also its cowardice. Nine peace activists aboard the Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid for the people trapped in Gaza by the Israeli military, were shot not once but several times at close range. And of these five were shot in the back. And the Israeli defence: they were al Qaeda, they were terrorists, they came at us with sticks and knives.&nbs  ....Read More

End Israeli Impunity Now

By Cynthia McKinney | May2010

31 May, 2010
Countercurrents.org

Cynthia McKinney Mourns the Dead of the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza: People of the U.S. and the world must end Israeli impunity now!

I am outraged at Israel's latest criminal act. I mourn with my fellow Free Gaza travelers, the lives that have been lost by Israel's needless, senseless act against unarmed humanitarian activists. But I'm even more outra  ....Read More

The Business Of Water: Privatizing An Essential Resource

By Stephen Lendman | March2010

09 March, 2010

Countercurrents.org


In her 2002 book titled, "Water Wars," noted author, social activist, and ecologist Vandana Shiva called privatizing water:


-- ecological terrorism;

-- a global water crisis;

-- along with overuse, waste and pollution, it can   ....Read More

Communal Violence Bill: How Useful To Victims?

By | March2010

By Asghar Ali Engineer

20 February, 2010

csss-isla.com

The Government has got clearance from the Cabinet for introducing the Communal Violence Bill in the coming session of parliament. The Bill was drafted originally in 2005 after 2004 elections in view of the Gujarat carnage of 2002 under the BJP Governm  ....Read More

Why I am associating with Solidarity?

By | March2010

By C R Neelakantan

(A leftist activist and former member of CPM in Kerala)

I have been associating with Solidarity youth movement from its beginning Understanding and identifying with the ideology they subscribe to, was not the reason behind the close association that I had with them. We all know that there is no much relevance left for the ideological positions taken by different pa  ....Read More