To Break a Siege: Justin Podur
This is a review by JUSTIN PODUR of Nirmalangshu Mukherji’s book Maoists in India: Tribals Under Siege (Pluto Press 2012) Source: Kafila Central India is a place where all the fault lines of…
Más de 2,5 mil en el funeral de Lonco Mapuche Pascual Pichun
Más de dos mil quinientas personas, miembros de comunidades y organizaciones del Pueblo Mapuche, participan esta hora en el funeral del destacado y emblemático Lonco Pascual Pichun Paillaleo, lonco de 59 años que…
South Africa: The inhumanity of dividing identities
Gauteng, March 21: On this day 53 years ago, thousands of people went to the Sharpeville police station to hand in their passes in a peaceful protest against Apartheid pass laws. The South…
Can Europeans be Rational?
Julia Suárez-Krabbe (ALICE Team) on Zabala, Dabashi, Mignolo and the importance of asking the right questions Are the indigenous populations human? This was the question at the centre of philosophical debates in the…
The Jamaat factor in Bangladesh politics: Jyoti Rehman
March 13, 2013 by Shivam Vij A train in Bangladesh set on fire by activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Source: Kafila This is a guest post by Bangladeshi commentator JYOTI REHMAN: Delwar Hossain…
Caste Based Discrimination in the UK – Demonstrations outside Parliament and the Debate Outcome in the Lords
Source: Sanhati March 13, 2013 We wanted to say a big thank you to all supporters for showing your presence at the demonstration outside Parliament on Monday. We know legal protection for victims…
Bolivia: ley contra el feminicidio
Despatriarcalizar para reinventar el Estado. La aprobación de la Ley integral para garantizar a las mujeres una vida libre de violencia constituye un hito en lo que es la lucha por la construcción…
Venezuela también llora a Sabino
El cacique Yukpa Sabino Romero, de la comunidad Chaktapa en la Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela, fue asesinado por sicarios el pasado 3 de marzo. Sabino lideraba el accionar directo de los pueblos indígenas…
The life and times of Bhanwari Devi: Laxmi Murthy
Bhanwari Devi (right) with her daughter Rameshwari, in Mangalore Source: Kafila This is a guest post by LAXMI MURTHY: “Only justice can fill my belly, not awards,” says Bhanwari Devi in response to…
