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WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONFRONTS A DIVIDED BANGLADESH

by Andy Heintz, CounterVortex Shireen Huq has never shied away from taking a stand. Huq, founder of the women’s rights organization Naripokkho (meaning Pro-Women or For Women), has been on the front line of feminist causes in Bangladesh since the group was… Read moreWOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONFRONTS A DIVIDED BANGLADESH

MEXICO: WILL CANNABIS DECRIM DE-ESCALATE DRUG WAR?

by Bill Weinberg, Project CBD Two years and counting after Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the country’s Congress to legalize cannabis, the high court justices ran out of patience with the legislative paralysis and issued a new ruling — this one… Read moreMEXICO: WILL CANNABIS DECRIM DE-ESCALATE DRUG WAR?

ROHINGYA FEMINIST SEEKS INTER-ETHNIC UNITY

Razia Sultana Speaks by Andy Heintz, CounterVortex Razia Sultana has seen and heard things that have once again revealed human beings’ disturbing capacity for sadism and cruelty that mere words fail to describe. While much of the world has read… Read moreROHINGYA FEMINIST SEEKS INTER-ETHNIC UNITY

IRAN: A NEW WAVE OF MASS PROTEST

by Frieda Afary, Iranian Progressives in Translation Iran is experiencing another wave of mass protests and strikes as economic, social, political, environmental and health problems make it impossible for the large majority of the population to have the bare minimums… Read moreIRAN: A NEW WAVE OF MASS PROTEST

SRI LANKA’S ANIMAL EMBLEMS

How they Exacerbate Ethnic Tension by Samir Pasha and Naga Kandiah, Jurist Much controversy surrounds the use of the flags associated with the Sri Lankan peoples, mainly because they are loaded with ethnic symbolism in a country recovering from a… Read moreSRI LANKA’S ANIMAL EMBLEMS

BURMA’S GENOCIDE —THE VIEW FROM BANGLADESH

by Andy Heintz, CounterVortex The Burmese military’s murderous repression hasn’t just affected its home country, it has also had consequences for neighboring Bangladesh. It has been four years since Burma’s military, known as the Tatmadaw, launched an assault against the country’s Rohingya Muslim… Read moreBURMA’S GENOCIDE —THE VIEW FROM BANGLADESH

ANARCHY IN BELARUS

Anti-authoritarian Voices in Uprising against the Dictatorship by Bill Weinberg, Fifth Estate The former Soviet republic of Belarus exploded into angry protests last August in the wake of contested presidential elections that resulted in a totally implausible landslide victory for… Read moreANARCHY IN BELARUS

U.S. MILITARIZING BORDERS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

by Kevin Lapp, Jurist The Biden Administration recently came to agreements with Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala to increase their border enforcement. These agreements aim to reduce the number of migrants who are able to make their way to the US-Mexico border… Read moreU.S. MILITARIZING BORDERS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

BIDEN MUST STOP DEPORTING HAITIANS

by Anne Bloomberg, Jurist On March 12, the Biden Administration designated Myanmar for Temporary Protective Status (TPS). Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said, “Due to the military coup and security forces’ brutal violence against civilians, the people of Burma are… Read moreBIDEN MUST STOP DEPORTING HAITIANS

ETHNIC MINORITIES AND BURMA’S DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE

by Andy Heintz, CounterVortex With its February coup d’etat, Burma’s military—known as the Tatmadaw—has unwittingly created a nonviolent resistance that is more diverse and inclusive than any movement in the country’s history. The threat of death, torture or prison has not… Read moreETHNIC MINORITIES AND BURMA’S DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE

BURMA: A NEW DEMOCRATIC UPRISING

by Nava Thakuria, CounterVortex Burma is once again in the international headlines as the Southeast Asian nation has lost another opportunity to sustain its credibility as a multi-party democracy. A one-year state of emergency and period of military rule were announced in the… Read moreBURMA: A NEW DEMOCRATIC UPRISING

INVOKE INTER-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CHARTER FOR U.S.A.

by Henry “Chip” Carey and Jennifer McCoy, Jurist Americans were shocked by the January 6 storming of the US Capitol by the Proud Boys and other right-wing mobs and militia. International observers and some US politicians began referring to the country as… Read moreINVOKE INTER-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC CHARTER FOR U.S.A.