By TeleSur Egypt’s politically iconic Tahrir Square came into international attention last week when a man named Ahmed Mohy was arrested after staging a one-man protest. Holding a small placard reading, “ Step down Sisi,” Mohy stood in the square that played a major role in the 2011 Egyptian uprising that led to the overthrow […]
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Kim, Trump meet, dine in Hanoi
North Korea won’t become anyone’s puppet: expert By Yang Sheng in Hanoi and Xie Wenting in Beijing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump dined in Hanoi on Wednesday and Trump continued to urge Kim to denuclearize his country and so seize the chance for economic development just like Vietnam. Before a […]
Chinese, Russian and Indian foreign ministers call for enhanced counter-terrorism cooperation
Leng Shumei Foreign ministers of China, Russia and India held the 16th trilateral meeting on Wednesday, calling for enhanced communication and cooperation in counter-terrorism cooperation. The ministers strongly condemned terrorism in all forms and manifestations. They called on the international community to strengthen UN-led global counter-terrorism cooperation by fully implementing the relevant UN Security Council […]
Socialism and the case for expropriation
Andre Damon “Socialism is back in fashion,” declares the cover story of this week’s Economist, the British weekly newspaper founded 176 years ago. Despite proclamations of the “end of history” following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the newspaper roots the “remarkable” growth of popular support for socialism in decades of growing social inequality. “Socialism […]
Assamese Muslims are being denied Indian citizenship
Asad Rehman in Islamabad Under the mask of democracy and secularism, Indian subsequent regimes dominated by politicians from the Hindi heartland—Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) have been using brutal tactics mercilessly in suppressing the insurgencies and separatist movements in various regions and provinces such as Kashmir, Punjab, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura etc. including […]
Venezuelan coup democrats vomit on Green New Deal
In humanity’s current existential climate crisis, leftists who see any hope for humanity put our faith in movements. Without movements relentlessly pressuring them to do the right thing, politicians of both US major parties—especially at the crucial national and state levels—will remain their bought-off pro-corporate warmongering selves, and powerful corporate media will provide them propaganda […]
Assam emerges as hub of human trafficking
Manash Pratim Dutta GUWAHATI, Feb 17 – From Assam, women are trafficked to places like Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat. In Delhi, the victims of trafficking are mostly used as sex workers and household helpers. In Haryana, they have been forced to do marriages and in Gujarat, the victims are engaged as labourers in various entities. […]