Asia

Members of the All India Kisan Sabha at a rally.

In India, Farmers Got Modi Elected. Could They Now Be His Downfall? In India, Farmers Got Modi Elected. Could They Now Be His Downfall?

Agricultural workers feel betrayed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, and their votes could help determine the election.

Apr 5, 2019 / Emmalina Glinskis

The Indian Kashmir Army

South Asia’s Overlooked Nuclear Crisis South Asia’s Overlooked Nuclear Crisis

While few were watching, India and Pakistan may have just narrowly avoided a nuclear confrontation.

Apr 4, 2019 / Dilip Hiro

Truman signs the North Atlantic Treat in 1949

NATO Turns 70 NATO Turns 70

Next week, Washington will throw the military alliance a birthday party. How much is there to celebrate?

Mar 28, 2019 / James Carden

John Feffer playing the part of his minder in

North Korea Through the Eyes of an American Dissident North Korea Through the Eyes of an American Dissident

As entertainment that deftly mixes history, satire, pathos, and comedy, Next Stop: North Korea is an unqualified success.

Mar 20, 2019 / Tim Shorrock

Uighur mosque in Xinjiang

What’s Really Happening to Uighurs in Xinjiang? What’s Really Happening to Uighurs in Xinjiang?

China may have interned more than a million Uighurs in Xinjiang in an attempt to suppress their desire for greater autonomy.

Mar 19, 2019 / Rémi Castets

Russian women demonstrators

Russian Women Against Militarism: Act II Russian Women Against Militarism: Act II

Feminists are once again on the front lines of a generations-old struggle for peace.  

Mar 8, 2019 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Chuck Schumer

Democratic Hawks Helped Scuttle the Hanoi Summit on Korea Democratic Hawks Helped Scuttle the Hanoi Summit on Korea

They, along with National Security Adviser John Bolton, have been cynical about the Trump-Kim talks and the inter-Korean peace process from the beginning.

Mar 7, 2019 / Tim Shorrock

Ro Khanna introduces Yemen resolution

Progressives Are Starting to Define a New Realism for Our National-Security Strategy Progressives Are Starting to Define a New Realism for Our National-Security Strategy

The weakest response of Democrats to Trump would be to defend the old foreign-policy consensus.

Mar 5, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Municipal Workers

How Mumbai’s Sanitation Workers Won Their Rights How Mumbai’s Sanitation Workers Won Their Rights

This union movement used both legal strategies and confrontational methods to successfully organize Dalit workers.

Mar 5, 2019 / Sujatha Fernandes

War-Weary Pakistan Is Ready for Peace

War-Weary Pakistan Is Ready for Peace War-Weary Pakistan Is Ready for Peace

As peace rallies were being held in Pakistan, much of the media in India were pushing for war.

Mar 1, 2019 / Rafia Zakaria

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