By FARZANA VERSEY www.counterpunch.org Posted by Bulatlat.com The most telling aspect of Barack Obama’s trip to India in early November is his planned visit to all the sites targeted in the Mumbai attacks of November 28, 2008. He will also stay at the Taj Hotel. Commentators have been quick to gloat that this move will…
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Street Shooter: Slow Day in Bangalore
Slow Day in Bangalore
Support the Heroic Struggle of Adivasis in Lalgarh, India
By the International League of Peoples’ Struggle Democratic Space Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Over the past week, thousands of Indian police and paramilitary forces have descended on Lalgarh, West Bengal to crush the just struggle of the adivasis (tribal people). Progressive people around the world must raise our voices to help break the reign of military…
‘Big Brother’ Regional Roles for India?
Two new challenges on the foreign policy front await the newly elected government of India to be installed soon – in heaven-turned-hell Sri Lanka and the Himalayan state of Nepal. BY J. SRI RAMAN Truthout INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat Two new challenges on the foreign policy front await the newly elected government of India to…
Statement Against the Unjust Arrest, Detention, and Enforced Disappearance of Anti-displacement Activists in Orissa, India
BY THE KILUSANG MAYO UNO (KMU or May First Movement Labor Centre) DEMOCRATIC SPACE Bulatlat.com Volume VIII, Number 31, September 7-13, 2008 As freedom and justice-seeking workers and trade unionists in the Philippines, we declare our complete opposition to the unjust arrest and enforced disappearances of anti displacement activists in Orissa, India. We demand for…