New Delhi’s claim that the role of U.N. military observers group in India and Pakistan has been overtaken by the Simla pact is belied by records
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India: Kicking UNMOGIP in the teeth not the best way to secure a permanent seat on its Security Council (A G Noorani)
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The Life and Struggle of an Indian Railway Worker | Comrade Burmee
8 February 2013An account by Comrade Burmee of life, work and struggle in the Indian railways from the mid-1960s on
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The crisis in Mali: Interview with Prof. Horace Campbell
8 February 2013The jihadists in Mali are a real threat to freedom, peace and security in the country and region. But French military intervention will not solve the problem. The regional bloc ECOWAS must take the lead in the search for a political solution.
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UK: A tale of rape claims, abuses of power and the Socialist Workers party
8 February 2013The SWP prefers to talks about organisation rather than rape, and that protects its leaders not its members.But are gross abuses of power inevitable on the far left, part of its organisational practices? The party’s leaders have chosen to frame an increasingly public debate over their conduct as being really about organisational forms, rather than about rape. It transforms into an argument over something called Leninism, which the SWP’s opposition are apparently using the allegations as an excuse to abandon.
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The Philosopher and the Terrorist: When Sartre Met RAF Leader Andreas Baader
by , 8 February 2013Jean-Paul Sartre’s meeting with RAF leader Andreas Baader was long considered to be one of the philosopher’s great missteps. A transcript of the meeting, which has only now been released, shows the Nobel laureate actually wanted to persuade him to stop murdering people. A large entourage of journalists gathered at the Stuttgart airport, awaiting the arrival of the short-statured intellectual. French star philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s visit to Andreas Baader — the top terrorist of Germany’s (…)
