Activism

Where have the South Asians gone?

A view of the emerging India-Israel-US axis, from a wedding in Palestine with Israeli helicopters whirring above, to Indian towns filled with Israeli soldiers looking for Shanti, to deportations and surveillance in the U.S.

The Long Struggle Against Union Carbide

Or, Why We Should Care about the WSF

An interview with Mahabir Chaudhari, a Nepali human rights defender now living in exile in New York. He explores the complexities and challenges faced by many migrants who have sought political asylum to escape Nepal's over a decade-long civil war.

Questions for Taz Ahmed, founder of SAAVY

A daughter calls her mother in Lahore; the phone rings and rings. She, along with seventy other peace activist from the best-known human rights organizations, have been arrested. But the troubling times are giving birth to a new resistance.

A conversation with Rinku Sen (Center for Thirld World Organizing), Sandip Roy & Dipti Ghosh (Trikone) and Jayanth Eranki (Coalition Against Communalism)

Afghan Refugees Struggle for Justice in Japan