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Wider meanings of the Indian farmers’ movement
The farmers’ protests have provided much needed energy and hope to the oppressed of India and beyond, writes BHABANI SHANKAR NAYAK of the University of Glasgow
Farmers and their supporters protest against new farm laws in Mumbai
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
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We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
IN THE darkness of night, the Hindutva fascists and their trained henchmen are trying to attack Indian farmers’ protests and provoke violence with the help of police.
The objective of the BJP government is to discredit the Indian farmers’ peaceful and democratic movements.
All slanderous campaigns by the ruling classes against the farmers’ movements have failed.
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