Atish Kumar

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[Apoorvanand अपूर्वानंद @Apoorvanand__]

The raids on NewsClick and the arrest of @prabirpur are crimes for which the state must be held accountable. The act ruined the media platform and disrupted the life of Prabir and his family. It must be compensated.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Make no mistake. The US/Israel war against Iran is a colonial war. Like the genocide in Palestine, the invasion of Iraq and Libya, the incineration of Vietnam and Laos, it is war to subjugate the people of the global South and annihilate their resistance. Colonialism has no place in humanity and it must be defeated.

[CPI (M) @cpimspeak]

You do not speak in our name!

[Vijay Prashad @vijayprashad]

Michael Parenti (1933-2026) died today. He has, as his son Christian said, 'gone to the Great Lecture Hall in the Sky'. A socialist from early into his life till the very end, Michael Parenti wrote in a feisty way and spoke bluntly the truths that were not always easy to digest in a wretched capitalist system. He was a fierce critic of imperialist wars and suffered the consequences of this because he could keep and then hold academic jobs even in liberal states such as Vermont.

The toughest test for all of us came when the USSR collapsed, and it was in this period that Michael Parenti played an important role in the Battle of Ideas, fighting the reactionary Western media and the intellectual cowardice of his peers. His books on Yugoslavia's destruction earned him terrible attacks, which he brushed off as the necessary price you pay in this struggle. In the midst of it all, Michael wrote 'Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism' (1997), a rebuttal to the anti-Marxist and anti-Communist blather that had begun to infect the world. The book remains an essential tool to fight against the ridiculous anti-communist historiography that demeans the great achievements of the workers' movements.

He spent the last period of his life within himself, which was a loss to the rest of us, and now his departure leaves us without that anchor which he provided.

Michael Parenti. Comrade. Our Red Flag dips in your honour.

[Afshin Rattansi @afshinrattansi]

Michael Parenti has passed away at the age of 92:

Here he is explaining the enduring power of the October Revolution in Russia led by Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks, and how fear of that power influences US🇺🇸 foreign policy to this day.

[Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal]

Michael Parenti, the path-breaking Marxist scholar, historian and political scientist, passed today at age 92

He went peacefully this morning, surrounded by his family

“Now he is in what he used to refer to as ‘the great lecture hall in the sky,’” his son, Christian, reflected

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

Roads kill
Bridges kill
Fires kill
Water kills
Pollution kills
Corruption kills
Indifference kills

India’s urban collapse isn’t about lack of money, technology, or solutions.

It’s about lack of accountability.

TINA : There Is No Accountability.

[Russell @ATLCWorker]

Education will help us to question the ruling class power structure.

[Vijay Prashad @vijayprashad]

On Venezuela, be careful of rumours and gossip, and speculation about what happened. Facts are key. Psy-ops is part of the hybrid war, turning parts of the Bolivarian project against each other is key here.

[Vijay Prashad @vijayprashad]

Down with US imperialism.

[Aniket Gautam (Anni) @Aniketgautam146]

Reviewed "Homebound" in @ForwardPressWeb and
Jai Bhim to @ghaywan
For this excellent work of Ambedkarite cinema.

‘Homebound’: A rare attempt to zoom in on the suffering of the historically oppressed https://t.co/ZpjuYmRzpU via @ForwardPressWeb

[Mayukh Biswas @MayukhDuke]

Moral of the story.

[Rohit @wandererrrrr000]

The Flotilla was not just carrying physical aid, but also hundreds of international witnesses, journalists, and human rights defenders. It carries in its mission – humanity and dignity, in its material and symbolic forms! Free all activists!

#AllEyesOnMadeleen
#Palestine

[Atish Kumar @nameisatish]

The Flotilla reminds us what is at stake: One of the vessels, is named Handala, a Palestinian refugee child cartoon character who represents Palestinian children, and is a symbol of defiance. Stand with the resisting children of Gaza!
#AllEyesonMadleen

[Atish Kumar @nameisatish]

They named the flotilla 'Freedom'. Israel named it a threat. Because in the land of apartheid, freedom is contraband.
#FreedomFlotilla #BreakIsraelsSiege

[Amulya @AmulyaAnita]

Madleen was named in honor of Gaza's first fisher woman, Madleen Culab. Break the siege, end the blockade, ensure the right of the people of Palestine to their own territorial waters! From the river, to the sea Palestine will be free!
#AllEyesonMadleen @SweMFA

[Amulya @AmulyaAnita]

Students unite in demanding the immediate & unconditional release of each crew member and the sanctioning of Israel by every country whose citizen was abducted. History bears witness to the attack of a ship whose only purpose was the delivery of life-saving aid! #AllEyesOnMadleen

[Aditya @adi_zindagi]

More than 70% of Gaza’s population are classified as refugees. Palestinians in Gaza are completely trapped, not able to flee by sea, land or air. Palestinians must have the right to live with dignity in their homeland, not in exile. End the bloackade!

#AllEyesonMadleen