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*Please share widely / SVP partagez largement**India's Descent Into Fascism And Far-Right Hindu Supremacist Networks InThe US & Canada* *A conversation with Raqib Hameed Naik**Tuesday, August 30, 2022, 6pm Eastern Time*SSMU Ballroom, Room 301, University Center, McGill University3480 McTavish St., Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), H3A 0E7Reserve your spot: https://forms.gle/mojDAmVmd17yX5AD7 Please share: https://www.facebook.com/events/1048572732465962 This summer Trudeau and Biden were shaking hands with Modi in Europesigning documents reiterating its "commitment to protecting and promotingall human rights". While back in India under Modi's watch, human rightsdefenders and journalists, like Teesta Setalvad, were being arrested forhaving pursued justice. *Perhaps a little-known fact about India in the...

(from Pingkian: Journal for Emancipatory and Anti-imperialist Education, Volume 7, Number 1: Pandemic and Fascism (2022)) INTRODUCTION: RESISTING THE SECOND COMING OF THE MARCOS DICTATORSHIP The Philippines appears to be in a state of never-ending crisis. From COVID-19 to Marcos Jr., our country is not lacking in viruses that affect the lives of millions of people. As of writing, the COVID-19 pandemic has infected 3,688,941 Filipinos and killed 60,455 people (Reuters, 2022). The government’s inept and militaristic response led to thousands of new COVID cases, with rates reaching as high as 21,819 new infections a day at the peak of the...

[This article was originally posted to Counterpunch.org on July 31, 2022.] Anyone with a loved one in prison carries around the silent, ceaseless terror that the person so loved will die alone, behind bars. Currently, 71-year-old Mutulu Shakur, a Black man imprisoned 36 years, lies in a hospital bed in a federal prison medical facility in Lexington, KY. Ravaged by bone marrow cancer, fed by tubes, having lost 25% of his body weight, Shakur has been given weeks – at best, months – to live. His loved ones – family, friends, hundreds of supporters – are trying any and all...

[This article was originally posted on Three Way Fight: An Insurgent Blog on the Struggle Against the State and Fascism on July 19, 2022.]   How do we assert reproductive autonomy when far rightists are on the offensive and liberals have failed to stop them? As we noted two months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision repealing Roe v. Wade marks a historic victory for the Christian right and specifically its fascist, theocratic wing. Defending access to abortion is an antifascist struggle, but that doesn’t mean the focus should be only, or even primarily, on combating the far right. What’s...

[Kersplebedeb will be tabling both days, along with lots of other great publishers, distros, and projects!]The bookfair is back with two days of programming! PLEASE WEAR A MASK IN THE BUILDINGS The Montreal Anarchist Bookfair – takes place in two buildings, which are across from each other: i) the Georges-Vanier Cultural Centre (CCGV) (2450, rue Workman) and ii) the CÉDA (2515, rue Delisle), an adult education and community centre based in Little Burgundy/St-Henri, across from the CCGV. Both are just a few minutes from Lionel-Groulx métro.Facebook event Samedi | Saturday Book sale Kidz ZoneGrief and Rememberance SpaceART & ANARCHY/BANNER DisplayChill...