Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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May Day 2011 (Bangalore)
The members of the New Socialist Alternative (CWI-India) intervened in the May Day 2011 demonstrations in Bangalore with a two page leaflet in Kannada language. The leaflet was a satiric critic of the present state of affairs in India pointing that it is ultimately capitalism that is the most corrupt force on earth today &…
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Activists gather to mark Chernobyl Day in Bangalore
The following news article appeared on the website Newzfirst (http://www.newzfirst.com) covering the recent protest demonstration that took place in Bangalore on 26th April, 2011 led by Peoples Solidarity Concerns – Bangalore, marking the 25th year of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, in which members of the New Socialist Alternative (CWI –India) played a leading role. Most…
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Chernobyl Day protest against Nuclear Insanity
Today’s protest was in remembrance of the world’s worst nuclear disaster that happened in Chernobyl (which was in the then Soviet Union, which now falls in Ukraine) on the 26th of April 1986, which is exactly 25 years ago. The protest was organized under the banner of Peoples’ Solidarity Concerns, Bangalore, which is coalition of…
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PROTEST IN BANGALORE ON CHERNOBYL DAY
April 26, 2011. 5 pm. Venue: Town Hall Dear friends, 25 years have passed after Chernobyl nuclear accident. During this period, most of the western countries have stopped building new nuclear plants. India however, is pursuing this dangerous technology in an aggressive manner. Chernobyl: An estimated 65,000 to 105,000 people were killed due to Chernobyl…
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Sri Lanka: Another rigged election
What is the way forward now? One more election under the Rajapakse administration has been concluded. It finished on 17 March. The Election Commissioner himself, having served for a long time in the post and going into retirement after the election, lambasted the government and President Rajapakse for abuse of his position in the course…
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Libya: ’Humanitarian aid’ covers increased western intervention
Libyan workers and youth must rely on their own strength There is little doubt that a bloody war of attrition is being waged against the population of Misarta by forces loyal to the Gaddafi regime. The Gaddafi regime is relying on brute force to survive, but is able to do so largely because the momentum…
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It’s Time
American Imperialist intentions stand exposed yet again at the cost of revealing the true character of Indian ruling class. The recent cable expose by the whistle blower site – Wikileaks (published by the Hindu) has truly exposed the true nature of bourgeoisie democracy in India & who really runs the show behind the scenes. Every…
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Binayak Sen Release
Four months after the shocking news convicting Dr. Binayak Sen, a public health & human rights activist, to life imprisonment on charges of Sedition by the Chhattisgarh court on such baseless charge of possessing a book by Karl Marx (meaning he was a Maoist/ Naxalite sympathizer) & a highly fabricated story, the Supreme Court (SC)…
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West Bengal Elections: Changelessness for a Change!!
The progress of every second draws us closer to the D day in the hard fought state elections in West Bengal where the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is trying to consolidate its power in the soil of Bengal by displacing the Communist Party of India (Marxist) -CPI(M) led Left Front govt. which has been ruling the…
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REJECT THEM ALL: Say No To Scamsters, Looters and Corporate Brokers
Curtains rise on the great Indian drama of democracy. Four states go to polls this month. We are fed with running commentaries on the hard bargaining for MLA seats, the making and breaking of alliances, of the freebies and the corruption scams. In Tamilnadu, the DMK and AIADMK have matched each other in promising everything…
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