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comments / statements by Jeffrey Gettleman, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Faraz Ahmad, Tariq Ali, Pervez Hoodbhoy, HRCP and an editorial in Le Monde

Anger and revulsion in Goa, as news emerged that beloved Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo, was compelled to accept police security cover after his name was found on a list of targets with the alleged killers of journalist, Gauri Lankesh.

Assassination of lawyer-activist Ajit Nayak shows how dangerous fighting for civil and environmental rights has become in India. This is not a rare occurrence but a continuum in the line of attacks on human rights lawyers and Right to Information activists witnessed across the country.

Let me start by describing how communism died. The first thing to perish was the communist faith. And this faith had two dimensions. It was a faith in the project of a just world, a world of solidarity and freedom.

V.V. Giri National Labour Institute jointly with Association of Indian Labour Historians is organising a Course on Methods in Historical Research on Labour during September 10-14, 2018 at the V.V. Giri National Labour Institute.