By Elena Zeledon
The results of the second round of the presidential elections, won by Luis Guillermo Solis of the Citizens Action Party (PAC) with an astounding 77% of the popular vote compared to the 22% garnered by the pre-election favourite Johnny Araya of the National Liberation Party (PLN), represent the end of an entire historical period for this small but strategically important Central American nation.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/15/surge-deaths-environmental-activists-global-witness-report Surge in deaths of environmental activists over past decade, report finds Nina Lakhani The killing of activists protecting land rights and the environment has surged over the past decade, with nearly three times as many deaths in 2012 than 10 years previously, a new report has found. Deadly Environment, an investigation by London-based Global […]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Reliance-serves-legal-notice-on-Gas-War-authors/articleshow/33841244.cms Reliance serves legal notice on ‘Gas War’ authors The authors and distributors of the book “Gas Wars – Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis” have been served legal notices on behalf of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and its chairman Mukesh Ambani. The notices accuse Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, the lead author, and co-authors Subir Ghosh and […]
See Also: http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/european-union-spy-chief-georgij.html
http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/grasping-principal-contradiction-is-key.html
http://johnpilger.com/articles/south-africa-20-years-of-apartheid-by-another-name South Africa: 20 years of apartheid by another name John Pilger On my wall in London is my favourite photograph from South Africa. Always thrilling to behold, it is Paul Weinberg’s image of a lone woman standing between two armoured vehicles, the infamous “hippos”, as they rolled into Soweto. Her arms are raised, fists […]
http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-no-crime-deserves-death-1978278 No crime deserves death Shilpa Phadke “Context. Context. Context,” is my oft repeated advice to my research students. What we say and what it means depends significantly on where, when and how we say it. But of course sometimes there are absolutes. So let’s get one thing clear, Mulayam Singh Yadav (MSY) and friends, […]
See Also: http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/european-union-spy-chief-georgij.html
http://democracyandclasstruggle.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/grasping-principal-contradiction-is-key.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/04/manifestos-indian-elections-201441434237199300.html Manifestos and Indian elections Irfan Ahmad This article analyses the manifestos of the parties which matter in India’s elections. It is my contention that there are more similarities than differences in various manifestos. Minor differences that exist hardly make a substantial difference thereby eliminating politics by installing nude policy. The Manifest and the Latent […]
Democracy and Class Struggle supports the re-building of a revolutionary communist and progressive movement in Ceylon and publish this article from Comrade E.Thambiah has a contribution towards that re building process. The views expressed in the article are those of Comrade Thambiah and not those of Democracy and Class Struggle.
Karl Marx Memorial Lecture
TASKS OF THE PEOPLE OF CEYLON
Maitreyi Chattopadhyay memorial lecture 22nd April, 2014, from 5 pm at Sujata Sadan, Kolkata will be delivered by Prof Ilina Sen. Topic: The state and womens’ movement organized by Nari Nirjatan Pratirodh Mancha