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Reflections on Arab Spring, Libyan Winter

Sun, 2012-09-23 20:00 | Vijay Prashad and Ertugrul Ahmet Tonak
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Ertugrul Ahmet Tonak (Professor of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University) interviews Vijay Prashad (Professor of International Studies, Trinity College) about the Turkish edition of his book, Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (LeftWord, 2012): Arap Bahari, Libya Kisi (Yordam Kitap, 2012). The interview first appeared in Turkish in Birgün, a leftist daily newspaper.

Stanly Johny reviews Arab Spring, Libyan Winter for Pragoti.

A Response to ‘SFI CEC Note to State Units’ from SFI-JNU Unit

Mon, 2012-07-30 10:25 — rohit
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SFI-JNU unit responds to the SFI CEC Note uploaded below:

The SFI-JNU Unit considers the Note to be nothing more than a compendium of false allegations and half-truths being spread to create confusion regarding the recent events in JNU.

Comrades in solidarity with the JNU unit of SFI

Mon, 2012-07-23 00:56 — rohit

"Marxism is a revolutionary worldview that must always struggle for new revelations. Marxism must abhor nothing so much as the possibility that it becomes congealed in its current form. It is at its best when butting heads in self-criticism, and in historical thunder and lightning, it retains its strength." -- Rosa Luxemburg. 

Indian ‘Democratic’ Successions

Thu, 2012-06-07 12:37 — Dhananjay Rai
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Democracy provides an incessant opportunity for its evaluation. Electoral contestation of Dimple Yadav in the by-election of Kannauj Lok Sabha (2012), a seat vacated by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, can be a context of reassessment. This cannot be construed as ‘mere’ news. It has, like previous ones, serious multiple implications on democracy.

Eminent Scientists' Letter to the PM Protesting the Arrest of Young Scientist in West Bengal

Tue, 2012-04-17 14:25 — subhanil
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The academic community in West Bengal is under severe attack under the Mamata regime. Earlier, college principals were beaten up by TMC activists within college premises. A professor was arrested for circulating cartoons. Another young scientist was arrested and put in jail by the TMC government for protesting against eviction of slum dwellers at Nonadanga in Kolkata. He is still languishing in jail for participating in a peaceful, democratic procession. We reproduce here the text of the letter by eminent scientists to the PM, protesting against the arrest of Dr. Partho Sarothi Roy, a young molecular biologist.

Defending Democratic Rights in Bengal

Sat, 2012-02-25 13:40 | Irfan Habib and Prabhat Patnaik et. al.
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Like most people in the country, we are deeply shocked to learn of the brutal murder of Pradip Tah, a former state legislator, and Kamal Gayen, another leader of CPI (M), in the Bardhaman District of West Bengal, carried out by a group of Trinamool Congress supporters. The murder took place when the two victims were leading a procession in support of the general strike by the nation's working class on 28 February.

When the State Turns Abductor

Mon, 2011-10-31 22:38 — chirashree
Arun Ferreira' Abduction by Maharashtra Police at Nagpur Central Prison Gate

Arun Thomas Fereira was arrested on May 8, 2007 and eight cases under UAPA were foisted on him in Maharashtra. His arrest had made headlines in the media at that time. None of the charges against him could stand up to legal scrutiny in the courts. In 2008, he was implicated in a case in which eleven students from Chandrapur were arrested for Maoist links. Though he was in jail at the time, Arun was also added on as an accused. On Friday 23rd September, 2011, he was acquitted in this case as well.

Welcome to the Mrityu Upatyaka called West Bengal

Mon, 2011-05-30 10:10 — chirashree

Jiten Nandi of Garbeta, Purnima Gharui of Raina, Ajit Lohar of Saltora, Ramprabesh Ray and  Mundakala Ray of Durgapur, Dahiruddin of Raigunj,  Mohammed Khodarakha of Suri, Amal Samaddar of Durgapur, Mahbul Sheikh and Masahrul Sheikh of Beldanga.

SFI-DYFI Salute Arab People- From a Solidarity Meeting in Mumbai

Sat, 2011-03-05 13:41 | Awanish Kumar
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Pragoti publishes the report of the recent Arab solidarity meeting organised by SFI-DYFI in Mumbai.

The price of stability: Egypt’s democratic uprising

Sat, 2011-02-12 20:47 | Ahmad Shokr

With the ouster of the Mubarak regime in Egypt, it is necessary to explore the longstanding internal as well as external processes that led to it in one of the most 'stable' states in West Asian and North African region. Ahmad Shokr, doctoral candidate at New York University, provides a context to the 'Egyptian uprising' for Pragoti. This essay is also forthcoming in Economic and Political Weekly. Please note that the article was written before the fall of Mubarak.