Farmers in Pakistan organize to face the growing attacks on their livelihood
The government has not only failed to address the structural problems in country’s agriculture but has been in a hurry to please the IMF and big corporate houses which further pushes farmers to deprivation and poverty.
Left in Bangladesh calls for immediate elections, end to political persecution
The Workers’ Party of Bangladesh also demanded a withdrawal of false cases against left leaders including its president Rashed Khan Menon and their immediate release from prison
Iran says US emboldens Israel to commit war crimes
While reiterating its vow to respond to the recent Israeli violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Iran declared that the US and its allies have paralyzed the UN.
BRICS countries call for a multipolar, equitable and democratic world order
In the Summit held in the Russian city of Kazan, BRICS members condemned the genocidal Israeli war on West Asia, the illegal sanctions regimes imposed on the people of the world by the US and its allies, and Western dominated multilateral institutions.
Left parties in India protest arms exports to Israel
Left parties in India protested the export of weapons to Israel, accusing Narendra Modi’s government of complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza
16th BRICS summit opens in Kazan, Russia
This is the first summit since the accession of five new members, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE earlier this year. It is expected that yet another set of countries may join the grouping this year.
Tribal communities in India fight government-corporate nexus to save Hasdeo forest
Hasdeo Aranya, one of central India’s largest forests, faces destruction from BJP-backed corporate deforestation and coal mining projects
Crackdown on protests over controversial constitutional amendments in Pakistan
The Shehbaz Sharif government has proposed a comprehensive constitutional amendment which, if passed, will give the government greater control over the judiciary and country’s election commission.