[As the country celebrates its 78th anniversary of independence, we present a series of articles tracing the birth of the nation and it's current predicament. This article, the first in the series, examines India's independence, situating 1947 within the broader crises of global imperialism, the shifting balance of class forces, and the strategic calculations of the British state. Moving beyond nationalist hagiography, it interrogates the economic and political compromises that shaped the (…)

- History (up to 1947) (India) / Quit India (India, Inde), WWII, CPI (India), USSR, Stalinism (Eng), Liberation Struggle, National Liberation, Great Britain (GB), Dependency, Congress Party (INC) (India), WWI, Bourgeoisie / elites / oligarchy (Eng), Tata Steel, Tata, Cotton / Coton, Industrial policy, Textile & Garment, Steel, Non-Cooperation Movement (India), Russian Revolution, Congress Socialist Party (CSP) (India), AITUC (India), AIKS (India), Colonial / Colonialism / Settlers, Communalism

Czech conservatives are unhappy with campaigns to provide menstrual sanitary products in schools. In 2021, the chairwoman of the Czech centre- right party TOP 09 Markéta Pekarová Adamová indirectly compared herself to Margaret Thatcher on the Insider podcast. She claimed to have similar life experience. Her father was a butcher, her mother a trained seamstress. Her parents allegedly never complained and didn't moan about their dire situation. And so Pekarová knows that life is hard, but (…)

- Women (Europe) / Poverty / poor, Menstruation, Education / Teachers / Schools (Eng)

« Comprendre le rôle de l'ISI d'un point de vue marxiste revient à considérer cette organisation non pas comme une activité de renseignement isolée, mais comme un élément de la structure capitaliste mondiale. Pour briser cette structure, il faut une solidarité internationale entre les travailleurs et les paysans, ainsi qu'une lutte révolutionnaire. » (1) Depuis la naissance du Bangladesh, l'agence de renseignement militaire pakistanaise, l'Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), a joué un rôle (…)

- Bangladesh / Jamaat-Shibir / Jamaat-e-Islami (Bangladesh), Islamisme / Islamistes (Fr), ISI (Pakistan), Pakistan (Fr), BNP (Bangladesh), 1971, 1975, Fondamentalisme / Fondamentalistes / Intégrisme, RAHMAN Mujibur, Ligue awami (Bangladesh), Dépendance, Chine, Inde, Géopolitique, Internationalisme, 2001

Based on the reactions of participants, the International Council (IC) of the World Social Forum (WSF) in Cotonou from July 28 to 30, 2025, was a success. This is a very good news. It confirms that, even if the WSF need to be renewed and reinvented, it continue to play an important role. It is the last international space still active for progressive movements. It is a space for the This is very good news. It confirms that, even if the WSFs need to be renewed and reinvented, they (…)

- Internationalism (issues) / WSF, Alterglobalization, Decolonization (process), Nationalism / Nationalists (Eng), Nation State, State

D'après les réactions des participantes et des participants, le Conseil International (CI) du Forum Social Mondial (FSM), à Cotonou, du 28 au 30 juillet 2025, s'est très bien passé. C'est une très bonne nouvelle, Elle confirme que, même si les FSM doivent être renouvelés, et réinventés, ils continuent à jouer un rôle important. C'est le dernier espace international encore actif des mouvements progressistes encore actif. On a pu noter la participation active du noyau du CI toujours présent (…)

- Internationalisme / FSM, Altermondialisme, Nationalisme / Nationalistes, Décolonisation (processus), Etat, Etat-Nation / Nation organique / Nation identitaire