South Asia

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Pakistan: Socialist website ‘Jeddojehad’ banned, writers repressed (plus Alternative Viewpoint statement)

Pakistan’s only socialist daily has been banned due to its coverage of mass protests and state violence in Pakistani-administered Jammu Kashmir, writes Saidal Sukhandan.
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The disaster in Nepal and the need to build resilience: An ecosocialist energy transition perspective

The scale of the disaster in Nepal, which spread across borders, demonstrates the stark reality of the existential climate emergency, writes Partido Lakas ng Masa.
The flood and landslide destroyed settlements along Nepal's Trishuli River, in a disaster that has claimed hundreds of lives.

Nepal: Climate crisis capitalism and the political economy of the Himalayas

Floods do not affect everybody equally. Nepal’s recent ecological disaster is simultaneously a class disaster, writes Kunal Chattopadhyay.

India’s Cockroach movement shows when people stand up against corruption and authoritarianism, they can win

Manish Kumar discusses the recent powerful expression of youth dissent against the Narendra Modi government and next steps for the Cockroach movement.
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The Cockroaches: A new insecure class in struggle

The cockroach movement’s great structural strength was also its great vulnerability, contends Sankha Subhra Biswas.
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Oppose repression of mass uprising in Pakistan-administered Jammu Kashmir

Never has such a brave mass movement been witnessed in the region as the one currently unfolding in Pakistani-controlled Jammu Kashmir, writes Farooq Tariq.
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Urgent appeal: Stand in solidarity with the people of Jammu Kashmir

An urgent appeal by various organisations for solidarity with the people of Pakistan-administered Jammu Kashmir.
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Silence before the storm in northeast India

Assam is not currently at war. But, as Maharnav Bhuyan writes, the ingredients that produced its last war are all present in a more advanced form.
Delhi, July 20: When the Streets Came Alive with New Hope and Power of the People

India: When the streets came alive with new hope and people’s people

The people of India have suffered enough. They now demand answers and accountability, reports Dipankar Bhattacharya. Plus statements by Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation.
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We will decide its future: A socialist voice from Pakistan-administered Kashmir

Pakistan-Administered Jammu and Kashmir is passing through one of the harshest phases of confrontation it has seen in years, explains Umair Khurshid.
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Jammu Kashmir under siege: The unfinished revolt against national oppression and class exploitation

The people of Pakistani-administered Jammu Kashmir remain in the streets after almost two weeks of blackout, siege and state violence, writes Umair Khurshid.
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A generational change in Nepali politics

Pranaya Rana on the long road that turned a rapper into Nepal's prime minister.